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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 Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
amazement
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From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
arrangement
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From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
beard
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From this reading His beard was fullgrown, his clothes travel-stained and worn.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Tavernake looked, indeed, like some splendid bushman whose life has been spent in the kingdom of the winds and the sun and the rain.
boots
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From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
broader
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From this reading He was inches broader round the chest, and carried himself with a new freedom.
bronzed
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From this reading His face was bronzed right down to the neck.
bushman
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From this reading Tavernake looked, indeed, like some splendid bushman whose life has been spent in the kingdom of the winds and the sun and the rain.
careful
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From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
carried
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From this reading He was inches broader round the chest, and carried himself with a new freedom.
Central
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From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
chest
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From this reading He was inches broader round the chest, and carried himself with a new freedom.
clothes
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From this reading His beard was fullgrown, his clothes travel-stained and worn.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
down
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From this reading His face was bronzed right down to the neck.
face
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From this reading His face was bronzed right down to the neck.
freedom
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From this reading He was inches broader round the chest, and carried himself with a new freedom.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
fullgrown
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From this reading His beard was fullgrown, his clothes travel-stained and worn.
gazed
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From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
Grand
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From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Tavernake looked, indeed, like some splendid bushman whose life has been spent in the kingdom of the winds and the sun and the rain.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He was inches broader round the chest, and carried himself with a new freedom.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Tavernake looked, indeed, like some splendid bushman whose life has been spent in the kingdom of the winds and the sun and the rain.
inches
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From this reading He was inches broader round the chest, and carried himself with a new freedom.
indeed
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From this reading Tavernake looked, indeed, like some splendid bushman whose life has been spent in the kingdom of the winds and the sun and the rain.
kingdom
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From this reading Tavernake looked, indeed, like some splendid bushman whose life has been spent in the kingdom of the winds and the sun and the rain.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tavernake looked, indeed, like some splendid bushman whose life has been spent in the kingdom of the winds and the sun and the rain.
like
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From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tavernake looked, indeed, like some splendid bushman whose life has been spent in the kingdom of the winds and the sun and the rain.
man
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From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
meet
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From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
neat
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From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
neck
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From this reading His face was bronzed right down to the neck.
New
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From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
patent
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From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
Pritchard
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From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
rain
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From this reading Tavernake looked, indeed, like some splendid bushman whose life has been spent in the kingdom of the winds and the sun and the rain.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His face was bronzed right down to the neck.
round
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From this reading He was inches broader round the chest, and carried himself with a new freedom.
some
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From this reading Tavernake looked, indeed, like some splendid bushman whose life has been spent in the kingdom of the winds and the sun and the rain.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
spent
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From this reading Tavernake looked, indeed, like some splendid bushman whose life has been spent in the kingdom of the winds and the sun and the rain.
splendid
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From this reading Tavernake looked, indeed, like some splendid bushman whose life has been spent in the kingdom of the winds and the sun and the rain.
Station
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From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
sun
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From this reading Tavernake looked, indeed, like some splendid bushman whose life has been spent in the kingdom of the winds and the sun and the rain.
Tavernake
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From this reading Tavernake looked, indeed, like some splendid bushman whose life has been spent in the kingdom of the winds and the sun and the rain.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
tie
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From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
tips
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From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
travel-stained
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From this reading His beard was fullgrown, his clothes travel-stained and worn.
trim
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From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was inches broader round the chest, and carried himself with a new freedom.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Tavernake looked, indeed, like some splendid bushman whose life has been spent in the kingdom of the winds and the sun and the rain.
winds
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From this reading Tavernake looked, indeed, like some splendid bushman whose life has been spent in the kingdom of the winds and the sun and the rain.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
wornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading His beard was fullgrown, his clothes travel-stained and worn.
Yorker
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From this reading Pritchard, trim and neat, a New Yorker from the careful arrangement of his tie to the tips of his patent boots, gazed with something like amazement at the man whom he had come to meet at the Grand Central Station.
