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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 made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
abnormally
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From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
actually
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From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
almost
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From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
also
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From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
any
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From this reading A stranger figure than Septimus Searle Lingard has seldom walked the streets of any town.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And nothing in the world else was ever so piercingly solemn as his keen weary old eyes.
attracted
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From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
beings
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From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
black
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From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
broadcloth
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From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
certain
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From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
clerks
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From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
day
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From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
discovery
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From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
distinction
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From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
else
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From this reading And nothing in the world else was ever so piercingly solemn as his keen weary old eyes.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And nothing in the world else was ever so piercingly solemn as his keen weary old eyes.
eyes
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From this reading And nothing in the world else was ever so piercingly solemn as his keen weary old eyes.
face
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From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
figure
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From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
fragile
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From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
frame
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From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
gaunt
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From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A stranger figure than Septimus Searle Lingard has seldom walked the streets of any town.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
heavy
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From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
Henry
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From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
HIGH
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From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
hollowed
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From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
human
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From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
HUMANITY
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From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
inside
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From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
keen
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From this reading And nothing in the world else was ever so piercingly solemn as his keen weary old eyes.
Lingard
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From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
made
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From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
more
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From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
much
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From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
musty
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From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
narrow
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From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading And nothing in the world else was ever so piercingly solemn as his keen weary old eyes.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
old
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From this reading And nothing in the world else was ever so piercingly solemn as his keen weary old eyes.
old-world
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From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
only
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From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
painfully
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From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
partner
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From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
partners
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From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
piercingly
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From this reading And nothing in the world else was ever so piercingly solemn as his keen weary old eyes.
PLACES
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From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
quaint
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From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
said
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From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
Searle
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From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
seldom
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From this reading A stranger figure than Septimus Searle Lingard has seldom walked the streets of any town.
senior
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From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
Septimus
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From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
severity
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From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
shaven
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From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
sixty
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From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
solemn
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From this reading And nothing in the world else was ever so piercingly solemn as his keen weary old eyes.
spite
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From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
stranger
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From this reading A stranger figure than Septimus Searle Lingard has seldom walked the streets of any town.
streets
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From this reading A stranger figure than Septimus Searle Lingard has seldom walked the streets of any town.
surprising
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From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
tall
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From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading A stranger figure than Septimus Searle Lingard has seldom walked the streets of any town.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
thousand
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From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
too
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From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
town
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From this reading A stranger figure than Septimus Searle Lingard has seldom walked the streets of any town.
upright
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From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
walked
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From this reading A stranger figure than Septimus Searle Lingard has seldom walked the streets of any town.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
weary
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From this reading And nothing in the world else was ever so piercingly solemn as his keen weary old eyes.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading HUMANITY IN HIGH PLACES One day, however, Henry was to make the still more surprising discovery, that not only were the clerks human beings, but that one of the partners--only one of them--was also human.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading He made this discovery about the senior partner, whose old-world figure and quaint name, Septimus Searle Lingard, had, in spite of his severity, attracted him by a certain musty distinction.
world
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From this reading And nothing in the world else was ever so piercingly solemn as his keen weary old eyes.
wornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Though not actually much over sixty, you would have said he must be a thousand; his abnormally long, narrow, shaven face was so thin and gaunt and hollowed, and his tall, upright figure was so painfully fragile, that his black broadcloth seemed almost too heavy for the worn frame inside it.
