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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 _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
account
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From this reading No one could account for a curious _distrait_ air which he frequently wore; but I had only to look at his eyes to become aware of the secret of his life.
air
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From this reading No one could account for a curious _distrait_ air which he frequently wore; but I had only to look at his eyes to become aware of the secret of his life.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was a most intelligent and widely-read man; but he had wrecked his life over opium.
Andrew
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
ANOTHERnounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ANOTHER remarkable type of the subeditor of the past was a middle-aged man whom it was my privilege to study for some months.
arrival
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading No one could account for a curious _distrait_ air which he frequently wore; but I had only to look at his eyes to become aware of the secret of his life.
aware
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From this reading No one could account for a curious _distrait_ air which he frequently wore; but I had only to look at his eyes to become aware of the secret of his life.
babbler
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
become
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From this reading No one could account for a curious _distrait_ air which he frequently wore; but I had only to look at his eyes to become aware of the secret of his life.
Bonnie
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
border
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
Brither
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading No one could account for a curious _distrait_ air which he frequently wore; but I had only to look at his eyes to become aware of the secret of his life.
buy
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
came
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
case
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From this reading I had seen enough of opium smokers in the East to enable me to pronounce decisively on this “case.”
cause
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
community
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
constitutionially
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading No one could account for a curious _distrait_ air which he frequently wore; but I had only to look at his eyes to become aware of the secret of his life.
curious
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From this reading No one could account for a curious _distrait_ air which he frequently wore; but I had only to look at his eyes to become aware of the secret of his life.
decisively
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From this reading I had seen enough of opium smokers in the East to enable me to pronounce decisively on this “case.”
distrait
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From this reading No one could account for a curious _distrait_ air which he frequently wore; but I had only to look at his eyes to become aware of the secret of his life.
Doola
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
Doon
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
East
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From this reading I had seen enough of opium smokers in the East to enable me to pronounce decisively on this “case.”
eater
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
editor
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
emulsion
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
enable
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From this reading I had seen enough of opium smokers in the East to enable me to pronounce decisively on this “case.”
enough
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From this reading I had seen enough of opium smokers in the East to enable me to pronounce decisively on this “case.”
epic
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
eyes
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From this reading No one could account for a curious _distrait_ air which he frequently wore; but I had only to look at his eyes to become aware of the secret of his life.
fields
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ANOTHER remarkable type of the subeditor of the past was a middle-aged man whom it was my privilege to study for some months.
frequently
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From this reading No one could account for a curious _distrait_ air which he frequently wore; but I had only to look at his eyes to become aware of the secret of his life.
green
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading No one could account for a curious _distrait_ air which he frequently wore; but I had only to look at his eyes to become aware of the secret of his life.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading No one could account for a curious _distrait_ air which he frequently wore; but I had only to look at his eyes to become aware of the secret of his life.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading No one could account for a curious _distrait_ air which he frequently wore; but I had only to look at his eyes to become aware of the secret of his life.
How
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading No one could account for a curious _distrait_ air which he frequently wore; but I had only to look at his eyes to become aware of the secret of his life.
idyl
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I had seen enough of opium smokers in the East to enable me to pronounce decisively on this “case.”
intelligent
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
Irish
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
Lang
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No one could account for a curious _distrait_ air which he frequently wore; but I had only to look at his eyes to become aware of the secret of his life.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No one could account for a curious _distrait_ air which he frequently wore; but I had only to look at his eyes to become aware of the secret of his life.
Mackellar
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
man
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
master
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I had seen enough of opium smokers in the East to enable me to pronounce decisively on this “case.”
melancholy
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
middle-aged
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From this reading ANOTHER remarkable type of the subeditor of the past was a middle-aged man whom it was my privilege to study for some months.
months
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From this reading ANOTHER remarkable type of the subeditor of the past was a middle-aged man whom it was my privilege to study for some months.
most
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From this reading He was a most intelligent and widely-read man; but he had wrecked his life over opium.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
Naugay
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
Newspaper
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No one could account for a curious _distrait_ air which he frequently wore; but I had only to look at his eyes to become aware of the secret of his life.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
o
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No one could account for a curious _distrait_ air which he frequently wore; but I had only to look at his eyes to become aware of the secret of his life.
only
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From this reading No one could account for a curious _distrait_ air which he frequently wore; but I had only to look at his eyes to become aware of the secret of his life.
opium
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He was a most intelligent and widely-read man; but he had wrecked his life over opium.
past
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From this reading ANOTHER remarkable type of the subeditor of the past was a middle-aged man whom it was my privilege to study for some months.
pays
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
privilege
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From this reading ANOTHER remarkable type of the subeditor of the past was a middle-aged man whom it was my privilege to study for some months.
pronounce
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From this reading I had seen enough of opium smokers in the East to enable me to pronounce decisively on this “case.”
quarlsome
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
raid
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
razor
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
remarkablenounUS /ˈremarkable/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ANOTHER remarkable type of the subeditor of the past was a middle-aged man whom it was my privilege to study for some months.
says
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
Scots
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
Sea
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading No one could account for a curious _distrait_ air which he frequently wore; but I had only to look at his eyes to become aware of the secret of his life.
seen
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From this reading I had seen enough of opium smokers in the East to enable me to pronounce decisively on this “case.”
smokers
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From this reading I had seen enough of opium smokers in the East to enable me to pronounce decisively on this “case.”
some
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From this reading ANOTHER remarkable type of the subeditor of the past was a middle-aged man whom it was my privilege to study for some months.
South
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
St
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
study
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From this reading ANOTHER remarkable type of the subeditor of the past was a middle-aged man whom it was my privilege to study for some months.
sub-editor
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
subeditor
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From this reading ANOTHER remarkable type of the subeditor of the past was a middle-aged man whom it was my privilege to study for some months.
sweer
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
Syne
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I had seen enough of opium smokers in the East to enable me to pronounce decisively on this “case.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
type
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From this reading ANOTHER remarkable type of the subeditor of the past was a middle-aged man whom it was my privilege to study for some months.
use
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ANOTHER remarkable type of the subeditor of the past was a middle-aged man whom it was my privilege to study for some months.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading No one could account for a curious _distrait_ air which he frequently wore; but I had only to look at his eyes to become aware of the secret of his life.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading ANOTHER remarkable type of the subeditor of the past was a middle-aged man whom it was my privilege to study for some months.
widely-read
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From this reading He was a most intelligent and widely-read man; but he had wrecked his life over opium.
wild
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From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading _The opium eater--A babbler o’ green fields--The “Brither Scots”--A South Sea idyl--St. Andrew Lang Syne--An intelligent community--The arrival of the “Bonnie Doon,” Mackellar, master--Captain Mackellar “says a ‘sweer’”--A border raid on a Newspaper--It pays--A raid of the wild Irish--Naugay Doola as a Newspaper editor--An epic--How the editor came to buy my emulsion--The constitutionially quarlsome sub-editor--The melancholy man--Not without a cause--The use of the razor._
wore
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From this reading No one could account for a curious _distrait_ air which he frequently wore; but I had only to look at his eyes to become aware of the secret of his life.
wreckedadjectiveUS /rɛkt/
destroyed or damaged by shipwreck
From this reading He was a most intelligent and widely-read man; but he had wrecked his life over opium.
