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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 That national monument, after having changed its name to Park’s, to Webb’s, to Redington’s, and last of all to Pollock’s, has now become, for the most part, a memory.
afoot
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From this reading Some of its pillars, like Stonehenge, are still afoot, the rest clean vanished.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading That national monument, after having changed its name to Park’s, to Webb’s, to Redington’s, and last of all to Pollock’s, has now become, for the most part, a memory.
Aladdin
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
all
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From this reading These words will be familiar to all students of Skelt’s Juvenile Drama.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That national monument, after having changed its name to Park’s, to Webb’s, to Redington’s, and last of all to Pollock’s, has now become, for the most part, a memory.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Some of its pillars, like Stonehenge, are still afoot, the rest clean vanished.
assisted
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
Battle
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading These words will be familiar to all students of Skelt’s Juvenile Drama.
become
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From this reading That national monument, after having changed its name to Park’s, to Webb’s, to Redington’s, and last of all to Pollock’s, has now become, for the most part, a memory.
Bell
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
Blind
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
boast
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From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
Bondy
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
Boy
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
changed
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From this reading That national monument, after having changed its name to Park’s, to Webb’s, to Redington’s, and last of all to Pollock’s, has now become, for the most part, a memory.
Chest
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
clean
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From this reading Some of its pillars, like Stonehenge, are still afoot, the rest clean vanished.
collections
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From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
Der
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
Drama
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From this reading These words will be familiar to all students of Skelt’s Juvenile Drama.
Dæmon
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
else
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From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
familiar
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From this reading These words will be familiar to all students of Skelt’s Juvenile Drama.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That national monument, after having changed its name to Park’s, to Webb’s, to Redington’s, and last of all to Pollock’s, has now become, for the most part, a memory.
Forest
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
Freischütz
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
full
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From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
gracious
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From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That national monument, after having changed its name to Park’s, to Webb’s, to Redington’s, and last of all to Pollock’s, has now become, for the most part, a memory.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading That national monument, after having changed its name to Park’s, to Webb’s, to Redington’s, and last of all to Pollock’s, has now become, for the most part, a memory.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
Hood
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
illumination
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
imperfect
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
Inchcape
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
Inn
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
Ionides
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From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading That national monument, after having changed its name to Park’s, to Webb’s, to Redington’s, and last of all to Pollock’s, has now become, for the most part, a memory.
Jack
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
Jamaica
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
Joe
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
Juvenile
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From this reading These words will be familiar to all students of Skelt’s Juvenile Drama.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That national monument, after having changed its name to Park’s, to Webb’s, to Redington’s, and last of all to Pollock’s, has now become, for the most part, a memory.
like
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From this reading Some of its pillars, like Stonehenge, are still afoot, the rest clean vanished.
Maid
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
Majesty
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From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading That national monument, after having changed its name to Park’s, to Webb’s, to Redington’s, and last of all to Pollock’s, has now become, for the most part, a memory.
Men
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
Miller
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
monument
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From this reading That national monument, after having changed its name to Park’s, to Webb’s, to Redington’s, and last of all to Pollock’s, has now become, for the most part, a memory.
most
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From this reading That national monument, after having changed its name to Park’s, to Webb’s, to Redington’s, and last of all to Pollock’s, has now become, for the most part, a memory.
Mr
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From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
Museum
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From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That national monument, after having changed its name to Park’s, to Webb’s, to Redington’s, and last of all to Pollock’s, has now become, for the most part, a memory.
national
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From this reading That national monument, after having changed its name to Park’s, to Webb’s, to Redington’s, and last of all to Pollock’s, has now become, for the most part, a memory.
now
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From this reading That national monument, after having changed its name to Park’s, to Webb’s, to Redington’s, and last of all to Pollock’s, has now become, for the most part, a memory.
numbers
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From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
Oak
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading These words will be familiar to all students of Skelt’s Juvenile Drama.
Old
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
others
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
Park's
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From this reading That national monument, after having changed its name to Park’s, to Webb’s, to Redington’s, and last of all to Pollock’s, has now become, for the most part, a memory.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That national monument, after having changed its name to Park’s, to Webb’s, to Redington’s, and last of all to Pollock’s, has now become, for the most part, a memory.
Partner
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
perhaps
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From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
person
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From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
pillars
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From this reading Some of its pillars, like Stonehenge, are still afoot, the rest clean vanished.
plain
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From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
Poll
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
Pollock's
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From this reading That national monument, after having changed its name to Park’s, to Webb’s, to Redington’s, and last of all to Pollock’s, has now become, for the most part, a memory.
possessed
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
private
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From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
Raphaels
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From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
Red
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
Redington's
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From this reading That national monument, after having changed its name to Park’s, to Webb’s, to Redington’s, and last of all to Pollock’s, has now become, for the most part, a memory.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some of its pillars, like Stonehenge, are still afoot, the rest clean vanished.
Richard
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
Robin
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
Rover
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
set
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From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
Sheppard
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
Skelt's
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From this reading These words will be familiar to all students of Skelt’s Juvenile Drama.
Smuggler
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
Some
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From this reading Some of its pillars, like Stonehenge, are still afoot, the rest clean vanished.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some of its pillars, like Stonehenge, are still afoot, the rest clean vanished.
Stonehenge
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From this reading Some of its pillars, like Stonehenge, are still afoot, the rest clean vanished.
students
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From this reading These words will be familiar to all students of Skelt’s Juvenile Drama.
Terror
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That national monument, after having changed its name to Park’s, to Webb’s, to Redington’s, and last of all to Pollock’s, has now become, for the most part, a memory.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That national monument, after having changed its name to Park’s, to Webb’s, to Redington’s, and last of all to Pollock’s, has now become, for the most part, a memory.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
ThesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading These words will be familiar to all students of Skelt’s Juvenile Drama.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
Three-Fingered
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
times
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading These words will be familiar to all students of Skelt’s Juvenile Drama.
unattainable
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From this reading It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Majesty, may boast their great collections; but to the plain private person they are become, like Raphaels, unattainable.
vanished
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From this reading Some of its pillars, like Stonehenge, are still afoot, the rest clean vanished.
Waterloo
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
Waterman
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
Webb's
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From this reading That national monument, after having changed its name to Park’s, to Webb’s, to Redington’s, and last of all to Pollock’s, has now become, for the most part, a memory.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading These words will be familiar to all students of Skelt’s Juvenile Drama.
Wood
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From this reading I have, at different times, possessed _Aladdin_, _The Red Rover_, _The Blind Boy_, _The Old Oak Chest_, _The Wood Dæmon_, _Jack Sheppard_, _The Miller and his Men_, _Der Freischütz_, _The Smuggler_, _The Forest of Bondy_, _Robin Hood_, _The Waterman_, _Richard I._, _My Poll and my Partner Joe_, _The Inchcape Bell_ (imperfect), and _Three-Fingered Jack_, _The Terror of Jamaica_; and I have assisted others in the illumination of _Maid of the Inn_ and _The Battle of Waterloo_.
words
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From this reading These words will be familiar to all students of Skelt’s Juvenile Drama.
