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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Student Life [The Laborious Beer King] The summer semester was in full tide; consequently the most frequent figure in and about Heidelberg was the student.
American
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From this reading The Anglo-American Club, composed of British and American students, had twenty-five members, and there was still much material left to draw from.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Student Life [The Laborious Beer King] The summer semester was in full tide; consequently the most frequent figure in and about Heidelberg was the student.
Anglo-American
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From this reading The Anglo-American Club, composed of British and American students, had twenty-five members, and there was still much material left to draw from.
badge
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From this reading Nine-tenths of the Heidelberg students wore no badge or uniform; the other tenth wore caps of various colors, and belonged to social organizations called “corps.”
Beer
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From this reading Student Life [The Laborious Beer King] The summer semester was in full tide; consequently the most frequent figure in and about Heidelberg was the student.
belonged
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From this reading Nine-tenths of the Heidelberg students wore no badge or uniform; the other tenth wore caps of various colors, and belonged to social organizations called “corps.”
British
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From this reading The Anglo-American Club, composed of British and American students, had twenty-five members, and there was still much material left to draw from.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Most of the students were Germans, of course, but the representatives of foreign lands were very numerous.
called
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From this reading Nine-tenths of the Heidelberg students wore no badge or uniform; the other tenth wore caps of various colors, and belonged to social organizations called “corps.”
caps
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From this reading Nine-tenths of the Heidelberg students wore no badge or uniform; the other tenth wore caps of various colors, and belonged to social organizations called “corps.”
cheap
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From this reading They hailed from every corner of the globe--for instruction is cheap in Heidelberg, and so is living, too.
Club
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From this reading The Anglo-American Club, composed of British and American students, had twenty-five members, and there was still much material left to draw from.
colors
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From this reading Nine-tenths of the Heidelberg students wore no badge or uniform; the other tenth wore caps of various colors, and belonged to social organizations called “corps.”
composed
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From this reading The Anglo-American Club, composed of British and American students, had twenty-five members, and there was still much material left to draw from.
consequently
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From this reading Student Life [The Laborious Beer King] The summer semester was in full tide; consequently the most frequent figure in and about Heidelberg was the student.
corner
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From this reading They hailed from every corner of the globe--for instruction is cheap in Heidelberg, and so is living, too.
corps
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From this reading Nine-tenths of the Heidelberg students wore no badge or uniform; the other tenth wore caps of various colors, and belonged to social organizations called “corps.”
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Most of the students were Germans, of course, but the representatives of foreign lands were very numerous.
draw
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From this reading The Anglo-American Club, composed of British and American students, had twenty-five members, and there was still much material left to draw from.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading They hailed from every corner of the globe--for instruction is cheap in Heidelberg, and so is living, too.
figure
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From this reading Student Life [The Laborious Beer King] The summer semester was in full tide; consequently the most frequent figure in and about Heidelberg was the student.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They hailed from every corner of the globe--for instruction is cheap in Heidelberg, and so is living, too.
foreign
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From this reading Most of the students were Germans, of course, but the representatives of foreign lands were very numerous.
frequent
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From this reading Student Life [The Laborious Beer King] The summer semester was in full tide; consequently the most frequent figure in and about Heidelberg was the student.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They hailed from every corner of the globe--for instruction is cheap in Heidelberg, and so is living, too.
full
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From this reading Student Life [The Laborious Beer King] The summer semester was in full tide; consequently the most frequent figure in and about Heidelberg was the student.
Germans
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From this reading Most of the students were Germans, of course, but the representatives of foreign lands were very numerous.
globe
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From this reading They hailed from every corner of the globe--for instruction is cheap in Heidelberg, and so is living, too.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Anglo-American Club, composed of British and American students, had twenty-five members, and there was still much material left to draw from.
hailednounUS /hailed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They hailed from every corner of the globe--for instruction is cheap in Heidelberg, and so is living, too.
Heidelberg
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From this reading Student Life [The Laborious Beer King] The summer semester was in full tide; consequently the most frequent figure in and about Heidelberg was the student.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Student Life [The Laborious Beer King] The summer semester was in full tide; consequently the most frequent figure in and about Heidelberg was the student.
instruction
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From this reading They hailed from every corner of the globe--for instruction is cheap in Heidelberg, and so is living, too.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They hailed from every corner of the globe--for instruction is cheap in Heidelberg, and so is living, too.
King
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From this reading Student Life [The Laborious Beer King] The summer semester was in full tide; consequently the most frequent figure in and about Heidelberg was the student.
