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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 MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
afterwards
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all
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From this reading Otherwise the whole history of my association with the man whom I called Cullingworth, his extraordinary character, our parting and the way in which I was left to what seemed certain ruin, were all as depicted.
Amusing
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From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
any
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From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Otherwise the whole history of my association with the man whom I called Cullingworth, his extraordinary character, our parting and the way in which I was left to what seemed certain ruin, were all as depicted.
association
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From this reading Otherwise the whole history of my association with the man whom I called Cullingworth, his extraordinary character, our parting and the way in which I was left to what seemed certain ruin, were all as depicted.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
book
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From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
Bristol
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From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
called
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career
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From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
case
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From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
certain
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Chapter
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From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
Character
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From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
Cheap
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From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
circumstances
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From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
clearly
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From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
close
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From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
Cullingworth
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From this reading Otherwise the whole history of my association with the man whom I called Cullingworth, his extraordinary character, our parting and the way in which I was left to what seemed certain ruin, were all as depicted.
curious
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From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
Deep
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From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
depicted
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detail
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From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
end
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From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
endeavoured
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From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
especially
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From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
establish
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From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
events
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From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
EXPERIENCES
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From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
Explodes
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From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
extraordinary
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From this reading Otherwise the whole history of my association with the man whom I called Cullingworth, his extraordinary character, our parting and the way in which I was left to what seemed certain ruin, were all as depicted.
few
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From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
find
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From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
FIRSTnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
friend
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From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
fully
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From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
Furnishing
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From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
history
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From this reading Otherwise the whole history of my association with the man whom I called Cullingworth, his extraordinary character, our parting and the way in which I was left to what seemed certain ruin, were all as depicted.
Honeymoon
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From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
imaginary
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From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
incident
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From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
incidents
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From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
IV
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From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Otherwise the whole history of my association with the man whom I called Cullingworth, his extraordinary character, our parting and the way in which I was left to what seemed certain ruin, were all as depicted.
Letters
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From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
Lord
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From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
lunatic
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From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
man
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From this reading Otherwise the whole history of my association with the man whom I called Cullingworth, his extraordinary character, our parting and the way in which I was left to what seemed certain ruin, were all as depicted.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
medical
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From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
more
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From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
Munro
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From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
MYdeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
now
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From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
occurred
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From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
only
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From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
Otherwise
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From this reading Otherwise the whole history of my association with the man whom I called Cullingworth, his extraordinary character, our parting and the way in which I was left to what seemed certain ruin, were all as depicted.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Otherwise the whole history of my association with the man whom I called Cullingworth, his extraordinary character, our parting and the way in which I was left to what seemed certain ruin, were all as depicted.
out
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From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
pages
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From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
parting
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From this reading Otherwise the whole history of my association with the man whom I called Cullingworth, his extraordinary character, our parting and the way in which I was left to what seemed certain ruin, were all as depicted.
Plot
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From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
Plymouth
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From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
PRACTICE
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From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
reached
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From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
reader
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From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
reconstruct
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From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
remark
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From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
renewed
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From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
ruin
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From this reading Otherwise the whole history of my association with the man whom I called Cullingworth, his extraordinary character, our parting and the way in which I was left to what seemed certain ruin, were all as depicted.
Saltire
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From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
scale
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From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Otherwise the whole history of my association with the man whom I called Cullingworth, his extraordinary character, our parting and the way in which I was left to what seemed certain ruin, were all as depicted.
set
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From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
Six
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From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
some
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From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
Southsea
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From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
Stark
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From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
Strange
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From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
Telegram
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From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
temporary
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From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
there
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From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
Venture
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From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
very
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From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
voyages
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From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Otherwise the whole history of my association with the man whom I called Cullingworth, his extraordinary character, our parting and the way in which I was left to what seemed certain ruin, were all as depicted.
way
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From this reading Otherwise the whole history of my association with the man whom I called Cullingworth, his extraordinary character, our parting and the way in which I was left to what seemed certain ruin, were all as depicted.
Weeks
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From this reading MY FIRST EXPERIENCES IN PRACTICE A Strange Character--His Honeymoon--His Bristol Practice--Telegram from Plymouth--Six Amusing Weeks--A Deep Plot--My Southsea Venture--Furnishing on the Cheap--The Plot Explodes.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Otherwise the whole history of my association with the man whom I called Cullingworth, his extraordinary character, our parting and the way in which I was left to what seemed certain ruin, were all as depicted.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
whole
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From this reading I would only remark, should any reader reconstruct me or my career from that book, that there are some few incidents there which are imaginary, and that, especially, the whole incident of the case of a lunatic and of Lord Saltire in Chapter IV occurred to a friend and not to myself.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Otherwise the whole history of my association with the man whom I called Cullingworth, his extraordinary character, our parting and the way in which I was left to what seemed certain ruin, were all as depicted.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Otherwise the whole history of my association with the man whom I called Cullingworth, his extraordinary character, our parting and the way in which I was left to what seemed certain ruin, were all as depicted.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
written
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From this reading In a book written some years afterwards called “The Stark Munro Letters,” I drew in very close detail the events of the next few years, and there the curious reader will find them more clearly and fully set out than would be to scale in these pages.
years
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From this reading I have now come to the temporary end of my voyages, which were to be renewed in years to come, and I have reached the time when, under very curious circumstances, I endeavoured to establish myself in medical practice.
