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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 A threadbare pedant, dull-eyed and malefic; a godless truckler to the vicious, prostituting his learning for a dog’s wages, abject while starving--that was how knowledge and report had painted him to her.
abject
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From this reading A threadbare pedant, dull-eyed and malefic; a godless truckler to the vicious, prostituting his learning for a dog’s wages, abject while starving--that was how knowledge and report had painted him to her.
all
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From this reading He was not one to be forgotten, once encountered--least of all by gentle souls.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Only her memory of him could not somehow reconcile his past and present habits.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He was not one to be forgotten, once encountered--least of all by gentle souls.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She had seen something of this man before; had heard--to loathe--more of him than she had seen.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Here, indeed, was the frame, but how reinvested!
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He was not one to be forgotten, once encountered--least of all by gentle souls.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Only her memory of him could not somehow reconcile his past and present habits.
dog's
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From this reading A threadbare pedant, dull-eyed and malefic; a godless truckler to the vicious, prostituting his learning for a dog’s wages, abject while starving--that was how knowledge and report had painted him to her.
dull-eyed
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From this reading A threadbare pedant, dull-eyed and malefic; a godless truckler to the vicious, prostituting his learning for a dog’s wages, abject while starving--that was how knowledge and report had painted him to her.
encountered
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From this reading He was not one to be forgotten, once encountered--least of all by gentle souls.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A threadbare pedant, dull-eyed and malefic; a godless truckler to the vicious, prostituting his learning for a dog’s wages, abject while starving--that was how knowledge and report had painted him to her.
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading He was not one to be forgotten, once encountered--least of all by gentle souls.
frame
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From this reading Here, indeed, was the frame, but how reinvested!
gentle
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From this reading He was not one to be forgotten, once encountered--least of all by gentle souls.
godless
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From this reading A threadbare pedant, dull-eyed and malefic; a godless truckler to the vicious, prostituting his learning for a dog’s wages, abject while starving--that was how knowledge and report had painted him to her.
habits
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From this reading Only her memory of him could not somehow reconcile his past and present habits.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had seen something of this man before; had heard--to loathe--more of him than she had seen.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was not one to be forgotten, once encountered--least of all by gentle souls.
heard
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From this reading She had seen something of this man before; had heard--to loathe--more of him than she had seen.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Only her memory of him could not somehow reconcile his past and present habits.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, indeed, was the frame, but how reinvested!
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She had seen something of this man before; had heard--to loathe--more of him than she had seen.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Only her memory of him could not somehow reconcile his past and present habits.
how
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From this reading A threadbare pedant, dull-eyed and malefic; a godless truckler to the vicious, prostituting his learning for a dog’s wages, abject while starving--that was how knowledge and report had painted him to her.
indeed
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From this reading Here, indeed, was the frame, but how reinvested!
knowledge
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From this reading A threadbare pedant, dull-eyed and malefic; a godless truckler to the vicious, prostituting his learning for a dog’s wages, abject while starving--that was how knowledge and report had painted him to her.
learning
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From this reading A threadbare pedant, dull-eyed and malefic; a godless truckler to the vicious, prostituting his learning for a dog’s wages, abject while starving--that was how knowledge and report had painted him to her.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was not one to be forgotten, once encountered--least of all by gentle souls.
loathe
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From this reading She had seen something of this man before; had heard--to loathe--more of him than she had seen.
malefic
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From this reading A threadbare pedant, dull-eyed and malefic; a godless truckler to the vicious, prostituting his learning for a dog’s wages, abject while starving--that was how knowledge and report had painted him to her.
man
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From this reading She had seen something of this man before; had heard--to loathe--more of him than she had seen.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Only her memory of him could not somehow reconcile his past and present habits.
more
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From this reading She had seen something of this man before; had heard--to loathe--more of him than she had seen.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He was not one to be forgotten, once encountered--least of all by gentle souls.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had seen something of this man before; had heard--to loathe--more of him than she had seen.
once
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From this reading He was not one to be forgotten, once encountered--least of all by gentle souls.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He was not one to be forgotten, once encountered--least of all by gentle souls.
Only
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From this reading Only her memory of him could not somehow reconcile his past and present habits.
painted
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From this reading A threadbare pedant, dull-eyed and malefic; a godless truckler to the vicious, prostituting his learning for a dog’s wages, abject while starving--that was how knowledge and report had painted him to her.
past
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From this reading Only her memory of him could not somehow reconcile his past and present habits.
pedant
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From this reading A threadbare pedant, dull-eyed and malefic; a godless truckler to the vicious, prostituting his learning for a dog’s wages, abject while starving--that was how knowledge and report had painted him to her.
present
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From this reading Only her memory of him could not somehow reconcile his past and present habits.
prostituting
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From this reading A threadbare pedant, dull-eyed and malefic; a godless truckler to the vicious, prostituting his learning for a dog’s wages, abject while starving--that was how knowledge and report had painted him to her.
reconcile
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From this reading Only her memory of him could not somehow reconcile his past and present habits.
reinvested
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From this reading Here, indeed, was the frame, but how reinvested!
report
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From this reading A threadbare pedant, dull-eyed and malefic; a godless truckler to the vicious, prostituting his learning for a dog’s wages, abject while starving--that was how knowledge and report had painted him to her.
seen
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From this reading She had seen something of this man before; had heard--to loathe--more of him than she had seen.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had seen something of this man before; had heard--to loathe--more of him than she had seen.
somehow
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From this reading Only her memory of him could not somehow reconcile his past and present habits.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading She had seen something of this man before; had heard--to loathe--more of him than she had seen.
souls
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From this reading He was not one to be forgotten, once encountered--least of all by gentle souls.
starving
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From this reading A threadbare pedant, dull-eyed and malefic; a godless truckler to the vicious, prostituting his learning for a dog’s wages, abject while starving--that was how knowledge and report had painted him to her.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She had seen something of this man before; had heard--to loathe--more of him than she had seen.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A threadbare pedant, dull-eyed and malefic; a godless truckler to the vicious, prostituting his learning for a dog’s wages, abject while starving--that was how knowledge and report had painted him to her.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A threadbare pedant, dull-eyed and malefic; a godless truckler to the vicious, prostituting his learning for a dog’s wages, abject while starving--that was how knowledge and report had painted him to her.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She had seen something of this man before; had heard--to loathe--more of him than she had seen.
threadbare
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From this reading A threadbare pedant, dull-eyed and malefic; a godless truckler to the vicious, prostituting his learning for a dog’s wages, abject while starving--that was how knowledge and report had painted him to her.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had seen something of this man before; had heard--to loathe--more of him than she had seen.
truckler
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From this reading A threadbare pedant, dull-eyed and malefic; a godless truckler to the vicious, prostituting his learning for a dog’s wages, abject while starving--that was how knowledge and report had painted him to her.
vicious
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From this reading A threadbare pedant, dull-eyed and malefic; a godless truckler to the vicious, prostituting his learning for a dog’s wages, abject while starving--that was how knowledge and report had painted him to her.
wagesplural nounUS /ˈweɪdʒɪz/
money or a reward earned for work
From this reading A threadbare pedant, dull-eyed and malefic; a godless truckler to the vicious, prostituting his learning for a dog’s wages, abject while starving--that was how knowledge and report had painted him to her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was not one to be forgotten, once encountered--least of all by gentle souls.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading A threadbare pedant, dull-eyed and malefic; a godless truckler to the vicious, prostituting his learning for a dog’s wages, abject while starving--that was how knowledge and report had painted him to her.
