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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading There was nothing very impressive about Major Carroll’s appearance--not enough to cause any one to take a second look.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There was nothing very impressive about Major Carroll’s appearance--not enough to cause any one to take a second look.
air
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From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
almost
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From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He glanced with an expression of wonder at the aviator’s passenger.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
any
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From this reading There was nothing very impressive about Major Carroll’s appearance--not enough to cause any one to take a second look.
appearance
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From this reading There was nothing very impressive about Major Carroll’s appearance--not enough to cause any one to take a second look.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He glanced with an expression of wonder at the aviator’s passenger.
aviator's
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From this reading He glanced with an expression of wonder at the aviator’s passenger.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And it was not until he spoke that a truer estimate of the man could be had.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
Carroll
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From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
Carroll's
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From this reading There was nothing very impressive about Major Carroll’s appearance--not enough to cause any one to take a second look.
cause
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From this reading There was nothing very impressive about Major Carroll’s appearance--not enough to cause any one to take a second look.
closely-cropped
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From this reading He stood but little over five and a half feet high, and was slight, with a closely-cropped sandy mustache and gray-blue eyes.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading And it was not until he spoke that a truer estimate of the man could be had.
DIRIGIBLE
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From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
enough
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From this reading There was nothing very impressive about Major Carroll’s appearance--not enough to cause any one to take a second look.
estimate
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From this reading And it was not until he spoke that a truer estimate of the man could be had.
expression
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From this reading He glanced with an expression of wonder at the aviator’s passenger.
extended
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From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
eyes
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From this reading He stood but little over five and a half feet high, and was slight, with a closely-cropped sandy mustache and gray-blue eyes.
feet
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From this reading He stood but little over five and a half feet high, and was slight, with a closely-cropped sandy mustache and gray-blue eyes.
financier
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From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
first
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From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
five
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From this reading He stood but little over five and a half feet high, and was slight, with a closely-cropped sandy mustache and gray-blue eyes.
glanced
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From this reading He glanced with an expression of wonder at the aviator’s passenger.
gray-blue
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From this reading He stood but little over five and a half feet high, and was slight, with a closely-cropped sandy mustache and gray-blue eyes.
greeting
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From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And it was not until he spoke that a truer estimate of the man could be had.
half
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From this reading He stood but little over five and a half feet high, and was slight, with a closely-cropped sandy mustache and gray-blue eyes.
hand
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From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He glanced with an expression of wonder at the aviator’s passenger.
high
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From this reading He stood but little over five and a half feet high, and was slight, with a closely-cropped sandy mustache and gray-blue eyes.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
immediately
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From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
impressive
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From this reading There was nothing very impressive about Major Carroll’s appearance--not enough to cause any one to take a second look.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And it was not until he spoke that a truer estimate of the man could be had.
little
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From this reading He stood but little over five and a half feet high, and was slight, with a closely-cropped sandy mustache and gray-blue eyes.
look
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From this reading There was nothing very impressive about Major Carroll’s appearance--not enough to cause any one to take a second look.
Major
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From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
man
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From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
Mr
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From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
mustache
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From this reading He stood but little over five and a half feet high, and was slight, with a closely-cropped sandy mustache and gray-blue eyes.
navigators
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From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
New
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From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was nothing very impressive about Major Carroll’s appearance--not enough to cause any one to take a second look.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading There was nothing very impressive about Major Carroll’s appearance--not enough to cause any one to take a second look.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
Ogden
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From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There was nothing very impressive about Major Carroll’s appearance--not enough to cause any one to take a second look.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He stood but little over five and a half feet high, and was slight, with a closely-cropped sandy mustache and gray-blue eyes.
passenger
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From this reading He glanced with an expression of wonder at the aviator’s passenger.
reached
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From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
sandy
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From this reading He stood but little over five and a half feet high, and was slight, with a closely-cropped sandy mustache and gray-blue eyes.
second
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From this reading There was nothing very impressive about Major Carroll’s appearance--not enough to cause any one to take a second look.
slight
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From this reading He stood but little over five and a half feet high, and was slight, with a closely-cropped sandy mustache and gray-blue eyes.
spoke
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From this reading And it was not until he spoke that a truer estimate of the man could be had.
stoodverbUS /stʊd/
Maintained an upright posture.
From this reading He stood but little over five and a half feet high, and was slight, with a closely-cropped sandy mustache and gray-blue eyes.
surrounded
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From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
take
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From this reading There was nothing very impressive about Major Carroll’s appearance--not enough to cause any one to take a second look.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
There
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From this reading There was nothing very impressive about Major Carroll’s appearance--not enough to cause any one to take a second look.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was nothing very impressive about Major Carroll’s appearance--not enough to cause any one to take a second look.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
truer
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From this reading And it was not until he spoke that a truer estimate of the man could be had.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading And it was not until he spoke that a truer estimate of the man could be had.
very
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From this reading There was nothing very impressive about Major Carroll’s appearance--not enough to cause any one to take a second look.
Warfield
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From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He glanced with an expression of wonder at the aviator’s passenger.
wonder
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From this reading He glanced with an expression of wonder at the aviator’s passenger.
York
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From this reading THE DIRIGIBLE The navigators of the air were almost immediately surrounded; but the man who reached them first and extended his hand in greeting toward that of Mr. Ogden was Major Warfield Carroll, the New York financier.
