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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 _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
abroad
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From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
America
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From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And this desperate facility is not as strange as it seems.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
bewilderment
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From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
Bombaywards
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From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
Bradshaw
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From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
certain
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From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
certificate
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From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
Ceylon
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From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
compulsion
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From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
country
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From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
cutchery
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From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
days
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From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
definite
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From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
desperate
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From this reading And this desperate facility is not as strange as it seems.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
Empire
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From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
Englishman
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From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
escape
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From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
escaped
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From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
exacting
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From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
exactly
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From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
ExceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
extreme
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From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
eyes
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From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
facility
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From this reading And this desperate facility is not as strange as it seems.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
five
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From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
flying
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From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
folk
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From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
freed
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From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
freedom
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From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
Globe-Trotter
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From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
go
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From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
horse
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From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
House
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From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
how
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From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
inclination
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From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
India
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From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
Indian
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From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
intricacies
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From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
Japan
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From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
kingdoms
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From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
Letters
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From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
Man
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From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
Manchester
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From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
Marque
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From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
master
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From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
minutes
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From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
Moral
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From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
more
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From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
move
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From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
normal
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From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And this desperate facility is not as strange as it seems.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
office
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From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
old
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From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
pasture
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From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
personal
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From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
plan
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From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
portion
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From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
rail
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From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
reduces
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From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
Reflections
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From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
resident
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From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
result
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From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
Rimmon
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From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
run
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From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
sea
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From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
second
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From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
see
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From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
seems
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From this reading And this desperate facility is not as strange as it seems.
seen
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From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
sick
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From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
side
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From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
Singapore
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From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
sins
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From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
some
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From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
state
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From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
strange
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From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
Taj
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From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
Things
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From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And this desperate facility is not as strange as it seems.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
trains
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From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
travel
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From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
viaprepositionUS /ˈvaɪə/
by way of; passing through
From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
weeks
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From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading By the time that an Englishman has come by sea and rail _via_ America, Japan, Singapore, and Ceylon to India, he can--these eyes have seen him do so--master in five minutes the intricacies of the _Indian Bradshaw_, and tell an old resident exactly how and where the trains run.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It is good to escape for a time from the House of Rimmon--be it office or cutchery--and to go abroad under no more exacting master than personal inclination, and with no more definite plan of travel than has the horse, escaped from pasture, free upon the country side.
writes
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From this reading The first result of such freedom is extreme bewilderment, and the second reduces the freed to a state of mind which, for his sins, must be the normal portion of the Globe-Trotter--the man who “does” kingdoms in days and writes books upon them in weeks.
Young
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From this reading _Letters of Marque._ _Of the beginning of Things--Of the Taj and the Globe-Trotter--The Young Man from Manchester and certain Moral Reflections._ Except for those who, under compulsion of a sick certificate, are flying Bombaywards, it is good for every man to see some little of the great Indian Empire and the strange folk who move about it.
