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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 They had been art students together in Paris, and had been companions in a rather wild eastern ramble during which some quite memorable adventures had befallen them.
account
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From this reading Finally they had separated, on account of a mild sort of quarrel over a sweetheart, Reynolds quitting the field most mysteriously, leaving Moreton free to press his suit, which at the last wholly failed.
adventures
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From this reading They had been art students together in Paris, and had been companions in a rather wild eastern ramble during which some quite memorable adventures had befallen them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Moreton, the more he thought the matter over, grew surer and surer of the fact that he had discovered Reynolds, his long lost friend.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading They had been art students together in Paris, and had been companions in a rather wild eastern ramble during which some quite memorable adventures had befallen them.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Finally they had separated, on account of a mild sort of quarrel over a sweetheart, Reynolds quitting the field most mysteriously, leaving Moreton free to press his suit, which at the last wholly failed.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They had been art students together in Paris, and had been companions in a rather wild eastern ramble during which some quite memorable adventures had befallen them.
befallen
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From this reading They had been art students together in Paris, and had been companions in a rather wild eastern ramble during which some quite memorable adventures had befallen them.
companions
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From this reading They had been art students together in Paris, and had been companions in a rather wild eastern ramble during which some quite memorable adventures had befallen them.
discovered
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From this reading Moreton, the more he thought the matter over, grew surer and surer of the fact that he had discovered Reynolds, his long lost friend.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading They had been art students together in Paris, and had been companions in a rather wild eastern ramble during which some quite memorable adventures had befallen them.
eastern
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From this reading They had been art students together in Paris, and had been companions in a rather wild eastern ramble during which some quite memorable adventures had befallen them.
fact
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From this reading Moreton, the more he thought the matter over, grew surer and surer of the fact that he had discovered Reynolds, his long lost friend.
failed
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From this reading Finally they had separated, on account of a mild sort of quarrel over a sweetheart, Reynolds quitting the field most mysteriously, leaving Moreton free to press his suit, which at the last wholly failed.
field
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From this reading Finally they had separated, on account of a mild sort of quarrel over a sweetheart, Reynolds quitting the field most mysteriously, leaving Moreton free to press his suit, which at the last wholly failed.
Finally
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From this reading Finally they had separated, on account of a mild sort of quarrel over a sweetheart, Reynolds quitting the field most mysteriously, leaving Moreton free to press his suit, which at the last wholly failed.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading Finally they had separated, on account of a mild sort of quarrel over a sweetheart, Reynolds quitting the field most mysteriously, leaving Moreton free to press his suit, which at the last wholly failed.
friend
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From this reading Moreton, the more he thought the matter over, grew surer and surer of the fact that he had discovered Reynolds, his long lost friend.
grew
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From this reading Moreton, the more he thought the matter over, grew surer and surer of the fact that he had discovered Reynolds, his long lost friend.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Moreton, the more he thought the matter over, grew surer and surer of the fact that he had discovered Reynolds, his long lost friend.
HAWKINS
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From this reading HAWKINS NOBLE.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Moreton, the more he thought the matter over, grew surer and surer of the fact that he had discovered Reynolds, his long lost friend.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Moreton, the more he thought the matter over, grew surer and surer of the fact that he had discovered Reynolds, his long lost friend.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They had been art students together in Paris, and had been companions in a rather wild eastern ramble during which some quite memorable adventures had befallen them.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Finally they had separated, on account of a mild sort of quarrel over a sweetheart, Reynolds quitting the field most mysteriously, leaving Moreton free to press his suit, which at the last wholly failed.
leaving
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From this reading Finally they had separated, on account of a mild sort of quarrel over a sweetheart, Reynolds quitting the field most mysteriously, leaving Moreton free to press his suit, which at the last wholly failed.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Moreton, the more he thought the matter over, grew surer and surer of the fact that he had discovered Reynolds, his long lost friend.
lost
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From this reading Moreton, the more he thought the matter over, grew surer and surer of the fact that he had discovered Reynolds, his long lost friend.
matter
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From this reading Moreton, the more he thought the matter over, grew surer and surer of the fact that he had discovered Reynolds, his long lost friend.
memorable
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From this reading They had been art students together in Paris, and had been companions in a rather wild eastern ramble during which some quite memorable adventures had befallen them.
mild
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From this reading Finally they had separated, on account of a mild sort of quarrel over a sweetheart, Reynolds quitting the field most mysteriously, leaving Moreton free to press his suit, which at the last wholly failed.
more
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From this reading Moreton, the more he thought the matter over, grew surer and surer of the fact that he had discovered Reynolds, his long lost friend.