Laborious
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From this reading Student Life [The Laborious Beer King] The summer semester was in full tide; consequently the most frequent figure in and about Heidelberg was the student.
lands
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From this reading Most of the students were Germans, of course, but the representatives of foreign lands were very numerous.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Anglo-American Club, composed of British and American students, had twenty-five members, and there was still much material left to draw from.
LifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Student Life [The Laborious Beer King] The summer semester was in full tide; consequently the most frequent figure in and about Heidelberg was the student.
living
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From this reading They hailed from every corner of the globe--for instruction is cheap in Heidelberg, and so is living, too.
material
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From this reading The Anglo-American Club, composed of British and American students, had twenty-five members, and there was still much material left to draw from.
members
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From this reading The Anglo-American Club, composed of British and American students, had twenty-five members, and there was still much material left to draw from.
most
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From this reading Student Life [The Laborious Beer King] The summer semester was in full tide; consequently the most frequent figure in and about Heidelberg was the student.
much
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From this reading The Anglo-American Club, composed of British and American students, had twenty-five members, and there was still much material left to draw from.
Nine-tenths
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From this reading Nine-tenths of the Heidelberg students wore no badge or uniform; the other tenth wore caps of various colors, and belonged to social organizations called “corps.”
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Nine-tenths of the Heidelberg students wore no badge or uniform; the other tenth wore caps of various colors, and belonged to social organizations called “corps.”
numerous
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From this reading Most of the students were Germans, of course, but the representatives of foreign lands were very numerous.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Most of the students were Germans, of course, but the representatives of foreign lands were very numerous.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Nine-tenths of the Heidelberg students wore no badge or uniform; the other tenth wore caps of various colors, and belonged to social organizations called “corps.”
organizations
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From this reading Nine-tenths of the Heidelberg students wore no badge or uniform; the other tenth wore caps of various colors, and belonged to social organizations called “corps.”
other
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From this reading Nine-tenths of the Heidelberg students wore no badge or uniform; the other tenth wore caps of various colors, and belonged to social organizations called “corps.”
representatives
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From this reading Most of the students were Germans, of course, but the representatives of foreign lands were very numerous.
semester
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From this reading Student Life [The Laborious Beer King] The summer semester was in full tide; consequently the most frequent figure in and about Heidelberg was the student.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading They hailed from every corner of the globe--for instruction is cheap in Heidelberg, and so is living, too.
social
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From this reading Nine-tenths of the Heidelberg students wore no badge or uniform; the other tenth wore caps of various colors, and belonged to social organizations called “corps.”
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Anglo-American Club, composed of British and American students, had twenty-five members, and there was still much material left to draw from.
Student
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From this reading Student Life [The Laborious Beer King] The summer semester was in full tide; consequently the most frequent figure in and about Heidelberg was the student.
students
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From this reading Most of the students were Germans, of course, but the representatives of foreign lands were very numerous.
summer
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From this reading Student Life [The Laborious Beer King] The summer semester was in full tide; consequently the most frequent figure in and about Heidelberg was the student.
tenth
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From this reading Nine-tenths of the Heidelberg students wore no badge or uniform; the other tenth wore caps of various colors, and belonged to social organizations called “corps.”
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Student Life [The Laborious Beer King] The summer semester was in full tide; consequently the most frequent figure in and about Heidelberg was the student.
there
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From this reading The Anglo-American Club, composed of British and American students, had twenty-five members, and there was still much material left to draw from.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They hailed from every corner of the globe--for instruction is cheap in Heidelberg, and so is living, too.
tide
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From this reading Student Life [The Laborious Beer King] The summer semester was in full tide; consequently the most frequent figure in and about Heidelberg was the student.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Anglo-American Club, composed of British and American students, had twenty-five members, and there was still much material left to draw from.
too
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From this reading They hailed from every corner of the globe--for instruction is cheap in Heidelberg, and so is living, too.
twenty-five
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From this reading The Anglo-American Club, composed of British and American students, had twenty-five members, and there was still much material left to draw from.
uniform
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From this reading Nine-tenths of the Heidelberg students wore no badge or uniform; the other tenth wore caps of various colors, and belonged to social organizations called “corps.”
various
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From this reading Nine-tenths of the Heidelberg students wore no badge or uniform; the other tenth wore caps of various colors, and belonged to social organizations called “corps.”
very
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From this reading Most of the students were Germans, of course, but the representatives of foreign lands were very numerous.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Student Life [The Laborious Beer King] The summer semester was in full tide; consequently the most frequent figure in and about Heidelberg was the student.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Most of the students were Germans, of course, but the representatives of foreign lands were very numerous.
wore
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From this reading Nine-tenths of the Heidelberg students wore no badge or uniform; the other tenth wore caps of various colors, and belonged to social organizations called “corps.”
