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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 He saw that Trench had prepared every inch of it, and that he was chiefly wanted as a notable figurehead, yet he was nothing loath to be the figurehead.
afar
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From this reading When he had fully grasped the evidence, and saw before him one of the biggest cases on record in the State courts, he threw back his head like an old war-horse snuffing the battle afar.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Judge Hollis talked for over an hour, going over the case which was to come up before Judge Ladd in ten days.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He saw that Trench had prepared every inch of it, and that he was chiefly wanted as a notable figurehead, yet he was nothing loath to be the figurehead.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He saw that Trench had prepared every inch of it, and that he was chiefly wanted as a notable figurehead, yet he was nothing loath to be the figurehead.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “By the Lord Harry!” he said, slapping his knee, “we’ll whip them to kingdom come, Caleb, and shear the sheep at that!”
back
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From this reading When he had fully grasped the evidence, and saw before him one of the biggest cases on record in the State courts, he threw back his head like an old war-horse snuffing the battle afar.
battle
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From this reading When he had fully grasped the evidence, and saw before him one of the biggest cases on record in the State courts, he threw back his head like an old war-horse snuffing the battle afar.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He saw that Trench had prepared every inch of it, and that he was chiefly wanted as a notable figurehead, yet he was nothing loath to be the figurehead.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Judge Hollis talked for over an hour, going over the case which was to come up before Judge Ladd in ten days.
biggest
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From this reading When he had fully grasped the evidence, and saw before him one of the biggest cases on record in the State courts, he threw back his head like an old war-horse snuffing the battle afar.
brows
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From this reading Then his eye suddenly lighted on the sleeping child, and his shaggy brows dropped; he stooped over and looked at him, thrusting out his underlip.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “By the Lord Harry!” he said, slapping his knee, “we’ll whip them to kingdom come, Caleb, and shear the sheep at that!”
Caleb
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From this reading “By the Lord Harry!” he said, slapping his knee, “we’ll whip them to kingdom come, Caleb, and shear the sheep at that!”
case
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From this reading Judge Hollis talked for over an hour, going over the case which was to come up before Judge Ladd in ten days.
cases
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From this reading When he had fully grasped the evidence, and saw before him one of the biggest cases on record in the State courts, he threw back his head like an old war-horse snuffing the battle afar.
chiefly
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From this reading He saw that Trench had prepared every inch of it, and that he was chiefly wanted as a notable figurehead, yet he was nothing loath to be the figurehead.
child
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From this reading Then his eye suddenly lighted on the sleeping child, and his shaggy brows dropped; he stooped over and looked at him, thrusting out his underlip.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Judge Hollis talked for over an hour, going over the case which was to come up before Judge Ladd in ten days.
courts
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From this reading When he had fully grasped the evidence, and saw before him one of the biggest cases on record in the State courts, he threw back his head like an old war-horse snuffing the battle afar.
days
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From this reading Judge Hollis talked for over an hour, going over the case which was to come up before Judge Ladd in ten days.
dropped
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From this reading Then his eye suddenly lighted on the sleeping child, and his shaggy brows dropped; he stooped over and looked at him, thrusting out his underlip.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading He saw that Trench had prepared every inch of it, and that he was chiefly wanted as a notable figurehead, yet he was nothing loath to be the figurehead.
evidence
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From this reading When he had fully grasped the evidence, and saw before him one of the biggest cases on record in the State courts, he threw back his head like an old war-horse snuffing the battle afar.
eye
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From this reading Then his eye suddenly lighted on the sleeping child, and his shaggy brows dropped; he stooped over and looked at him, thrusting out his underlip.
figurehead
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From this reading He saw that Trench had prepared every inch of it, and that he was chiefly wanted as a notable figurehead, yet he was nothing loath to be the figurehead.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Judge Hollis talked for over an hour, going over the case which was to come up before Judge Ladd in ten days.
fully
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From this reading When he had fully grasped the evidence, and saw before him one of the biggest cases on record in the State courts, he threw back his head like an old war-horse snuffing the battle afar.
going
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From this reading Judge Hollis talked for over an hour, going over the case which was to come up before Judge Ladd in ten days.
grasped
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From this reading When he had fully grasped the evidence, and saw before him one of the biggest cases on record in the State courts, he threw back his head like an old war-horse snuffing the battle afar.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He saw that Trench had prepared every inch of it, and that he was chiefly wanted as a notable figurehead, yet he was nothing loath to be the figurehead.
