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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 BINNEY ARRIVES IN CAMBRIDGE Lucius's first May term wore itself out with a burst of glorious summer weather.
academic
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accustomed
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all
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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arrive
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ARRIVES
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atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Mr. Binney was to arrive at the end of the term, to undergo his examination.
attributes
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BINNEY
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blue
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boat
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burst
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ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But to Lucius there was a heavy cloud darkening the vivid blue of the summer sky.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
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CAMBRIDGE
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cloud
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college
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concerts
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cousins
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cricket
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crowds
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cups
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dances
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darkening
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days
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devotes
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end
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examination
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firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BINNEY ARRIVES IN CAMBRIDGE Lucius's first May term wore itself out with a burst of glorious summer weather.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The boat races and cricket matches, the dances and college concerts, the crowds of sisters and cousins, the mayonnaises and iced cups, and all the other attributes of those ten days of mid-June which go by the name of the May week, played their accustomed parts in mitigating the severity of the toil to which Cambridge devotes itself for the rest of the academic year.
glorious
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go
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heavy
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hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mr. Binney was to arrive at the end of the term, to undergo his examination.
iced
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INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
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Lucius
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Lucius's
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matches
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Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
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mayonnaises
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mid-June
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mitigating
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MR
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namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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other
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out
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parts
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played
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races
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restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The boat races and cricket matches, the dances and college concerts, the crowds of sisters and cousins, the mayonnaises and iced cups, and all the other attributes of those ten days of mid-June which go by the name of the May week, played their accustomed parts in mitigating the severity of the toil to which Cambridge devotes itself for the rest of the academic year.
severity
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sisters
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sky
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summer
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ten
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term
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ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
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there
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thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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toil
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undergo
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vivid
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From this reading But to Lucius there was a heavy cloud darkening the vivid blue of the summer sky.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
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weather
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week
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whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
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withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
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wore
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year
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