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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 It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
almost
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From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
Andrew
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From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
becoming
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From this reading Several times he caught himself becoming light-hearted.
birds
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From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
blacks
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From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
boughs
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From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
call
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From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
caught
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From this reading Several times he caught himself becoming light-hearted.
charm
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From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
church
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From this reading He got the great Radical on the door-step, just setting out for church.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Andrew could not help regarding the mother-of-pearl sky as a favourable omen.
countenance
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From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
day
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From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
door-step
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From this reading He got the great Radical on the door-step, just setting out for church.
enough
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From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
favourable
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From this reading Andrew could not help regarding the mother-of-pearl sky as a favourable omen.
feet
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From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He got the great Radical on the door-step, just setting out for church.
forenoon
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From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
gay
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From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
got
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From this reading He got the great Radical on the door-step, just setting out for church.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He got the great Radical on the door-step, just setting out for church.
green
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From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Several times he caught himself becoming light-hearted.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Andrew could not help regarding the mother-of-pearl sky as a favourable omen.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Several times he caught himself becoming light-hearted.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
just
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From this reading He got the great Radical on the door-step, just setting out for church.
Labouchere
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From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
leaves
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From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
light-hearted
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From this reading Several times he caught himself becoming light-hearted.
men
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From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
mother-of-pearl
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From this reading Andrew could not help regarding the mother-of-pearl sky as a favourable omen.
Mr
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From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Andrew could not help regarding the mother-of-pearl sky as a favourable omen.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
omen
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From this reading Andrew could not help regarding the mother-of-pearl sky as a favourable omen.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
out
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From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
Radical
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From this reading He got the great Radical on the door-step, just setting out for church.
regarding
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From this reading Andrew could not help regarding the mother-of-pearl sky as a favourable omen.
Scotchman
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From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
seize
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From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
set
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From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
setting
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From this reading He got the great Radical on the door-step, just setting out for church.
Several
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From this reading Several times he caught himself becoming light-hearted.
severity
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From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
sky
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From this reading Andrew could not help regarding the mother-of-pearl sky as a favourable omen.
slovenly
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From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
squares
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From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
Sunday
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From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
sunny
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From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
times
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From this reading Several times he caught himself becoming light-hearted.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
twittering
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From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
wash
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From this reading It was one Sunday forenoon, on such a sunny day as slovenly men seize upon to wash their feet and have it over, that Andrew set out to call on Mr. Labouchere.
wears
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From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The leaves in the squares were green, and the twittering of the birds among the boughs was almost gay enough to charm him out of the severity of countenance which a Scotchman wears on a Sunday with his blacks.
