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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 DEPUTATIONS--WITH A DIFFERENCE Hughie let himself into his chambers in Jermyn Street, and rang the bell of his sitting-room.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It was a comfortable bachelor apartment, with sporting trophies on the walls, cavernous arm-chairs round the fireplace, and plenty of pipes dotted about the mantelpiece.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
Alexander
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From this reading Presently the sitting-room door opened, and John Alexander Goble presented himself upon the threshold.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading DEPUTATIONS--WITH A DIFFERENCE Hughie let himself into his chambers in Jermyn Street, and rang the bell of his sitting-room.
apartment
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From this reading It was a comfortable bachelor apartment, with sporting trophies on the walls, cavernous arm-chairs round the fireplace, and plenty of pipes dotted about the mantelpiece.
arm-chairs
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From this reading It was a comfortable bachelor apartment, with sporting trophies on the walls, cavernous arm-chairs round the fireplace, and plenty of pipes dotted about the mantelpiece.
attire
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From this reading Since his unregenerate days on board the Orinoco a new and awful respectability had descended upon him, and in his sober menial attire he looked more like a Calvinistic divine than ever.
awful
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From this reading Since his unregenerate days on board the Orinoco a new and awful respectability had descended upon him, and in his sober menial attire he looked more like a Calvinistic divine than ever.
bachelor
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From this reading It was a comfortable bachelor apartment, with sporting trophies on the walls, cavernous arm-chairs round the fireplace, and plenty of pipes dotted about the mantelpiece.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
bell
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From this reading DEPUTATIONS--WITH A DIFFERENCE Hughie let himself into his chambers in Jermyn Street, and rang the bell of his sitting-room.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
board
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From this reading Since his unregenerate days on board the Orinoco a new and awful respectability had descended upon him, and in his sober menial attire he looked more like a Calvinistic divine than ever.
bridges
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From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
Calvinistic
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From this reading Since his unregenerate days on board the Orinoco a new and awful respectability had descended upon him, and in his sober menial attire he looked more like a Calvinistic divine than ever.
Cambridge
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From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
cavernous
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From this reading It was a comfortable bachelor apartment, with sporting trophies on the walls, cavernous arm-chairs round the fireplace, and plenty of pipes dotted about the mantelpiece.
chambers
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From this reading DEPUTATIONS--WITH A DIFFERENCE Hughie let himself into his chambers in Jermyn Street, and rang the bell of his sitting-room.
comfortable
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From this reading It was a comfortable bachelor apartment, with sporting trophies on the walls, cavernous arm-chairs round the fireplace, and plenty of pipes dotted about the mantelpiece.
crewnounUS /crew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
days
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From this reading Since his unregenerate days on board the Orinoco a new and awful respectability had descended upon him, and in his sober menial attire he looked more like a Calvinistic divine than ever.
DEPUTATIONS
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From this reading DEPUTATIONS--WITH A DIFFERENCE Hughie let himself into his chambers in Jermyn Street, and rang the bell of his sitting-room.
descendednounUS /ˈdescended/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Since his unregenerate days on board the Orinoco a new and awful respectability had descended upon him, and in his sober menial attire he looked more like a Calvinistic divine than ever.
DIFFERENCE
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From this reading DEPUTATIONS--WITH A DIFFERENCE Hughie let himself into his chambers in Jermyn Street, and rang the bell of his sitting-room.
divine
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From this reading Since his unregenerate days on board the Orinoco a new and awful respectability had descended upon him, and in his sober menial attire he looked more like a Calvinistic divine than ever.
door
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From this reading Presently the sitting-room door opened, and John Alexander Goble presented himself upon the threshold.
dotted
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From this reading It was a comfortable bachelor apartment, with sporting trophies on the walls, cavernous arm-chairs round the fireplace, and plenty of pipes dotted about the mantelpiece.
early
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From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
eight
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From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
eleven
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From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Since his unregenerate days on board the Orinoco a new and awful respectability had descended upon him, and in his sober menial attire he looked more like a Calvinistic divine than ever.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
fireplace
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From this reading It was a comfortable bachelor apartment, with sporting trophies on the walls, cavernous arm-chairs round the fireplace, and plenty of pipes dotted about the mantelpiece.
flood
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From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
full
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From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
Goble
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From this reading Presently the sitting-room door opened, and John Alexander Goble presented himself upon the threshold.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Since his unregenerate days on board the Orinoco a new and awful respectability had descended upon him, and in his sober menial attire he looked more like a Calvinistic divine than ever.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Since his unregenerate days on board the Orinoco a new and awful respectability had descended upon him, and in his sober menial attire he looked more like a Calvinistic divine than ever.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading DEPUTATIONS--WITH A DIFFERENCE Hughie let himself into his chambers in Jermyn Street, and rang the bell of his sitting-room.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading DEPUTATIONS--WITH A DIFFERENCE Hughie let himself into his chambers in Jermyn Street, and rang the bell of his sitting-room.
Hughie
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From this reading DEPUTATIONS--WITH A DIFFERENCE Hughie let himself into his chambers in Jermyn Street, and rang the bell of his sitting-room.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading DEPUTATIONS--WITH A DIFFERENCE Hughie let himself into his chambers in Jermyn Street, and rang the bell of his sitting-room.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading DEPUTATIONS--WITH A DIFFERENCE Hughie let himself into his chambers in Jermyn Street, and rang the bell of his sitting-room.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a comfortable bachelor apartment, with sporting trophies on the walls, cavernous arm-chairs round the fireplace, and plenty of pipes dotted about the mantelpiece.
Jermyn
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From this reading DEPUTATIONS--WITH A DIFFERENCE Hughie let himself into his chambers in Jermyn Street, and rang the bell of his sitting-room.
