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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 CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
addition
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From this reading By all theories he should not have lived a year, for in addition to his dreadfully disabling disease and his manner of living, he worked like an over-powered machine.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
all
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From this reading By all theories he should not have lived a year, for in addition to his dreadfully disabling disease and his manner of living, he worked like an over-powered machine.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
awful
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From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
aye
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From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
barrow
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From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
bed
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From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
bedding
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From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
big
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From this reading The only criticism I ever heard him make was once when he told me he had employed a young Englishman to help him at a big job of work at a gentleman's garden which he was reconstructing.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By all theories he should not have lived a year, for in addition to his dreadfully disabling disease and his manner of living, he worked like an over-powered machine.
captious
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From this reading And he was never fretful, never captious.
cartload
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From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
CONCLUSION
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From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
consumptive
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From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
containing
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From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
cough
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From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
Covent
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From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
criticism
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From this reading The only criticism I ever heard him make was once when he told me he had employed a young Englishman to help him at a big job of work at a gentleman's garden which he was reconstructing.
disabling
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From this reading By all theories he should not have lived a year, for in addition to his dreadfully disabling disease and his manner of living, he worked like an over-powered machine.
disease
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From this reading By all theories he should not have lived a year, for in addition to his dreadfully disabling disease and his manner of living, he worked like an over-powered machine.
dog
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From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
dogs
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From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
dreadfully
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From this reading By all theories he should not have lived a year, for in addition to his dreadfully disabling disease and his manner of living, he worked like an over-powered machine.
employed
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From this reading The only criticism I ever heard him make was once when he told me he had employed a young Englishman to help him at a big job of work at a gentleman's garden which he was reconstructing.
Englishman
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From this reading The only criticism I ever heard him make was once when he told me he had employed a young Englishman to help him at a big job of work at a gentleman's garden which he was reconstructing.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The only criticism I ever heard him make was once when he told me he had employed a young Englishman to help him at a big job of work at a gentleman's garden which he was reconstructing.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading By all theories he should not have lived a year, for in addition to his dreadfully disabling disease and his manner of living, he worked like an over-powered machine.
fretful
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From this reading And he was never fretful, never captious.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
Garden
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From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
gentleman's
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From this reading The only criticism I ever heard him make was once when he told me he had employed a young Englishman to help him at a big job of work at a gentleman's garden which he was reconstructing.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The only criticism I ever heard him make was once when he told me he had employed a young Englishman to help him at a big job of work at a gentleman's garden which he was reconstructing.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading By all theories he should not have lived a year, for in addition to his dreadfully disabling disease and his manner of living, he worked like an over-powered machine.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading By all theories he should not have lived a year, for in addition to his dreadfully disabling disease and his manner of living, he worked like an over-powered machine.
heard
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From this reading The only criticism I ever heard him make was once when he told me he had employed a young Englishman to help him at a big job of work at a gentleman's garden which he was reconstructing.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The only criticism I ever heard him make was once when he told me he had employed a young Englishman to help him at a big job of work at a gentleman's garden which he was reconstructing.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading By all theories he should not have lived a year, for in addition to his dreadfully disabling disease and his manner of living, he worked like an over-powered machine.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
job
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From this reading The only criticism I ever heard him make was once when he told me he had employed a young Englishman to help him at a big job of work at a gentleman's garden which he was reconstructing.
Kilburn
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From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
known
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From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
land
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From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
like
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From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
lived
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From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
living
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From this reading By all theories he should not have lived a year, for in addition to his dreadfully disabling disease and his manner of living, he worked like an over-powered machine.
loving
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From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
machine
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From this reading By all theories he should not have lived a year, for in addition to his dreadfully disabling disease and his manner of living, he worked like an over-powered machine.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The only criticism I ever heard him make was once when he told me he had employed a young Englishman to help him at a big job of work at a gentleman's garden which he was reconstructing.
manner
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From this reading By all theories he should not have lived a year, for in addition to his dreadfully disabling disease and his manner of living, he worked like an over-powered machine.
many
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From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The only criticism I ever heard him make was once when he told me he had employed a young Englishman to help him at a big job of work at a gentleman's garden which he was reconstructing.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading By all theories he should not have lived a year, for in addition to his dreadfully disabling disease and his manner of living, he worked like an over-powered machine.
o'clock
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From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading By all theories he should not have lived a year, for in addition to his dreadfully disabling disease and his manner of living, he worked like an over-powered machine.
once
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From this reading The only criticism I ever heard him make was once when he told me he had employed a young Englishman to help him at a big job of work at a gentleman's garden which he was reconstructing.
only
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From this reading The only criticism I ever heard him make was once when he told me he had employed a young Englishman to help him at a big job of work at a gentleman's garden which he was reconstructing.
over-powered
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From this reading By all theories he should not have lived a year, for in addition to his dreadfully disabling disease and his manner of living, he worked like an over-powered machine.
plants
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From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
racked
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From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
reconstructing
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From this reading The only criticism I ever heard him make was once when he told me he had employed a young Englishman to help him at a big job of work at a gentleman's garden which he was reconstructing.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading By all theories he should not have lived a year, for in addition to his dreadfully disabling disease and his manner of living, he worked like an over-powered machine.
six
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From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
strange
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From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
stranger
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From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
theories
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From this reading By all theories he should not have lived a year, for in addition to his dreadfully disabling disease and his manner of living, he worked like an over-powered machine.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
three
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From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading By all theories he should not have lived a year, for in addition to his dreadfully disabling disease and his manner of living, he worked like an over-powered machine.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The only criticism I ever heard him make was once when he told me he had employed a young Englishman to help him at a big job of work at a gentleman's garden which he was reconstructing.
trundle
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From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The only criticism I ever heard him make was once when he told me he had employed a young Englishman to help him at a big job of work at a gentleman's garden which he was reconstructing.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The only criticism I ever heard him make was once when he told me he had employed a young Englishman to help him at a big job of work at a gentleman's garden which he was reconstructing.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
work
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From this reading He was never in bed after three in the morning, and I have known him to trundle a barrow containing a cartload of bedding plants from Covent Garden to Kilburn before beginning his work at six o'clock.
worked
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From this reading By all theories he should not have lived a year, for in addition to his dreadfully disabling disease and his manner of living, he worked like an over-powered machine.
worse
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From this reading CONCLUSION This loving stranger in a strange land was consumptive, racked with an awful cough, and lived like a dog--aye, worse than many dogs I know.
year
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From this reading By all theories he should not have lived a year, for in addition to his dreadfully disabling disease and his manner of living, he worked like an over-powered machine.
young
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From this reading The only criticism I ever heard him make was once when he told me he had employed a young Englishman to help him at a big job of work at a gentleman's garden which he was reconstructing.
