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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 The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
actually
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From this reading She thought of him with a wonderful gratitude and tenderness sometimes, as of a man who had actually loved her with the impossible love--and sometimes with a ring of pleasant laughter, not far removed from tears.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
amusements
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From this reading Though she was not the least in the world in love with him, it is certain that between the intervals of her other amusements in that _genre_, the thought of Colin had often occurred to her mind.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She thought of him with a wonderful gratitude and tenderness sometimes, as of a man who had actually loved her with the impossible love--and sometimes with a ring of pleasant laughter, not far removed from tears.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
Balliol
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From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Though she was not the least in the world in love with him, it is certain that between the intervals of her other amusements in that _genre_, the thought of Colin had often occurred to her mind.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
candidate
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From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
career
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From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
Castle
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From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
certain
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From this reading Though she was not the least in the world in love with him, it is certain that between the intervals of her other amusements in that _genre_, the thought of Colin had often occurred to her mind.
chroniclenounUS /ˈkrɑː.nɪ.kəl/
A detailed written record of historical events in order. (Sử ký, biên niên sử lịch sử.)
From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
churlish
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From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
Colin
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From this reading Though she was not the least in the world in love with him, it is certain that between the intervals of her other amusements in that _genre_, the thought of Colin had often occurred to her mind.
Colin's
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From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
consider
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From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
declined
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From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
detail
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From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
doubt
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From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
enter
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From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
EverybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
far
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From this reading She thought of him with a wonderful gratitude and tenderness sometimes, as of a man who had actually loved her with the impossible love--and sometimes with a ring of pleasant laughter, not far removed from tears.
flavour
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From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
Frankland
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From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
friends
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From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
genre
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From this reading Though she was not the least in the world in love with him, it is certain that between the intervals of her other amusements in that _genre_, the thought of Colin had often occurred to her mind.
give
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From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
gratitude
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From this reading She thought of him with a wonderful gratitude and tenderness sometimes, as of a man who had actually loved her with the impossible love--and sometimes with a ring of pleasant laughter, not far removed from tears.
greeting
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From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Though she was not the least in the world in love with him, it is certain that between the intervals of her other amusements in that _genre_, the thought of Colin had often occurred to her mind.
heroes
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From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
highest
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From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
history
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From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
important
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From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
impossible
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From this reading She thought of him with a wonderful gratitude and tenderness sometimes, as of a man who had actually loved her with the impossible love--and sometimes with a ring of pleasant laughter, not far removed from tears.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
indeed
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From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
intervals
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From this reading Though she was not the least in the world in love with him, it is certain that between the intervals of her other amusements in that _genre_, the thought of Colin had often occurred to her mind.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
invitations
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From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Though she was not the least in the world in love with him, it is certain that between the intervals of her other amusements in that _genre_, the thought of Colin had often occurred to her mind.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
just
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From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
knows
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From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
lasts
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From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
laughter
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From this reading She thought of him with a wonderful gratitude and tenderness sometimes, as of a man who had actually loved her with the impossible love--and sometimes with a ring of pleasant laughter, not far removed from tears.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Though she was not the least in the world in love with him, it is certain that between the intervals of her other amusements in that _genre_, the thought of Colin had often occurred to her mind.
leave
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From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
love
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From this reading Though she was not the least in the world in love with him, it is certain that between the intervals of her other amusements in that _genre_, the thought of Colin had often occurred to her mind.
loved
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From this reading She thought of him with a wonderful gratitude and tenderness sometimes, as of a man who had actually loved her with the impossible love--and sometimes with a ring of pleasant laughter, not far removed from tears.
made
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From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
man
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From this reading She thought of him with a wonderful gratitude and tenderness sometimes, as of a man who had actually loved her with the impossible love--and sometimes with a ring of pleasant laughter, not far removed from tears.
matters
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From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
Matty
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From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Though she was not the least in the world in love with him, it is certain that between the intervals of her other amusements in that _genre_, the thought of Colin had often occurred to her mind.
