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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 But you must remember that in every country there was a machinery, with regard to the most important measures at least, which could throw the matter before the electors to be re-decided.
all
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From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
always
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From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Yet,” said I, “even so there must have been occasional divergences between what these people did and what the nation wanted.”
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading You are right.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But you must remember that in every country there was a machinery, with regard to the most important measures at least, which could throw the matter before the electors to be re-decided.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But you must remember that in every country there was a machinery, with regard to the most important measures at least, which could throw the matter before the electors to be re-decided.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “Yet,” said I, “even so there must have been occasional divergences between what these people did and what the nation wanted.”
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading But you must remember that in every country there was a machinery, with regard to the most important measures at least, which could throw the matter before the electors to be re-decided.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading “Yet,” said I, “even so there must have been occasional divergences between what these people did and what the nation wanted.”
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I can remember no important occasion upon which the machinery was not brought into use.”
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But you must remember that in every country there was a machinery, with regard to the most important measures at least, which could throw the matter before the electors to be re-decided.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading I can remember no important occasion upon which the machinery was not brought into use.”
contact
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From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
country
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From this reading But you must remember that in every country there was a machinery, with regard to the most important measures at least, which could throw the matter before the electors to be re-decided.
devoted
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From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
devotion
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From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Yet,” said I, “even so there must have been occasional divergences between what these people did and what the nation wanted.”
divergences
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From this reading “Yet,” said I, “even so there must have been occasional divergences between what these people did and what the nation wanted.”
dutynounUS /ˈduːti/
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
elected
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From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
electors
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From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Yet,” said I, “even so there must have been occasional divergences between what these people did and what the nation wanted.”
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading But you must remember that in every country there was a machinery, with regard to the most important measures at least, which could throw the matter before the electors to be re-decided.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Yet,” said I, “even so there must have been occasional divergences between what these people did and what the nation wanted.”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Yet,” said I, “even so there must have been occasional divergences between what these people did and what the nation wanted.”
important
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From this reading But you must remember that in every country there was a machinery, with regard to the most important measures at least, which could throw the matter before the electors to be re-decided.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I can remember no important occasion upon which the machinery was not brought into use.”
keep
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From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But you must remember that in every country there was a machinery, with regard to the most important measures at least, which could throw the matter before the electors to be re-decided.
machinery
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From this reading But you must remember that in every country there was a machinery, with regard to the most important measures at least, which could throw the matter before the electors to be re-decided.
matter
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From this reading But you must remember that in every country there was a machinery, with regard to the most important measures at least, which could throw the matter before the electors to be re-decided.
mean
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From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
measures
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From this reading But you must remember that in every country there was a machinery, with regard to the most important measures at least, which could throw the matter before the electors to be re-decided.
most
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From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
motives
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From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
musing
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From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “Yet,” said I, “even so there must have been occasional divergences between what these people did and what the nation wanted.”
nation
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From this reading “Yet,” said I, “even so there must have been occasional divergences between what these people did and what the nation wanted.”
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading I can remember no important occasion upon which the machinery was not brought into use.”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
occasion
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From this reading I can remember no important occasion upon which the machinery was not brought into use.”
occasional
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From this reading “Yet,” said I, “even so there must have been occasional divergences between what these people did and what the nation wanted.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
people
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From this reading “Yet,” said I, “even so there must have been occasional divergences between what these people did and what the nation wanted.”
purest
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From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
re-decided
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From this reading But you must remember that in every country there was a machinery, with regard to the most important measures at least, which could throw the matter before the electors to be re-decided.
regard
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From this reading But you must remember that in every country there was a machinery, with regard to the most important measures at least, which could throw the matter before the electors to be re-decided.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading But you must remember that in every country there was a machinery, with regard to the most important measures at least, which could throw the matter before the electors to be re-decided.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You are right.
said
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From this reading “Yet,” said I, “even so there must have been occasional divergences between what these people did and what the nation wanted.”
see
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From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
sense
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From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “Yet,” said I, “even so there must have been occasional divergences between what these people did and what the nation wanted.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Yet,” said I, “even so there must have been occasional divergences between what these people did and what the nation wanted.”
there
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From this reading “Yet,” said I, “even so there must have been occasional divergences between what these people did and what the nation wanted.”
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading “Yet,” said I, “even so there must have been occasional divergences between what these people did and what the nation wanted.”
throw
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From this reading But you must remember that in every country there was a machinery, with regard to the most important measures at least, which could throw the matter before the electors to be re-decided.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But you must remember that in every country there was a machinery, with regard to the most important measures at least, which could throw the matter before the electors to be re-decided.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading I can remember no important occasion upon which the machinery was not brought into use.”
use
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From this reading I can remember no important occasion upon which the machinery was not brought into use.”
wanted
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From this reading “Yet,” said I, “even so there must have been occasional divergences between what these people did and what the nation wanted.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But you must remember that in every country there was a machinery, with regard to the most important measures at least, which could throw the matter before the electors to be re-decided.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Yet,” said I, “even so there must have been occasional divergences between what these people did and what the nation wanted.”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But you must remember that in every country there was a machinery, with regard to the most important measures at least, which could throw the matter before the electors to be re-decided.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
world
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From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading “Yet,” said I, “even so there must have been occasional divergences between what these people did and what the nation wanted.”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I see what you mean,” he said, musing, “you mean that all the devotion in the world, the purest of motives and the most devoted sense of duty, could not keep the elected always in contact with the electors.
