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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 When I found my father a miserable drunkard and outcast, that seemed to me the greatest mishap which could possibly befall me.
all
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From this reading Certainly I never went to work so cheerfully in my life, for somehow all my mishaps seemed to have been turned into blessings.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IN WHICH PHIL LISTENS TO THE CONFESSION OF HIS PERSECUTOR, AND ENDS PLANE AND PLANK.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Certainly I never went to work so cheerfully in my life, for somehow all my mishaps seemed to have been turned into blessings.
befall
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From this reading When I found my father a miserable drunkard and outcast, that seemed to me the greatest mishap which could possibly befall me.
blessed
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From this reading But now he was a new man, through the blessed ministrations of Mrs. Greenough; and through him I hoped to find the highest of earthly bliss in our reunited family.
blessings
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From this reading Certainly I never went to work so cheerfully in my life, for somehow all my mishaps seemed to have been turned into blessings.
bliss
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From this reading But now he was a new man, through the blessed ministrations of Mrs. Greenough; and through him I hoped to find the highest of earthly bliss in our reunited family.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But now he was a new man, through the blessed ministrations of Mrs. Greenough; and through him I hoped to find the highest of earthly bliss in our reunited family.
Certainly
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From this reading Certainly I never went to work so cheerfully in my life, for somehow all my mishaps seemed to have been turned into blessings.
cheerfully
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From this reading Certainly I never went to work so cheerfully in my life, for somehow all my mishaps seemed to have been turned into blessings.
CONFESSION
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From this reading IN WHICH PHIL LISTENS TO THE CONFESSION OF HIS PERSECUTOR, AND ENDS PLANE AND PLANK.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading When I found my father a miserable drunkard and outcast, that seemed to me the greatest mishap which could possibly befall me.
day
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From this reading I went to my work on Monday morning, and Plane and Plank were to employ me for the day.
drunkard
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From this reading When I found my father a miserable drunkard and outcast, that seemed to me the greatest mishap which could possibly befall me.
earthly
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From this reading But now he was a new man, through the blessed ministrations of Mrs. Greenough; and through him I hoped to find the highest of earthly bliss in our reunited family.
employ
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From this reading I went to my work on Monday morning, and Plane and Plank were to employ me for the day.
ENDS
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From this reading IN WHICH PHIL LISTENS TO THE CONFESSION OF HIS PERSECUTOR, AND ENDS PLANE AND PLANK.
family
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From this reading But now he was a new man, through the blessed ministrations of Mrs. Greenough; and through him I hoped to find the highest of earthly bliss in our reunited family.
father
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From this reading When I found my father a miserable drunkard and outcast, that seemed to me the greatest mishap which could possibly befall me.
find
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From this reading But now he was a new man, through the blessed ministrations of Mrs. Greenough; and through him I hoped to find the highest of earthly bliss in our reunited family.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I went to my work on Monday morning, and Plane and Plank were to employ me for the day.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When I found my father a miserable drunkard and outcast, that seemed to me the greatest mishap which could possibly befall me.
greatest
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From this reading When I found my father a miserable drunkard and outcast, that seemed to me the greatest mishap which could possibly befall me.
Greenough
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From this reading But now he was a new man, through the blessed ministrations of Mrs. Greenough; and through him I hoped to find the highest of earthly bliss in our reunited family.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Certainly I never went to work so cheerfully in my life, for somehow all my mishaps seemed to have been turned into blessings.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But now he was a new man, through the blessed ministrations of Mrs. Greenough; and through him I hoped to find the highest of earthly bliss in our reunited family.
highest
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From this reading But now he was a new man, through the blessed ministrations of Mrs. Greenough; and through him I hoped to find the highest of earthly bliss in our reunited family.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But now he was a new man, through the blessed ministrations of Mrs. Greenough; and through him I hoped to find the highest of earthly bliss in our reunited family.
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH PHIL LISTENS TO THE CONFESSION OF HIS PERSECUTOR, AND ENDS PLANE AND PLANK.
hoped
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From this reading But now he was a new man, through the blessed ministrations of Mrs. Greenough; and through him I hoped to find the highest of earthly bliss in our reunited family.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I went to my work on Monday morning, and Plane and Plank were to employ me for the day.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN WHICH PHIL LISTENS TO THE CONFESSION OF HIS PERSECUTOR, AND ENDS PLANE AND PLANK.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Certainly I never went to work so cheerfully in my life, for somehow all my mishaps seemed to have been turned into blessings.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Certainly I never went to work so cheerfully in my life, for somehow all my mishaps seemed to have been turned into blessings.