Moreton
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From this reading Moreton, the more he thought the matter over, grew surer and surer of the fact that he had discovered Reynolds, his long lost friend.
most
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From this reading Finally they had separated, on account of a mild sort of quarrel over a sweetheart, Reynolds quitting the field most mysteriously, leaving Moreton free to press his suit, which at the last wholly failed.
MR
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From this reading MR.
mysteriously
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From this reading Finally they had separated, on account of a mild sort of quarrel over a sweetheart, Reynolds quitting the field most mysteriously, leaving Moreton free to press his suit, which at the last wholly failed.
NOBLE
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From this reading HAWKINS NOBLE.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Moreton, the more he thought the matter over, grew surer and surer of the fact that he had discovered Reynolds, his long lost friend.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Finally they had separated, on account of a mild sort of quarrel over a sweetheart, Reynolds quitting the field most mysteriously, leaving Moreton free to press his suit, which at the last wholly failed.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Moreton, the more he thought the matter over, grew surer and surer of the fact that he had discovered Reynolds, his long lost friend.
Paris
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From this reading They had been art students together in Paris, and had been companions in a rather wild eastern ramble during which some quite memorable adventures had befallen them.
press
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From this reading Finally they had separated, on account of a mild sort of quarrel over a sweetheart, Reynolds quitting the field most mysteriously, leaving Moreton free to press his suit, which at the last wholly failed.
quarrelnounUS /ˈkwɔːrəl/
an angry argument or disagreement
From this reading Finally they had separated, on account of a mild sort of quarrel over a sweetheart, Reynolds quitting the field most mysteriously, leaving Moreton free to press his suit, which at the last wholly failed.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had been art students together in Paris, and had been companions in a rather wild eastern ramble during which some quite memorable adventures had befallen them.
quitting
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From this reading Finally they had separated, on account of a mild sort of quarrel over a sweetheart, Reynolds quitting the field most mysteriously, leaving Moreton free to press his suit, which at the last wholly failed.
ramble
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From this reading They had been art students together in Paris, and had been companions in a rather wild eastern ramble during which some quite memorable adventures had befallen them.
rather
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From this reading They had been art students together in Paris, and had been companions in a rather wild eastern ramble during which some quite memorable adventures had befallen them.
Reynolds
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From this reading Moreton, the more he thought the matter over, grew surer and surer of the fact that he had discovered Reynolds, his long lost friend.
separated
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From this reading Finally they had separated, on account of a mild sort of quarrel over a sweetheart, Reynolds quitting the field most mysteriously, leaving Moreton free to press his suit, which at the last wholly failed.
some
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From this reading They had been art students together in Paris, and had been companions in a rather wild eastern ramble during which some quite memorable adventures had befallen them.
sort
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From this reading Finally they had separated, on account of a mild sort of quarrel over a sweetheart, Reynolds quitting the field most mysteriously, leaving Moreton free to press his suit, which at the last wholly failed.
students
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From this reading They had been art students together in Paris, and had been companions in a rather wild eastern ramble during which some quite memorable adventures had befallen them.
suit
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From this reading Finally they had separated, on account of a mild sort of quarrel over a sweetheart, Reynolds quitting the field most mysteriously, leaving Moreton free to press his suit, which at the last wholly failed.
surer
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From this reading Moreton, the more he thought the matter over, grew surer and surer of the fact that he had discovered Reynolds, his long lost friend.
sweetheart
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From this reading Finally they had separated, on account of a mild sort of quarrel over a sweetheart, Reynolds quitting the field most mysteriously, leaving Moreton free to press his suit, which at the last wholly failed.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Moreton, the more he thought the matter over, grew surer and surer of the fact that he had discovered Reynolds, his long lost friend.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Moreton, the more he thought the matter over, grew surer and surer of the fact that he had discovered Reynolds, his long lost friend.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading They had been art students together in Paris, and had been companions in a rather wild eastern ramble during which some quite memorable adventures had befallen them.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had been art students together in Paris, and had been companions in a rather wild eastern ramble during which some quite memorable adventures had befallen them.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Moreton, the more he thought the matter over, grew surer and surer of the fact that he had discovered Reynolds, his long lost friend.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Finally they had separated, on account of a mild sort of quarrel over a sweetheart, Reynolds quitting the field most mysteriously, leaving Moreton free to press his suit, which at the last wholly failed.
together
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From this reading They had been art students together in Paris, and had been companions in a rather wild eastern ramble during which some quite memorable adventures had befallen them.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They had been art students together in Paris, and had been companions in a rather wild eastern ramble during which some quite memorable adventures had befallen them.
wholly
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From this reading Finally they had separated, on account of a mild sort of quarrel over a sweetheart, Reynolds quitting the field most mysteriously, leaving Moreton free to press his suit, which at the last wholly failed.
wild
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From this reading They had been art students together in Paris, and had been companions in a rather wild eastern ramble during which some quite memorable adventures had befallen them.
