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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 a double reason for trying.
abstemiously
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From this reading He was trying faithfully to mortify the flesh and to live abstemiously (on bread and water), to do without his pipe, to think high thoughts, and to be gentle and kind to all living creatures, particularly to stray dogs.
AgainnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
all
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From this reading He was trying faithfully to mortify the flesh and to live abstemiously (on bread and water), to do without his pipe, to think high thoughts, and to be gentle and kind to all living creatures, particularly to stray dogs.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
beg
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From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
best
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From this reading The good Saint Harvey, Little Brother to Stray Dogs, was doing his best to live up to the task he had set himself.
bread
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From this reading He was trying faithfully to mortify the flesh and to live abstemiously (on bread and water), to do without his pipe, to think high thoughts, and to be gentle and kind to all living creatures, particularly to stray dogs.
Brother
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From this reading The good Saint Harvey, Little Brother to Stray Dogs, was doing his best to live up to the task he had set himself.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
caused
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From this reading These visits caused Saint Harvey of Riverbank the utmost irritation.
creatures
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From this reading He was trying faithfully to mortify the flesh and to live abstemiously (on bread and water), to do without his pipe, to think high thoughts, and to be gentle and kind to all living creatures, particularly to stray dogs.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading He was trying faithfully to mortify the flesh and to live abstemiously (on bread and water), to do without his pipe, to think high thoughts, and to be gentle and kind to all living creatures, particularly to stray dogs.
Dogs
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From this reading The good Saint Harvey, Little Brother to Stray Dogs, was doing his best to live up to the task he had set himself.
doing
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From this reading The good Saint Harvey, Little Brother to Stray Dogs, was doing his best to live up to the task he had set himself.
double
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From this reading He had a double reason for trying.
faithfully
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From this reading He was trying faithfully to mortify the flesh and to live abstemiously (on bread and water), to do without his pipe, to think high thoughts, and to be gentle and kind to all living creatures, particularly to stray dogs.
father's
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From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
flesh
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From this reading He was trying faithfully to mortify the flesh and to live abstemiously (on bread and water), to do without his pipe, to think high thoughts, and to be gentle and kind to all living creatures, particularly to stray dogs.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He had a double reason for trying.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
gentle
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From this reading He was trying faithfully to mortify the flesh and to live abstemiously (on bread and water), to do without his pipe, to think high thoughts, and to be gentle and kind to all living creatures, particularly to stray dogs.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The good Saint Harvey, Little Brother to Stray Dogs, was doing his best to live up to the task he had set himself.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The good Saint Harvey, Little Brother to Stray Dogs, was doing his best to live up to the task he had set himself.
Harvey
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From this reading These visits caused Saint Harvey of Riverbank the utmost irritation.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The good Saint Harvey, Little Brother to Stray Dogs, was doing his best to live up to the task he had set himself.
hermitage
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From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
high
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From this reading He was trying faithfully to mortify the flesh and to live abstemiously (on bread and water), to do without his pipe, to think high thoughts, and to be gentle and kind to all living creatures, particularly to stray dogs.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The good Saint Harvey, Little Brother to Stray Dogs, was doing his best to live up to the task he had set himself.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
irritation
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From this reading These visits caused Saint Harvey of Riverbank the utmost irritation.
kind
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From this reading He was trying faithfully to mortify the flesh and to live abstemiously (on bread and water), to do without his pipe, to think high thoughts, and to be gentle and kind to all living creatures, particularly to stray dogs.
Lem
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From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The good Saint Harvey, Little Brother to Stray Dogs, was doing his best to live up to the task he had set himself.
live
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From this reading The good Saint Harvey, Little Brother to Stray Dogs, was doing his best to live up to the task he had set himself.
living
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From this reading He was trying faithfully to mortify the flesh and to live abstemiously (on bread and water), to do without his pipe, to think high thoughts, and to be gentle and kind to all living creatures, particularly to stray dogs.
made
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From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
mortify
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From this reading He was trying faithfully to mortify the flesh and to live abstemiously (on bread and water), to do without his pipe, to think high thoughts, and to be gentle and kind to all living creatures, particularly to stray dogs.
night
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From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He was trying faithfully to mortify the flesh and to live abstemiously (on bread and water), to do without his pipe, to think high thoughts, and to be gentle and kind to all living creatures, particularly to stray dogs.
out
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From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
particularly
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From this reading He was trying faithfully to mortify the flesh and to live abstemiously (on bread and water), to do without his pipe, to think high thoughts, and to be gentle and kind to all living creatures, particularly to stray dogs.
pawn
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From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
pipe
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From this reading He was trying faithfully to mortify the flesh and to live abstemiously (on bread and water), to do without his pipe, to think high thoughts, and to be gentle and kind to all living creatures, particularly to stray dogs.
reason
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From this reading He had a double reason for trying.
Riverbank
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From this reading These visits caused Saint Harvey of Riverbank the utmost irritation.
room
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From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
route
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From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
Saint
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From this reading These visits caused Saint Harvey of Riverbank the utmost irritation.
set
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From this reading The good Saint Harvey, Little Brother to Stray Dogs, was doing his best to live up to the task he had set himself.
stole
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From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
Stray
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From this reading The good Saint Harvey, Little Brother to Stray Dogs, was doing his best to live up to the task he had set himself.
taken
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From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
task
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From this reading The good Saint Harvey, Little Brother to Stray Dogs, was doing his best to live up to the task he had set himself.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These visits caused Saint Harvey of Riverbank the utmost irritation.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was trying faithfully to mortify the flesh and to live abstemiously (on bread and water), to do without his pipe, to think high thoughts, and to be gentle and kind to all living creatures, particularly to stray dogs.
thoughts
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From this reading He was trying faithfully to mortify the flesh and to live abstemiously (on bread and water), to do without his pipe, to think high thoughts, and to be gentle and kind to all living creatures, particularly to stray dogs.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
trying
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From this reading He was trying faithfully to mortify the flesh and to live abstemiously (on bread and water), to do without his pipe, to think high thoughts, and to be gentle and kind to all living creatures, particularly to stray dogs.
up
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From this reading The good Saint Harvey, Little Brother to Stray Dogs, was doing his best to live up to the task he had set himself.
utmost
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From this reading These visits caused Saint Harvey of Riverbank the utmost irritation.
visits
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From this reading These visits caused Saint Harvey of Riverbank the utmost irritation.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The good Saint Harvey, Little Brother to Stray Dogs, was doing his best to live up to the task he had set himself.
water
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From this reading He was trying faithfully to mortify the flesh and to live abstemiously (on bread and water), to do without his pipe, to think high thoughts, and to be gentle and kind to all living creatures, particularly to stray dogs.
way
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From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
window
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From this reading Again and again Lem stole from his room at night by the window route and made his way to his father's hermitage, to beg to be taken out of pawn.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading He was trying faithfully to mortify the flesh and to live abstemiously (on bread and water), to do without his pipe, to think high thoughts, and to be gentle and kind to all living creatures, particularly to stray dogs.
