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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 STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And it was from this particular stratum that the barkeeper at The Mint had derived his moral concepts.
any
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From this reading Fate had snatched him from behind the bar to carry out a part not unconnected with certain schemes of Judson Eells and any tendency to run out on his trusting backers would be visited with summary punishment.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And it was from this particular stratum that the barkeeper at The Mint had derived his moral concepts.
au
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From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
backers
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From this reading Fate had snatched him from behind the bar to carry out a part not unconnected with certain schemes of Judson Eells and any tendency to run out on his trusting backers would be visited with summary punishment.
banker
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From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
bar
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From this reading Fate had snatched him from behind the bar to carry out a part not unconnected with certain schemes of Judson Eells and any tendency to run out on his trusting backers would be visited with summary punishment.
barkeeper
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From this reading And it was from this particular stratum that the barkeeper at The Mint had derived his moral concepts.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
become
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From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Fate had snatched him from behind the bar to carry out a part not unconnected with certain schemes of Judson Eells and any tendency to run out on his trusting backers would be visited with summary punishment.
betrayalnounUS /bɪˈtreɪ.əl/
The action of betraying one's country, a group, or a person; breach of trust.
From this reading Therefore he considered it no crime, no betrayal of a trust, to borrow the thousand dollars with which he was to pay John C. Calhoun from that prince of opportunists, Judson Eells.
bill
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From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
borrow
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From this reading Therefore he considered it no crime, no betrayal of a trust, to borrow the thousand dollars with which he was to pay John C. Calhoun from that prince of opportunists, Judson Eells.
brotherhood
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From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
bungstarters
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From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
C
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From this reading Therefore he considered it no crime, no betrayal of a trust, to borrow the thousand dollars with which he was to pay John C. Calhoun from that prince of opportunists, Judson Eells.
Calhoun
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From this reading Therefore he considered it no crime, no betrayal of a trust, to borrow the thousand dollars with which he was to pay John C. Calhoun from that prince of opportunists, Judson Eells.
carry
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From this reading Fate had snatched him from behind the bar to carry out a part not unconnected with certain schemes of Judson Eells and any tendency to run out on his trusting backers would be visited with summary punishment.
certain
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From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
circumstances
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From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
concepts
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From this reading And it was from this particular stratum that the barkeeper at The Mint had derived his moral concepts.
considered
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From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
convinced
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From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
crime
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From this reading Therefore he considered it no crime, no betrayal of a trust, to borrow the thousand dollars with which he was to pay John C. Calhoun from that prince of opportunists, Judson Eells.
derived
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From this reading And it was from this particular stratum that the barkeeper at The Mint had derived his moral concepts.
dollar
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From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
dollars
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From this reading Therefore he considered it no crime, no betrayal of a trust, to borrow the thousand dollars with which he was to pay John C. Calhoun from that prince of opportunists, Judson Eells.
drunk
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From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
ear
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From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
Eells
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From this reading Therefore he considered it no crime, no betrayal of a trust, to borrow the thousand dollars with which he was to pay John C. Calhoun from that prince of opportunists, Judson Eells.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
extinct
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From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
fait
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From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
Fate
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From this reading Fate had snatched him from behind the bar to carry out a part not unconnected with certain schemes of Judson Eells and any tendency to run out on his trusting backers would be visited with summary punishment.
Fellowes
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From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading And it was from this particular stratum that the barkeeper at The Mint had derived his moral concepts.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And it was from this particular stratum that the barkeeper at The Mint had derived his moral concepts.
hand
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From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Therefore he considered it no crime, no betrayal of a trust, to borrow the thousand dollars with which he was to pay John C. Calhoun from that prince of opportunists, Judson Eells.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Fate had snatched him from behind the bar to carry out a part not unconnected with certain schemes of Judson Eells and any tendency to run out on his trusting backers would be visited with summary punishment.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And it was from this particular stratum that the barkeeper at The Mint had derived his moral concepts.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
John
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From this reading Therefore he considered it no crime, no betrayal of a trust, to borrow the thousand dollars with which he was to pay John C. Calhoun from that prince of opportunists, Judson Eells.
Judson
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From this reading Therefore he considered it no crime, no betrayal of a trust, to borrow the thousand dollars with which he was to pay John C. Calhoun from that prince of opportunists, Judson Eells.
