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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 THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
Any
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From this reading Any man at Pere Marquette's would have emptied his pockets that night to witness a fight between the two.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Any man at Pere Marquette's would have emptied his pockets that night to witness a fight between the two.
better
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From this reading The Canadian stood four inches better than six feet in his squat, low-heeled boots and must turn sideways to get his massive shoulders through most doors hereabouts.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Any man at Pere Marquette's would have emptied his pockets that night to witness a fight between the two.
big
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From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
boots
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From this reading The Canadian stood four inches better than six feet in his squat, low-heeled boots and must turn sideways to get his massive shoulders through most doors hereabouts.
build
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From this reading Drennen was younger by half a dozen years, slenderer, of cleaner build.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Drennen was younger by half a dozen years, slenderer, of cleaner build.
Canadian
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From this reading The Canadian stood four inches better than six feet in his squat, low-heeled boots and must turn sideways to get his massive shoulders through most doors hereabouts.
carried
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From this reading Unlike most very tall men George carried himself straight, his enormous chest thrust forward.
chest
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From this reading Unlike most very tall men George carried himself straight, his enormous chest thrust forward.
cleaner
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From this reading Drennen was younger by half a dozen years, slenderer, of cleaner build.
CLOAK
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From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
Dave
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From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
doors
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From this reading The Canadian stood four inches better than six feet in his squat, low-heeled boots and must turn sideways to get his massive shoulders through most doors hereabouts.
dozen
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From this reading Drennen was younger by half a dozen years, slenderer, of cleaner build.
Drennen
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From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
emptied
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From this reading Any man at Pere Marquette's would have emptied his pockets that night to witness a fight between the two.
enormous
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From this reading Unlike most very tall men George carried himself straight, his enormous chest thrust forward.
feet
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From this reading The Canadian stood four inches better than six feet in his squat, low-heeled boots and must turn sideways to get his massive shoulders through most doors hereabouts.
fight
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From this reading Any man at Pere Marquette's would have emptied his pockets that night to witness a fight between the two.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Unlike most very tall men George carried himself straight, his enormous chest thrust forward.
four
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From this reading The Canadian stood four inches better than six feet in his squat, low-heeled boots and must turn sideways to get his massive shoulders through most doors hereabouts.
fully
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From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
George
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From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
get
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From this reading The Canadian stood four inches better than six feet in his squat, low-heeled boots and must turn sideways to get his massive shoulders through most doors hereabouts.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Drennen was younger by half a dozen years, slenderer, of cleaner build.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Any man at Pere Marquette's would have emptied his pockets that night to witness a fight between the two.
heavier
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From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
hereabouts
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From this reading The Canadian stood four inches better than six feet in his squat, low-heeled boots and must turn sideways to get his massive shoulders through most doors hereabouts.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Unlike most very tall men George carried himself straight, his enormous chest thrust forward.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Canadian stood four inches better than six feet in his squat, low-heeled boots and must turn sideways to get his massive shoulders through most doors hereabouts.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Canadian stood four inches better than six feet in his squat, low-heeled boots and must turn sideways to get his massive shoulders through most doors hereabouts.
inches
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From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
Kootanie
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From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
low-heeled
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From this reading The Canadian stood four inches better than six feet in his squat, low-heeled boots and must turn sideways to get his massive shoulders through most doors hereabouts.
MAN
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From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
Marquette's
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From this reading Any man at Pere Marquette's would have emptied his pockets that night to witness a fight between the two.
massive
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From this reading The Canadian stood four inches better than six feet in his squat, low-heeled boots and must turn sideways to get his massive shoulders through most doors hereabouts.
men
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From this reading Unlike most very tall men George carried himself straight, his enormous chest thrust forward.
most
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From this reading The Canadian stood four inches better than six feet in his squat, low-heeled boots and must turn sideways to get his massive shoulders through most doors hereabouts.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The Canadian stood four inches better than six feet in his squat, low-heeled boots and must turn sideways to get his massive shoulders through most doors hereabouts.
night
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From this reading Any man at Pere Marquette's would have emptied his pockets that night to witness a fight between the two.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Drennen was younger by half a dozen years, slenderer, of cleaner build.
Pere
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From this reading Any man at Pere Marquette's would have emptied his pockets that night to witness a fight between the two.
pockets
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From this reading Any man at Pere Marquette's would have emptied his pockets that night to witness a fight between the two.
pounds
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From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
shoulders
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From this reading The Canadian stood four inches better than six feet in his squat, low-heeled boots and must turn sideways to get his massive shoulders through most doors hereabouts.
sideways
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From this reading The Canadian stood four inches better than six feet in his squat, low-heeled boots and must turn sideways to get his massive shoulders through most doors hereabouts.
six
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From this reading The Canadian stood four inches better than six feet in his squat, low-heeled boots and must turn sideways to get his massive shoulders through most doors hereabouts.
slenderer
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From this reading Drennen was younger by half a dozen years, slenderer, of cleaner build.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
squat
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From this reading The Canadian stood four inches better than six feet in his squat, low-heeled boots and must turn sideways to get his massive shoulders through most doors hereabouts.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Canadian stood four inches better than six feet in his squat, low-heeled boots and must turn sideways to get his massive shoulders through most doors hereabouts.
straight
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From this reading Unlike most very tall men George carried himself straight, his enormous chest thrust forward.
tall
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From this reading Unlike most very tall men George carried himself straight, his enormous chest thrust forward.
taller
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From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The Canadian stood four inches better than six feet in his squat, low-heeled boots and must turn sideways to get his massive shoulders through most doors hereabouts.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Any man at Pere Marquette's would have emptied his pockets that night to witness a fight between the two.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
thirty
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From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The Canadian stood four inches better than six feet in his squat, low-heeled boots and must turn sideways to get his massive shoulders through most doors hereabouts.
thrust
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From this reading Unlike most very tall men George carried himself straight, his enormous chest thrust forward.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Canadian stood four inches better than six feet in his squat, low-heeled boots and must turn sideways to get his massive shoulders through most doors hereabouts.
turn
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From this reading The Canadian stood four inches better than six feet in his squat, low-heeled boots and must turn sideways to get his massive shoulders through most doors hereabouts.
two
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From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
UNDERprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
Unlike
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From this reading Unlike most very tall men George carried himself straight, his enormous chest thrust forward.
very
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From this reading Unlike most very tall men George carried himself straight, his enormous chest thrust forward.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading THE MAN UNDER THE CLOAK Dave Drennen was a big man, no man here so big save Kootanie George alone, who was two inches the taller and fully thirty pounds the heavier.
witness
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From this reading Any man at Pere Marquette's would have emptied his pockets that night to witness a fight between the two.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Any man at Pere Marquette's would have emptied his pockets that night to witness a fight between the two.
years
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From this reading Drennen was younger by half a dozen years, slenderer, of cleaner build.
younger
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From this reading Drennen was younger by half a dozen years, slenderer, of cleaner build.
