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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 He had heard of him as a preacher, and as the conceptions of ordinary minds are made up only of the ideas directly presented to them, he had a vague notion that this old man continually preached.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He had heard of him as a preacher, and as the conceptions of ordinary minds are made up only of the ideas directly presented to them, he had a vague notion that this old man continually preached.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He had heard of him as a preacher, and as the conceptions of ordinary minds are made up only of the ideas directly presented to them, he had a vague notion that this old man continually preached.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The young man, impatient for novelty, if for nothing else, began to wonder if he had sunk into some stupor of mind from which he would not emerge.
bread
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From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
brick
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From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
bright
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From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
brows
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From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
bushy
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From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
called
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From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
came
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From this reading Harkness came to the hotel disconcerted, and, meeting Eliza near the dining-room, took off his hat in sullen silence.
Cameron
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From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
coming
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From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
conceptions
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From this reading He had heard of him as a preacher, and as the conceptions of ordinary minds are made up only of the ideas directly presented to them, he had a vague notion that this old man continually preached.
continually
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From this reading He had heard of him as a preacher, and as the conceptions of ordinary minds are made up only of the ideas directly presented to them, he had a vague notion that this old man continually preached.
day
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From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
dining-room
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From this reading Harkness came to the hotel disconcerted, and, meeting Eliza near the dining-room, took off his hat in sullen silence.
directlynounUS /ˈdirectly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He had heard of him as a preacher, and as the conceptions of ordinary minds are made up only of the ideas directly presented to them, he had a vague notion that this old man continually preached.
disconcerted
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From this reading Harkness came to the hotel disconcerted, and, meeting Eliza near the dining-room, took off his hat in sullen silence.
Eliza
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From this reading Harkness came to the hotel disconcerted, and, meeting Eliza near the dining-room, took off his hat in sullen silence.
else
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From this reading The young man, impatient for novelty, if for nothing else, began to wonder if he had sunk into some stupor of mind from which he would not emerge.
emerge
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From this reading The young man, impatient for novelty, if for nothing else, began to wonder if he had sunk into some stupor of mind from which he would not emerge.
empty
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From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
eyes
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From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The young man, impatient for novelty, if for nothing else, began to wonder if he had sunk into some stupor of mind from which he would not emerge.
guest
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From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
Harkness
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From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
hat
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From this reading Harkness came to the hotel disconcerted, and, meeting Eliza near the dining-room, took off his hat in sullen silence.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The young man, impatient for novelty, if for nothing else, began to wonder if he had sunk into some stupor of mind from which he would not emerge.
heard
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From this reading He had heard of him as a preacher, and as the conceptions of ordinary minds are made up only of the ideas directly presented to them, he had a vague notion that this old man continually preached.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
hotel
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From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
house
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From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
ideas
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From this reading He had heard of him as a preacher, and as the conceptions of ordinary minds are made up only of the ideas directly presented to them, he had a vague notion that this old man continually preached.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The young man, impatient for novelty, if for nothing else, began to wonder if he had sunk into some stupor of mind from which he would not emerge.
impatient
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From this reading The young man, impatient for novelty, if for nothing else, began to wonder if he had sunk into some stupor of mind from which he would not emerge.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The young man, impatient for novelty, if for nothing else, began to wonder if he had sunk into some stupor of mind from which he would not emerge.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
keen
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From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
made
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From this reading He had heard of him as a preacher, and as the conceptions of ordinary minds are made up only of the ideas directly presented to them, he had a vague notion that this old man continually preached.
man
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From this reading The young man, impatient for novelty, if for nothing else, began to wonder if he had sunk into some stupor of mind from which he would not emerge.
meeting
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From this reading Harkness came to the hotel disconcerted, and, meeting Eliza near the dining-room, took off his hat in sullen silence.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The young man, impatient for novelty, if for nothing else, began to wonder if he had sunk into some stupor of mind from which he would not emerge.
