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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 I had formed in Italy and France a resolute preference for old inns, considering that what they sometimes cost the ungratified body they repay the delighted mind.
America
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From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I had formed in Italy and France a resolute preference for old inns, considering that what they sometimes cost the ungratified body they repay the delighted mind.
antique
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From this reading On my arrival in London, therefore, I lodged at a certain antique hostelry, much to the east of Temple Bar, deep in the quarter that I had inevitably figured as the Johnsonian.
arrival
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From this reading On my arrival in London, therefore, I lodged at a certain antique hostelry, much to the east of Temple Bar, deep in the quarter that I had inevitably figured as the Johnsonian.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading On my arrival in London, therefore, I lodged at a certain antique hostelry, much to the east of Temple Bar, deep in the quarter that I had inevitably figured as the Johnsonian.
attendance
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From this reading Here, on the first evening of my stay, I descended to the little coffee-room and bespoke my dinner of the genius of “attendance” in the person of the solitary waiter.
Bar
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From this reading On my arrival in London, therefore, I lodged at a certain antique hostelry, much to the east of Temple Bar, deep in the quarter that I had inevitably figured as the Johnsonian.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
bespoke
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From this reading Here, on the first evening of my stay, I descended to the little coffee-room and bespoke my dinner of the genius of “attendance” in the person of the solitary waiter.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had formed in Italy and France a resolute preference for old inns, considering that what they sometimes cost the ungratified body they repay the delighted mind.
certain
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From this reading On my arrival in London, therefore, I lodged at a certain antique hostelry, much to the east of Temple Bar, deep in the quarter that I had inevitably figured as the Johnsonian.
coffee-room
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From this reading Here, on the first evening of my stay, I descended to the little coffee-room and bespoke my dinner of the genius of “attendance” in the person of the solitary waiter.
considering
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From this reading I had formed in Italy and France a resolute preference for old inns, considering that what they sometimes cost the ungratified body they repay the delighted mind.
cost
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From this reading I had formed in Italy and France a resolute preference for old inns, considering that what they sometimes cost the ungratified body they repay the delighted mind.
country
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From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
crop
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From this reading No sooner had I crossed the threshold of this retreat than I felt I had cut a golden-ripe crop of English “impressions.”
crossed
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From this reading No sooner had I crossed the threshold of this retreat than I felt I had cut a golden-ripe crop of English “impressions.”
cut
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From this reading No sooner had I crossed the threshold of this retreat than I felt I had cut a golden-ripe crop of English “impressions.”
deep
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From this reading On my arrival in London, therefore, I lodged at a certain antique hostelry, much to the east of Temple Bar, deep in the quarter that I had inevitably figured as the Johnsonian.
delighted
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From this reading I had formed in Italy and France a resolute preference for old inns, considering that what they sometimes cost the ungratified body they repay the delighted mind.
descendednounUS /ˈdescended/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Here, on the first evening of my stay, I descended to the little coffee-room and bespoke my dinner of the genius of “attendance” in the person of the solitary waiter.
determinedadjectiveUS /dɪˈtɜrmɪnd/
having firmly decided to do something
From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
dinner
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From this reading Here, on the first evening of my stay, I descended to the little coffee-room and bespoke my dinner of the genius of “attendance” in the person of the solitary waiter.
early
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From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
east
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From this reading On my arrival in London, therefore, I lodged at a certain antique hostelry, much to the east of Temple Bar, deep in the quarter that I had inevitably figured as the Johnsonian.
England
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From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
English
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From this reading No sooner had I crossed the threshold of this retreat than I felt I had cut a golden-ripe crop of English “impressions.”
evening
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From this reading Here, on the first evening of my stay, I descended to the little coffee-room and bespoke my dinner of the genius of “attendance” in the person of the solitary waiter.
eye
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From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
felt
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From this reading No sooner had I crossed the threshold of this retreat than I felt I had cut a golden-ripe crop of English “impressions.”
figured
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From this reading On my arrival in London, therefore, I lodged at a certain antique hostelry, much to the east of Temple Bar, deep in the quarter that I had inevitably figured as the Johnsonian.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, on the first evening of my stay, I descended to the little coffee-room and bespoke my dinner of the genius of “attendance” in the person of the solitary waiter.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
formed
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From this reading I had formed in Italy and France a resolute preference for old inns, considering that what they sometimes cost the ungratified body they repay the delighted mind.
France
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From this reading I had formed in Italy and France a resolute preference for old inns, considering that what they sometimes cost the ungratified body they repay the delighted mind.
genius
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From this reading Here, on the first evening of my stay, I descended to the little coffee-room and bespoke my dinner of the genius of “attendance” in the person of the solitary waiter.
golden-ripe
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From this reading No sooner had I crossed the threshold of this retreat than I felt I had cut a golden-ripe crop of English “impressions.”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, on the first evening of my stay, I descended to the little coffee-room and bespoke my dinner of the genius of “attendance” in the person of the solitary waiter.
hostelry
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From this reading On my arrival in London, therefore, I lodged at a certain antique hostelry, much to the east of Temple Bar, deep in the quarter that I had inevitably figured as the Johnsonian.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
impressions
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From this reading No sooner had I crossed the threshold of this retreat than I felt I had cut a golden-ripe crop of English “impressions.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
inevitably
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From this reading On my arrival in London, therefore, I lodged at a certain antique hostelry, much to the east of Temple Bar, deep in the quarter that I had inevitably figured as the Johnsonian.
inns
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From this reading I had formed in Italy and France a resolute preference for old inns, considering that what they sometimes cost the ungratified body they repay the delighted mind.
