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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 This is the Victorian era; you have a right to be fully cognizant of the great literary movements of the twentieth century!"
afire
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From this reading "I love to hear you say such things," she said, her beautiful face afire.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "_I'll_ send you something to make anybody sit up and stay up," he said indignantly.
anybodypronounUS /ˈenibədi/
any person at all
From this reading "_I'll_ send you something to make anybody sit up and stay up," he said indignantly.
Baffles
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From this reading "Baffles, the Gent Burglar; Love Militant, by Nora Norris Newman; The Crown-Snatcher, by Reginald Rodman Roony--oh, it's simply ghastly to think of what you've missed!
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading This is the Victorian era; you have a right to be fully cognizant of the great literary movements of the twentieth century!"
beautiful
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From this reading "I love to hear you say such things," she said, her beautiful face afire.
BurglarnounUS /ˈbɝː.ɡlɚ/
A person who commits illegal entry into a building with intent to steal valuable treasures.
From this reading "Baffles, the Gent Burglar; Love Militant, by Nora Norris Newman; The Crown-Snatcher, by Reginald Rodman Roony--oh, it's simply ghastly to think of what you've missed!
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Baffles, the Gent Burglar; Love Militant, by Nora Norris Newman; The Crown-Snatcher, by Reginald Rodman Roony--oh, it's simply ghastly to think of what you've missed!
century
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From this reading This is the Victorian era; you have a right to be fully cognizant of the great literary movements of the twentieth century!"
cognizant
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From this reading This is the Victorian era; you have a right to be fully cognizant of the great literary movements of the twentieth century!"
Crown-Snatcher
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From this reading "Baffles, the Gent Burglar; Love Militant, by Nora Norris Newman; The Crown-Snatcher, by Reginald Rodman Roony--oh, it's simply ghastly to think of what you've missed!
desire
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From this reading "I desire to be modern--intensely, humanly modern.
era
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From this reading This is the Victorian era; you have a right to be fully cognizant of the great literary movements of the twentieth century!"
face
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From this reading "I love to hear you say such things," she said, her beautiful face afire.
fully
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From this reading This is the Victorian era; you have a right to be fully cognizant of the great literary movements of the twentieth century!"
Gent
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From this reading "Baffles, the Gent Burglar; Love Militant, by Nora Norris Newman; The Crown-Snatcher, by Reginald Rodman Roony--oh, it's simply ghastly to think of what you've missed!
ghastly
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From this reading "Baffles, the Gent Burglar; Love Militant, by Nora Norris Newman; The Crown-Snatcher, by Reginald Rodman Roony--oh, it's simply ghastly to think of what you've missed!
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This is the Victorian era; you have a right to be fully cognizant of the great literary movements of the twentieth century!"
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading This is the Victorian era; you have a right to be fully cognizant of the great literary movements of the twentieth century!"
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "_I'll_ send you something to make anybody sit up and stay up," he said indignantly.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I love to hear you say such things," she said, her beautiful face afire.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "I love to hear you say such things," she said, her beautiful face afire.
humanly
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From this reading "I desire to be modern--intensely, humanly modern.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I love to hear you say such things," she said, her beautiful face afire.
I'll
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From this reading "_I'll_ send you something to make anybody sit up and stay up," he said indignantly.
indignantly
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From this reading "_I'll_ send you something to make anybody sit up and stay up," he said indignantly.
intensely
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From this reading "I desire to be modern--intensely, humanly modern.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This is the Victorian era; you have a right to be fully cognizant of the great literary movements of the twentieth century!"
it's
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From this reading "Baffles, the Gent Burglar; Love Militant, by Nora Norris Newman; The Crown-Snatcher, by Reginald Rodman Roony--oh, it's simply ghastly to think of what you've missed!
literary
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From this reading This is the Victorian era; you have a right to be fully cognizant of the great literary movements of the twentieth century!"
Love
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From this reading "Baffles, the Gent Burglar; Love Militant, by Nora Norris Newman; The Crown-Snatcher, by Reginald Rodman Roony--oh, it's simply ghastly to think of what you've missed!
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "_I'll_ send you something to make anybody sit up and stay up," he said indignantly.
