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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 When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mrs. Simcox’s weekly bill fell by chance into the patient’s hands, and its items filled him with horror.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading This bill put back the patient’s recovery for a week, and prolonged the expenses, and brought the whole house, as Mrs. Simcox declared tearfully, on her comparatively innocent head.
back
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From this reading This bill put back the patient’s recovery for a week, and prolonged the expenses, and brought the whole house, as Mrs. Simcox declared tearfully, on her comparatively innocent head.
bacon
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From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Mr. Mannering’s convalescence was worse than his illness had been to the house in Bloomsbury.
bill
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From this reading Mrs. Simcox’s weekly bill fell by chance into the patient’s hands, and its items filled him with horror.
Bloomsbury
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From this reading Mr. Mannering’s convalescence was worse than his illness had been to the house in Bloomsbury.
breakfast
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From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading This bill put back the patient’s recovery for a week, and prolonged the expenses, and brought the whole house, as Mrs. Simcox declared tearfully, on her comparatively innocent head.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Mrs. Simcox’s weekly bill fell by chance into the patient’s hands, and its items filled him with horror.
chance
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From this reading Mrs. Simcox’s weekly bill fell by chance into the patient’s hands, and its items filled him with horror.
chicken
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From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
comparatively
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From this reading This bill put back the patient’s recovery for a week, and prolonged the expenses, and brought the whole house, as Mrs. Simcox declared tearfully, on her comparatively innocent head.
conscientious
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From this reading And Mrs. Simcox was very conscientious, putting down even the parsley and the mint which were necessary for these meals.
convalescence
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From this reading Mr. Mannering’s convalescence was worse than his illness had been to the house in Bloomsbury.
cups
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From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
day-nurse's
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From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
declared
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From this reading This bill put back the patient’s recovery for a week, and prolonged the expenses, and brought the whole house, as Mrs. Simcox declared tearfully, on her comparatively innocent head.
detailsnounUS /ˈdetails/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
dinner
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From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
down
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From this reading And Mrs. Simcox was very conscientious, putting down even the parsley and the mint which were necessary for these meals.
eggs
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From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And Mrs. Simcox was very conscientious, putting down even the parsley and the mint which were necessary for these meals.
exaggerated
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From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
expenses
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From this reading This bill put back the patient’s recovery for a week, and prolonged the expenses, and brought the whole house, as Mrs. Simcox declared tearfully, on her comparatively innocent head.
fell
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From this reading Mrs. Simcox’s weekly bill fell by chance into the patient’s hands, and its items filled him with horror.
filled
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From this reading Mrs. Simcox’s weekly bill fell by chance into the patient’s hands, and its items filled him with horror.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mr. Mannering’s convalescence was worse than his illness had been to the house in Bloomsbury.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Mrs. Simcox’s weekly bill fell by chance into the patient’s hands, and its items filled him with horror.
head
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From this reading This bill put back the patient’s recovery for a week, and prolonged the expenses, and brought the whole house, as Mrs. Simcox declared tearfully, on her comparatively innocent head.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading This bill put back the patient’s recovery for a week, and prolonged the expenses, and brought the whole house, as Mrs. Simcox declared tearfully, on her comparatively innocent head.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mrs. Simcox’s weekly bill fell by chance into the patient’s hands, and its items filled him with horror.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mr. Mannering’s convalescence was worse than his illness had been to the house in Bloomsbury.
horror
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From this reading Mrs. Simcox’s weekly bill fell by chance into the patient’s hands, and its items filled him with horror.
house
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From this reading Mr. Mannering’s convalescence was worse than his illness had been to the house in Bloomsbury.
illness
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From this reading Mr. Mannering’s convalescence was worse than his illness had been to the house in Bloomsbury.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mr. Mannering’s convalescence was worse than his illness had been to the house in Bloomsbury.
innocent
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From this reading This bill put back the patient’s recovery for a week, and prolonged the expenses, and brought the whole house, as Mrs. Simcox declared tearfully, on her comparatively innocent head.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Mrs. Simcox’s weekly bill fell by chance into the patient’s hands, and its items filled him with horror.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
items
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From this reading Mrs. Simcox’s weekly bill fell by chance into the patient’s hands, and its items filled him with horror.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Simcox’s weekly bill fell by chance into the patient’s hands, and its items filled him with horror.
lamb
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From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
magnitude
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From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
man
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From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
Mannering's
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From this reading Mr. Mannering’s convalescence was worse than his illness had been to the house in Bloomsbury.
meals
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From this reading And Mrs. Simcox was very conscientious, putting down even the parsley and the mint which were necessary for these meals.
mint
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From this reading And Mrs. Simcox was very conscientious, putting down even the parsley and the mint which were necessary for these meals.
