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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 Halbert was happy in a frank temper, and no great share of ideality.
acquaintance
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From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
admit
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From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
aid
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From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
all
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From this reading “He’s gentle--of all sorts beloved--and indeed much in the heart of the world.”--AS YOU LIKE IT.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
ancestral
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From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “He’s gentle--of all sorts beloved--and indeed much in the heart of the world.”--AS YOU LIKE IT.
ASconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “He’s gentle--of all sorts beloved--and indeed much in the heart of the world.”--AS YOU LIKE IT.
beloved
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From this reading “He’s gentle--of all sorts beloved--and indeed much in the heart of the world.”--AS YOU LIKE IT.
bent
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From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
braes
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From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
castles
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From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
considerable
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From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
country
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From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
district
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From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
frank
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From this reading Halbert was happy in a frank temper, and no great share of ideality.
fully
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From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
gentle
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From this reading “He’s gentle--of all sorts beloved--and indeed much in the heart of the world.”--AS YOU LIKE IT.
gentlemennounUS /gentlemen/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
gourd
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From this reading His list of acquaintance grew like Jonah’s gourd.
Graeme
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From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Halbert was happy in a frank temper, and no great share of ideality.
grew
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From this reading His list of acquaintance grew like Jonah’s gourd.
grey
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From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
Halbert
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From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
happy
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From this reading Halbert was happy in a frank temper, and no great share of ideality.
He's
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From this reading “He’s gentle--of all sorts beloved--and indeed much in the heart of the world.”--AS YOU LIKE IT.
heart
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From this reading “He’s gentle--of all sorts beloved--and indeed much in the heart of the world.”--AS YOU LIKE IT.
high
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From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
holms
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From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
ideality
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From this reading Halbert was happy in a frank temper, and no great share of ideality.
imaginable
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From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “He’s gentle--of all sorts beloved--and indeed much in the heart of the world.”--AS YOU LIKE IT.
indeed
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From this reading “He’s gentle--of all sorts beloved--and indeed much in the heart of the world.”--AS YOU LIKE IT.
injunctions
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From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
ITpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “He’s gentle--of all sorts beloved--and indeed much in the heart of the world.”--AS YOU LIKE IT.
Jonah's
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From this reading His list of acquaintance grew like Jonah’s gourd.
kinsman
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From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
LIKE
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From this reading “He’s gentle--of all sorts beloved--and indeed much in the heart of the world.”--AS YOU LIKE IT.
list
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From this reading His list of acquaintance grew like Jonah’s gourd.
made
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From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
Mossgray
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From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
much
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From this reading “He’s gentle--of all sorts beloved--and indeed much in the heart of the world.”--AS YOU LIKE IT.
neighbours
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From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Halbert was happy in a frank temper, and no great share of ideality.
obeying
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From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “He’s gentle--of all sorts beloved--and indeed much in the heart of the world.”--AS YOU LIKE IT.
opened
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From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
pleasure
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From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
pony
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From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
race
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From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
ranks
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From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
share
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From this reading Halbert was happy in a frank temper, and no great share of ideality.
shaws
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From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
showed
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From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
sorts
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From this reading “He’s gentle--of all sorts beloved--and indeed much in the heart of the world.”--AS YOU LIKE IT.
spirits
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From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
temper
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From this reading Halbert was happy in a frank temper, and no great share of ideality.
thanks
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From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “He’s gentle--of all sorts beloved--and indeed much in the heart of the world.”--AS YOU LIKE IT.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
There
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From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
too
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From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
towers
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From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
various
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From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
willingness
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From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
world
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From this reading “He’s gentle--of all sorts beloved--and indeed much in the heart of the world.”--AS YOU LIKE IT.
wrote
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From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
YOUpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “He’s gentle--of all sorts beloved--and indeed much in the heart of the world.”--AS YOU LIKE IT.
young
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From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
younger
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From this reading There were various good neighbours too who showed all willingness to aid him, and the race of young gentlemen who wrote themselves “younger of” all the castles and towers, shaws, braes, and holms of the district, opened their ranks with all imaginable pleasure to admit Halbert, “younger of Mossgray.”
youthful
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From this reading Halbert Graeme was fully bent upon obeying the injunctions of his kinsman, and had already, thanks to his youthful strength, high spirits, and grey pony, made considerable acquaintance with his ancestral country.