LISTENS
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From this reading IN WHICH PHIL LISTENS TO THE CONFESSION OF HIS PERSECUTOR, AND ENDS PLANE AND PLANK.
man
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From this reading But now he was a new man, through the blessed ministrations of Mrs. Greenough; and through him I hoped to find the highest of earthly bliss in our reunited family.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I went to my work on Monday morning, and Plane and Plank were to employ me for the day.
ministrations
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From this reading But now he was a new man, through the blessed ministrations of Mrs. Greenough; and through him I hoped to find the highest of earthly bliss in our reunited family.
miserable
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From this reading When I found my father a miserable drunkard and outcast, that seemed to me the greatest mishap which could possibly befall me.
mishap
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From this reading When I found my father a miserable drunkard and outcast, that seemed to me the greatest mishap which could possibly befall me.
mishaps
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From this reading Certainly I never went to work so cheerfully in my life, for somehow all my mishaps seemed to have been turned into blessings.
Monday
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From this reading I went to my work on Monday morning, and Plane and Plank were to employ me for the day.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I went to my work on Monday morning, and Plane and Plank were to employ me for the day.
Mrs
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From this reading But now he was a new man, through the blessed ministrations of Mrs. Greenough; and through him I hoped to find the highest of earthly bliss in our reunited family.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I went to my work on Monday morning, and Plane and Plank were to employ me for the day.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Certainly I never went to work so cheerfully in my life, for somehow all my mishaps seemed to have been turned into blessings.
new
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From this reading But now he was a new man, through the blessed ministrations of Mrs. Greenough; and through him I hoped to find the highest of earthly bliss in our reunited family.
now
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From this reading But now he was a new man, through the blessed ministrations of Mrs. Greenough; and through him I hoped to find the highest of earthly bliss in our reunited family.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IN WHICH PHIL LISTENS TO THE CONFESSION OF HIS PERSECUTOR, AND ENDS PLANE AND PLANK.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I went to my work on Monday morning, and Plane and Plank were to employ me for the day.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading But now he was a new man, through the blessed ministrations of Mrs. Greenough; and through him I hoped to find the highest of earthly bliss in our reunited family.
outcast
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From this reading When I found my father a miserable drunkard and outcast, that seemed to me the greatest mishap which could possibly befall me.
PERSECUTOR
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From this reading IN WHICH PHIL LISTENS TO THE CONFESSION OF HIS PERSECUTOR, AND ENDS PLANE AND PLANK.
PHIL
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From this reading IN WHICH PHIL LISTENS TO THE CONFESSION OF HIS PERSECUTOR, AND ENDS PLANE AND PLANK.
PLANE
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From this reading IN WHICH PHIL LISTENS TO THE CONFESSION OF HIS PERSECUTOR, AND ENDS PLANE AND PLANK.
PLANK
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From this reading IN WHICH PHIL LISTENS TO THE CONFESSION OF HIS PERSECUTOR, AND ENDS PLANE AND PLANK.
possibly
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From this reading When I found my father a miserable drunkard and outcast, that seemed to me the greatest mishap which could possibly befall me.
reunited
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From this reading But now he was a new man, through the blessed ministrations of Mrs. Greenough; and through him I hoped to find the highest of earthly bliss in our reunited family.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Certainly I never went to work so cheerfully in my life, for somehow all my mishaps seemed to have been turned into blessings.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Certainly I never went to work so cheerfully in my life, for somehow all my mishaps seemed to have been turned into blessings.
somehow
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From this reading Certainly I never went to work so cheerfully in my life, for somehow all my mishaps seemed to have been turned into blessings.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When I found my father a miserable drunkard and outcast, that seemed to me the greatest mishap which could possibly befall me.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN WHICH PHIL LISTENS TO THE CONFESSION OF HIS PERSECUTOR, AND ENDS PLANE AND PLANK.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But now he was a new man, through the blessed ministrations of Mrs. Greenough; and through him I hoped to find the highest of earthly bliss in our reunited family.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading IN WHICH PHIL LISTENS TO THE CONFESSION OF HIS PERSECUTOR, AND ENDS PLANE AND PLANK.
turned
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From this reading Certainly I never went to work so cheerfully in my life, for somehow all my mishaps seemed to have been turned into blessings.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But now he was a new man, through the blessed ministrations of Mrs. Greenough; and through him I hoped to find the highest of earthly bliss in our reunited family.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I went to my work on Monday morning, and Plane and Plank were to employ me for the day.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading I went to my work on Monday morning, and Plane and Plank were to employ me for the day.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When I found my father a miserable drunkard and outcast, that seemed to me the greatest mishap which could possibly befall me.
WHICHpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH PHIL LISTENS TO THE CONFESSION OF HIS PERSECUTOR, AND ENDS PLANE AND PLANK.
work
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From this reading I went to my work on Monday morning, and Plane and Plank were to employ me for the day.
