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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 _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I inquired about the trains to the place where the slaughter was to be done, and finding that they were satisfactory, agreed to join him on the following afternoon.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I inquired about the trains to the place where the slaughter was to be done, and finding that they were satisfactory, agreed to join him on the following afternoon.
afternoon's
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From this reading A FRIEND of mine once came to my office to invite me to an afternoon’s rook-shooting.
agreed
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From this reading I inquired about the trains to the place where the slaughter was to be done, and finding that they were satisfactory, agreed to join him on the following afternoon.
alive
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
also
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From this reading Then he turned to the sub-editor--a pleasant young fellow who had ideas of going to the bar--and asked him if he would care to come also.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I was not in my room and he found me in the sub-editor’s.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then he turned to the sub-editor--a pleasant young fellow who had ideas of going to the bar--and asked him if he would care to come also.
Australian
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
bar
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From this reading Then he turned to the sub-editor--a pleasant young fellow who had ideas of going to the bar--and asked him if he would care to come also.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
BelowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
blackberry
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
Burnaby's
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
came
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
care
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From this reading Then he turned to the sub-editor--a pleasant young fellow who had ideas of going to the bar--and asked him if he would care to come also.
chameleon
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then he turned to the sub-editor--a pleasant young fellow who had ideas of going to the bar--and asked him if he would care to come also.
dampness
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
degree
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
Degrees
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
dogs
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I inquired about the trains to the place where the slaughter was to be done, and finding that they were satisfactory, agreed to join him on the following afternoon.
Egan
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
fastidious
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
fellow
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From this reading Then he turned to the sub-editor--a pleasant young fellow who had ideas of going to the bar--and asked him if he would care to come also.
finding
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From this reading I inquired about the trains to the place where the slaughter was to be done, and finding that they were satisfactory, agreed to join him on the following afternoon.
following
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From this reading I inquired about the trains to the place where the slaughter was to be done, and finding that they were satisfactory, agreed to join him on the following afternoon.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was not in my room and he found me in the sub-editor’s.
FRIEND
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From this reading A FRIEND of mine once came to my office to invite me to an afternoon’s rook-shooting.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
going
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From this reading Then he turned to the sub-editor--a pleasant young fellow who had ideas of going to the bar--and asked him if he would care to come also.
greatly
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
gun
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Then he turned to the sub-editor--a pleasant young fellow who had ideas of going to the bar--and asked him if he would care to come also.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I was not in my room and he found me in the sub-editor’s.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I inquired about the trains to the place where the slaughter was to be done, and finding that they were satisfactory, agreed to join him on the following afternoon.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
How
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was not in my room and he found me in the sub-editor’s.
ideas
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From this reading Then he turned to the sub-editor--a pleasant young fellow who had ideas of going to the bar--and asked him if he would care to come also.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Then he turned to the sub-editor--a pleasant young fellow who had ideas of going to the bar--and asked him if he would care to come also.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
inquirednounUS /ˈinquired/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I inquired about the trains to the place where the slaughter was to be done, and finding that they were satisfactory, agreed to join him on the following afternoon.
invitation
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
invite
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From this reading A FRIEND of mine once came to my office to invite me to an afternoon’s rook-shooting.
Jack
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
join
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From this reading I inquired about the trains to the place where the slaughter was to be done, and finding that they were satisfactory, agreed to join him on the following afternoon.
keeper's
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
kind
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
Main
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
man
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A FRIEND of mine once came to my office to invite me to an afternoon’s rook-shooting.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A FRIEND of mine once came to my office to invite me to an afternoon’s rook-shooting.
moral
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
Mr
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
Muldoon
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
muzzle-loader
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A FRIEND of mine once came to my office to invite me to an afternoon’s rook-shooting.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I was not in my room and he found me in the sub-editor’s.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
offer
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
office
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From this reading A FRIEND of mine once came to my office to invite me to an afternoon’s rook-shooting.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I inquired about the trains to the place where the slaughter was to be done, and finding that they were satisfactory, agreed to join him on the following afternoon.
once
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From this reading A FRIEND of mine once came to my office to invite me to an afternoon’s rook-shooting.
Over-willing
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
overrated
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
Patsy
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
place
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From this reading I inquired about the trains to the place where the slaughter was to be done, and finding that they were satisfactory, agreed to join him on the following afternoon.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then he turned to the sub-editor--a pleasant young fellow who had ideas of going to the bar--and asked him if he would care to come also.
quotation
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
Recollections
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
remonstrance
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
repose
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
Rivals
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
rook
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
rook-shooting
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From this reading A FRIEND of mine once came to my office to invite me to an afternoon’s rook-shooting.
rooks
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
room
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From this reading I was not in my room and he found me in the sub-editor’s.
satisfactory
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From this reading I inquired about the trains to the place where the slaughter was to be done, and finding that they were satisfactory, agreed to join him on the following afternoon.
shoot
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
slaughter
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From this reading I inquired about the trains to the place where the slaughter was to be done, and finding that they were satisfactory, agreed to join him on the following afternoon.
smashed
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
smiled
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
Spanish
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
sport
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
story
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
sub-editor
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From this reading Then he turned to the sub-editor--a pleasant young fellow who had ideas of going to the bar--and asked him if he would care to come also.
sub-editor's
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From this reading I was not in my room and he found me in the sub-editor’s.
sub-editors
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
superlative
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
surface
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I inquired about the trains to the place where the slaughter was to be done, and finding that they were satisfactory, agreed to join him on the following afternoon.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
Then
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From this reading Then he turned to the sub-editor--a pleasant young fellow who had ideas of going to the bar--and asked him if he would care to come also.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I inquired about the trains to the place where the slaughter was to be done, and finding that they were satisfactory, agreed to join him on the following afternoon.
thirst
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
trains
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From this reading I inquired about the trains to the place where the slaughter was to be done, and finding that they were satisfactory, agreed to join him on the following afternoon.
turned
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From this reading Then he turned to the sub-editor--a pleasant young fellow who had ideas of going to the bar--and asked him if he would care to come also.
visitor
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was not in my room and he found me in the sub-editor’s.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I inquired about the trains to the place where the slaughter was to be done, and finding that they were satisfactory, agreed to join him on the following afternoon.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading I inquired about the trains to the place where the slaughter was to be done, and finding that they were satisfactory, agreed to join him on the following afternoon.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Then he turned to the sub-editor--a pleasant young fellow who had ideas of going to the bar--and asked him if he would care to come also.
Why
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From this reading _An invitation to shoot rooks--The sub-editors gun--A quotation from “The Rivals”--The rook in repose--How the gun came to be smashed--Recollections of the Spanish Main--A greatly overrated sport--The story of Jack Burnaby’s dogs--A fastidious man--His keeper’s remonstrance--The Australian visitor---A kind offer--Over-willing dogs--The story of a muzzle-loader--How Mr. Egan came to be alive--Why Patsy Muldoon smiled--The moral--Degrees of dampness--Below the surface--The chameleon blackberry--A superlative degree of thirst._
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Then he turned to the sub-editor--a pleasant young fellow who had ideas of going to the bar--and asked him if he would care to come also.
young
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From this reading Then he turned to the sub-editor--a pleasant young fellow who had ideas of going to the bar--and asked him if he would care to come also.
