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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 was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
Alf
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From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
Algernon
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From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
alias
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From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ERIC FORTESCUE AND HIS RESPECTABLE ASSOCIATES――THE CHALLENGE, AND THE RESULT.
Ashbrook
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From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
ASSOCIATES
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From this reading ERIC FORTESCUE AND HIS RESPECTABLE ASSOCIATES――THE CHALLENGE, AND THE RESULT.
back
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From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
best
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From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
black
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From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
blows
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From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
blue
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From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
CHALLENGE
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From this reading ERIC FORTESCUE AND HIS RESPECTABLE ASSOCIATES――THE CHALLENGE, AND THE RESULT.
contrived
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From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
days
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From this reading For three days he preserved a moody silence, and shut himself up in one room from morning to night.
dirty
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From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
ERIC
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From this reading ERIC FORTESCUE AND HIS RESPECTABLE ASSOCIATES――THE CHALLENGE, AND THE RESULT.
expelled
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From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
farmhouse
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From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
Ferry
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From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
foaming
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From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For three days he preserved a moody silence, and shut himself up in one room from morning to night.
FORTESCUE
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From this reading ERIC FORTESCUE AND HIS RESPECTABLE ASSOCIATES――THE CHALLENGE, AND THE RESULT.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
girl
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From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading For three days he preserved a moody silence, and shut himself up in one room from morning to night.
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading ERIC FORTESCUE AND HIS RESPECTABLE ASSOCIATES――THE CHALLENGE, AND THE RESULT.
ignobly
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From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
Kitty
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From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
London
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From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
made
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From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
mercilessly
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From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
metropolis
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From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
moody
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From this reading For three days he preserved a moody silence, and shut himself up in one room from morning to night.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For three days he preserved a moody silence, and shut himself up in one room from morning to night.
MR
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From this reading MR.
night
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From this reading For three days he preserved a moody silence, and shut himself up in one room from morning to night.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading For three days he preserved a moody silence, and shut himself up in one room from morning to night.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
pain
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From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
Parvis
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From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
plight
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From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
preserved
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From this reading For three days he preserved a moody silence, and shut himself up in one room from morning to night.
rage
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From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
reach
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From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
RESPECTABLE
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From this reading ERIC FORTESCUE AND HIS RESPECTABLE ASSOCIATES――THE CHALLENGE, AND THE RESULT.
RESULT
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From this reading ERIC FORTESCUE AND HIS RESPECTABLE ASSOCIATES――THE CHALLENGE, AND THE RESULT.
room
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From this reading For three days he preserved a moody silence, and shut himself up in one room from morning to night.
saturated
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From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
shoulders
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From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
showered
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From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
shut
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From this reading For three days he preserved a moody silence, and shut himself up in one room from morning to night.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading For three days he preserved a moody silence, and shut himself up in one room from morning to night.
smarting
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From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
Stoke
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From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
Sutherland
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From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ERIC FORTESCUE AND HIS RESPECTABLE ASSOCIATES――THE CHALLENGE, AND THE RESULT.
three
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From this reading For three days he preserved a moody silence, and shut himself up in one room from morning to night.
thrown
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From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
up
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From this reading For three days he preserved a moody silence, and shut himself up in one room from morning to night.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
water
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From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
way
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From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He was in a terrible plight――was saturated with the dirty water which had been thrown over him by the girl Kitty, and his back and shoulders were black and blue from the blows that had been so mercilessly showered upon him by Ashbrook, but he contrived to reach the metropolis.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mr. Eric Fortescue, alias Alf Parvis, alias Mr. Algernon Sutherland, smarting with pain, and foaming with rage, made the best of his way to London after he had been ignobly expelled from Stoke Ferry farmhouse.
