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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 Tankerville was a dirty, prosperous, ungainly town, which seemed to exude coal-dust or coal-mud at every pore.
agent
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From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
Arms
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From this reading They met at the Lambton Arms, and there Phineas established himself, knowing well that he had before him ten days of unmitigated vexation and misery.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was so well recognised as being dirty that people did not expect to meet each other with clean hands and faces.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They met at the Lambton Arms, and there Phineas established himself, knowing well that he had before him ten days of unmitigated vexation and misery.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading They met at the Lambton Arms, and there Phineas established himself, knowing well that he had before him ten days of unmitigated vexation and misery.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading It was so well recognised as being dirty that people did not expect to meet each other with clean hands and faces.
came
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From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
clean
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From this reading It was so well recognised as being dirty that people did not expect to meet each other with clean hands and faces.
coal-dust
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From this reading Tankerville was a dirty, prosperous, ungainly town, which seemed to exude coal-dust or coal-mud at every pore.
coal-mud
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From this reading Tankerville was a dirty, prosperous, ungainly town, which seemed to exude coal-dust or coal-mud at every pore.
days
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From this reading They met at the Lambton Arms, and there Phineas established himself, knowing well that he had before him ten days of unmitigated vexation and misery.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading It was so well recognised as being dirty that people did not expect to meet each other with clean hands and faces.
dirty
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From this reading Tankerville was a dirty, prosperous, ungainly town, which seemed to exude coal-dust or coal-mud at every pore.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading It was so well recognised as being dirty that people did not expect to meet each other with clean hands and faces.
electors
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From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
employed
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From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
established
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From this reading They met at the Lambton Arms, and there Phineas established himself, knowing well that he had before him ten days of unmitigated vexation and misery.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Tankerville was a dirty, prosperous, ungainly town, which seemed to exude coal-dust or coal-mud at every pore.
expectverbUS /ɪkˈspekt/
to think that something will happen
From this reading It was so well recognised as being dirty that people did not expect to meet each other with clean hands and faces.
exude
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From this reading Tankerville was a dirty, prosperous, ungainly town, which seemed to exude coal-dust or coal-mud at every pore.
faces
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From this reading It was so well recognised as being dirty that people did not expect to meet each other with clean hands and faces.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They met at the Lambton Arms, and there Phineas established himself, knowing well that he had before him ten days of unmitigated vexation and misery.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading It was so well recognised as being dirty that people did not expect to meet each other with clean hands and faces.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They met at the Lambton Arms, and there Phineas established himself, knowing well that he had before him ten days of unmitigated vexation and misery.
hero
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From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They met at the Lambton Arms, and there Phineas established himself, knowing well that he had before him ten days of unmitigated vexation and misery.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
introducing
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From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was so well recognised as being dirty that people did not expect to meet each other with clean hands and faces.
knowing
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From this reading They met at the Lambton Arms, and there Phineas established himself, knowing well that he had before him ten days of unmitigated vexation and misery.
Lambton
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From this reading They met at the Lambton Arms, and there Phineas established himself, knowing well that he had before him ten days of unmitigated vexation and misery.
Liberal
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From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
local
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From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
meet
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From this reading It was so well recognised as being dirty that people did not expect to meet each other with clean hands and faces.
met
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From this reading They met at the Lambton Arms, and there Phineas established himself, knowing well that he had before him ten days of unmitigated vexation and misery.
misery
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From this reading They met at the Lambton Arms, and there Phineas established himself, knowing well that he had before him ten days of unmitigated vexation and misery.
Molescroft
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From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
Mr
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From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was so well recognised as being dirty that people did not expect to meet each other with clean hands and faces.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Tankerville was a dirty, prosperous, ungainly town, which seemed to exude coal-dust or coal-mud at every pore.
other
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From this reading It was so well recognised as being dirty that people did not expect to meet each other with clean hands and faces.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
people
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From this reading It was so well recognised as being dirty that people did not expect to meet each other with clean hands and faces.
Phineas
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From this reading They met at the Lambton Arms, and there Phineas established himself, knowing well that he had before him ten days of unmitigated vexation and misery.
pore
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From this reading Tankerville was a dirty, prosperous, ungainly town, which seemed to exude coal-dust or coal-mud at every pore.
prosperousadjectiveUS /ˈprɑspərəs/
successful and without serious problems
From this reading Tankerville was a dirty, prosperous, ungainly town, which seemed to exude coal-dust or coal-mud at every pore.
purpose
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From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
recognised
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From this reading It was so well recognised as being dirty that people did not expect to meet each other with clean hands and faces.
Ruddles
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From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tankerville was a dirty, prosperous, ungainly town, which seemed to exude coal-dust or coal-mud at every pore.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was so well recognised as being dirty that people did not expect to meet each other with clean hands and faces.
TANKERVILLE
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From this reading TANKERVILLE.
ten
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From this reading They met at the Lambton Arms, and there Phineas established himself, knowing well that he had before him ten days of unmitigated vexation and misery.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading They met at the Lambton Arms, and there Phineas established himself, knowing well that he had before him ten days of unmitigated vexation and misery.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
there
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From this reading They met at the Lambton Arms, and there Phineas established himself, knowing well that he had before him ten days of unmitigated vexation and misery.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They met at the Lambton Arms, and there Phineas established himself, knowing well that he had before him ten days of unmitigated vexation and misery.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
town
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From this reading Tankerville was a dirty, prosperous, ungainly town, which seemed to exude coal-dust or coal-mud at every pore.
ungainly
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From this reading Tankerville was a dirty, prosperous, ungainly town, which seemed to exude coal-dust or coal-mud at every pore.
unmitigated
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From this reading They met at the Lambton Arms, and there Phineas established himself, knowing well that he had before him ten days of unmitigated vexation and misery.
vexation
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From this reading They met at the Lambton Arms, and there Phineas established himself, knowing well that he had before him ten days of unmitigated vexation and misery.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
well
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From this reading They met at the Lambton Arms, and there Phineas established himself, knowing well that he had before him ten days of unmitigated vexation and misery.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Tankerville was a dirty, prosperous, ungainly town, which seemed to exude coal-dust or coal-mud at every pore.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The great Mr. Molescroft himself came over to Tankerville for the purpose of introducing our hero to the electors and to Mr. Ruddles, the local Liberal agent, who was to be employed.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was so well recognised as being dirty that people did not expect to meet each other with clean hands and faces.
