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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 IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Moreover, his friend from Georgia was gone, and quite disconsolate, for him, he stood in front of the hotel wondering about his next move.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Moreover, his friend from Georgia was gone, and quite disconsolate, for him, he stood in front of the hotel wondering about his next move.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
back
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From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
bananas
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From this reading The new-comer, who had not waited for the cab door to be opened for him, immediately offered to bet his driver the price of the fare that the horse would eat bananas.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The new-comer, who had not waited for the cab door to be opened for him, immediately offered to bet his driver the price of the fare that the horse would eat bananas.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
bet
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From this reading The new-comer, who had not waited for the cab door to be opened for him, immediately offered to bet his driver the price of the fare that the horse would eat bananas.
Blackie
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From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
cab
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From this reading Fate sent him a cab, from which popped a miniature edition of the man from Georgia.
came
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From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
clean
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From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
considerable
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From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
Daw
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From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
disconsolate
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From this reading Moreover, his friend from Georgia was gone, and quite disconsolate, for him, he stood in front of the hotel wondering about his next move.
door
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From this reading The new-comer, who had not waited for the cab door to be opened for him, immediately offered to bet his driver the price of the fare that the horse would eat bananas.
driver
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From this reading The new-comer, who had not waited for the cab door to be opened for him, immediately offered to bet his driver the price of the fare that the horse would eat bananas.
eat
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From this reading The new-comer, who had not waited for the cab door to be opened for him, immediately offered to bet his driver the price of the fare that the horse would eat bananas.
edition
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From this reading Fate sent him a cab, from which popped a miniature edition of the man from Georgia.
EGYPTIANS
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From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
elderly
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From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
fareverbUS /fer/
to do or succeed in a particular way
From this reading The new-comer, who had not waited for the cab door to be opened for him, immediately offered to bet his driver the price of the fare that the horse would eat bananas.
Fate
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From this reading Fate sent him a cab, from which popped a miniature edition of the man from Georgia.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
friend
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From this reading Moreover, his friend from Georgia was gone, and quite disconsolate, for him, he stood in front of the hotel wondering about his next move.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
front
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From this reading Moreover, his friend from Georgia was gone, and quite disconsolate, for him, he stood in front of the hotel wondering about his next move.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
Georgia
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From this reading Moreover, his friend from Georgia was gone, and quite disconsolate, for him, he stood in front of the hotel wondering about his next move.
gives
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From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
gone
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From this reading Moreover, his friend from Georgia was gone, and quite disconsolate, for him, he stood in front of the hotel wondering about his next move.
grown
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From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
hair
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From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
HEARS
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From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Moreover, his friend from Georgia was gone, and quite disconsolate, for him, he stood in front of the hotel wondering about his next move.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Moreover, his friend from Georgia was gone, and quite disconsolate, for him, he stood in front of the hotel wondering about his next move.
horse
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From this reading The new-comer, who had not waited for the cab door to be opened for him, immediately offered to bet his driver the price of the fare that the horse would eat bananas.
hotel
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From this reading Moreover, his friend from Georgia was gone, and quite disconsolate, for him, he stood in front of the hotel wondering about his next move.
immediately
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From this reading The new-comer, who had not waited for the cab door to be opened for him, immediately offered to bet his driver the price of the fare that the horse would eat bananas.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
indeed
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From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
instinctively
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From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
J
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From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
like
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From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
loneliness
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From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
looking
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From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
man
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From this reading Fate sent him a cab, from which popped a miniature edition of the man from Georgia.
men
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From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
midnight
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From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
miniature
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From this reading Fate sent him a cab, from which popped a miniature edition of the man from Georgia.
MoreoveradverbUS /mɔːˈroʊvər/
in addition to what has just been said
From this reading Moreover, his friend from Georgia was gone, and quite disconsolate, for him, he stood in front of the hotel wondering about his next move.
move
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From this reading Moreover, his friend from Georgia was gone, and quite disconsolate, for him, he stood in front of the hotel wondering about his next move.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
mustache
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From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
near
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From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
new-comer
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From this reading The new-comer, who had not waited for the cab door to be opened for him, immediately offered to bet his driver the price of the fare that the horse would eat bananas.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Moreover, his friend from Georgia was gone, and quite disconsolate, for him, he stood in front of the hotel wondering about his next move.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The new-comer, who had not waited for the cab door to be opened for him, immediately offered to bet his driver the price of the fare that the horse would eat bananas.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
offered
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From this reading The new-comer, who had not waited for the cab door to be opened for him, immediately offered to bet his driver the price of the fare that the horse would eat bananas.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
opened
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From this reading The new-comer, who had not waited for the cab door to be opened for him, immediately offered to bet his driver the price of the fare that the horse would eat bananas.
popped
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From this reading Fate sent him a cab, from which popped a miniature edition of the man from Georgia.
possessed
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From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
price
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From this reading The new-comer, who had not waited for the cab door to be opened for him, immediately offered to bet his driver the price of the fare that the horse would eat bananas.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Moreover, his friend from Georgia was gone, and quite disconsolate, for him, he stood in front of the hotel wondering about his next move.
RUFUS
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From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
seeing
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From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
sent
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From this reading Fate sent him a cab, from which popped a miniature edition of the man from Georgia.
silvery-white
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From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
sixty
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From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
small
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From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
SOME
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From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
sort
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From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
spirit
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From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
spirits
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From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
SPOILING
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From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Moreover, his friend from Georgia was gone, and quite disconsolate, for him, he stood in front of the hotel wondering about his next move.
temporarily
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From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
thirty
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From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
title
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From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
train
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From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
very
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From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
waited
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From this reading The new-comer, who had not waited for the cab door to be opened for him, immediately offered to bet his driver the price of the fare that the horse would eat bananas.
Wallingford
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From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
well
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From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
WHICHpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The new-comer, who had not waited for the cab door to be opened for him, immediately offered to bet his driver the price of the fare that the horse would eat bananas.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
wondering
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From this reading Moreover, his friend from Georgia was gone, and quite disconsolate, for him, he stood in front of the hotel wondering about his next move.
WORTH
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From this reading IN WHICH J. RUFUS HEARS OF SOME EGYPTIANS WORTH SPOILING It was in a spirit of considerable loneliness that Wallingford came back from seeing Blackie Daw to the midnight train, for he had grown to like Blackie very well indeed.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The new-comer, who had not waited for the cab door to be opened for him, immediately offered to bet his driver the price of the fare that the horse would eat bananas.
youth
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From this reading He was a small, clean, elderly gentleman, of silvery-white hair and mustache, who must have been near sixty, but who possessed, temporarily at least, the youth and spirits of thirty; and he was one of that sort of looking men to whom one instinctively gives a title.
