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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 One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had married young, and had a large family; and Drummond was already aware that while the lines had fallen to himself in pleasant places, poor Markham's lot had been hard and full of thorns.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
anxious
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From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
aware
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From this reading He had married young, and had a large family; and Drummond was already aware that while the lines had fallen to himself in pleasant places, poor Markham's lot had been hard and full of thorns.
bank
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From this reading It was in the summer of the third year of his bank directorship that Robert made his first personal entry into business.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
business
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From this reading It was in the summer of the third year of his bank directorship that Robert made his first personal entry into business.
came
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From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
City
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From this reading He was in business himself, with a little office in one of the dreary lanes in the City, a single clerk, and very limited occupation.
clerk
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From this reading He was in business himself, with a little office in one of the dreary lanes in the City, a single clerk, and very limited occupation.
directorship
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From this reading It was in the summer of the third year of his bank directorship that Robert made his first personal entry into business.
dreary
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From this reading He was in business himself, with a little office in one of the dreary lanes in the City, a single clerk, and very limited occupation.
Drummond
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From this reading He had married young, and had a large family; and Drummond was already aware that while the lines had fallen to himself in pleasant places, poor Markham's lot had been hard and full of thorns.
early
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From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
entry
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From this reading It was in the summer of the third year of his bank directorship that Robert made his first personal entry into business.
face
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From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
fallen
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From this reading He had married young, and had a large family; and Drummond was already aware that while the lines had fallen to himself in pleasant places, poor Markham's lot had been hard and full of thorns.
family
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From this reading He had married young, and had a large family; and Drummond was already aware that while the lines had fallen to himself in pleasant places, poor Markham's lot had been hard and full of thorns.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was in the summer of the third year of his bank directorship that Robert made his first personal entry into business.
friends
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From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
full
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From this reading He had married young, and had a large family; and Drummond was already aware that while the lines had fallen to himself in pleasant places, poor Markham's lot had been hard and full of thorns.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
hard
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From this reading He had married young, and had a large family; and Drummond was already aware that while the lines had fallen to himself in pleasant places, poor Markham's lot had been hard and full of thorns.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He was in business himself, with a little office in one of the dreary lanes in the City, a single clerk, and very limited occupation.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was in the summer of the third year of his bank directorship that Robert made his first personal entry into business.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was in the summer of the third year of his bank directorship that Robert made his first personal entry into business.
intercourse
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From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
interruptednounUS /ˈinterrupted/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It was in the summer of the third year of his bank directorship that Robert made his first personal entry into business.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was in the summer of the third year of his bank directorship that Robert made his first personal entry into business.
kept
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From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
lanes
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From this reading He was in business himself, with a little office in one of the dreary lanes in the City, a single clerk, and very limited occupation.
large
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From this reading He had married young, and had a large family; and Drummond was already aware that while the lines had fallen to himself in pleasant places, poor Markham's lot had been hard and full of thorns.
limited
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From this reading He was in business himself, with a little office in one of the dreary lanes in the City, a single clerk, and very limited occupation.
lines
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From this reading He had married young, and had a large family; and Drummond was already aware that while the lines had fallen to himself in pleasant places, poor Markham's lot had been hard and full of thorns.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was in business himself, with a little office in one of the dreary lanes in the City, a single clerk, and very limited occupation.
lot
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From this reading He had married young, and had a large family; and Drummond was already aware that while the lines had fallen to himself in pleasant places, poor Markham's lot had been hard and full of thorns.
made
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From this reading It was in the summer of the third year of his bank directorship that Robert made his first personal entry into business.
Markham's
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From this reading He had married young, and had a large family; and Drummond was already aware that while the lines had fallen to himself in pleasant places, poor Markham's lot had been hard and full of thorns.
married
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From this reading He had married young, and had a large family; and Drummond was already aware that while the lines had fallen to himself in pleasant places, poor Markham's lot had been hard and full of thorns.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
occasion
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From this reading The occasion of it was this.
occupation
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From this reading He was in business himself, with a little office in one of the dreary lanes in the City, a single clerk, and very limited occupation.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was in the summer of the third year of his bank directorship that Robert made his first personal entry into business.
office
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From this reading He was in business himself, with a little office in one of the dreary lanes in the City, a single clerk, and very limited occupation.
often
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From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
personal
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From this reading It was in the summer of the third year of his bank directorship that Robert made his first personal entry into business.
places
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From this reading He had married young, and had a large family; and Drummond was already aware that while the lines had fallen to himself in pleasant places, poor Markham's lot had been hard and full of thorns.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had married young, and had a large family; and Drummond was already aware that while the lines had fallen to himself in pleasant places, poor Markham's lot had been hard and full of thorns.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had married young, and had a large family; and Drummond was already aware that while the lines had fallen to himself in pleasant places, poor Markham's lot had been hard and full of thorns.
precarious
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From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
Robert
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From this reading It was in the summer of the third year of his bank directorship that Robert made his first personal entry into business.
school
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From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
single
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From this reading He was in business himself, with a little office in one of the dreary lanes in the City, a single clerk, and very limited occupation.
summer
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From this reading It was in the summer of the third year of his bank directorship that Robert made his first personal entry into business.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was in the summer of the third year of his bank directorship that Robert made his first personal entry into business.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was in the summer of the third year of his bank directorship that Robert made his first personal entry into business.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was in the summer of the third year of his bank directorship that Robert made his first personal entry into business.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The occasion of it was this.
thorns
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From this reading He had married young, and had a large family; and Drummond was already aware that while the lines had fallen to himself in pleasant places, poor Markham's lot had been hard and full of thorns.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
up
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From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
very
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From this reading He was in business himself, with a little office in one of the dreary lanes in the City, a single clerk, and very limited occupation.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was in the summer of the third year of his bank directorship that Robert made his first personal entry into business.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading He had married young, and had a large family; and Drummond was already aware that while the lines had fallen to himself in pleasant places, poor Markham's lot had been hard and full of thorns.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading One of his early friends who had been at school with him, and with whom he had kept up a precarious and often interrupted intercourse, came to him one morning with an anxious face.
year
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From this reading It was in the summer of the third year of his bank directorship that Robert made his first personal entry into business.
young
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From this reading He had married young, and had a large family; and Drummond was already aware that while the lines had fallen to himself in pleasant places, poor Markham's lot had been hard and full of thorns.
