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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 Write fifty of them straight off, and I will pay you for them in a lump; but they must be of the same color as the paper.”
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading And Finot, with seeming carelessness, gave Lucien an edifying anecdote of the Keeper of the Seals, a piece of current gossip, he said, for the subject of one of the papers.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Write fifty of them straight off, and I will pay you for them in a lump; but they must be of the same color as the paper.”
anecdote
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From this reading And Finot, with seeming carelessness, gave Lucien an edifying anecdote of the Keeper of the Seals, a piece of current gossip, he said, for the subject of one of the papers.
articles
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From this reading Keep my short articles in mind.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Write fifty of them straight off, and I will pay you for them in a lump; but they must be of the same color as the paper.”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Eager to retrieve his losses at play, Lucien shook off his dejection, summoned up his energy and youthful force, and wrote thirty articles of two columns each.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Write fifty of them straight off, and I will pay you for them in a lump; but they must be of the same color as the paper.”
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Write fifty of them straight off, and I will pay you for them in a lump; but they must be of the same color as the paper.”
carelessness
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From this reading And Finot, with seeming carelessness, gave Lucien an edifying anecdote of the Keeper of the Seals, a piece of current gossip, he said, for the subject of one of the papers.
color
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From this reading Write fifty of them straight off, and I will pay you for them in a lump; but they must be of the same color as the paper.”
columns
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From this reading Eager to retrieve his losses at play, Lucien shook off his dejection, summoned up his energy and youthful force, and wrote thirty articles of two columns each.
currentnounUS /ˈcurrent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And Finot, with seeming carelessness, gave Lucien an edifying anecdote of the Keeper of the Seals, a piece of current gossip, he said, for the subject of one of the papers.
dejection
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From this reading Eager to retrieve his losses at play, Lucien shook off his dejection, summoned up his energy and youthful force, and wrote thirty articles of two columns each.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Eager to retrieve his losses at play, Lucien shook off his dejection, summoned up his energy and youthful force, and wrote thirty articles of two columns each.
Eager
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From this reading Eager to retrieve his losses at play, Lucien shook off his dejection, summoned up his energy and youthful force, and wrote thirty articles of two columns each.
edifying
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From this reading And Finot, with seeming carelessness, gave Lucien an edifying anecdote of the Keeper of the Seals, a piece of current gossip, he said, for the subject of one of the papers.
energy
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From this reading Eager to retrieve his losses at play, Lucien shook off his dejection, summoned up his energy and youthful force, and wrote thirty articles of two columns each.
fifty
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From this reading Write fifty of them straight off, and I will pay you for them in a lump; but they must be of the same color as the paper.”
Finot
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From this reading And Finot, with seeming carelessness, gave Lucien an edifying anecdote of the Keeper of the Seals, a piece of current gossip, he said, for the subject of one of the papers.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Write fifty of them straight off, and I will pay you for them in a lump; but they must be of the same color as the paper.”
force
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From this reading Eager to retrieve his losses at play, Lucien shook off his dejection, summoned up his energy and youthful force, and wrote thirty articles of two columns each.
gave
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From this reading And Finot, with seeming carelessness, gave Lucien an edifying anecdote of the Keeper of the Seals, a piece of current gossip, he said, for the subject of one of the papers.
gossip
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From this reading And Finot, with seeming carelessness, gave Lucien an edifying anecdote of the Keeper of the Seals, a piece of current gossip, he said, for the subject of one of the papers.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And Finot, with seeming carelessness, gave Lucien an edifying anecdote of the Keeper of the Seals, a piece of current gossip, he said, for the subject of one of the papers.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Eager to retrieve his losses at play, Lucien shook off his dejection, summoned up his energy and youthful force, and wrote thirty articles of two columns each.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Write fifty of them straight off, and I will pay you for them in a lump; but they must be of the same color as the paper.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Keep my short articles in mind.
Keep
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From this reading Keep my short articles in mind.
Keeper
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From this reading And Finot, with seeming carelessness, gave Lucien an edifying anecdote of the Keeper of the Seals, a piece of current gossip, he said, for the subject of one of the papers.
losses
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From this reading Eager to retrieve his losses at play, Lucien shook off his dejection, summoned up his energy and youthful force, and wrote thirty articles of two columns each.
Lucien
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From this reading And Finot, with seeming carelessness, gave Lucien an edifying anecdote of the Keeper of the Seals, a piece of current gossip, he said, for the subject of one of the papers.
lump
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From this reading Write fifty of them straight off, and I will pay you for them in a lump; but they must be of the same color as the paper.”