John
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From this reading Presently the sitting-room door opened, and John Alexander Goble presented himself upon the threshold.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading DEPUTATIONS--WITH A DIFFERENCE Hughie let himself into his chambers in Jermyn Street, and rang the bell of his sitting-room.
like
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From this reading Since his unregenerate days on board the Orinoco a new and awful respectability had descended upon him, and in his sober menial attire he looked more like a Calvinistic divine than ever.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Since his unregenerate days on board the Orinoco a new and awful respectability had descended upon him, and in his sober menial attire he looked more like a Calvinistic divine than ever.
mantelpiece
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From this reading It was a comfortable bachelor apartment, with sporting trophies on the walls, cavernous arm-chairs round the fireplace, and plenty of pipes dotted about the mantelpiece.
March
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From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
menial
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From this reading Since his unregenerate days on board the Orinoco a new and awful respectability had descended upon him, and in his sober menial attire he looked more like a Calvinistic divine than ever.
more
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From this reading Since his unregenerate days on board the Orinoco a new and awful respectability had descended upon him, and in his sober menial attire he looked more like a Calvinistic divine than ever.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
new
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From this reading Since his unregenerate days on board the Orinoco a new and awful respectability had descended upon him, and in his sober menial attire he looked more like a Calvinistic divine than ever.
o'clock
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From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading DEPUTATIONS--WITH A DIFFERENCE Hughie let himself into his chambers in Jermyn Street, and rang the bell of his sitting-room.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was a comfortable bachelor apartment, with sporting trophies on the walls, cavernous arm-chairs round the fireplace, and plenty of pipes dotted about the mantelpiece.
opened
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From this reading Presently the sitting-room door opened, and John Alexander Goble presented himself upon the threshold.
Orinoco
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From this reading Since his unregenerate days on board the Orinoco a new and awful respectability had descended upon him, and in his sober menial attire he looked more like a Calvinistic divine than ever.
pacing
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From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
pipes
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From this reading It was a comfortable bachelor apartment, with sporting trophies on the walls, cavernous arm-chairs round the fireplace, and plenty of pipes dotted about the mantelpiece.
plenty
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From this reading It was a comfortable bachelor apartment, with sporting trophies on the walls, cavernous arm-chairs round the fireplace, and plenty of pipes dotted about the mantelpiece.
presented
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From this reading Presently the sitting-room door opened, and John Alexander Goble presented himself upon the threshold.
Presently
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From this reading Presently the sitting-room door opened, and John Alexander Goble presented himself upon the threshold.
Putney
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From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
rang
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From this reading DEPUTATIONS--WITH A DIFFERENCE Hughie let himself into his chambers in Jermyn Street, and rang the bell of his sitting-room.
requirednounUS /required/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
respectability
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From this reading Since his unregenerate days on board the Orinoco a new and awful respectability had descended upon him, and in his sober menial attire he looked more like a Calvinistic divine than ever.
round
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From this reading It was a comfortable bachelor apartment, with sporting trophies on the walls, cavernous arm-chairs round the fireplace, and plenty of pipes dotted about the mantelpiece.
rowed
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From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
scratch
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From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
SinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Since his unregenerate days on board the Orinoco a new and awful respectability had descended upon him, and in his sober menial attire he looked more like a Calvinistic divine than ever.
sitting-room
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From this reading DEPUTATIONS--WITH A DIFFERENCE Hughie let himself into his chambers in Jermyn Street, and rang the bell of his sitting-room.
soberadjectiveUS /ˈsoʊbər/
not affected by alcohol
From this reading Since his unregenerate days on board the Orinoco a new and awful respectability had descended upon him, and in his sober menial attire he looked more like a Calvinistic divine than ever.
sporting
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From this reading It was a comfortable bachelor apartment, with sporting trophies on the walls, cavernous arm-chairs round the fireplace, and plenty of pipes dotted about the mantelpiece.
Street
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From this reading DEPUTATIONS--WITH A DIFFERENCE Hughie let himself into his chambers in Jermyn Street, and rang the bell of his sitting-room.
stroke
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From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Since his unregenerate days on board the Orinoco a new and awful respectability had descended upon him, and in his sober menial attire he looked more like a Calvinistic divine than ever.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DEPUTATIONS--WITH A DIFFERENCE Hughie let himself into his chambers in Jermyn Street, and rang the bell of his sitting-room.
threshold
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From this reading Presently the sitting-room door opened, and John Alexander Goble presented himself upon the threshold.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
trial
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From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
trophies
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From this reading It was a comfortable bachelor apartment, with sporting trophies on the walls, cavernous arm-chairs round the fireplace, and plenty of pipes dotted about the mantelpiece.
unregenerate
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From this reading Since his unregenerate days on board the Orinoco a new and awful respectability had descended upon him, and in his sober menial attire he looked more like a Calvinistic divine than ever.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Presently the sitting-room door opened, and John Alexander Goble presented himself upon the threshold.
walls
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From this reading It was a comfortable bachelor apartment, with sporting trophies on the walls, cavernous arm-chairs round the fireplace, and plenty of pipes dotted about the mantelpiece.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a comfortable bachelor apartment, with sporting trophies on the walls, cavernous arm-chairs round the fireplace, and plenty of pipes dotted about the mantelpiece.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It was eleven o'clock on a fine morning in March, and Hughie had been to Putney to stroke a scratch eight against the Cambridge crew, who had rowed a full trial on the early flood and required a little pacing between bridges.
WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading DEPUTATIONS--WITH A DIFFERENCE Hughie let himself into his chambers in Jermyn Street, and rang the bell of his sitting-room.
