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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
active
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From this reading He had drained, and roofed, and put up gates, and repaired roads, and shown himself to be an active man, anxious to do good.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He had drained, and roofed, and put up gates, and repaired roads, and shown himself to be an active man, anxious to do good.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
anxious
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From this reading He had drained, and roofed, and put up gates, and repaired roads, and shown himself to be an active man, anxious to do good.
applying
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From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Bollum There was not much to enliven the house at Folking during these days.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He had drained, and roofed, and put up gates, and repaired roads, and shown himself to be an active man, anxious to do good.
begun
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From this reading He had begun his reign over them with hands not only full but free.
Bollum
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From this reading Bollum There was not much to enliven the house at Folking during these days.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He had begun his reign over them with hands not only full but free.
Caldigate
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From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
days
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From this reading Bollum There was not much to enliven the house at Folking during these days.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading He had drained, and roofed, and put up gates, and repaired roads, and shown himself to be an active man, anxious to do good.
drained
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From this reading He had drained, and roofed, and put up gates, and repaired roads, and shown himself to be an active man, anxious to do good.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Bollum There was not much to enliven the house at Folking during these days.
enliven
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From this reading Bollum There was not much to enliven the house at Folking during these days.
farm
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From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
Folking
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From this reading Bollum There was not much to enliven the house at Folking during these days.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading He had begun his reign over them with hands not only full but free.
full
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From this reading He had begun his reign over them with hands not only full but free.
gates
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From this reading He had drained, and roofed, and put up gates, and repaired roads, and shown himself to be an active man, anxious to do good.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had drained, and roofed, and put up gates, and repaired roads, and shown himself to be an active man, anxious to do good.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had begun his reign over them with hands not only full but free.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading He had begun his reign over them with hands not only full but free.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
head
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From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And now in his trouble they were very true to him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He had drained, and roofed, and put up gates, and repaired roads, and shown himself to be an active man, anxious to do good.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
holding
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From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
house
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From this reading Bollum There was not much to enliven the house at Folking during these days.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And now in his trouble they were very true to him.
man
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From this reading He had drained, and roofed, and put up gates, and repaired roads, and shown himself to be an active man, anxious to do good.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
much
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From this reading Bollum There was not much to enliven the house at Folking during these days.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Bollum There was not much to enliven the house at Folking during these days.
now
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From this reading And now in his trouble they were very true to him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
only
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From this reading He had begun his reign over them with hands not only full but free.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He had begun his reign over them with hands not only full but free.
pass
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From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
place
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From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
popular
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From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
put
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From this reading He had drained, and roofed, and put up gates, and repaired roads, and shown himself to be an active man, anxious to do good.
reign
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From this reading He had begun his reign over them with hands not only full but free.
repaired
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From this reading He had drained, and roofed, and put up gates, and repaired roads, and shown himself to be an active man, anxious to do good.
roads
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From this reading He had drained, and roofed, and put up gates, and repaired roads, and shown himself to be an active man, anxious to do good.
roofed
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From this reading He had drained, and roofed, and put up gates, and repaired roads, and shown himself to be an active man, anxious to do good.
shown
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From this reading He had drained, and roofed, and put up gates, and repaired roads, and shown himself to be an active man, anxious to do good.
tenants
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From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Bollum There was not much to enliven the house at Folking during these days.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He had begun his reign over them with hands not only full but free.
There
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From this reading Bollum There was not much to enliven the house at Folking during these days.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Bollum There was not much to enliven the house at Folking during these days.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And now in his trouble they were very true to him.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Bollum There was not much to enliven the house at Folking during these days.
trouble
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From this reading And now in his trouble they were very true to him.
true
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From this reading And now in his trouble they were very true to him.
up
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From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
very
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From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
walking
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From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Bollum There was not much to enliven the house at Folking during these days.
well
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From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And now in his trouble they were very true to him.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Caldigate would pass much of his time walking about the place, applying his mind as well as he could to the farm, and holding up his head among the tenants, with whom he was very popular.
