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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 A fortnight after came my birthday, and a family festival.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading A fortnight after came my birthday, and a family festival.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A fortnight after came my birthday, and a family festival.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading So he kept his birthdays with thanks and a celebration of love; and I was well content in this, as in many another kind suggestion of his genial nature, that my husband should have his way.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So he kept his birthdays with thanks and a celebration of love; and I was well content in this, as in many another kind suggestion of his genial nature, that my husband should have his way.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
Bertie
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From this reading Bertie was to leave us shortly after, to look after the fitting up of his own house--the Estcourt jointure-house, which he was to occupy during my lifetime.
birthday
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From this reading A fortnight after came my birthday, and a family festival.
birthdays
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From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
blessed
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From this reading The grave out of which our Lord rose was no devouring, irresponsible monster to Derwent--it was a Christian institution, blessed and hallowed by Him who triumphed over it.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
came
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From this reading A fortnight after came my birthday, and a family festival.
celebration
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From this reading So he kept his birthdays with thanks and a celebration of love; and I was well content in this, as in many another kind suggestion of his genial nature, that my husband should have his way.
Christian
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From this reading The grave out of which our Lord rose was no devouring, irresponsible monster to Derwent--it was a Christian institution, blessed and hallowed by Him who triumphed over it.
coldest
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From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
commonplace
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From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
content
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From this reading So he kept his birthdays with thanks and a celebration of love; and I was well content in this, as in many another kind suggestion of his genial nature, that my husband should have his way.
Crofton
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From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
daunted
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From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
Derwent
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From this reading The grave out of which our Lord rose was no devouring, irresponsible monster to Derwent--it was a Christian institution, blessed and hallowed by Him who triumphed over it.
devouring
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From this reading The grave out of which our Lord rose was no devouring, irresponsible monster to Derwent--it was a Christian institution, blessed and hallowed by Him who triumphed over it.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Bertie was to leave us shortly after, to look after the fitting up of his own house--the Estcourt jointure-house, which he was to occupy during my lifetime.
Estcourt
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From this reading Bertie was to leave us shortly after, to look after the fitting up of his own house--the Estcourt jointure-house, which he was to occupy during my lifetime.
family
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From this reading A fortnight after came my birthday, and a family festival.
festival
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From this reading A fortnight after came my birthday, and a family festival.
fitting
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From this reading Bertie was to leave us shortly after, to look after the fitting up of his own house--the Estcourt jointure-house, which he was to occupy during my lifetime.
fortnight
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From this reading A fortnight after came my birthday, and a family festival.
genial
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From this reading So he kept his birthdays with thanks and a celebration of love; and I was well content in this, as in many another kind suggestion of his genial nature, that my husband should have his way.
given
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From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
grave
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From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
greatly
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From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
hallowed
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From this reading The grave out of which our Lord rose was no devouring, irresponsible monster to Derwent--it was a Christian institution, blessed and hallowed by Him who triumphed over it.
hastening
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From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading So he kept his birthdays with thanks and a celebration of love; and I was well content in this, as in many another kind suggestion of his genial nature, that my husband should have his way.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
HimpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The grave out of which our Lord rose was no devouring, irresponsible monster to Derwent--it was a Christian institution, blessed and hallowed by Him who triumphed over it.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading So he kept his birthdays with thanks and a celebration of love; and I was well content in this, as in many another kind suggestion of his genial nature, that my husband should have his way.
house
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From this reading Bertie was to leave us shortly after, to look after the fitting up of his own house--the Estcourt jointure-house, which he was to occupy during my lifetime.
husband
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From this reading So he kept his birthdays with thanks and a celebration of love; and I was well content in this, as in many another kind suggestion of his genial nature, that my husband should have his way.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading So he kept his birthdays with thanks and a celebration of love; and I was well content in this, as in many another kind suggestion of his genial nature, that my husband should have his way.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading So he kept his birthdays with thanks and a celebration of love; and I was well content in this, as in many another kind suggestion of his genial nature, that my husband should have his way.
institution
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From this reading The grave out of which our Lord rose was no devouring, irresponsible monster to Derwent--it was a Christian institution, blessed and hallowed by Him who triumphed over it.
irresponsible
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From this reading The grave out of which our Lord rose was no devouring, irresponsible monster to Derwent--it was a Christian institution, blessed and hallowed by Him who triumphed over it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The grave out of which our Lord rose was no devouring, irresponsible monster to Derwent--it was a Christian institution, blessed and hallowed by Him who triumphed over it.
jointure-house
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From this reading Bertie was to leave us shortly after, to look after the fitting up of his own house--the Estcourt jointure-house, which he was to occupy during my lifetime.
keeping
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From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
kept
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From this reading So he kept his birthdays with thanks and a celebration of love; and I was well content in this, as in many another kind suggestion of his genial nature, that my husband should have his way.
kind
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From this reading So he kept his birthdays with thanks and a celebration of love; and I was well content in this, as in many another kind suggestion of his genial nature, that my husband should have his way.
leave
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From this reading Bertie was to leave us shortly after, to look after the fitting up of his own house--the Estcourt jointure-house, which he was to occupy during my lifetime.
lifetime
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From this reading Bertie was to leave us shortly after, to look after the fitting up of his own house--the Estcourt jointure-house, which he was to occupy during my lifetime.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Bertie was to leave us shortly after, to look after the fitting up of his own house--the Estcourt jointure-house, which he was to occupy during my lifetime.
