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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 Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
aged
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From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
Amateur
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From this reading Morphew was engaged upstairs with the secretary of an Amateur Photographic Society.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Morphew was engaged upstairs with the secretary of an Amateur Photographic Society.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
arm
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From this reading As soon as he was free, he grasped Harvey by the arm, and whispered eagerly that he had something to tell him.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As soon as he was free, he grasped Harvey by the arm, and whispered eagerly that he had something to tell him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
business
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From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading As soon as he was free, he grasped Harvey by the arm, and whispered eagerly that he had something to tell him.
came
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From this reading Then Morphew came down, escorting his visitor.
capable
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From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
departure
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From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
down
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From this reading Then Morphew came down, escorting his visitor.
eagerly
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From this reading As soon as he was free, he grasped Harvey by the arm, and whispered eagerly that he had something to tell him.
encouraging
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From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
engaged
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From this reading Morphew was engaged upstairs with the secretary of an Amateur Photographic Society.
escorting
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From this reading Then Morphew came down, escorting his visitor.
fellow
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From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
framed
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From this reading They went upstairs together, into a room furnished as an office, hung about with many framed photographs.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading As soon as he was free, he grasped Harvey by the arm, and whispered eagerly that he had something to tell him.
furnished
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From this reading They went upstairs together, into a room furnished as an office, hung about with many framed photographs.
general
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From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
grasped
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From this reading As soon as he was free, he grasped Harvey by the arm, and whispered eagerly that he had something to tell him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As soon as he was free, he grasped Harvey by the arm, and whispered eagerly that he had something to tell him.
hand-camera
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From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
Harvey
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From this reading As soon as he was free, he grasped Harvey by the arm, and whispered eagerly that he had something to tell him.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
heard
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From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
heart
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From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As soon as he was free, he grasped Harvey by the arm, and whispered eagerly that he had something to tell him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Then Morphew came down, escorting his visitor.
hung
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From this reading They went upstairs together, into a room furnished as an office, hung about with many framed photographs.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading They went upstairs together, into a room furnished as an office, hung about with many framed photographs.
likely
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From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
many
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From this reading They went upstairs together, into a room furnished as an office, hung about with many framed photographs.
Morphew
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From this reading Morphew was engaged upstairs with the secretary of an Amateur Photographic Society.
new
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From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Morphew was engaged upstairs with the secretary of an Amateur Photographic Society.
office
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From this reading They went upstairs together, into a room furnished as an office, hung about with many framed photographs.
person's
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From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
Photographic
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From this reading Morphew was engaged upstairs with the secretary of an Amateur Photographic Society.
photographs
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From this reading They went upstairs together, into a room furnished as an office, hung about with many framed photographs.
reports
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From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
Rolfe
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room
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From this reading They went upstairs together, into a room furnished as an office, hung about with many framed photographs.
sale
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From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
secretary
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From this reading Morphew was engaged upstairs with the secretary of an Amateur Photographic Society.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
shopman
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From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
Society
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From this reading Morphew was engaged upstairs with the secretary of an Amateur Photographic Society.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading As soon as he was free, he grasped Harvey by the arm, and whispered eagerly that he had something to tell him.
soon
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From this reading As soon as he was free, he grasped Harvey by the arm, and whispered eagerly that he had something to tell him.
talked
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From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As soon as he was free, he grasped Harvey by the arm, and whispered eagerly that he had something to tell him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading As soon as he was free, he grasped Harvey by the arm, and whispered eagerly that he had something to tell him.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Morphew was engaged upstairs with the secretary of an Amateur Photographic Society.
Then
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From this reading Then Morphew came down, escorting his visitor.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They went upstairs together, into a room furnished as an office, hung about with many framed photographs.
things
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From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
thirty
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From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
together
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From this reading They went upstairs together, into a room furnished as an office, hung about with many framed photographs.
upstairs
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From this reading Morphew was engaged upstairs with the secretary of an Amateur Photographic Society.
visitor
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From this reading Then Morphew came down, escorting his visitor.
Waiting
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From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Morphew was engaged upstairs with the secretary of an Amateur Photographic Society.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They went upstairs together, into a room furnished as an office, hung about with many framed photographs.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
whispered
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From this reading As soon as he was free, he grasped Harvey by the arm, and whispered eagerly that he had something to tell him.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Waiting for this person's departure, Rolfe talked with the shopman--a capable fellow, aged about thirty, whose heart was in the business; he looked at a new hand-camera, which seemed likely to have a good sale, and heard encouraging reports of things in general.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Morphew was engaged upstairs with the secretary of an Amateur Photographic Society.
