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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 Hampstead remained nearly a fortnight down at Trafford, returning to Hendon only a few days before Christmas.
all
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From this reading To them personally it matters not at all whether one or another young man may be neglectful.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading To them personally it matters not at all whether one or another young man may be neglectful.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Æoluses of the Civil Service are necessarily much exercised in their minds by such irregularities.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Hampstead remained nearly a fortnight down at Trafford, returning to Hendon only a few days before Christmas.
back
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From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To them personally it matters not at all whether one or another young man may be neglectful.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Hampstead remained nearly a fortnight down at Trafford, returning to Hendon only a few days before Christmas.
belonged
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From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Æoluses of the Civil Service are necessarily much exercised in their minds by such irregularities.
came
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From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
Christmas
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From this reading Hampstead remained nearly a fortnight down at Trafford, returning to Hendon only a few days before Christmas.
Civil
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From this reading The Æoluses of the Civil Service are necessarily much exercised in their minds by such irregularities.
clerk
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From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
CROCKER
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From this reading THE IRREPRESSIBLE CROCKER.
custom
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From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
day
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From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
days
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From this reading Hampstead remained nearly a fortnight down at Trafford, returning to Hendon only a few days before Christmas.
down
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From this reading Hampstead remained nearly a fortnight down at Trafford, returning to Hendon only a few days before Christmas.
duties
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From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
exercised
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From this reading The Æoluses of the Civil Service are necessarily much exercised in their minds by such irregularities.
few
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From this reading Hampstead remained nearly a fortnight down at Trafford, returning to Hendon only a few days before Christmas.
fortnight
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From this reading Hampstead remained nearly a fortnight down at Trafford, returning to Hendon only a few days before Christmas.
frowns
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From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
Hampstead
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From this reading Hampstead remained nearly a fortnight down at Trafford, returning to Hendon only a few days before Christmas.
heavy
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From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
Hendon
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From this reading Hampstead remained nearly a fortnight down at Trafford, returning to Hendon only a few days before Christmas.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Æoluses of the Civil Service are necessarily much exercised in their minds by such irregularities.
incurred
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From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
irregularities
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From this reading The Æoluses of the Civil Service are necessarily much exercised in their minds by such irregularities.
IRREPRESSIBLE
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From this reading THE IRREPRESSIBLE CROCKER.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading To them personally it matters not at all whether one or another young man may be neglectful.
Jerningham
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From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
man
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From this reading To them personally it matters not at all whether one or another young man may be neglectful.
matters
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From this reading To them personally it matters not at all whether one or another young man may be neglectful.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading To them personally it matters not at all whether one or another young man may be neglectful.
minds
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From this reading The Æoluses of the Civil Service are necessarily much exercised in their minds by such irregularities.
more
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From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
Mr
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From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
much
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From this reading The Æoluses of the Civil Service are necessarily much exercised in their minds by such irregularities.
nearly
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From this reading Hampstead remained nearly a fortnight down at Trafford, returning to Hendon only a few days before Christmas.
necessarily
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From this reading The Æoluses of the Civil Service are necessarily much exercised in their minds by such irregularities.
neglectful
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From this reading To them personally it matters not at all whether one or another young man may be neglectful.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading To them personally it matters not at all whether one or another young man may be neglectful.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
Office
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From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading To them personally it matters not at all whether one or another young man may be neglectful.
only
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From this reading Hampstead remained nearly a fortnight down at Trafford, returning to Hendon only a few days before Christmas.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading To them personally it matters not at all whether one or another young man may be neglectful.
personally
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From this reading To them personally it matters not at all whether one or another young man may be neglectful.
Post
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From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Hampstead remained nearly a fortnight down at Trafford, returning to Hendon only a few days before Christmas.
returning
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From this reading Hampstead remained nearly a fortnight down at Trafford, returning to Hendon only a few days before Christmas.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
Service
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From this reading The Æoluses of the Civil Service are necessarily much exercised in their minds by such irregularities.
stole
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From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The Æoluses of the Civil Service are necessarily much exercised in their minds by such irregularities.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE IRREPRESSIBLE CROCKER.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The Æoluses of the Civil Service are necessarily much exercised in their minds by such irregularities.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading To them personally it matters not at all whether one or another young man may be neglectful.
thus
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From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Hampstead remained nearly a fortnight down at Trafford, returning to Hendon only a few days before Christmas.
Trafford
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From this reading Hampstead remained nearly a fortnight down at Trafford, returning to Hendon only a few days before Christmas.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading To them personally it matters not at all whether one or another young man may be neglectful.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
wrath
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From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
young
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From this reading To them personally it matters not at all whether one or another young man may be neglectful.
Æolus
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From this reading Crocker, the Post Office clerk, came back to his duties at the same time, but, as was the custom with him, stole a day more than belonged to him, and thus incurred the frowns of Mr. Jerningham and the heavy wrath of the great Æolus.
Æoluses
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From this reading The Æoluses of the Civil Service are necessarily much exercised in their minds by such irregularities.
