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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 A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
abruptness
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From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
acceptance
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From this reading But he might have talked till daylight and still have failed to register the binding acceptance of Garry's promise, which his silence, unaided, achieved.
achieved
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From this reading But he might have talked till daylight and still have failed to register the binding acceptance of Garry's promise, which his silence, unaided, achieved.
actual
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all
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From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
any
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From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
averted
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From this reading Soundlessly, unemotionally, Steve closed the door on that figure on the bunk edge which, suddenly slack of limb and shoulder, had averted its face.
back
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From this reading But then, there in the darkness, with the gun swinging heavily between loose fingers, he hesitated in his very first step back from the threshold.
badly
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From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading But then, there in the darkness, with the gun swinging heavily between loose fingers, he hesitated in his very first step back from the threshold.
binding
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From this reading But he might have talked till daylight and still have failed to register the binding acceptance of Garry's promise, which his silence, unaided, achieved.
bunk
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From this reading Soundlessly, unemotionally, Steve closed the door on that figure on the bunk edge which, suddenly slack of limb and shoulder, had averted its face.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But he might have talked till daylight and still have failed to register the binding acceptance of Garry's promise, which his silence, unaided, achieved.
casual
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From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
closed
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From this reading Soundlessly, unemotionally, Steve closed the door on that figure on the bunk edge which, suddenly slack of limb and shoulder, had averted its face.
consciousness
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From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
cordially
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darkness
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From this reading But then, there in the darkness, with the gun swinging heavily between loose fingers, he hesitated in his very first step back from the threshold.
daylight
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From this reading But he might have talked till daylight and still have failed to register the binding acceptance of Garry's promise, which his silence, unaided, achieved.
denied
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From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
door
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From this reading Soundlessly, unemotionally, Steve closed the door on that figure on the bunk edge which, suddenly slack of limb and shoulder, had averted its face.
edge
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From this reading Soundlessly, unemotionally, Steve closed the door on that figure on the bunk edge which, suddenly slack of limb and shoulder, had averted its face.
face
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From this reading Soundlessly, unemotionally, Steve closed the door on that figure on the bunk edge which, suddenly slack of limb and shoulder, had averted its face.
failed
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From this reading But he might have talked till daylight and still have failed to register the binding acceptance of Garry's promise, which his silence, unaided, achieved.
figure
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From this reading Soundlessly, unemotionally, Steve closed the door on that figure on the bunk edge which, suddenly slack of limb and shoulder, had averted its face.
fingers
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From this reading But then, there in the darkness, with the gun swinging heavily between loose fingers, he hesitated in his very first step back from the threshold.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But then, there in the darkness, with the gun swinging heavily between loose fingers, he hesitated in his very first step back from the threshold.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But then, there in the darkness, with the gun swinging heavily between loose fingers, he hesitated in his very first step back from the threshold.
Garry
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From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
Garry's
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From this reading But he might have talked till daylight and still have failed to register the binding acceptance of Garry's promise, which his silence, unaided, achieved.
GIRL
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From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
gun
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From this reading But then, there in the darkness, with the gun swinging heavily between loose fingers, he hesitated in his very first step back from the threshold.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Soundlessly, unemotionally, Steve closed the door on that figure on the bunk edge which, suddenly slack of limb and shoulder, had averted its face.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But he might have talked till daylight and still have failed to register the binding acceptance of Garry's promise, which his silence, unaided, achieved.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But he might have talked till daylight and still have failed to register the binding acceptance of Garry's promise, which his silence, unaided, achieved.
heavily
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From this reading But then, there in the darkness, with the gun swinging heavily between loose fingers, he hesitated in his very first step back from the threshold.
HERdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
hesitated
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From this reading But then, there in the darkness, with the gun swinging heavily between loose fingers, he hesitated in his very first step back from the threshold.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But he might have talked till daylight and still have failed to register the binding acceptance of Garry's promise, which his silence, unaided, achieved.
improvised
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From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
intimate
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From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Soundlessly, unemotionally, Steve closed the door on that figure on the bunk edge which, suddenly slack of limb and shoulder, had averted its face.
leave-taking
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From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
less
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From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
LIKE
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From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
limb
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From this reading Soundlessly, unemotionally, Steve closed the door on that figure on the bunk edge which, suddenly slack of limb and shoulder, had averted its face.
loose
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From this reading But then, there in the darkness, with the gun swinging heavily between loose fingers, he hesitated in his very first step back from the threshold.
man's
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From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
man-to-man
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From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading But he might have talked till daylight and still have failed to register the binding acceptance of Garry's promise, which his silence, unaided, achieved.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
multiplicity
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From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
night
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From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
O'Mara
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From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Soundlessly, unemotionally, Steve closed the door on that figure on the bunk edge which, suddenly slack of limb and shoulder, had averted its face.
only
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From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
promise
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From this reading But he might have talked till daylight and still have failed to register the binding acceptance of Garry's promise, which his silence, unaided, achieved.
reckless
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From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
register
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From this reading But he might have talked till daylight and still have failed to register the binding acceptance of Garry's promise, which his silence, unaided, achieved.
SaveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
see
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From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
shack
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From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
shoulder
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From this reading Soundlessly, unemotionally, Steve closed the door on that figure on the bunk edge which, suddenly slack of limb and shoulder, had averted its face.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading But he might have talked till daylight and still have failed to register the binding acceptance of Garry's promise, which his silence, unaided, achieved.
sincerity
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slack
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From this reading Soundlessly, unemotionally, Steve closed the door on that figure on the bunk edge which, suddenly slack of limb and shoulder, had averted its face.
sleeping-quarters
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From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
Soundlessly
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From this reading Soundlessly, unemotionally, Steve closed the door on that figure on the bunk edge which, suddenly slack of limb and shoulder, had averted its face.
speech
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From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But then, there in the darkness, with the gun swinging heavily between loose fingers, he hesitated in his very first step back from the threshold.
Stephen
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From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
stereotyped
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From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
Steve
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From this reading Soundlessly, unemotionally, Steve closed the door on that figure on the bunk edge which, suddenly slack of limb and shoulder, had averted its face.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But he might have talked till daylight and still have failed to register the binding acceptance of Garry's promise, which his silence, unaided, achieved.
storehouse
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From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Soundlessly, unemotionally, Steve closed the door on that figure on the bunk edge which, suddenly slack of limb and shoulder, had averted its face.
swinging
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From this reading But then, there in the darkness, with the gun swinging heavily between loose fingers, he hesitated in his very first step back from the threshold.
talked
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From this reading But he might have talked till daylight and still have failed to register the binding acceptance of Garry's promise, which his silence, unaided, achieved.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
then
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From this reading But then, there in the darkness, with the gun swinging heavily between loose fingers, he hesitated in his very first step back from the threshold.
there
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From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
threatened
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From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
threshold
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From this reading But then, there in the darkness, with the gun swinging heavily between loose fingers, he hesitated in his very first step back from the threshold.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading But he might have talked till daylight and still have failed to register the binding acceptance of Garry's promise, which his silence, unaided, achieved.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
tragedy
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From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
turned
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From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
unaided
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From this reading But he might have talked till daylight and still have failed to register the binding acceptance of Garry's promise, which his silence, unaided, achieved.
unemotionally
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From this reading Soundlessly, unemotionally, Steve closed the door on that figure on the bunk edge which, suddenly slack of limb and shoulder, had averted its face.
utterly
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From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
very
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From this reading But then, there in the darkness, with the gun swinging heavily between loose fingers, he hesitated in his very first step back from the threshold.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But he might have talked till daylight and still have failed to register the binding acceptance of Garry's promise, which his silence, unaided, achieved.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But then, there in the darkness, with the gun swinging heavily between loose fingers, he hesitated in his very first step back from the threshold.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
word
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From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
words
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From this reading It was a man's leave-taking, short to abruptness, so badly stereotyped that it denied utterly any consciousness of threatened, reckless tragedy and cordially intimate only because in all man-to-man speech there is less and less of actual sincerity in a multiplicity of words.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A GIRL LIKE HER Save for a short and casual "see you in the morning, Garry," Stephen O'Mara turned without a word that night and left the improvised sleeping-quarters in the storehouse shack.
