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Mr. Pickwick's Christmas
Mr. Pickwick's Christmas

Chapter I

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THE BAKER & TAYLOR CO.
..._Publishers_...
Published, September, 1906 _The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass.
U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.
Yet it seems that in this most haphazard way Pickwick was created.
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Mr. Pickwick's Christmas

Chapter I

Reading 1/13 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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THE BAKER & TAYLOR CO.
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..._Publishers_...
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Published, September, 1906 _The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass.
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U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.
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Yet it seems that in this most haphazard way Pickwick was created.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Great noun US /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.”

Nothing pronoun US /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading “U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.”

Something pronoun US /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading “U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.”

Yet conjunction US /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading “Yet it seems that in this most haphazard way Pickwick was created.”

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1906

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From this reading Published, September, 1906 _The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass.

AdeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.

achievement

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From this reading U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.

BAKER

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From this reading THE BAKER & TAYLOR CO.

begin

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From this reading U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.

CO

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From this reading THE BAKER & TAYLOR CO.

created

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From this reading Yet it seems that in this most haphazard way Pickwick was created.

end

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From this reading U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.

few

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From this reading U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.

given

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From this reading U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.

greatnounUS /great/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.

haphazard

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From this reading Yet it seems that in this most haphazard way Pickwick was created.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Yet it seems that in this most haphazard way Pickwick was created.

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading Yet it seems that in this most haphazard way Pickwick was created.

Mass

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From this reading Published, September, 1906 _The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass.

men

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From this reading U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.

most

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From this reading Yet it seems that in this most haphazard way Pickwick was created.

Norwood

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From this reading Published, September, 1906 _The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass.

nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/

not one thing; not anything

From this reading U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.

Pickwick

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From this reading U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.

Plimpton

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From this reading Published, September, 1906 _The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass.

Press

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From this reading Published, September, 1906 _The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass.

Published

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From this reading Published, September, 1906 _The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass.

Publishers

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From this reading ..._Publishers_...

realise

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From this reading U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.

S

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From this reading U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.

seems

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From this reading Yet it seems that in this most haphazard way Pickwick was created.

September

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From this reading Published, September, 1906 _The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass.

somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/

a thing, without saying which

From this reading U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.

TAYLOR

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From this reading THE BAKER & TAYLOR CO.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Yet it seems that in this most haphazard way Pickwick was created.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE BAKER & TAYLOR CO.

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading Yet it seems that in this most haphazard way Pickwick was created.

ToparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.

U

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From this reading U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading Yet it seems that in this most haphazard way Pickwick was created.

way

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From this reading Yet it seems that in this most haphazard way Pickwick was created.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading U.S.A._ To begin with nothing and end with something as great as Pickwick is an achievement given to few men to realise.

YetconjunctionUS /jet/

but in spite of that

From this reading Yet it seems that in this most haphazard way Pickwick was created.