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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 WHEN Calvert rejoined his friend, he was full of the adventure of the morning--such a glorious discovery as he had made.
adventure
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From this reading WHEN Calvert rejoined his friend, he was full of the adventure of the morning--such a glorious discovery as he had made.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What a wonderful old woman, and what charming girls!
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading WHEN Calvert rejoined his friend, he was full of the adventure of the morning--such a glorious discovery as he had made.
background
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From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “She was what you Cockneys call ‘sarcy,’ Loyd; but the sick girl was positively enchanting; so pretty, so gentle, and so confiding withal.
By-the-way
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From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
call
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From this reading “She was what you Cockneys call ‘sarcy,’ Loyd; but the sick girl was positively enchanting; so pretty, so gentle, and so confiding withal.
Calvert
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From this reading WHEN Calvert rejoined his friend, he was full of the adventure of the morning--such a glorious discovery as he had made.
camels
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From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
charming
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From this reading What a wonderful old woman, and what charming girls!
Cockneys
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From this reading “She was what you Cockneys call ‘sarcy,’ Loyd; but the sick girl was positively enchanting; so pretty, so gentle, and so confiding withal.
confiding
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From this reading “She was what you Cockneys call ‘sarcy,’ Loyd; but the sick girl was positively enchanting; so pretty, so gentle, and so confiding withal.
contemptuous
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From this reading Milly, however, he owned, rather inclined to the contemptuous.
discovery
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From this reading WHEN Calvert rejoined his friend, he was full of the adventure of the morning--such a glorious discovery as he had made.
doing
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From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
dull
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From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
enchanting
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From this reading “She was what you Cockneys call ‘sarcy,’ Loyd; but the sick girl was positively enchanting; so pretty, so gentle, and so confiding withal.
flat
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From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
fore
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From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
four
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From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
friend
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From this reading WHEN Calvert rejoined his friend, he was full of the adventure of the morning--such a glorious discovery as he had made.
full
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From this reading WHEN Calvert rejoined his friend, he was full of the adventure of the morning--such a glorious discovery as he had made.
gentle
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From this reading “She was what you Cockneys call ‘sarcy,’ Loyd; but the sick girl was positively enchanting; so pretty, so gentle, and so confiding withal.
get
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From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
girl
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From this reading “She was what you Cockneys call ‘sarcy,’ Loyd; but the sick girl was positively enchanting; so pretty, so gentle, and so confiding withal.
girls
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From this reading What a wonderful old woman, and what charming girls!
glorious
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From this reading WHEN Calvert rejoined his friend, he was full of the adventure of the morning--such a glorious discovery as he had made.
group
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From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading WHEN Calvert rejoined his friend, he was full of the adventure of the morning--such a glorious discovery as he had made.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading WHEN Calvert rejoined his friend, he was full of the adventure of the morning--such a glorious discovery as he had made.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading WHEN Calvert rejoined his friend, he was full of the adventure of the morning--such a glorious discovery as he had made.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Milly, however, he owned, rather inclined to the contemptuous.
I'll
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From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
illustrations
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From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
inclined
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From this reading Milly, however, he owned, rather inclined to the contemptuous.
journal
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From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
Loyd
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From this reading “She was what you Cockneys call ‘sarcy,’ Loyd; but the sick girl was positively enchanting; so pretty, so gentle, and so confiding withal.
made
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From this reading WHEN Calvert rejoined his friend, he was full of the adventure of the morning--such a glorious discovery as he had made.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
Milly
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From this reading Milly, however, he owned, rather inclined to the contemptuous.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WHEN Calvert rejoined his friend, he was full of the adventure of the morning--such a glorious discovery as he had made.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
Nile
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From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WHEN Calvert rejoined his friend, he was full of the adventure of the morning--such a glorious discovery as he had made.
old
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From this reading What a wonderful old woman, and what charming girls!
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
owned
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From this reading Milly, however, he owned, rather inclined to the contemptuous.
palm-tree
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From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
positively
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From this reading “She was what you Cockneys call ‘sarcy,’ Loyd; but the sick girl was positively enchanting; so pretty, so gentle, and so confiding withal.
pretty
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From this reading “She was what you Cockneys call ‘sarcy,’ Loyd; but the sick girl was positively enchanting; so pretty, so gentle, and so confiding withal.
pyramid
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From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
rather
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From this reading Milly, however, he owned, rather inclined to the contemptuous.
rejoinednounUS /ˈrejoined/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading WHEN Calvert rejoined his friend, he was full of the adventure of the morning--such a glorious discovery as he had made.
sarcy
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From this reading “She was what you Cockneys call ‘sarcy,’ Loyd; but the sick girl was positively enchanting; so pretty, so gentle, and so confiding withal.
scenery
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From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She was what you Cockneys call ‘sarcy,’ Loyd; but the sick girl was positively enchanting; so pretty, so gentle, and so confiding withal.
sick
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From this reading “She was what you Cockneys call ‘sarcy,’ Loyd; but the sick girl was positively enchanting; so pretty, so gentle, and so confiding withal.
sketches
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From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “She was what you Cockneys call ‘sarcy,’ Loyd; but the sick girl was positively enchanting; so pretty, so gentle, and so confiding withal.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading WHEN Calvert rejoined his friend, he was full of the adventure of the morning--such a glorious discovery as he had made.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHEN Calvert rejoined his friend, he was full of the adventure of the morning--such a glorious discovery as he had made.
three
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From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Milly, however, he owned, rather inclined to the contemptuous.
up
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From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WHEN Calvert rejoined his friend, he was full of the adventure of the morning--such a glorious discovery as he had made.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What a wonderful old woman, and what charming girls!
WHENconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading WHEN Calvert rejoined his friend, he was full of the adventure of the morning--such a glorious discovery as he had made.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading By-the-way, you must make me three or four sketches of Nile scenery--a dull flat, with a palm-tree, group of camels in the fore, and a pyramid in the background; and I’ll get up the journal part, while you are doing the illustrations.
withal
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From this reading “She was what you Cockneys call ‘sarcy,’ Loyd; but the sick girl was positively enchanting; so pretty, so gentle, and so confiding withal.
woman
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From this reading What a wonderful old woman, and what charming girls!
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading What a wonderful old woman, and what charming girls!
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “She was what you Cockneys call ‘sarcy,’ Loyd; but the sick girl was positively enchanting; so pretty, so gentle, and so confiding withal.