LIZARD
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From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
Lynch
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From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
member
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From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
Mint
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From this reading And it was from this particular stratum that the barkeeper at The Mint had derived his moral concepts.
moral
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From this reading And it was from this particular stratum that the barkeeper at The Mint had derived his moral concepts.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Therefore he considered it no crime, no betrayal of a trust, to borrow the thousand dollars with which he was to pay John C. Calhoun from that prince of opportunists, Judson Eells.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
now
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From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
only
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From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
opportunists
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From this reading Therefore he considered it no crime, no betrayal of a trust, to borrow the thousand dollars with which he was to pay John C. Calhoun from that prince of opportunists, Judson Eells.
out
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From this reading Fate had snatched him from behind the bar to carry out a part not unconnected with certain schemes of Judson Eells and any tendency to run out on his trusting backers would be visited with summary punishment.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Fate had snatched him from behind the bar to carry out a part not unconnected with certain schemes of Judson Eells and any tendency to run out on his trusting backers would be visited with summary punishment.
particular
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From this reading And it was from this particular stratum that the barkeeper at The Mint had derived his moral concepts.
pay
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From this reading Therefore he considered it no crime, no betrayal of a trust, to borrow the thousand dollars with which he was to pay John C. Calhoun from that prince of opportunists, Judson Eells.
permit
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From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
Pisen-face
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From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
prince
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From this reading Therefore he considered it no crime, no betrayal of a trust, to borrow the thousand dollars with which he was to pay John C. Calhoun from that prince of opportunists, Judson Eells.
punishment
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From this reading Fate had snatched him from behind the bar to carry out a part not unconnected with certain schemes of Judson Eells and any tendency to run out on his trusting backers would be visited with summary punishment.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
roll
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From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
run
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From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
schemes
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From this reading Fate had snatched him from behind the bar to carry out a part not unconnected with certain schemes of Judson Eells and any tendency to run out on his trusting backers would be visited with summary punishment.
snatched
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From this reading Fate had snatched him from behind the bar to carry out a part not unconnected with certain schemes of Judson Eells and any tendency to run out on his trusting backers would be visited with summary punishment.
society
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From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
STINGING
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From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
straight
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From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
stratum
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From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
summary
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From this reading Fate had snatched him from behind the bar to carry out a part not unconnected with certain schemes of Judson Eells and any tendency to run out on his trusting backers would be visited with summary punishment.
tendency
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From this reading Fate had snatched him from behind the bar to carry out a part not unconnected with certain schemes of Judson Eells and any tendency to run out on his trusting backers would be visited with summary punishment.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And it was from this particular stratum that the barkeeper at The Mint had derived his moral concepts.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
ThereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading Therefore he considered it no crime, no betrayal of a trust, to borrow the thousand dollars with which he was to pay John C. Calhoun from that prince of opportunists, Judson Eells.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And it was from this particular stratum that the barkeeper at The Mint had derived his moral concepts.
thousand
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From this reading Therefore he considered it no crime, no betrayal of a trust, to borrow the thousand dollars with which he was to pay John C. Calhoun from that prince of opportunists, Judson Eells.
thrust
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From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
trust
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From this reading Therefore he considered it no crime, no betrayal of a trust, to borrow the thousand dollars with which he was to pay John C. Calhoun from that prince of opportunists, Judson Eells.
trusting
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From this reading Fate had snatched him from behind the bar to carry out a part not unconnected with certain schemes of Judson Eells and any tendency to run out on his trusting backers would be visited with summary punishment.
unconnected
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From this reading Fate had snatched him from behind the bar to carry out a part not unconnected with certain schemes of Judson Eells and any tendency to run out on his trusting backers would be visited with summary punishment.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
visited
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From this reading Fate had snatched him from behind the bar to carry out a part not unconnected with certain schemes of Judson Eells and any tendency to run out on his trusting backers would be visited with summary punishment.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And it was from this particular stratum that the barkeeper at The Mint had derived his moral concepts.
well
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From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Therefore he considered it no crime, no betrayal of a trust, to borrow the thousand dollars with which he was to pay John C. Calhoun from that prince of opportunists, Judson Eells.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading THE STINGING LIZARD In a certain stratum of society, now about to become extinct, it is considered quite _au fait_ to roll a drunk if circumstances will permit.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Therefore he considered it no crime, no betrayal of a trust, to borrow the thousand dollars with which he was to pay John C. Calhoun from that prince of opportunists, Judson Eells.
word
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From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It is not every banker that will thrust a thousand dollar bill--and the only one he has on hand--upon a member of the bungstarters' brotherhood; but a word in his ear from Pisen-face Lynch convinced Fellowes that it would be well to run straight.
