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advance
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againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
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appear
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authorities
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beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
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byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
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certain
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defect
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eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
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exhibit
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explaining
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facie
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feature
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
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form
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forth
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group
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groups
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From this reading Our survey of laughable things has led us to recognise certain groups which appear to induce the laughing mood: each presenting its special variety of laughable feature.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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human
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incongruous
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induce
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itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
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laughable
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laughing
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led
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LUDICROUS
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maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
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mischances
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misfitting
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mood
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From this reading Our survey of laughable things has led us to recognise certain groups which appear to induce the laughing mood: each presenting its special variety of laughable feature.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
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namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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now
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OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THEORIES OF THE LUDICROUS.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
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OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
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orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading One group may be said, _primâ facie_, to exhibit mischances, another some form of human defect, another, again, something of the misfitting or incongruous, and so forth.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
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presenting
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primâ
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problem
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propounded
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recognise
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said
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second
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soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
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some
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somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
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special
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subject
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survey
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THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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theoretic
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THEORIES
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thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
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things
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timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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touch
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underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
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unifying
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uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
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varieties
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variety
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views
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WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
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whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Our survey of laughable things has led us to recognise certain groups which appear to induce the laughing mood: each presenting its special variety of laughable feature.
