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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 He was one of those men whom solitude never wearies, a weaver of carefully thought-out schemes, no single detail of which was ever left to chance or impulse.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Borrowdean seemed after all to take but little interest in the game.
all
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From this reading Borrowdean seemed after all to take but little interest in the game.
any
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From this reading He bared his head to the breeze, stopped to listen to the larks, watched the sea-gulls float low over the lapping waters, without paying the slightest attention to any one of them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Such moments as these were valuable to him.
attention
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From this reading He bared his head to the breeze, stopped to listen to the larks, watched the sea-gulls float low over the lapping waters, without paying the slightest attention to any one of them.
away
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From this reading He walked generally, some distance away from the players, on the top of the low bank of sandhills which fringed the sea.
bank
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From this reading He walked generally, some distance away from the players, on the top of the low bank of sandhills which fringed the sea.
bared
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From this reading He bared his head to the breeze, stopped to listen to the larks, watched the sea-gulls float low over the lapping waters, without paying the slightest attention to any one of them.
Borrowdean
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From this reading Borrowdean seemed after all to take but little interest in the game.
breeze
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From this reading He bared his head to the breeze, stopped to listen to the larks, watched the sea-gulls float low over the lapping waters, without paying the slightest attention to any one of them.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Borrowdean seemed after all to take but little interest in the game.
carefully
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From this reading He was one of those men whom solitude never wearies, a weaver of carefully thought-out schemes, no single detail of which was ever left to chance or impulse.
chance
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From this reading He was one of those men whom solitude never wearies, a weaver of carefully thought-out schemes, no single detail of which was ever left to chance or impulse.
detail
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From this reading He was one of those men whom solitude never wearies, a weaver of carefully thought-out schemes, no single detail of which was ever left to chance or impulse.
distance
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From this reading He walked generally, some distance away from the players, on the top of the low bank of sandhills which fringed the sea.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was one of those men whom solitude never wearies, a weaver of carefully thought-out schemes, no single detail of which was ever left to chance or impulse.
float
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From this reading He bared his head to the breeze, stopped to listen to the larks, watched the sea-gulls float low over the lapping waters, without paying the slightest attention to any one of them.
fringed
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From this reading He walked generally, some distance away from the players, on the top of the low bank of sandhills which fringed the sea.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He walked generally, some distance away from the players, on the top of the low bank of sandhills which fringed the sea.
game
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From this reading Borrowdean seemed after all to take but little interest in the game.
generally
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From this reading He walked generally, some distance away from the players, on the top of the low bank of sandhills which fringed the sea.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He walked generally, some distance away from the players, on the top of the low bank of sandhills which fringed the sea.
head
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From this reading He bared his head to the breeze, stopped to listen to the larks, watched the sea-gulls float low over the lapping waters, without paying the slightest attention to any one of them.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Such moments as these were valuable to him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He bared his head to the breeze, stopped to listen to the larks, watched the sea-gulls float low over the lapping waters, without paying the slightest attention to any one of them.
impulsenounUS /ˈɪmpʌls/
a sudden strong desire to act
From this reading He was one of those men whom solitude never wearies, a weaver of carefully thought-out schemes, no single detail of which was ever left to chance or impulse.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Borrowdean seemed after all to take but little interest in the game.
interest
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From this reading Borrowdean seemed after all to take but little interest in the game.
lapping
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From this reading He bared his head to the breeze, stopped to listen to the larks, watched the sea-gulls float low over the lapping waters, without paying the slightest attention to any one of them.
larks
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From this reading He bared his head to the breeze, stopped to listen to the larks, watched the sea-gulls float low over the lapping waters, without paying the slightest attention to any one of them.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was one of those men whom solitude never wearies, a weaver of carefully thought-out schemes, no single detail of which was ever left to chance or impulse.
listen
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From this reading He bared his head to the breeze, stopped to listen to the larks, watched the sea-gulls float low over the lapping waters, without paying the slightest attention to any one of them.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Borrowdean seemed after all to take but little interest in the game.
low
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From this reading He walked generally, some distance away from the players, on the top of the low bank of sandhills which fringed the sea.
men
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From this reading He was one of those men whom solitude never wearies, a weaver of carefully thought-out schemes, no single detail of which was ever left to chance or impulse.
