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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 He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
advice
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agitated
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From this reading “I want a word with you, George,” said he, breathless and agitated--too disturbed and full of his subject to apologize or finesse.
all
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From this reading “It’s all out; I’ve discovered the truth; and, curse me, if ’twere the King himself, I’d bury my sword in his treacherous heart.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The tormented nobleman, craving for advice and sympathy, lost little time before he sought out his friend and kinsman, Mr. George Hamilton.
apologize
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From this reading “I want a word with you, George,” said he, breathless and agitated--too disturbed and full of his subject to apologize or finesse.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The tormented nobleman, craving for advice and sympathy, lost little time before he sought out his friend and kinsman, Mr. George Hamilton.
breathless
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bury
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From this reading “It’s all out; I’ve discovered the truth; and, curse me, if ’twere the King himself, I’d bury my sword in his treacherous heart.
chambers
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From this reading He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
Chesterfield
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From this reading Chesterfield drove out the man incontinent, and closed the door on him.
closed
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From this reading Chesterfield drove out the man incontinent, and closed the door on him.
committing
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craving
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curse
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From this reading “It’s all out; I’ve discovered the truth; and, curse me, if ’twere the King himself, I’d bury my sword in his treacherous heart.
discovered
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From this reading “It’s all out; I’ve discovered the truth; and, curse me, if ’twere the King himself, I’d bury my sword in his treacherous heart.
disturbed
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From this reading “I want a word with you, George,” said he, breathless and agitated--too disturbed and full of his subject to apologize or finesse.
door
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From this reading Chesterfield drove out the man incontinent, and closed the door on him.
drove
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From this reading Chesterfield drove out the man incontinent, and closed the door on him.
finesse
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From this reading “I want a word with you, George,” said he, breathless and agitated--too disturbed and full of his subject to apologize or finesse.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The tormented nobleman, craving for advice and sympathy, lost little time before he sought out his friend and kinsman, Mr. George Hamilton.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
friend
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From this reading The tormented nobleman, craving for advice and sympathy, lost little time before he sought out his friend and kinsman, Mr. George Hamilton.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
full
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game
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From this reading He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
George
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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
Hamilton
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From this reading The tormented nobleman, craving for advice and sympathy, lost little time before he sought out his friend and kinsman, Mr. George Hamilton.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The tormented nobleman, craving for advice and sympathy, lost little time before he sought out his friend and kinsman, Mr. George Hamilton.
heart
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From this reading “It’s all out; I’ve discovered the truth; and, curse me, if ’twere the King himself, I’d bury my sword in his treacherous heart.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Chesterfield drove out the man incontinent, and closed the door on him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The tormented nobleman, craving for advice and sympathy, lost little time before he sought out his friend and kinsman, Mr. George Hamilton.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I want a word with you, George,” said he, breathless and agitated--too disturbed and full of his subject to apologize or finesse.
I'd
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From this reading “It’s all out; I’ve discovered the truth; and, curse me, if ’twere the King himself, I’d bury my sword in his treacherous heart.
I've
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From this reading “It’s all out; I’ve discovered the truth; and, curse me, if ’twere the King himself, I’d bury my sword in his treacherous heart.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “It’s all out; I’ve discovered the truth; and, curse me, if ’twere the King himself, I’d bury my sword in his treacherous heart.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
incontinent
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From this reading Chesterfield drove out the man incontinent, and closed the door on him.
It's
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From this reading “It’s all out; I’ve discovered the truth; and, curse me, if ’twere the King himself, I’d bury my sword in his treacherous heart.
just
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From this reading He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
King
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From this reading “It’s all out; I’ve discovered the truth; and, curse me, if ’twere the King himself, I’d bury my sword in his treacherous heart.
kinsman
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From this reading The tormented nobleman, craving for advice and sympathy, lost little time before he sought out his friend and kinsman, Mr. George Hamilton.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The tormented nobleman, craving for advice and sympathy, lost little time before he sought out his friend and kinsman, Mr. George Hamilton.
lost
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Majesty
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man
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From this reading Chesterfield drove out the man incontinent, and closed the door on him.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “It’s all out; I’ve discovered the truth; and, curse me, if ’twere the King himself, I’d bury my sword in his treacherous heart.
mid-day
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Mr
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From this reading The tormented nobleman, craving for advice and sympathy, lost little time before he sought out his friend and kinsman, Mr. George Hamilton.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “It’s all out; I’ve discovered the truth; and, curse me, if ’twere the King himself, I’d bury my sword in his treacherous heart.
nobleman
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From this reading The tormented nobleman, craving for advice and sympathy, lost little time before he sought out his friend and kinsman, Mr. George Hamilton.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Chesterfield drove out the man incontinent, and closed the door on him.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading “I want a word with you, George,” said he, breathless and agitated--too disturbed and full of his subject to apologize or finesse.
out
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From this reading The tormented nobleman, craving for advice and sympathy, lost little time before he sought out his friend and kinsman, Mr. George Hamilton.
own
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From this reading He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
pell-mell
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From this reading He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
pot
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From this reading He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
refreshing
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From this reading He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
said
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sop
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From this reading He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
sought
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From this reading The tormented nobleman, craving for advice and sympathy, lost little time before he sought out his friend and kinsman, Mr. George Hamilton.
subject
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sword
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From this reading “It’s all out; I’ve discovered the truth; and, curse me, if ’twere the King himself, I’d bury my sword in his treacherous heart.
sympathy
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From this reading The tormented nobleman, craving for advice and sympathy, lost little time before he sought out his friend and kinsman, Mr. George Hamilton.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The tormented nobleman, craving for advice and sympathy, lost little time before he sought out his friend and kinsman, Mr. George Hamilton.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The tormented nobleman, craving for advice and sympathy, lost little time before he sought out his friend and kinsman, Mr. George Hamilton.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
toilet
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From this reading He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
too
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tormented
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From this reading The tormented nobleman, craving for advice and sympathy, lost little time before he sought out his friend and kinsman, Mr. George Hamilton.
treacherous
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From this reading “It’s all out; I’ve discovered the truth; and, curse me, if ’twere the King himself, I’d bury my sword in his treacherous heart.
truth
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From this reading “It’s all out; I’ve discovered the truth; and, curse me, if ’twere the King himself, I’d bury my sword in his treacherous heart.
twere
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From this reading “It’s all out; I’ve discovered the truth; and, curse me, if ’twere the King himself, I’d bury my sword in his treacherous heart.
valet
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From this reading He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
want
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From this reading “I want a word with you, George,” said he, breathless and agitated--too disturbed and full of his subject to apologize or finesse.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He found that gentleman, who had just returned from a game of pell-mell with his Majesty, refreshing himself with a pot and sop in his own chambers, before committing himself and his mid-day toilet to the hands of his valet.
word
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From this reading “I want a word with you, George,” said he, breathless and agitated--too disturbed and full of his subject to apologize or finesse.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I want a word with you, George,” said he, breathless and agitated--too disturbed and full of his subject to apologize or finesse.