Militant
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From this reading "Baffles, the Gent Burglar; Love Militant, by Nora Norris Newman; The Crown-Snatcher, by Reginald Rodman Roony--oh, it's simply ghastly to think of what you've missed!
missed
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From this reading "Baffles, the Gent Burglar; Love Militant, by Nora Norris Newman; The Crown-Snatcher, by Reginald Rodman Roony--oh, it's simply ghastly to think of what you've missed!
modern
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From this reading "I desire to be modern--intensely, humanly modern.
movements
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From this reading This is the Victorian era; you have a right to be fully cognizant of the great literary movements of the twentieth century!"
Newman
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From this reading "Baffles, the Gent Burglar; Love Militant, by Nora Norris Newman; The Crown-Snatcher, by Reginald Rodman Roony--oh, it's simply ghastly to think of what you've missed!
Nora
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From this reading "Baffles, the Gent Burglar; Love Militant, by Nora Norris Newman; The Crown-Snatcher, by Reginald Rodman Roony--oh, it's simply ghastly to think of what you've missed!
Norris
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From this reading "Baffles, the Gent Burglar; Love Militant, by Nora Norris Newman; The Crown-Snatcher, by Reginald Rodman Roony--oh, it's simply ghastly to think of what you've missed!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Baffles, the Gent Burglar; Love Militant, by Nora Norris Newman; The Crown-Snatcher, by Reginald Rodman Roony--oh, it's simply ghastly to think of what you've missed!
oh
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From this reading "Baffles, the Gent Burglar; Love Militant, by Nora Norris Newman; The Crown-Snatcher, by Reginald Rodman Roony--oh, it's simply ghastly to think of what you've missed!
Reginald
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From this reading "Baffles, the Gent Burglar; Love Militant, by Nora Norris Newman; The Crown-Snatcher, by Reginald Rodman Roony--oh, it's simply ghastly to think of what you've missed!
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This is the Victorian era; you have a right to be fully cognizant of the great literary movements of the twentieth century!"
Rodman
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From this reading "Baffles, the Gent Burglar; Love Militant, by Nora Norris Newman; The Crown-Snatcher, by Reginald Rodman Roony--oh, it's simply ghastly to think of what you've missed!
Roony
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From this reading "Baffles, the Gent Burglar; Love Militant, by Nora Norris Newman; The Crown-Snatcher, by Reginald Rodman Roony--oh, it's simply ghastly to think of what you've missed!
said
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From this reading "_I'll_ send you something to make anybody sit up and stay up," he said indignantly.
say
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From this reading "I love to hear you say such things," she said, her beautiful face afire.
send
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From this reading "_I'll_ send you something to make anybody sit up and stay up," he said indignantly.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I love to hear you say such things," she said, her beautiful face afire.
simply
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From this reading "Baffles, the Gent Burglar; Love Militant, by Nora Norris Newman; The Crown-Snatcher, by Reginald Rodman Roony--oh, it's simply ghastly to think of what you've missed!
sit
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From this reading "_I'll_ send you something to make anybody sit up and stay up," he said indignantly.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "_I'll_ send you something to make anybody sit up and stay up," he said indignantly.
stay
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From this reading "_I'll_ send you something to make anybody sit up and stay up," he said indignantly.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "I love to hear you say such things," she said, her beautiful face afire.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Baffles, the Gent Burglar; Love Militant, by Nora Norris Newman; The Crown-Snatcher, by Reginald Rodman Roony--oh, it's simply ghastly to think of what you've missed!
things
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From this reading "I love to hear you say such things," she said, her beautiful face afire.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Baffles, the Gent Burglar; Love Militant, by Nora Norris Newman; The Crown-Snatcher, by Reginald Rodman Roony--oh, it's simply ghastly to think of what you've missed!
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This is the Victorian era; you have a right to be fully cognizant of the great literary movements of the twentieth century!"
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "_I'll_ send you something to make anybody sit up and stay up," he said indignantly.
twentieth
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From this reading This is the Victorian era; you have a right to be fully cognizant of the great literary movements of the twentieth century!"
up
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From this reading "_I'll_ send you something to make anybody sit up and stay up," he said indignantly.
Victorian
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From this reading This is the Victorian era; you have a right to be fully cognizant of the great literary movements of the twentieth century!"
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Baffles, the Gent Burglar; Love Militant, by Nora Norris Newman; The Crown-Snatcher, by Reginald Rodman Roony--oh, it's simply ghastly to think of what you've missed!
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "_I'll_ send you something to make anybody sit up and stay up," he said indignantly.
you've
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From this reading "Baffles, the Gent Burglar; Love Militant, by Nora Norris Newman; The Crown-Snatcher, by Reginald Rodman Roony--oh, it's simply ghastly to think of what you've missed!
