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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 had been simply a Fellow of Lazarus in those former years.
afterwards
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From this reading Mr. Arabin by name he was then;—Dr. Arabin afterwards, when that quick and great promotion reached its climax.
AMBASSADOR
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From this reading LADY LUFTON’S AMBASSADOR.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
Arabin
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From this reading Mr. Arabin by name he was then;—Dr. Arabin afterwards, when that quick and great promotion reached its climax.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
baby
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From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
Barsetshire
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From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
became
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From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had been simply a Fellow of Lazarus in those former years.
belongings
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From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
Bold
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From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Mr. Arabin by name he was then;—Dr. Arabin afterwards, when that quick and great promotion reached its climax.
by-the-by
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From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
climax
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From this reading Mr. Arabin by name he was then;—Dr. Arabin afterwards, when that quick and great promotion reached its climax.
Crawley's
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From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
days
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From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
Dr
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From this reading Mr. Arabin by name he was then;—Dr. Arabin afterwards, when that quick and great promotion reached its climax.
East
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From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
encumbrance
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From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
Ewold's
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From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
Fellow
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From this reading He had been simply a Fellow of Lazarus in those former years.
followed
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From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
former
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From this reading He had been simply a Fellow of Lazarus in those former years.
friend
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From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
funded
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From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
got
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From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had been simply a Fellow of Lazarus in those former years.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mr. Arabin by name he was then;—Dr. Arabin afterwards, when that quick and great promotion reached its climax.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Mr. Arabin by name he was then;—Dr. Arabin afterwards, when that quick and great promotion reached its climax.
LADY
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From this reading LADY LUFTON’S AMBASSADOR.
land
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From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
Lazarus
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From this reading He had been simply a Fellow of Lazarus in those former years.
LUFTON'S
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From this reading LADY LUFTON’S AMBASSADOR.
married
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From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
mentioned
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From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
money
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From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
Mr
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From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
promotion
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From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
quick
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From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
reached
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From this reading Mr. Arabin by name he was then;—Dr. Arabin afterwards, when that quick and great promotion reached its climax.
received
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From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
settled
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From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
simply
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From this reading He had been simply a Fellow of Lazarus in those former years.
small
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From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
St
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From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
then
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From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
there
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From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading He had been simply a Fellow of Lazarus in those former years.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
Vicar
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From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mr. Arabin by name he was then;—Dr. Arabin afterwards, when that quick and great promotion reached its climax.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Mr. Arabin by name he was then;—Dr. Arabin afterwards, when that quick and great promotion reached its climax.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
Widow
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From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then he became Vicar of St. Ewold’s, in East Barsetshire, and had not yet got himself settled there when he married the Widow Bold, a widow with belongings in land and funded money, and with but one small baby as an encumbrance.
years
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From this reading He had been simply a Fellow of Lazarus in those former years.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading And then, in the days which followed, that friend of Mr. Crawley’s, whose name, by-the-by, is yet to be mentioned, received quick and great promotion.