Harry
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From this reading “By the Lord Harry!” he said, slapping his knee, “we’ll whip them to kingdom come, Caleb, and shear the sheep at that!”
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He saw that Trench had prepared every inch of it, and that he was chiefly wanted as a notable figurehead, yet he was nothing loath to be the figurehead.
head
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From this reading When he had fully grasped the evidence, and saw before him one of the biggest cases on record in the State courts, he threw back his head like an old war-horse snuffing the battle afar.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When he had fully grasped the evidence, and saw before him one of the biggest cases on record in the State courts, he threw back his head like an old war-horse snuffing the battle afar.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When he had fully grasped the evidence, and saw before him one of the biggest cases on record in the State courts, he threw back his head like an old war-horse snuffing the battle afar.
Hollis
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From this reading Judge Hollis talked for over an hour, going over the case which was to come up before Judge Ladd in ten days.
hour
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From this reading Judge Hollis talked for over an hour, going over the case which was to come up before Judge Ladd in ten days.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Judge Hollis talked for over an hour, going over the case which was to come up before Judge Ladd in ten days.
inch
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From this reading He saw that Trench had prepared every inch of it, and that he was chiefly wanted as a notable figurehead, yet he was nothing loath to be the figurehead.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He saw that Trench had prepared every inch of it, and that he was chiefly wanted as a notable figurehead, yet he was nothing loath to be the figurehead.
Judge
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From this reading Judge Hollis talked for over an hour, going over the case which was to come up before Judge Ladd in ten days.
kingdom
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From this reading “By the Lord Harry!” he said, slapping his knee, “we’ll whip them to kingdom come, Caleb, and shear the sheep at that!”
knee
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From this reading “By the Lord Harry!” he said, slapping his knee, “we’ll whip them to kingdom come, Caleb, and shear the sheep at that!”
Ladd
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From this reading Judge Hollis talked for over an hour, going over the case which was to come up before Judge Ladd in ten days.
lighted
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From this reading Then his eye suddenly lighted on the sleeping child, and his shaggy brows dropped; he stooped over and looked at him, thrusting out his underlip.
like
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From this reading When he had fully grasped the evidence, and saw before him one of the biggest cases on record in the State courts, he threw back his head like an old war-horse snuffing the battle afar.
loath
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From this reading He saw that Trench had prepared every inch of it, and that he was chiefly wanted as a notable figurehead, yet he was nothing loath to be the figurehead.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then his eye suddenly lighted on the sleeping child, and his shaggy brows dropped; he stooped over and looked at him, thrusting out his underlip.
Lord
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From this reading “By the Lord Harry!” he said, slapping his knee, “we’ll whip them to kingdom come, Caleb, and shear the sheep at that!”
notable
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From this reading He saw that Trench had prepared every inch of it, and that he was chiefly wanted as a notable figurehead, yet he was nothing loath to be the figurehead.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading He saw that Trench had prepared every inch of it, and that he was chiefly wanted as a notable figurehead, yet he was nothing loath to be the figurehead.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He saw that Trench had prepared every inch of it, and that he was chiefly wanted as a notable figurehead, yet he was nothing loath to be the figurehead.
old
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From this reading When he had fully grasped the evidence, and saw before him one of the biggest cases on record in the State courts, he threw back his head like an old war-horse snuffing the battle afar.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When he had fully grasped the evidence, and saw before him one of the biggest cases on record in the State courts, he threw back his head like an old war-horse snuffing the battle afar.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading When he had fully grasped the evidence, and saw before him one of the biggest cases on record in the State courts, he threw back his head like an old war-horse snuffing the battle afar.
out
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From this reading Then his eye suddenly lighted on the sleeping child, and his shaggy brows dropped; he stooped over and looked at him, thrusting out his underlip.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Judge Hollis talked for over an hour, going over the case which was to come up before Judge Ladd in ten days.
prepared
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From this reading He saw that Trench had prepared every inch of it, and that he was chiefly wanted as a notable figurehead, yet he was nothing loath to be the figurehead.
record
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From this reading When he had fully grasped the evidence, and saw before him one of the biggest cases on record in the State courts, he threw back his head like an old war-horse snuffing the battle afar.
said
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From this reading “By the Lord Harry!” he said, slapping his knee, “we’ll whip them to kingdom come, Caleb, and shear the sheep at that!”
