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account
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From this reading The Chief Butler, no doubt, reflected that the course of nature required the wealthy population to be kept up, on his account.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading People must continue to be married and given in marriage, or Chief Butlers would not be wanted.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading As nations are made to be taxed, so families are made to be butlered.
arrival
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From this reading The newly married pair, on their arrival in Harley Street, Cavendish Square, London, were received by the Chief Butler.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As nations are made to be taxed, so families are made to be butlered.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading People must continue to be married and given in marriage, or Chief Butlers would not be wanted.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading That great man was not interested in them, but on the whole endured them.
Butler
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From this reading The newly married pair, on their arrival in Harley Street, Cavendish Square, London, were received by the Chief Butler.
butlered
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From this reading As nations are made to be taxed, so families are made to be butlered.
Butlers
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From this reading People must continue to be married and given in marriage, or Chief Butlers would not be wanted.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The newly married pair, on their arrival in Harley Street, Cavendish Square, London, were received by the Chief Butler.
Cavendish
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From this reading The newly married pair, on their arrival in Harley Street, Cavendish Square, London, were received by the Chief Butler.
Chief
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From this reading The newly married pair, on their arrival in Harley Street, Cavendish Square, London, were received by the Chief Butler.
continue
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From this reading People must continue to be married and given in marriage, or Chief Butlers would not be wanted.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Chief Butler, no doubt, reflected that the course of nature required the wealthy population to be kept up, on his account.
doubt
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From this reading The Chief Butler, no doubt, reflected that the course of nature required the wealthy population to be kept up, on his account.
endured
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From this reading That great man was not interested in them, but on the whole endured them.
families
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From this reading As nations are made to be taxed, so families are made to be butlered.
given
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From this reading People must continue to be married and given in marriage, or Chief Butlers would not be wanted.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That great man was not interested in them, but on the whole endured them.
Harley
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From this reading The newly married pair, on their arrival in Harley Street, Cavendish Square, London, were received by the Chief Butler.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Chief Butler, no doubt, reflected that the course of nature required the wealthy population to be kept up, on his account.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The newly married pair, on their arrival in Harley Street, Cavendish Square, London, were received by the Chief Butler.
interested
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From this reading That great man was not interested in them, but on the whole endured them.
kept
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From this reading The Chief Butler, no doubt, reflected that the course of nature required the wealthy population to be kept up, on his account.
London
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From this reading The newly married pair, on their arrival in Harley Street, Cavendish Square, London, were received by the Chief Butler.
made
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From this reading As nations are made to be taxed, so families are made to be butlered.
man
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From this reading That great man was not interested in them, but on the whole endured them.
marriage
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From this reading People must continue to be married and given in marriage, or Chief Butlers would not be wanted.
married
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From this reading The newly married pair, on their arrival in Harley Street, Cavendish Square, London, were received by the Chief Butler.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading People must continue to be married and given in marriage, or Chief Butlers would not be wanted.
nations
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From this reading As nations are made to be taxed, so families are made to be butlered.
nature
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From this reading The Chief Butler, no doubt, reflected that the course of nature required the wealthy population to be kept up, on his account.
newly
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From this reading The newly married pair, on their arrival in Harley Street, Cavendish Square, London, were received by the Chief Butler.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The Chief Butler, no doubt, reflected that the course of nature required the wealthy population to be kept up, on his account.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading That great man was not interested in them, but on the whole endured them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Chief Butler, no doubt, reflected that the course of nature required the wealthy population to be kept up, on his account.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The newly married pair, on their arrival in Harley Street, Cavendish Square, London, were received by the Chief Butler.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading People must continue to be married and given in marriage, or Chief Butlers would not be wanted.
pair
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From this reading The newly married pair, on their arrival in Harley Street, Cavendish Square, London, were received by the Chief Butler.
People
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From this reading People must continue to be married and given in marriage, or Chief Butlers would not be wanted.
population
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From this reading The Chief Butler, no doubt, reflected that the course of nature required the wealthy population to be kept up, on his account.
received
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From this reading The newly married pair, on their arrival in Harley Street, Cavendish Square, London, were received by the Chief Butler.
reflected
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From this reading The Chief Butler, no doubt, reflected that the course of nature required the wealthy population to be kept up, on his account.
requirednounUS /required/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Chief Butler, no doubt, reflected that the course of nature required the wealthy population to be kept up, on his account.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading As nations are made to be taxed, so families are made to be butlered.
Square
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From this reading The newly married pair, on their arrival in Harley Street, Cavendish Square, London, were received by the Chief Butler.
Street
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From this reading The newly married pair, on their arrival in Harley Street, Cavendish Square, London, were received by the Chief Butler.
taxed
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From this reading As nations are made to be taxed, so families are made to be butlered.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That great man was not interested in them, but on the whole endured them.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The newly married pair, on their arrival in Harley Street, Cavendish Square, London, were received by the Chief Butler.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The newly married pair, on their arrival in Harley Street, Cavendish Square, London, were received by the Chief Butler.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading That great man was not interested in them, but on the whole endured them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading People must continue to be married and given in marriage, or Chief Butlers would not be wanted.
up
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From this reading The Chief Butler, no doubt, reflected that the course of nature required the wealthy population to be kept up, on his account.
wanted
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From this reading People must continue to be married and given in marriage, or Chief Butlers would not be wanted.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That great man was not interested in them, but on the whole endured them.
wealthy
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From this reading The Chief Butler, no doubt, reflected that the course of nature required the wealthy population to be kept up, on his account.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The newly married pair, on their arrival in Harley Street, Cavendish Square, London, were received by the Chief Butler.
whole
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From this reading That great man was not interested in them, but on the whole endured them.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading People must continue to be married and given in marriage, or Chief Butlers would not be wanted.
