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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 "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
advise
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From this reading The price they will sell for I have approximately arrived at, but I cannot advise you to buy.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
Angler
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From this reading --_The Complete Angler._ The next day John Hardy received a letter from Prokurator Steindal of Copenhagen.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
approximately
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From this reading The price they will sell for I have approximately arrived at, but I cannot advise you to buy.
arrived
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From this reading The price they will sell for I have approximately arrived at, but I cannot advise you to buy.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I dare hardly go in, lest I should not like it so well within as without, but by your leave I will try."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The price they will sell for I have approximately arrived at, but I cannot advise you to buy.
attended
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From this reading "Your honoured instructions as to Rosendal I have attended to.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
buy
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From this reading The price they will sell for I have approximately arrived at, but I cannot advise you to buy.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I dare hardly go in, lest I should not like it so well within as without, but by your leave I will try."
cannot
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From this reading The price they will sell for I have approximately arrived at, but I cannot advise you to buy.
clear
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From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
CompletenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading --_The Complete Angler._ The next day John Hardy received a letter from Prokurator Steindal of Copenhagen.
Copenhagen
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From this reading --_The Complete Angler._ The next day John Hardy received a letter from Prokurator Steindal of Copenhagen.
dare
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From this reading I dare hardly go in, lest I should not like it so well within as without, but by your leave I will try."
day
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From this reading --_The Complete Angler._ The next day John Hardy received a letter from Prokurator Steindal of Copenhagen.
delicate
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From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The price they will sell for I have approximately arrived at, but I cannot advise you to buy.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading --_The Complete Angler._ The next day John Hardy received a letter from Prokurator Steindal of Copenhagen.
go
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From this reading I dare hardly go in, lest I should not like it so well within as without, but by your leave I will try."
hardly
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From this reading I dare hardly go in, lest I should not like it so well within as without, but by your leave I will try."
Hardy
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From this reading --_The Complete Angler._ The next day John Hardy received a letter from Prokurator Steindal of Copenhagen.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Your honoured instructions as to Rosendal I have attended to.
honoured
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From this reading "Your honoured instructions as to Rosendal I have attended to.
house
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From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
instructions
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From this reading "Your honoured instructions as to Rosendal I have attended to.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
John
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From this reading --_The Complete Angler._ The next day John Hardy received a letter from Prokurator Steindal of Copenhagen.
kind
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From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
leave
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From this reading I dare hardly go in, lest I should not like it so well within as without, but by your leave I will try."
lestconjunctionUS /lest/
in order that something should not happen
From this reading I dare hardly go in, lest I should not like it so well within as without, but by your leave I will try."
letter
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From this reading --_The Complete Angler._ The next day John Hardy received a letter from Prokurator Steindal of Copenhagen.
like
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From this reading I dare hardly go in, lest I should not like it so well within as without, but by your leave I will try."
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
most
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From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading --_The Complete Angler._ The next day John Hardy received a letter from Prokurator Steindal of Copenhagen.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I dare hardly go in, lest I should not like it so well within as without, but by your leave I will try."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
peninsula
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From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
pleasednounUS /ˈpleased/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
price
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From this reading The price they will sell for I have approximately arrived at, but I cannot advise you to buy.
Prokurator
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From this reading --_The Complete Angler._ The next day John Hardy received a letter from Prokurator Steindal of Copenhagen.
received
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From this reading --_The Complete Angler._ The next day John Hardy received a letter from Prokurator Steindal of Copenhagen.
river
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From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
Rosendal
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From this reading "Your honoured instructions as to Rosendal I have attended to.
saw
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From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
sell
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From this reading The price they will sell for I have approximately arrived at, but I cannot advise you to buy.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I dare hardly go in, lest I should not like it so well within as without, but by your leave I will try."
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I dare hardly go in, lest I should not like it so well within as without, but by your leave I will try."
stands
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From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
Steindal
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From this reading --_The Complete Angler._ The next day John Hardy received a letter from Prokurator Steindal of Copenhagen.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The price they will sell for I have approximately arrived at, but I cannot advise you to buy.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Your honoured instructions as to Rosendal I have attended to.
too
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From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
try
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From this reading I dare hardly go in, lest I should not like it so well within as without, but by your leave I will try."
well
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From this reading I dare hardly go in, lest I should not like it so well within as without, but by your leave I will try."
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I dare hardly go in, lest I should not like it so well within as without, but by your leave I will try."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "But I am the most pleased with this little house of anything I ever saw: it stands in a kind of peninsula too, with a delicate clear river about it.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading I dare hardly go in, lest I should not like it so well within as without, but by your leave I will try."
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading I dare hardly go in, lest I should not like it so well within as without, but by your leave I will try."
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The price they will sell for I have approximately arrived at, but I cannot advise you to buy.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I dare hardly go in, lest I should not like it so well within as without, but by your leave I will try."
