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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 BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He had an eye for character, if you like, and his interest in the picturesque foible was at least as great as his interest in virtue.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He had an eye for character, if you like, and his interest in the picturesque foible was at least as great as his interest in virtue.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He had an eye for character, if you like, and his interest in the picturesque foible was at least as great as his interest in virtue.
Aubrey
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From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To read his concise little summaries of Elizabethan and Stuart personalities is to be made free of a most conversible company very near real life.
BED
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From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
Bemerton
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From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
BEMERTON'S
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From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
Biography
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From this reading He knows his value as a kind of footpage to the Muse of Biography.
BOOK
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From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
Brief
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From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
character
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From this reading He had an eye for character, if you like, and his interest in the picturesque foible was at least as great as his interest in virtue.
company
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From this reading To read his concise little summaries of Elizabethan and Stuart personalities is to be made free of a most conversible company very near real life.
concise
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conversible
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From this reading To read his concise little summaries of Elizabethan and Stuart personalities is to be made free of a most conversible company very near real life.
Elizabethan
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eye
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From this reading He had an eye for character, if you like, and his interest in the picturesque foible was at least as great as his interest in virtue.
foible
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From this reading He had an eye for character, if you like, and his interest in the picturesque foible was at least as great as his interest in virtue.
footpage
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From this reading He knows his value as a kind of footpage to the Muse of Biography.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He had an eye for character, if you like, and his interest in the picturesque foible was at least as great as his interest in virtue.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading To read his concise little summaries of Elizabethan and Stuart personalities is to be made free of a most conversible company very near real life.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had an eye for character, if you like, and his interest in the picturesque foible was at least as great as his interest in virtue.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had an eye for character, if you like, and his interest in the picturesque foible was at least as great as his interest in virtue.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had an eye for character, if you like, and his interest in the picturesque foible was at least as great as his interest in virtue.
heart
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From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had an eye for character, if you like, and his interest in the picturesque foible was at least as great as his interest in virtue.
HUMANE
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From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
HUMOURS
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From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He had an eye for character, if you like, and his interest in the picturesque foible was at least as great as his interest in virtue.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He had an eye for character, if you like, and his interest in the picturesque foible was at least as great as his interest in virtue.
interest
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From this reading He had an eye for character, if you like, and his interest in the picturesque foible was at least as great as his interest in virtue.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
John
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From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
kind
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From this reading He knows his value as a kind of footpage to the Muse of Biography.
knows
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From this reading He knows his value as a kind of footpage to the Muse of Biography.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had an eye for character, if you like, and his interest in the picturesque foible was at least as great as his interest in virtue.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To read his concise little summaries of Elizabethan and Stuart personalities is to be made free of a most conversible company very near real life.
like
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From this reading He had an eye for character, if you like, and his interest in the picturesque foible was at least as great as his interest in virtue.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To read his concise little summaries of Elizabethan and Stuart personalities is to be made free of a most conversible company very near real life.
Lives
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From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
made
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From this reading To read his concise little summaries of Elizabethan and Stuart personalities is to be made free of a most conversible company very near real life.
man
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From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
MEpronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
most
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MR
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From this reading MR.
Muse
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From this reading He knows his value as a kind of footpage to the Muse of Biography.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
near
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From this reading To read his concise little summaries of Elizabethan and Stuart personalities is to be made free of a most conversible company very near real life.
night
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From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
ODD
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From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
own
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From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
personalities
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picturesque
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From this reading He had an eye for character, if you like, and his interest in the picturesque foible was at least as great as his interest in virtue.
read
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From this reading To read his concise little summaries of Elizabethan and Stuart personalities is to be made free of a most conversible company very near real life.
real
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From this reading To read his concise little summaries of Elizabethan and Stuart personalities is to be made free of a most conversible company very near real life.
recommendationnounUS /ˌrɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/
a quality or fact that makes someone or something suitable
From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
SECOND
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From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
sent
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From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
SOLACES
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From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
strong
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From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
Stuart
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STUARTS
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From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
summaries
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
TUDORS
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From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
turned
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From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
value
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From this reading He knows his value as a kind of footpage to the Muse of Biography.
very
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From this reading To read his concise little summaries of Elizabethan and Stuart personalities is to be made free of a most conversible company very near real life.
virtuenounUS /ˈvɝː.tʃuː/
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading He had an eye for character, if you like, and his interest in the picturesque foible was at least as great as his interest in virtue.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He had an eye for character, if you like, and his interest in the picturesque foible was at least as great as his interest in virtue.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading BEMERTON'S SECOND BED BOOK SOLACES ME WITH THE ODD AND HUMANE HUMOURS OF STUARTS AND TUDORS John Aubrey, whose _Brief Lives_ Mr. Bemerton has sent me with a strong recommendation, and to whom I turned that night, is a man after my own heart.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading He had an eye for character, if you like, and his interest in the picturesque foible was at least as great as his interest in virtue.
