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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 When Sir William left me in the school-room, he left a lad of sixteen puffed up in a glow of pride.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading To be treated no longer as a fractious child--to be received at last as a man among men!
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And what would Esk say?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading To be treated no longer as a fractious child--to be received at last as a man among men!
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading To be treated no longer as a fractious child--to be received at last as a man among men!
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To be treated no longer as a fractious child--to be received at last as a man among men!
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading And Silver Heels, poor little mouse harnessed in the stocks below?
child
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From this reading To be treated no longer as a fractious child--to be received at last as a man among men!
chronic
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From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
defiant
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From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
discipline
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From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
entered
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Esk
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From this reading And what would Esk say?
fractious
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From this reading To be treated no longer as a fractious child--to be received at last as a man among men!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
glow
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From this reading When Sir William left me in the school-room, he left a lad of sixteen puffed up in a glow of pride.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
harnessed
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From this reading And Silver Heels, poor little mouse harnessed in the stocks below?
hateful
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From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Sir William left me in the school-room, he left a lad of sixteen puffed up in a glow of pride.
heavy-hearted
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From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
Heels
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From this reading And Silver Heels, poor little mouse harnessed in the stocks below?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When Sir William left me in the school-room, he left a lad of sixteen puffed up in a glow of pride.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
lad
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From this reading When Sir William left me in the school-room, he left a lad of sixteen puffed up in a glow of pride.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To be treated no longer as a fractious child--to be received at last as a man among men!
lazy
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From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Sir William left me in the school-room, he left a lad of sixteen puffed up in a glow of pride.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And Silver Heels, poor little mouse harnessed in the stocks below?
longer
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From this reading To be treated no longer as a fractious child--to be received at last as a man among men!
man
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From this reading To be treated no longer as a fractious child--to be received at last as a man among men!
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When Sir William left me in the school-room, he left a lad of sixteen puffed up in a glow of pride.
men
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From this reading To be treated no longer as a fractious child--to be received at last as a man among men!
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
mouse
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From this reading And Silver Heels, poor little mouse harnessed in the stocks below?
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading To be treated no longer as a fractious child--to be received at last as a man among men!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When Sir William left me in the school-room, he left a lad of sixteen puffed up in a glow of pride.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And Silver Heels, poor little mouse harnessed in the stocks below?
pride
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From this reading When Sir William left me in the school-room, he left a lad of sixteen puffed up in a glow of pride.
puffed
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From this reading When Sir William left me in the school-room, he left a lad of sixteen puffed up in a glow of pride.
quaffing
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From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
received
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From this reading To be treated no longer as a fractious child--to be received at last as a man among men!
resentment
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From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
say
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From this reading And what would Esk say?
school-room
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From this reading When Sir William left me in the school-room, he left a lad of sixteen puffed up in a glow of pride.
see
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From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
sent
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From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
Silver
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From this reading And Silver Heels, poor little mouse harnessed in the stocks below?
Sir
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From this reading When Sir William left me in the school-room, he left a lad of sixteen puffed up in a glow of pride.
sixteen
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From this reading When Sir William left me in the school-room, he left a lad of sixteen puffed up in a glow of pride.
spring
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From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
stocks
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From this reading And Silver Heels, poor little mouse harnessed in the stocks below?
sullen
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From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
sunshine
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From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When Sir William left me in the school-room, he left a lad of sixteen puffed up in a glow of pride.
thirsty
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From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To be treated no longer as a fractious child--to be received at last as a man among men!
trap
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From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
treated
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From this reading To be treated no longer as a fractious child--to be received at last as a man among men!
up
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From this reading When Sir William left me in the school-room, he left a lad of sixteen puffed up in a glow of pride.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And what would Esk say?
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When Sir William left me in the school-room, he left a lad of sixteen puffed up in a glow of pride.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
William
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From this reading When Sir William left me in the school-room, he left a lad of sixteen puffed up in a glow of pride.
windows
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From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And what would Esk say?
year
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From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
young
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From this reading I had entered the school-room that morning a lazy, sullen, defiant lad, heavy-hearted, with chronic resentment against the discipline of those who had sent me into a hateful trap from the windows of which I could see the young, thirsty year quaffing spring sunshine.