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Keep my short articles in mind.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Write fifty of them straight off, and I will pay you for them in a lump; but they must be of the same color as the paper.”
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Keep my short articles in mind.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Write fifty of them straight off, and I will pay you for them in a lump; but they must be of the same color as the paper.”
off
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From this reading Write fifty of them straight off, and I will pay you for them in a lump; but they must be of the same color as the paper.”
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And Finot, with seeming carelessness, gave Lucien an edifying anecdote of the Keeper of the Seals, a piece of current gossip, he said, for the subject of one of the papers.
paper
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From this reading Write fifty of them straight off, and I will pay you for them in a lump; but they must be of the same color as the paper.”
papers
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From this reading And Finot, with seeming carelessness, gave Lucien an edifying anecdote of the Keeper of the Seals, a piece of current gossip, he said, for the subject of one of the papers.
pay
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From this reading Write fifty of them straight off, and I will pay you for them in a lump; but they must be of the same color as the paper.”
piece
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From this reading And Finot, with seeming carelessness, gave Lucien an edifying anecdote of the Keeper of the Seals, a piece of current gossip, he said, for the subject of one of the papers.
play
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From this reading Eager to retrieve his losses at play, Lucien shook off his dejection, summoned up his energy and youthful force, and wrote thirty articles of two columns each.
retrieve
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From this reading Eager to retrieve his losses at play, Lucien shook off his dejection, summoned up his energy and youthful force, and wrote thirty articles of two columns each.
said
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From this reading And Finot, with seeming carelessness, gave Lucien an edifying anecdote of the Keeper of the Seals, a piece of current gossip, he said, for the subject of one of the papers.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Write fifty of them straight off, and I will pay you for them in a lump; but they must be of the same color as the paper.”
Seals
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From this reading And Finot, with seeming carelessness, gave Lucien an edifying anecdote of the Keeper of the Seals, a piece of current gossip, he said, for the subject of one of the papers.
seeming
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From this reading And Finot, with seeming carelessness, gave Lucien an edifying anecdote of the Keeper of the Seals, a piece of current gossip, he said, for the subject of one of the papers.
shook
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From this reading Eager to retrieve his losses at play, Lucien shook off his dejection, summoned up his energy and youthful force, and wrote thirty articles of two columns each.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading Keep my short articles in mind.
straight
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From this reading Write fifty of them straight off, and I will pay you for them in a lump; but they must be of the same color as the paper.”
subject
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From this reading And Finot, with seeming carelessness, gave Lucien an edifying anecdote of the Keeper of the Seals, a piece of current gossip, he said, for the subject of one of the papers.
summoned
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From this reading Eager to retrieve his losses at play, Lucien shook off his dejection, summoned up his energy and youthful force, and wrote thirty articles of two columns each.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Write fifty of them straight off, and I will pay you for them in a lump; but they must be of the same color as the paper.”
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Write fifty of them straight off, and I will pay you for them in a lump; but they must be of the same color as the paper.”
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Write fifty of them straight off, and I will pay you for them in a lump; but they must be of the same color as the paper.”
thirty
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From this reading Eager to retrieve his losses at play, Lucien shook off his dejection, summoned up his energy and youthful force, and wrote thirty articles of two columns each.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Eager to retrieve his losses at play, Lucien shook off his dejection, summoned up his energy and youthful force, and wrote thirty articles of two columns each.
two
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From this reading Eager to retrieve his losses at play, Lucien shook off his dejection, summoned up his energy and youthful force, and wrote thirty articles of two columns each.
up
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From this reading Eager to retrieve his losses at play, Lucien shook off his dejection, summoned up his energy and youthful force, and wrote thirty articles of two columns each.
Very
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From this reading “Very well.
well
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From this reading “Very well.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Write fifty of them straight off, and I will pay you for them in a lump; but they must be of the same color as the paper.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And Finot, with seeming carelessness, gave Lucien an edifying anecdote of the Keeper of the Seals, a piece of current gossip, he said, for the subject of one of the papers.
Write
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From this reading Write fifty of them straight off, and I will pay you for them in a lump; but they must be of the same color as the paper.”
wrote
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From this reading Eager to retrieve his losses at play, Lucien shook off his dejection, summoned up his energy and youthful force, and wrote thirty articles of two columns each.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Write fifty of them straight off, and I will pay you for them in a lump; but they must be of the same color as the paper.”
youthful
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From this reading Eager to retrieve his losses at play, Lucien shook off his dejection, summoned up his energy and youthful force, and wrote thirty articles of two columns each.
