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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 I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
always
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From this reading And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough if there hadn’t been always the essential falseness of irresponsibility in Schomberg’s chatter.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough if there hadn’t been always the essential falseness of irresponsibility in Schomberg’s chatter.
anxious
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From this reading He was anxious I should assent to his theory.
assent
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From this reading He was anxious I should assent to his theory.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough if there hadn’t been always the essential falseness of irresponsibility in Schomberg’s chatter.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
bothering
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From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
business
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From this reading I could expect from their study no clue to his conduct in matters of business, which seemed to me totally unrestrained by morality or even by the commonest sort of decency.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I could expect from their study no clue to his conduct in matters of business, which seemed to me totally unrestrained by morality or even by the commonest sort of decency.
care
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From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
chatter
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From this reading And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough if there hadn’t been always the essential falseness of irresponsibility in Schomberg’s chatter.
cheese
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From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
clue
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From this reading I could expect from their study no clue to his conduct in matters of business, which seemed to me totally unrestrained by morality or even by the commonest sort of decency.
commonest
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From this reading I could expect from their study no clue to his conduct in matters of business, which seemed to me totally unrestrained by morality or even by the commonest sort of decency.
conduct
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From this reading I could expect from their study no clue to his conduct in matters of business, which seemed to me totally unrestrained by morality or even by the commonest sort of decency.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading I could expect from their study no clue to his conduct in matters of business, which seemed to me totally unrestrained by morality or even by the commonest sort of decency.
crushed
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From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
decency
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From this reading I could expect from their study no clue to his conduct in matters of business, which seemed to me totally unrestrained by morality or even by the commonest sort of decency.
despondently
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From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
disposednounUS /ˈdisposed/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading However, I was not disposed to investigate the psychology of Falk.
Dutch
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From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
eating
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From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
engaged
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From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
enough
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From this reading And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough if there hadn’t been always the essential falseness of irresponsibility in Schomberg’s chatter.
essential
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From this reading And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough if there hadn’t been always the essential falseness of irresponsibility in Schomberg’s chatter.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I could expect from their study no clue to his conduct in matters of business, which seemed to me totally unrestrained by morality or even by the commonest sort of decency.
expectverbUS /ɪkˈspekt/
to think that something will happen
From this reading I could expect from their study no clue to his conduct in matters of business, which seemed to me totally unrestrained by morality or even by the commonest sort of decency.
Falk
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From this reading However, I was not disposed to investigate the psychology of Falk.
Falk's
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From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
falseness
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From this reading And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough if there hadn’t been always the essential falseness of irresponsibility in Schomberg’s chatter.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I could expect from their study no clue to his conduct in matters of business, which seemed to me totally unrestrained by morality or even by the commonest sort of decency.
gastronomy
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From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
hadn't
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From this reading And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough if there hadn’t been always the essential falseness of irresponsibility in Schomberg’s chatter.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough if there hadn’t been always the essential falseness of irresponsibility in Schomberg’s chatter.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was anxious I should assent to his theory.
head
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From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was anxious I should assent to his theory.
HoweveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading However, I was not disposed to investigate the psychology of Falk.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading He was anxious I should assent to his theory.
ideas
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From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough if there hadn’t been always the essential falseness of irresponsibility in Schomberg’s chatter.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough if there hadn’t been always the essential falseness of irresponsibility in Schomberg’s chatter.
indeed
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From this reading And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough if there hadn’t been always the essential falseness of irresponsibility in Schomberg’s chatter.
investigate
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From this reading However, I was not disposed to investigate the psychology of Falk.
irresponsibility
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From this reading And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough if there hadn’t been always the essential falseness of irresponsibility in Schomberg’s chatter.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough if there hadn’t been always the essential falseness of irresponsibility in Schomberg’s chatter.
just
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From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
matters
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From this reading I could expect from their study no clue to his conduct in matters of business, which seemed to me totally unrestrained by morality or even by the commonest sort of decency.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I could expect from their study no clue to his conduct in matters of business, which seemed to me totally unrestrained by morality or even by the commonest sort of decency.
morality
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From this reading I could expect from their study no clue to his conduct in matters of business, which seemed to me totally unrestrained by morality or even by the commonest sort of decency.
much
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From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I could expect from their study no clue to his conduct in matters of business, which seemed to me totally unrestrained by morality or even by the commonest sort of decency.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading However, I was not disposed to investigate the psychology of Falk.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough if there hadn’t been always the essential falseness of irresponsibility in Schomberg’s chatter.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough if there hadn’t been always the essential falseness of irresponsibility in Schomberg’s chatter.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I could expect from their study no clue to his conduct in matters of business, which seemed to me totally unrestrained by morality or even by the commonest sort of decency.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough if there hadn’t been always the essential falseness of irresponsibility in Schomberg’s chatter.
piece
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From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
plausible
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From this reading And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough if there hadn’t been always the essential falseness of irresponsibility in Schomberg’s chatter.
psychology
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From this reading However, I was not disposed to investigate the psychology of Falk.
Schomberg's
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From this reading And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough if there hadn’t been always the essential falseness of irresponsibility in Schomberg’s chatter.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I could expect from their study no clue to his conduct in matters of business, which seemed to me totally unrestrained by morality or even by the commonest sort of decency.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading He was anxious I should assent to his theory.
sort
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From this reading I could expect from their study no clue to his conduct in matters of business, which seemed to me totally unrestrained by morality or even by the commonest sort of decency.
stale
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From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
study
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From this reading I could expect from their study no clue to his conduct in matters of business, which seemed to me totally unrestrained by morality or even by the commonest sort of decency.
swallowed
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From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough if there hadn’t been always the essential falseness of irresponsibility in Schomberg’s chatter.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading I could expect from their study no clue to his conduct in matters of business, which seemed to me totally unrestrained by morality or even by the commonest sort of decency.
then
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From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
theory
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From this reading He was anxious I should assent to his theory.
there
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From this reading And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough if there hadn’t been always the essential falseness of irresponsibility in Schomberg’s chatter.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough if there hadn’t been always the essential falseness of irresponsibility in Schomberg’s chatter.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He was anxious I should assent to his theory.
too
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From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
totally
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From this reading I could expect from their study no clue to his conduct in matters of business, which seemed to me totally unrestrained by morality or even by the commonest sort of decency.
unrestrained
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From this reading I could expect from their study no clue to his conduct in matters of business, which seemed to me totally unrestrained by morality or even by the commonest sort of decency.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was anxious I should assent to his theory.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I was engaged just then in eating despondently a piece of stale Dutch cheese, being too much crushed to care what I swallowed myself, let along bothering my head about Falk’s ideas of gastronomy.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I could expect from their study no clue to his conduct in matters of business, which seemed to me totally unrestrained by morality or even by the commonest sort of decency.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And indeed on thinking it over it would have been plausible enough if there hadn’t been always the essential falseness of irresponsibility in Schomberg’s chatter.