Lord
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From this reading The grave out of which our Lord rose was no devouring, irresponsible monster to Derwent--it was a Christian institution, blessed and hallowed by Him who triumphed over it.
love
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From this reading So he kept his birthdays with thanks and a celebration of love; and I was well content in this, as in many another kind suggestion of his genial nature, that my husband should have his way.
lugubrious
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From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
man
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From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
many
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From this reading So he kept his birthdays with thanks and a celebration of love; and I was well content in this, as in many another kind suggestion of his genial nature, that my husband should have his way.
mock
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From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
monster
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From this reading The grave out of which our Lord rose was no devouring, irresponsible monster to Derwent--it was a Christian institution, blessed and hallowed by Him who triumphed over it.
Mr
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From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading A fortnight after came my birthday, and a family festival.
nature
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From this reading So he kept his birthdays with thanks and a celebration of love; and I was well content in this, as in many another kind suggestion of his genial nature, that my husband should have his way.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The grave out of which our Lord rose was no devouring, irresponsible monster to Derwent--it was a Christian institution, blessed and hallowed by Him who triumphed over it.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
occupy
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From this reading Bertie was to leave us shortly after, to look after the fitting up of his own house--the Estcourt jointure-house, which he was to occupy during my lifetime.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The grave out of which our Lord rose was no devouring, irresponsible monster to Derwent--it was a Christian institution, blessed and hallowed by Him who triumphed over it.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The grave out of which our Lord rose was no devouring, irresponsible monster to Derwent--it was a Christian institution, blessed and hallowed by Him who triumphed over it.
out
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From this reading The grave out of which our Lord rose was no devouring, irresponsible monster to Derwent--it was a Christian institution, blessed and hallowed by Him who triumphed over it.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The grave out of which our Lord rose was no devouring, irresponsible monster to Derwent--it was a Christian institution, blessed and hallowed by Him who triumphed over it.
own
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From this reading Bertie was to leave us shortly after, to look after the fitting up of his own house--the Estcourt jointure-house, which he was to occupy during my lifetime.
rose
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From this reading The grave out of which our Lord rose was no devouring, irresponsible monster to Derwent--it was a Christian institution, blessed and hallowed by Him who triumphed over it.
shortly
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From this reading Bertie was to leave us shortly after, to look after the fitting up of his own house--the Estcourt jointure-house, which he was to occupy during my lifetime.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading So he kept his birthdays with thanks and a celebration of love; and I was well content in this, as in many another kind suggestion of his genial nature, that my husband should have his way.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So he kept his birthdays with thanks and a celebration of love; and I was well content in this, as in many another kind suggestion of his genial nature, that my husband should have his way.
solemnity
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From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
suggestion
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From this reading So he kept his birthdays with thanks and a celebration of love; and I was well content in this, as in many another kind suggestion of his genial nature, that my husband should have his way.
thanks
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From this reading So he kept his birthdays with thanks and a celebration of love; and I was well content in this, as in many another kind suggestion of his genial nature, that my husband should have his way.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading So he kept his birthdays with thanks and a celebration of love; and I was well content in this, as in many another kind suggestion of his genial nature, that my husband should have his way.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
triumphed
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From this reading The grave out of which our Lord rose was no devouring, irresponsible monster to Derwent--it was a Christian institution, blessed and hallowed by Him who triumphed over it.
up
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From this reading Bertie was to leave us shortly after, to look after the fitting up of his own house--the Estcourt jointure-house, which he was to occupy during my lifetime.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
vulgarest
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From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
warns
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From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
way
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From this reading So he kept his birthdays with thanks and a celebration of love; and I was well content in this, as in many another kind suggestion of his genial nature, that my husband should have his way.
well
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From this reading So he kept his birthdays with thanks and a celebration of love; and I was well content in this, as in many another kind suggestion of his genial nature, that my husband should have his way.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The grave out of which our Lord rose was no devouring, irresponsible monster to Derwent--it was a Christian institution, blessed and hallowed by Him who triumphed over it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mr. Crofton was greatly given to keeping birthdays; he was not a man to be daunted by that coldest and vulgarest commonplace, which warns us with lugubrious mock solemnity that these birthdays are hastening us to the grave.
