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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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advertisement
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From this reading & H.'S ANNOUNCEMENTS.--The attractive advertisement of Messrs. B.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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From this reading & H.'S ANNOUNCEMENTS.--The attractive advertisement of Messrs. B.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
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appeared
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aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
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Athenian
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attractive
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From this reading & H.'S ANNOUNCEMENTS.--The attractive advertisement of Messrs. B.
B
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From this reading B.
brows
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Brummell
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butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
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circled
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Death
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December
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dove
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down
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following
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Gazette
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general
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gyrated
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H
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From this reading & H.'S ANNOUNCEMENTS.--The attractive advertisement of Messrs. B.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
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haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
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heavens
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Hitherto
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Hunt
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IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading On the sixteenth of December, appeared another of those paragraphs in the "Athenian Gazette," to which I have previously referred.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On the sixteenth of December, appeared another of those paragraphs in the "Athenian Gazette," to which I have previously referred.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
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like
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loving
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mark
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Messrs
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modest
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now
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On the sixteenth of December, appeared another of those paragraphs in the "Athenian Gazette," to which I have previously referred.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the sixteenth of December, appeared another of those paragraphs in the "Athenian Gazette," to which I have previously referred.
only
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overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
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paragraphs
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praise
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previously
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publishers
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referred
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S
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From this reading & H.'S ANNOUNCEMENTS.--The attractive advertisement of Messrs. B.
settled
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shining
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sixteenth
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spreading
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squarely
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style
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the sixteenth of December, appeared another of those paragraphs in the "Athenian Gazette," to which I have previously referred.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading On the sixteenth of December, appeared another of those paragraphs in the "Athenian Gazette," to which I have previously referred.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On the sixteenth of December, appeared another of those paragraphs in the "Athenian Gazette," to which I have previously referred.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
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whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading On the sixteenth of December, appeared another of those paragraphs in the "Athenian Gazette," to which I have previously referred.
white
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whole
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wings
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