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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 It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading With one final glance back at the corner, he climbed the grating, scuttled across it, and dropped down.
all
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From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
anxiously
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From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading With one final glance back at the corner, he climbed the grating, scuttled across it, and dropped down.
back
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From this reading With one final glance back at the corner, he climbed the grating, scuttled across it, and dropped down.
backward
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From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
BEauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
broke
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From this reading [Sidenote: _Money was worthless, yet no man dared go broke.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
CANmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
climbed
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From this reading With one final glance back at the corner, he climbed the grating, scuttled across it, and dropped down.
conceal
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From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
confusing
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From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
corner
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From this reading With one final glance back at the corner, he climbed the grating, scuttled across it, and dropped down.
dared
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From this reading [Sidenote: _Money was worthless, yet no man dared go broke.
door
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From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
doors
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From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
down
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From this reading With one final glance back at the corner, he climbed the grating, scuttled across it, and dropped down.
dropped
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From this reading With one final glance back at the corner, he climbed the grating, scuttled across it, and dropped down.
everywhere
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From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
fact
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From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
faded
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From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
final
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From this reading With one final glance back at the corner, he climbed the grating, scuttled across it, and dropped down.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
glance
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From this reading With one final glance back at the corner, he climbed the grating, scuttled across it, and dropped down.
go
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From this reading [Sidenote: _Money was worthless, yet no man dared go broke.
gold
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From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That would be a good place to hide, he thought.
grating
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From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
hide
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From this reading That would be a good place to hide, he thought.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
iron
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From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
Jewelry
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From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
lettering
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From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
man
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From this reading [Sidenote: _Money was worthless, yet no man dared go broke.
Mark
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From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
MILLIONAIRE
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From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
Money
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From this reading [Sidenote: _Money was worthless, yet no man dared go broke.
Most
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From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading [Sidenote: _Money was worthless, yet no man dared go broke.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
out
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From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
place
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From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
plate-glass
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From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
Point-Plus-Pearlie
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From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
pretty
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From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
protected
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From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
ran
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From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
Renner
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From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
said
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From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
scuttlednounUS /scuttled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With one final glance back at the corner, he climbed the grating, scuttled across it, and dropped down.
Sidenote
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From this reading [Sidenote: _Money was worthless, yet no man dared go broke.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
street
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From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That would be a good place to hide, he thought.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That would be a good place to hide, he thought.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
TOO
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From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
twenty
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From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
up
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From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading [Sidenote: _Money was worthless, yet no man dared go broke.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
whole
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From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
window
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From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
windows
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From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With one final glance back at the corner, he climbed the grating, scuttled across it, and dropped down.
worthless
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From this reading [Sidenote: _Money was worthless, yet no man dared go broke.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading That would be a good place to hide, he thought.
years
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From this reading Most of the plate-glass windows and doors along the street were broken out as in fact they were everywhere, and had been for twenty years--but one of the jewelry windows and the door, protected by iron grating, were still whole and would help to conceal him.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading [Sidenote: _Money was worthless, yet no man dared go broke.
YOUpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading It was all pretty confusing to Mark until "Point-Plus-Pearlie" told him--YOU TOO CAN BE A MILLIONAIRE _] Mark Renner looked anxiously backward as he ran up the street to the place where the faded gold lettering on one window said "Jewelry."
