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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 “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
accounted
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From this reading But alas! unlike Media and Taji, Borabolla, though a crowned king, was accounted no demi-god; his obesity excluding him from that honor.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By this, he again made known the vastness of his hospitality, which led him for the nonce to parcel out his kingdom with his guests.
alasexclamationUS /əˈlæs/
used to show sadness, pity, or regret
From this reading But alas! unlike Media and Taji, Borabolla, though a crowned king, was accounted no demi-god; his obesity excluding him from that honor.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
any
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From this reading His great tun of a person was indispensable to the housing of his bullock-heart; under which, any lean wight would have sunk.
apart
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From this reading But apart from these extravagant expressions of good feeling, Borabolla was the prince of good fellows.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
Borabolla
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From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
bullock-heart
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From this reading His great tun of a person was indispensable to the housing of his bullock-heart; under which, any lean wight would have sunk.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But apart from these extravagant expressions of good feeling, Borabolla was the prince of good fellows.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By this, he again made known the vastness of his hospitality, which led him for the nonce to parcel out his kingdom with his guests.
coz
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From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
crowned
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From this reading But alas! unlike Media and Taji, Borabolla, though a crowned king, was accounted no demi-god; his obesity excluding him from that honor.
demi-god
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From this reading But alas! unlike Media and Taji, Borabolla, though a crowned king, was accounted no demi-god; his obesity excluding him from that honor.
down
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From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
excluding
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From this reading But alas! unlike Media and Taji, Borabolla, though a crowned king, was accounted no demi-god; his obesity excluding him from that honor.
excursion
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From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
expressions
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From this reading But apart from these extravagant expressions of good feeling, Borabolla was the prince of good fellows.
extravagant
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From this reading But apart from these extravagant expressions of good feeling, Borabolla was the prince of good fellows.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But apart from these extravagant expressions of good feeling, Borabolla was the prince of good fellows.
fellows
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From this reading But apart from these extravagant expressions of good feeling, Borabolla was the prince of good fellows.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
grampus
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From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His great tun of a person was indispensable to the housing of his bullock-heart; under which, any lean wight would have sunk.
guests
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From this reading By this, he again made known the vastness of his hospitality, which led him for the nonce to parcel out his kingdom with his guests.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading His great tun of a person was indispensable to the housing of his bullock-heart; under which, any lean wight would have sunk.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading By this, he again made known the vastness of his hospitality, which led him for the nonce to parcel out his kingdom with his guests.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
honor
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From this reading But alas! unlike Media and Taji, Borabolla, though a crowned king, was accounted no demi-god; his obesity excluding him from that honor.
hospitality
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From this reading By this, he again made known the vastness of his hospitality, which led him for the nonce to parcel out his kingdom with his guests.
housing
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From this reading His great tun of a person was indispensable to the housing of his bullock-heart; under which, any lean wight would have sunk.
indispensable
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From this reading His great tun of a person was indispensable to the housing of his bullock-heart; under which, any lean wight would have sunk.
king
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From this reading But alas! unlike Media and Taji, Borabolla, though a crowned king, was accounted no demi-god; his obesity excluding him from that honor.
kingdom
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From this reading By this, he again made known the vastness of his hospitality, which led him for the nonce to parcel out his kingdom with his guests.
known
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From this reading By this, he again made known the vastness of his hospitality, which led him for the nonce to parcel out his kingdom with his guests.
lean
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From this reading His great tun of a person was indispensable to the housing of his bullock-heart; under which, any lean wight would have sunk.
led
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From this reading By this, he again made known the vastness of his hospitality, which led him for the nonce to parcel out his kingdom with his guests.
like
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From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
lowered
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From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
made
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From this reading By this, he again made known the vastness of his hospitality, which led him for the nonce to parcel out his kingdom with his guests.
mat
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From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
Media
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From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But alas! unlike Media and Taji, Borabolla, though a crowned king, was accounted no demi-god; his obesity excluding him from that honor.
nonce
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From this reading By this, he again made known the vastness of his hospitality, which led him for the nonce to parcel out his kingdom with his guests.
obesity
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From this reading But alas! unlike Media and Taji, Borabolla, though a crowned king, was accounted no demi-god; his obesity excluding him from that honor.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading By this, he again made known the vastness of his hospitality, which led him for the nonce to parcel out his kingdom with his guests.
old
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From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
out
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From this reading By this, he again made known the vastness of his hospitality, which led him for the nonce to parcel out his kingdom with his guests.
palace
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From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
parcel
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From this reading By this, he again made known the vastness of his hospitality, which led him for the nonce to parcel out his kingdom with his guests.
person
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From this reading His great tun of a person was indispensable to the housing of his bullock-heart; under which, any lean wight would have sunk.
prince
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From this reading But apart from these extravagant expressions of good feeling, Borabolla was the prince of good fellows.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
said
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From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
sighing
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From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
slowly
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From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
sunk
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From this reading His great tun of a person was indispensable to the housing of his bullock-heart; under which, any lean wight would have sunk.
Taji
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From this reading But alas! unlike Media and Taji, Borabolla, though a crowned king, was accounted no demi-god; his obesity excluding him from that honor.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But alas! unlike Media and Taji, Borabolla, though a crowned king, was accounted no demi-god; his obesity excluding him from that honor.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading By this, he again made known the vastness of his hospitality, which led him for the nonce to parcel out his kingdom with his guests.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading But apart from these extravagant expressions of good feeling, Borabolla was the prince of good fellows.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading But alas! unlike Media and Taji, Borabolla, though a crowned king, was accounted no demi-god; his obesity excluding him from that honor.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
tun
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From this reading His great tun of a person was indispensable to the housing of his bullock-heart; under which, any lean wight would have sunk.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading His great tun of a person was indispensable to the housing of his bullock-heart; under which, any lean wight would have sunk.
unlike
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From this reading But alas! unlike Media and Taji, Borabolla, though a crowned king, was accounted no demi-god; his obesity excluding him from that honor.
vastness
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From this reading By this, he again made known the vastness of his hospitality, which led him for the nonce to parcel out his kingdom with his guests.
very
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From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
waddling
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From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But apart from these extravagant expressions of good feeling, Borabolla was the prince of good fellows.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading By this, he again made known the vastness of his hospitality, which led him for the nonce to parcel out his kingdom with his guests.
wight
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From this reading His great tun of a person was indispensable to the housing of his bullock-heart; under which, any lean wight would have sunk.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading By this, he again made known the vastness of his hospitality, which led him for the nonce to parcel out his kingdom with his guests.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading His great tun of a person was indispensable to the housing of his bullock-heart; under which, any lean wight would have sunk.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “A very good palace, this, coz, for you and me,” said waddling old Borabolla to Media, as, returned from our excursion, he slowly lowered himself down to his mat, sighing like a grampus.
