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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 "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
almost
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From this reading CHRIS LAWLESS came back into the hotel lounge almost as soon as his wife and young Atkins had left it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading CHRIS LAWLESS came back into the hotel lounge almost as soon as his wife and young Atkins had left it.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He had noticed the pallor of Marie's face at breakfast time, and the something strained in her determined cheeriness, and, good fellow as he really was at heart, he felt unhappy.
Atkins
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From this reading CHRIS LAWLESS came back into the hotel lounge almost as soon as his wife and young Atkins had left it.
aye
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From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
back
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From this reading CHRIS LAWLESS came back into the hotel lounge almost as soon as his wife and young Atkins had left it.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
begun
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From this reading His conscience had begun to prick him a little.
bought
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From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
breakfast
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From this reading He had noticed the pallor of Marie's face at breakfast time, and the something strained in her determined cheeriness, and, good fellow as he really was at heart, he felt unhappy.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
came
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From this reading CHRIS LAWLESS came back into the hotel lounge almost as soon as his wife and young Atkins had left it.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
cheeriness
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From this reading He had noticed the pallor of Marie's face at breakfast time, and the something strained in her determined cheeriness, and, good fellow as he really was at heart, he felt unhappy.
CHRIS
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From this reading CHRIS LAWLESS came back into the hotel lounge almost as soon as his wife and young Atkins had left it.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
comes
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From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
consciencenounUS /ˈkɑːnʃəns/
the inner sense of right and wrong
From this reading His conscience had begun to prick him a little.
determinedadjectiveUS /dɪˈtɜrmɪnd/
having firmly decided to do something
From this reading He had noticed the pallor of Marie's face at breakfast time, and the something strained in her determined cheeriness, and, good fellow as he really was at heart, he felt unhappy.
face
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From this reading He had noticed the pallor of Marie's face at breakfast time, and the something strained in her determined cheeriness, and, good fellow as he really was at heart, he felt unhappy.
fellow
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From this reading He had noticed the pallor of Marie's face at breakfast time, and the something strained in her determined cheeriness, and, good fellow as he really was at heart, he felt unhappy.
felt
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From this reading He had noticed the pallor of Marie's face at breakfast time, and the something strained in her determined cheeriness, and, good fellow as he really was at heart, he felt unhappy.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
friend
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From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had noticed the pallor of Marie's face at breakfast time, and the something strained in her determined cheeriness, and, good fellow as he really was at heart, he felt unhappy.
greatly
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From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading CHRIS LAWLESS came back into the hotel lounge almost as soon as his wife and young Atkins had left it.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He looked quickly round for Marie.
heart
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From this reading He had noticed the pallor of Marie's face at breakfast time, and the something strained in her determined cheeriness, and, good fellow as he really was at heart, he felt unhappy.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He had noticed the pallor of Marie's face at breakfast time, and the something strained in her determined cheeriness, and, good fellow as he really was at heart, he felt unhappy.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
hotel
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From this reading CHRIS LAWLESS came back into the hotel lounge almost as soon as his wife and young Atkins had left it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He had noticed the pallor of Marie's face at breakfast time, and the something strained in her determined cheeriness, and, good fellow as he really was at heart, he felt unhappy.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading CHRIS LAWLESS came back into the hotel lounge almost as soon as his wife and young Atkins had left it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading CHRIS LAWLESS came back into the hotel lounge almost as soon as his wife and young Atkins had left it.
LAWLESS
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From this reading CHRIS LAWLESS came back into the hotel lounge almost as soon as his wife and young Atkins had left it.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CHRIS LAWLESS came back into the hotel lounge almost as soon as his wife and young Atkins had left it.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His conscience had begun to prick him a little.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He looked quickly round for Marie.
lounge
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From this reading CHRIS LAWLESS came back into the hotel lounge almost as soon as his wife and young Atkins had left it.
love
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From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
Marie
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From this reading He looked quickly round for Marie.
Marie's
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From this reading He had noticed the pallor of Marie's face at breakfast time, and the something strained in her determined cheeriness, and, good fellow as he really was at heart, he felt unhappy.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
noticed
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From this reading He had noticed the pallor of Marie's face at breakfast time, and the something strained in her determined cheeriness, and, good fellow as he really was at heart, he felt unhappy.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He had noticed the pallor of Marie's face at breakfast time, and the something strained in her determined cheeriness, and, good fellow as he really was at heart, he felt unhappy.
once
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From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
pallor
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From this reading He had noticed the pallor of Marie's face at breakfast time, and the something strained in her determined cheeriness, and, good fellow as he really was at heart, he felt unhappy.
prick
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From this reading His conscience had begun to prick him a little.
quickly
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From this reading He looked quickly round for Marie.
really
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From this reading He had noticed the pallor of Marie's face at breakfast time, and the something strained in her determined cheeriness, and, good fellow as he really was at heart, he felt unhappy.
round
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From this reading He looked quickly round for Marie.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading He had noticed the pallor of Marie's face at breakfast time, and the something strained in her determined cheeriness, and, good fellow as he really was at heart, he felt unhappy.
soon
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From this reading CHRIS LAWLESS came back into the hotel lounge almost as soon as his wife and young Atkins had left it.
strained
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From this reading He had noticed the pallor of Marie's face at breakfast time, and the something strained in her determined cheeriness, and, good fellow as he really was at heart, he felt unhappy.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CHRIS LAWLESS came back into the hotel lounge almost as soon as his wife and young Atkins had left it.
theepronounUS /ðiː/
an old word for “you”, as the object, speaking to one person
From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
ThydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had noticed the pallor of Marie's face at breakfast time, and the something strained in her determined cheeriness, and, good fellow as he really was at heart, he felt unhappy.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
true
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From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
Trust
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From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
unhappy
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From this reading He had noticed the pallor of Marie's face at breakfast time, and the something strained in her determined cheeriness, and, good fellow as he really was at heart, he felt unhappy.
unsought
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From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He had noticed the pallor of Marie's face at breakfast time, and the something strained in her determined cheeriness, and, good fellow as he really was at heart, he felt unhappy.
way
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From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
wife
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From this reading CHRIS LAWLESS came back into the hotel lounge almost as soon as his wife and young Atkins had left it.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
young
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From this reading CHRIS LAWLESS came back into the hotel lounge almost as soon as his wife and young Atkins had left it.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Thy friend will come to thee unsought With nothing can his love be bought; Trust him greatly and for aye, A true friend comes but once your way."