minds
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From this reading He had heard of him as a preacher, and as the conceptions of ordinary minds are made up only of the ideas directly presented to them, he had a vague notion that this old man continually preached.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
munching
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From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
near
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From this reading Harkness came to the hotel disconcerted, and, meeting Eliza near the dining-room, took off his hat in sullen silence.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The young man, impatient for novelty, if for nothing else, began to wonder if he had sunk into some stupor of mind from which he would not emerge.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The young man, impatient for novelty, if for nothing else, began to wonder if he had sunk into some stupor of mind from which he would not emerge.
notion
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From this reading He had heard of him as a preacher, and as the conceptions of ordinary minds are made up only of the ideas directly presented to them, he had a vague notion that this old man continually preached.
novelty
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From this reading The young man, impatient for novelty, if for nothing else, began to wonder if he had sunk into some stupor of mind from which he would not emerge.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The young man, impatient for novelty, if for nothing else, began to wonder if he had sunk into some stupor of mind from which he would not emerge.
off
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From this reading Harkness came to the hotel disconcerted, and, meeting Eliza near the dining-room, took off his hat in sullen silence.
old
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From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
only
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From this reading He had heard of him as a preacher, and as the conceptions of ordinary minds are made up only of the ideas directly presented to them, he had a vague notion that this old man continually preached.
ordinary
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From this reading He had heard of him as a preacher, and as the conceptions of ordinary minds are made up only of the ideas directly presented to them, he had a vague notion that this old man continually preached.
preached
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From this reading He had heard of him as a preacher, and as the conceptions of ordinary minds are made up only of the ideas directly presented to them, he had a vague notion that this old man continually preached.
preacher
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From this reading He had heard of him as a preacher, and as the conceptions of ordinary minds are made up only of the ideas directly presented to them, he had a vague notion that this old man continually preached.
presented
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From this reading He had heard of him as a preacher, and as the conceptions of ordinary minds are made up only of the ideas directly presented to them, he had a vague notion that this old man continually preached.
reason
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From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
room
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From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
shut
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From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Harkness came to the hotel disconcerted, and, meeting Eliza near the dining-room, took off his hat in sullen silence.
some
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From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
strange
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From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
stranger
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From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
stupor
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From this reading The young man, impatient for novelty, if for nothing else, began to wonder if he had sunk into some stupor of mind from which he would not emerge.
sullen
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From this reading Harkness came to the hotel disconcerted, and, meeting Eliza near the dining-room, took off his hat in sullen silence.
sunk
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From this reading The young man, impatient for novelty, if for nothing else, began to wonder if he had sunk into some stupor of mind from which he would not emerge.
teeth
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From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He had heard of him as a preacher, and as the conceptions of ordinary minds are made up only of the ideas directly presented to them, he had a vague notion that this old man continually preached.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He had heard of him as a preacher, and as the conceptions of ordinary minds are made up only of the ideas directly presented to them, he had a vague notion that this old man continually preached.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He had heard of him as a preacher, and as the conceptions of ordinary minds are made up only of the ideas directly presented to them, he had a vague notion that this old man continually preached.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Harkness came to the hotel disconcerted, and, meeting Eliza near the dining-room, took off his hat in sullen silence.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
up
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From this reading He had heard of him as a preacher, and as the conceptions of ordinary minds are made up only of the ideas directly presented to them, he had a vague notion that this old man continually preached.
vague
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From this reading He had heard of him as a preacher, and as the conceptions of ordinary minds are made up only of the ideas directly presented to them, he had a vague notion that this old man continually preached.
walking
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From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The day after his coming, and the next, for some reason the old stranger called Cameron remained in the brick house to which Harkness had brought him.
white
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From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
wonder
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From this reading The young man, impatient for novelty, if for nothing else, began to wonder if he had sunk into some stupor of mind from which he would not emerge.
work
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From this reading As it was, he went to his work at the hotel on the third morning, and still left his strange guest in the old house, walking about in an empty room, munching some bread with his keen white teeth, his bright eyes half shut under their bushy brows.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The young man, impatient for novelty, if for nothing else, began to wonder if he had sunk into some stupor of mind from which he would not emerge.
young
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From this reading The young man, impatient for novelty, if for nothing else, began to wonder if he had sunk into some stupor of mind from which he would not emerge.