Intending
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From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
interval
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From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
introduced
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From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
Italy
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From this reading I had formed in Italy and France a resolute preference for old inns, considering that what they sometimes cost the ungratified body they repay the delighted mind.
Johnsonian
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From this reading On my arrival in London, therefore, I lodged at a certain antique hostelry, much to the east of Temple Bar, deep in the quarter that I had inevitably figured as the Johnsonian.
June
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From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, on the first evening of my stay, I descended to the little coffee-room and bespoke my dinner of the genius of “attendance” in the person of the solitary waiter.
lodged
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From this reading On my arrival in London, therefore, I lodged at a certain antique hostelry, much to the east of Temple Bar, deep in the quarter that I had inevitably figured as the Johnsonian.
London
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From this reading On my arrival in London, therefore, I lodged at a certain antique hostelry, much to the east of Temple Bar, deep in the quarter that I had inevitably figured as the Johnsonian.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had formed in Italy and France a resolute preference for old inns, considering that what they sometimes cost the ungratified body they repay the delighted mind.
mind's
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From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
much
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From this reading On my arrival in London, therefore, I lodged at a certain antique hostelry, much to the east of Temple Bar, deep in the quarter that I had inevitably figured as the Johnsonian.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No sooner had I crossed the threshold of this retreat than I felt I had cut a golden-ripe crop of English “impressions.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
old
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From this reading I had formed in Italy and France a resolute preference for old inns, considering that what they sometimes cost the ungratified body they repay the delighted mind.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On my arrival in London, therefore, I lodged at a certain antique hostelry, much to the east of Temple Bar, deep in the quarter that I had inevitably figured as the Johnsonian.
only
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From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
person
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From this reading Here, on the first evening of my stay, I descended to the little coffee-room and bespoke my dinner of the genius of “attendance” in the person of the solitary waiter.
preference
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From this reading I had formed in Italy and France a resolute preference for old inns, considering that what they sometimes cost the ungratified body they repay the delighted mind.
quarter
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From this reading On my arrival in London, therefore, I lodged at a certain antique hostelry, much to the east of Temple Bar, deep in the quarter that I had inevitably figured as the Johnsonian.
repay
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From this reading I had formed in Italy and France a resolute preference for old inns, considering that what they sometimes cost the ungratified body they repay the delighted mind.
resolute
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From this reading I had formed in Italy and France a resolute preference for old inns, considering that what they sometimes cost the ungratified body they repay the delighted mind.
retreat
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From this reading No sooner had I crossed the threshold of this retreat than I felt I had cut a golden-ripe crop of English “impressions.”
sailnounUS /sail/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
six
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From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
solitary
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From this reading Here, on the first evening of my stay, I descended to the little coffee-room and bespoke my dinner of the genius of “attendance” in the person of the solitary waiter.
sometimes
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From this reading I had formed in Italy and France a resolute preference for old inns, considering that what they sometimes cost the ungratified body they repay the delighted mind.
sooner
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From this reading No sooner had I crossed the threshold of this retreat than I felt I had cut a golden-ripe crop of English “impressions.”
spend
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From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
stay
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From this reading Here, on the first evening of my stay, I descended to the little coffee-room and bespoke my dinner of the genius of “attendance” in the person of the solitary waiter.
Temple
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From this reading On my arrival in London, therefore, I lodged at a certain antique hostelry, much to the east of Temple Bar, deep in the quarter that I had inevitably figured as the Johnsonian.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading No sooner had I crossed the threshold of this retreat than I felt I had cut a golden-ripe crop of English “impressions.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I had formed in Italy and France a resolute preference for old inns, considering that what they sometimes cost the ungratified body they repay the delighted mind.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading On my arrival in London, therefore, I lodged at a certain antique hostelry, much to the east of Temple Bar, deep in the quarter that I had inevitably figured as the Johnsonian.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I had formed in Italy and France a resolute preference for old inns, considering that what they sometimes cost the ungratified body they repay the delighted mind.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading No sooner had I crossed the threshold of this retreat than I felt I had cut a golden-ripe crop of English “impressions.”
threshold
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From this reading No sooner had I crossed the threshold of this retreat than I felt I had cut a golden-ripe crop of English “impressions.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
ungratified
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From this reading I had formed in Italy and France a resolute preference for old inns, considering that what they sometimes cost the ungratified body they repay the delighted mind.
waiter
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From this reading Here, on the first evening of my stay, I descended to the little coffee-room and bespoke my dinner of the genius of “attendance” in the person of the solitary waiter.
weeks
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From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I had formed in Italy and France a resolute preference for old inns, considering that what they sometimes cost the ungratified body they repay the delighted mind.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Intending to sail for America in the early part of June, I determined to spend the interval of six weeks in England, to which country my mind’s eye only had as yet been introduced.
