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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 "And you advocate the general adoption of such a custom?" our friend asked, getting back to the sarcasm of his opening note.
adopted
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From this reading "But no, the custom would not be readily adopted even among enlightened thinkers.
adoption
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From this reading "And you advocate the general adoption of such a custom?" our friend asked, getting back to the sarcasm of his opening note.
advanced
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From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
advocate
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From this reading "And you advocate the general adoption of such a custom?" our friend asked, getting back to the sarcasm of his opening note.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading "But no, the custom would not be readily adopted even among enlightened thinkers.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "And you advocate the general adoption of such a custom?" our friend asked, getting back to the sarcasm of his opening note.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And you advocate the general adoption of such a custom?" our friend asked, getting back to the sarcasm of his opening note.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
average
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From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
back
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From this reading "And you advocate the general adoption of such a custom?" our friend asked, getting back to the sarcasm of his opening note.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "But no, the custom would not be readily adopted even among enlightened thinkers.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
clubman
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From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
custom
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From this reading "And you advocate the general adoption of such a custom?" our friend asked, getting back to the sarcasm of his opening note.
dinner
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From this reading "Suppose a larger dinner, a fashionable dinner, with half a dozen men waiters?
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
dozen
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From this reading "Suppose a larger dinner, a fashionable dinner, with half a dozen men waiters?
enlightened
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From this reading "But no, the custom would not be readily adopted even among enlightened thinkers.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "But no, the custom would not be readily adopted even among enlightened thinkers.
fashionable
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From this reading "Suppose a larger dinner, a fashionable dinner, with half a dozen men waiters?
friend
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From this reading "And you advocate the general adoption of such a custom?" our friend asked, getting back to the sarcasm of his opening note.
general
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From this reading "And you advocate the general adoption of such a custom?" our friend asked, getting back to the sarcasm of his opening note.
getting
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From this reading "And you advocate the general adoption of such a custom?" our friend asked, getting back to the sarcasm of his opening note.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "What good thing works with _them_?" we retorted, spiritedly.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Suppose a larger dinner, a fashionable dinner, with half a dozen men waiters?
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "And you advocate the general adoption of such a custom?" our friend asked, getting back to the sarcasm of his opening note.
invited
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From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
larger
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From this reading "Suppose a larger dinner, a fashionable dinner, with half a dozen men waiters?
men
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From this reading "Suppose a larger dinner, a fashionable dinner, with half a dozen men waiters?
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
more
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From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading "But no, the custom would not be readily adopted even among enlightened thinkers.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "But no, the custom would not be readily adopted even among enlightened thinkers.
note
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From this reading "And you advocate the general adoption of such a custom?" our friend asked, getting back to the sarcasm of his opening note.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "And you advocate the general adoption of such a custom?" our friend asked, getting back to the sarcasm of his opening note.
only
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From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
opening
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From this reading "And you advocate the general adoption of such a custom?" our friend asked, getting back to the sarcasm of his opening note.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "And you advocate the general adoption of such a custom?" our friend asked, getting back to the sarcasm of his opening note.
readilynounUS /readily/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "But no, the custom would not be readily adopted even among enlightened thinkers.
reformer
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From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
retarded
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From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
retorted
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From this reading "What good thing works with _them_?" we retorted, spiritedly.
sarcasm
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From this reading "And you advocate the general adoption of such a custom?" our friend asked, getting back to the sarcasm of his opening note.
society
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From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
sort
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From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
spiritedly
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From this reading "What good thing works with _them_?" we retorted, spiritedly.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "And you advocate the general adoption of such a custom?" our friend asked, getting back to the sarcasm of his opening note.
SupposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Suppose a larger dinner, a fashionable dinner, with half a dozen men waiters?
table
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From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "And you advocate the general adoption of such a custom?" our friend asked, getting back to the sarcasm of his opening note.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading "What good thing works with _them_?" we retorted, spiritedly.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
thinkers
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From this reading "But no, the custom would not be readily adopted even among enlightened thinkers.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "And you advocate the general adoption of such a custom?" our friend asked, getting back to the sarcasm of his opening note.
waiters
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From this reading "Suppose a larger dinner, a fashionable dinner, with half a dozen men waiters?
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "What good thing works with _them_?" we retorted, spiritedly.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "What good thing works with _them_?" we retorted, spiritedly.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Suppose a larger dinner, a fashionable dinner, with half a dozen men waiters?
woman
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From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
work
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From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
works
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From this reading "What good thing works with _them_?" we retorted, spiritedly.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "But no, the custom would not be readily adopted even among enlightened thinkers.
wouldn't
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From this reading That sort of thing might do at the table of a reformer, which only the more advanced were invited to; but it wouldn't work with the average retarded society woman or clubman."
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "And you advocate the general adoption of such a custom?" our friend asked, getting back to the sarcasm of his opening note.