saw
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From this reading He saw that Trench had prepared every inch of it, and that he was chiefly wanted as a notable figurehead, yet he was nothing loath to be the figurehead.
shaggy
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From this reading Then his eye suddenly lighted on the sleeping child, and his shaggy brows dropped; he stooped over and looked at him, thrusting out his underlip.
shear
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From this reading “By the Lord Harry!” he said, slapping his knee, “we’ll whip them to kingdom come, Caleb, and shear the sheep at that!”
sheep
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From this reading “By the Lord Harry!” he said, slapping his knee, “we’ll whip them to kingdom come, Caleb, and shear the sheep at that!”
slapping
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From this reading “By the Lord Harry!” he said, slapping his knee, “we’ll whip them to kingdom come, Caleb, and shear the sheep at that!”
sleeping
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From this reading Then his eye suddenly lighted on the sleeping child, and his shaggy brows dropped; he stooped over and looked at him, thrusting out his underlip.
snuffing
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From this reading When he had fully grasped the evidence, and saw before him one of the biggest cases on record in the State courts, he threw back his head like an old war-horse snuffing the battle afar.
State
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From this reading When he had fully grasped the evidence, and saw before him one of the biggest cases on record in the State courts, he threw back his head like an old war-horse snuffing the battle afar.
stooped
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From this reading Then his eye suddenly lighted on the sleeping child, and his shaggy brows dropped; he stooped over and looked at him, thrusting out his underlip.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then his eye suddenly lighted on the sleeping child, and his shaggy brows dropped; he stooped over and looked at him, thrusting out his underlip.
talked
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From this reading Judge Hollis talked for over an hour, going over the case which was to come up before Judge Ladd in ten days.
ten
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From this reading Judge Hollis talked for over an hour, going over the case which was to come up before Judge Ladd in ten days.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He saw that Trench had prepared every inch of it, and that he was chiefly wanted as a notable figurehead, yet he was nothing loath to be the figurehead.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Judge Hollis talked for over an hour, going over the case which was to come up before Judge Ladd in ten days.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “By the Lord Harry!” he said, slapping his knee, “we’ll whip them to kingdom come, Caleb, and shear the sheep at that!”
Then
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From this reading Then his eye suddenly lighted on the sleeping child, and his shaggy brows dropped; he stooped over and looked at him, thrusting out his underlip.
threw
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From this reading When he had fully grasped the evidence, and saw before him one of the biggest cases on record in the State courts, he threw back his head like an old war-horse snuffing the battle afar.
thrusting
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From this reading Then his eye suddenly lighted on the sleeping child, and his shaggy brows dropped; he stooped over and looked at him, thrusting out his underlip.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Judge Hollis talked for over an hour, going over the case which was to come up before Judge Ladd in ten days.
Trench
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From this reading He saw that Trench had prepared every inch of it, and that he was chiefly wanted as a notable figurehead, yet he was nothing loath to be the figurehead.
underlip
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From this reading Then his eye suddenly lighted on the sleeping child, and his shaggy brows dropped; he stooped over and looked at him, thrusting out his underlip.
up
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From this reading Judge Hollis talked for over an hour, going over the case which was to come up before Judge Ladd in ten days.
wanted
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From this reading He saw that Trench had prepared every inch of it, and that he was chiefly wanted as a notable figurehead, yet he was nothing loath to be the figurehead.
war-horse
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From this reading When he had fully grasped the evidence, and saw before him one of the biggest cases on record in the State courts, he threw back his head like an old war-horse snuffing the battle afar.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Judge Hollis talked for over an hour, going over the case which was to come up before Judge Ladd in ten days.
we'll
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From this reading “By the Lord Harry!” he said, slapping his knee, “we’ll whip them to kingdom come, Caleb, and shear the sheep at that!”
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When he had fully grasped the evidence, and saw before him one of the biggest cases on record in the State courts, he threw back his head like an old war-horse snuffing the battle afar.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Judge Hollis talked for over an hour, going over the case which was to come up before Judge Ladd in ten days.
whip
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From this reading “By the Lord Harry!” he said, slapping his knee, “we’ll whip them to kingdom come, Caleb, and shear the sheep at that!”
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading He saw that Trench had prepared every inch of it, and that he was chiefly wanted as a notable figurehead, yet he was nothing loath to be the figurehead.