moments
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From this reading Such moments as these were valuable to him.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was one of those men whom solitude never wearies, a weaver of carefully thought-out schemes, no single detail of which was ever left to chance or impulse.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He was one of those men whom solitude never wearies, a weaver of carefully thought-out schemes, no single detail of which was ever left to chance or impulse.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He walked generally, some distance away from the players, on the top of the low bank of sandhills which fringed the sea.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He walked generally, some distance away from the players, on the top of the low bank of sandhills which fringed the sea.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He was one of those men whom solitude never wearies, a weaver of carefully thought-out schemes, no single detail of which was ever left to chance or impulse.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading He was one of those men whom solitude never wearies, a weaver of carefully thought-out schemes, no single detail of which was ever left to chance or impulse.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He bared his head to the breeze, stopped to listen to the larks, watched the sea-gulls float low over the lapping waters, without paying the slightest attention to any one of them.
paying
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From this reading He bared his head to the breeze, stopped to listen to the larks, watched the sea-gulls float low over the lapping waters, without paying the slightest attention to any one of them.
players
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From this reading He walked generally, some distance away from the players, on the top of the low bank of sandhills which fringed the sea.
sandhills
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From this reading He walked generally, some distance away from the players, on the top of the low bank of sandhills which fringed the sea.
schemes
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From this reading He was one of those men whom solitude never wearies, a weaver of carefully thought-out schemes, no single detail of which was ever left to chance or impulse.
sea
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From this reading He walked generally, some distance away from the players, on the top of the low bank of sandhills which fringed the sea.
sea-gulls
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From this reading He bared his head to the breeze, stopped to listen to the larks, watched the sea-gulls float low over the lapping waters, without paying the slightest attention to any one of them.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Borrowdean seemed after all to take but little interest in the game.
single
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From this reading He was one of those men whom solitude never wearies, a weaver of carefully thought-out schemes, no single detail of which was ever left to chance or impulse.
slightest
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From this reading He bared his head to the breeze, stopped to listen to the larks, watched the sea-gulls float low over the lapping waters, without paying the slightest attention to any one of them.
solitude
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From this reading He was one of those men whom solitude never wearies, a weaver of carefully thought-out schemes, no single detail of which was ever left to chance or impulse.
some
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From this reading He walked generally, some distance away from the players, on the top of the low bank of sandhills which fringed the sea.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He bared his head to the breeze, stopped to listen to the larks, watched the sea-gulls float low over the lapping waters, without paying the slightest attention to any one of them.
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such moments as these were valuable to him.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Borrowdean seemed after all to take but little interest in the game.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Borrowdean seemed after all to take but little interest in the game.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He bared his head to the breeze, stopped to listen to the larks, watched the sea-gulls float low over the lapping waters, without paying the slightest attention to any one of them.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Such moments as these were valuable to him.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading He was one of those men whom solitude never wearies, a weaver of carefully thought-out schemes, no single detail of which was ever left to chance or impulse.
thought-out
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From this reading He was one of those men whom solitude never wearies, a weaver of carefully thought-out schemes, no single detail of which was ever left to chance or impulse.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Borrowdean seemed after all to take but little interest in the game.
top
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From this reading He walked generally, some distance away from the players, on the top of the low bank of sandhills which fringed the sea.
valuable
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From this reading Such moments as these were valuable to him.
walked
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From this reading He walked generally, some distance away from the players, on the top of the low bank of sandhills which fringed the sea.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was one of those men whom solitude never wearies, a weaver of carefully thought-out schemes, no single detail of which was ever left to chance or impulse.
watched
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From this reading He bared his head to the breeze, stopped to listen to the larks, watched the sea-gulls float low over the lapping waters, without paying the slightest attention to any one of them.
waters
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From this reading He bared his head to the breeze, stopped to listen to the larks, watched the sea-gulls float low over the lapping waters, without paying the slightest attention to any one of them.
wearies
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From this reading He was one of those men whom solitude never wearies, a weaver of carefully thought-out schemes, no single detail of which was ever left to chance or impulse.
weaver
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From this reading He was one of those men whom solitude never wearies, a weaver of carefully thought-out schemes, no single detail of which was ever left to chance or impulse.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Such moments as these were valuable to him.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He walked generally, some distance away from the players, on the top of the low bank of sandhills which fringed the sea.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was one of those men whom solitude never wearies, a weaver of carefully thought-out schemes, no single detail of which was ever left to chance or impulse.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading He bared his head to the breeze, stopped to listen to the larks, watched the sea-gulls float low over the lapping waters, without paying the slightest attention to any one of them.