Mr
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From this reading Mr. Mannering’s convalescence was worse than his illness had been to the house in Bloomsbury.
Mrs
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From this reading Mrs. Simcox’s weekly bill fell by chance into the patient’s hands, and its items filled him with horror.
necessary
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From this reading And Mrs. Simcox was very conscientious, putting down even the parsley and the mint which were necessary for these meals.
night-nurse's
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From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
painfully
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From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
parsley
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From this reading And Mrs. Simcox was very conscientious, putting down even the parsley and the mint which were necessary for these meals.
patient's
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From this reading Mrs. Simcox’s weekly bill fell by chance into the patient’s hands, and its items filled him with horror.
prolonged
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From this reading This bill put back the patient’s recovery for a week, and prolonged the expenses, and brought the whole house, as Mrs. Simcox declared tearfully, on her comparatively innocent head.
put
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From this reading This bill put back the patient’s recovery for a week, and prolonged the expenses, and brought the whole house, as Mrs. Simcox declared tearfully, on her comparatively innocent head.
putting
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From this reading And Mrs. Simcox was very conscientious, putting down even the parsley and the mint which were necessary for these meals.
recovery
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From this reading This bill put back the patient’s recovery for a week, and prolonged the expenses, and brought the whole house, as Mrs. Simcox declared tearfully, on her comparatively innocent head.
roast
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From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
Simcox
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From this reading And Mrs. Simcox was very conscientious, putting down even the parsley and the mint which were necessary for these meals.
Simcox's
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From this reading Mrs. Simcox’s weekly bill fell by chance into the patient’s hands, and its items filled him with horror.
soup
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From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
supported
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From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
tearfully
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From this reading This bill put back the patient’s recovery for a week, and prolonged the expenses, and brought the whole house, as Mrs. Simcox declared tearfully, on her comparatively innocent head.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Mr. Mannering’s convalescence was worse than his illness had been to the house in Bloomsbury.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mr. Mannering’s convalescence was worse than his illness had been to the house in Bloomsbury.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading And Mrs. Simcox was very conscientious, putting down even the parsley and the mint which were necessary for these meals.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This bill put back the patient’s recovery for a week, and prolonged the expenses, and brought the whole house, as Mrs. Simcox declared tearfully, on her comparatively innocent head.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mr. Mannering’s convalescence was worse than his illness had been to the house in Bloomsbury.
very
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From this reading And Mrs. Simcox was very conscientious, putting down even the parsley and the mint which were necessary for these meals.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mr. Mannering’s convalescence was worse than his illness had been to the house in Bloomsbury.
week
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From this reading This bill put back the patient’s recovery for a week, and prolonged the expenses, and brought the whole house, as Mrs. Simcox declared tearfully, on her comparatively innocent head.
weekly
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From this reading Mrs. Simcox’s weekly bill fell by chance into the patient’s hands, and its items filled him with horror.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And Mrs. Simcox was very conscientious, putting down even the parsley and the mint which were necessary for these meals.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And Mrs. Simcox was very conscientious, putting down even the parsley and the mint which were necessary for these meals.
whole
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From this reading This bill put back the patient’s recovery for a week, and prolonged the expenses, and brought the whole house, as Mrs. Simcox declared tearfully, on her comparatively innocent head.
wings
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From this reading When a man is himself painfully supported on cups of soup and wings of chicken, the details of roast lamb for the day-nurse’s dinner, and bacon and eggs for the night-nurse’s breakfast, take an exaggerated magnitude.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mrs. Simcox’s weekly bill fell by chance into the patient’s hands, and its items filled him with horror.
worse
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From this reading Mr. Mannering’s convalescence was worse than his illness had been to the house in Bloomsbury.