Miss
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From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
moment
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From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
much
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From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
occurred
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From this reading Though she was not the least in the world in love with him, it is certain that between the intervals of her other amusements in that _genre_, the thought of Colin had often occurred to her mind.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
often
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From this reading Though she was not the least in the world in love with him, it is certain that between the intervals of her other amusements in that _genre_, the thought of Colin had often occurred to her mind.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
other
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From this reading Though she was not the least in the world in love with him, it is certain that between the intervals of her other amusements in that _genre_, the thought of Colin had often occurred to her mind.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
patience
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From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She thought of him with a wonderful gratitude and tenderness sometimes, as of a man who had actually loved her with the impossible love--and sometimes with a ring of pleasant laughter, not far removed from tears.
popular
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From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
position
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From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
possible
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From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
reality
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From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
received
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From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
recorded
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From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
records
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From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
removed
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From this reading She thought of him with a wonderful gratitude and tenderness sometimes, as of a man who had actually loved her with the impossible love--and sometimes with a ring of pleasant laughter, not far removed from tears.
reputation
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From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
ring
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From this reading She thought of him with a wonderful gratitude and tenderness sometimes, as of a man who had actually loved her with the impossible love--and sometimes with a ring of pleasant laughter, not far removed from tears.
Scholarship
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From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Though she was not the least in the world in love with him, it is certain that between the intervals of her other amusements in that _genre_, the thought of Colin had often occurred to her mind.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
Sir
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From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
sometimes
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From this reading She thought of him with a wonderful gratitude and tenderness sometimes, as of a man who had actually loved her with the impossible love--and sometimes with a ring of pleasant laughter, not far removed from tears.
subsequent
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From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
tears
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From this reading She thought of him with a wonderful gratitude and tenderness sometimes, as of a man who had actually loved her with the impossible love--and sometimes with a ring of pleasant laughter, not far removed from tears.
temporary
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From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
tenderness
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From this reading She thought of him with a wonderful gratitude and tenderness sometimes, as of a man who had actually loved her with the impossible love--and sometimes with a ring of pleasant laughter, not far removed from tears.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
Thomas
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From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Though she was not the least in the world in love with him, it is certain that between the intervals of her other amusements in that _genre_, the thought of Colin had often occurred to her mind.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Though she was not the least in the world in love with him, it is certain that between the intervals of her other amusements in that _genre_, the thought of Colin had often occurred to her mind.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
too
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From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
University
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From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
want
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From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
warm
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From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading He had so warm a greeting from Sir Thomas Frankland that it would have been churlish on Colin’s part had he declined the invitations he received to the Castle, where, indeed, Miss Matty did not want him just at that moment.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She thought of him with a wonderful gratitude and tenderness sometimes, as of a man who had actually loved her with the impossible love--and sometimes with a ring of pleasant laughter, not far removed from tears.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Though she was not the least in the world in love with him, it is certain that between the intervals of her other amusements in that _genre_, the thought of Colin had often occurred to her mind.
won
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From this reading Everybody knows he won the scholarship; and, indeed, neither that, nor his subsequent career at Balliol, are matters to be recorded, since the chronicle has been already made in those popular University records which give their heroes a reputation, no doubt temporary, but while it lasts of the highest possible flavour.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She thought of him with a wonderful gratitude and tenderness sometimes, as of a man who had actually loved her with the impossible love--and sometimes with a ring of pleasant laughter, not far removed from tears.
world
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From this reading Though she was not the least in the world in love with him, it is certain that between the intervals of her other amusements in that _genre_, the thought of Colin had often occurred to her mind.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
young
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From this reading The Balliol Scholarship was, however, too important a reality to leave the young candidate much time to consider his position--and Colin’s history would be too long, even for the patience of his friends, if we were to enter into this part of his life in detail.
