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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 _Col._ No, Sir _John_; but I take a Pipe sometimes.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So, he answered as you do, Colonel; No, but I sometimes take a Pipe: So, he took a Pipe in his Hand, and fiddled with it till he broke it: So, said I, Pray, Sir, can you make a Pipe?
answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading So, he answered as you do, Colonel; No, but I sometimes take a Pipe: So, he took a Pipe in his Hand, and fiddled with it till he broke it: So, said I, Pray, Sir, can you make a Pipe?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So, he answered as you do, Colonel; No, but I sometimes take a Pipe: So, he took a Pipe in his Hand, and fiddled with it till he broke it: So, said I, Pray, Sir, can you make a Pipe?
away
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From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
beg
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From this reading (Ladies, I beg your Pardon.) Colonel, do you never smoke?
Blades
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From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
broke
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From this reading So, he answered as you do, Colonel; No, but I sometimes take a Pipe: So, he took a Pipe in his Hand, and fiddled with it till he broke it: So, said I, Pray, Sir, can you make a Pipe?
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading _Sir John_ [_to Neverout._] What! you don’t smoke, I warrant you, but you smock.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading So, he answered as you do, Colonel; No, but I sometimes take a Pipe: So, he took a Pipe in his Hand, and fiddled with it till he broke it: So, said I, Pray, Sir, can you make a Pipe?
Col
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From this reading _Col._ No, Sir _John_; but I take a Pipe sometimes.
Colonel
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From this reading (Ladies, I beg your Pardon.) Colonel, do you never smoke?
Darbyshire
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From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
dined
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From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
Dinner
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From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading (Ladies, I beg your Pardon.) Colonel, do you never smoke?
don't
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From this reading _Sir John_ [_to Neverout._] What! you don’t smoke, I warrant you, but you smock.
fiddled
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From this reading So, he answered as you do, Colonel; No, but I sometimes take a Pipe: So, he took a Pipe in his Hand, and fiddled with it till he broke it: So, said I, Pray, Sir, can you make a Pipe?
finical
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From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
GentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
Hand
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From this reading So, he answered as you do, Colonel; No, but I sometimes take a Pipe: So, he took a Pipe in his Hand, and fiddled with it till he broke it: So, said I, Pray, Sir, can you make a Pipe?
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So, he answered as you do, Colonel; No, but I sometimes take a Pipe: So, he took a Pipe in his Hand, and fiddled with it till he broke it: So, said I, Pray, Sir, can you make a Pipe?
Head
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From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading _Sir John_ [_to Neverout._] What! you don’t smoke, I warrant you, but you smock.
I'faith
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From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading So, he answered as you do, Colonel; No, but I sometimes take a Pipe: So, he took a Pipe in his Hand, and fiddled with it till he broke it: So, said I, Pray, Sir, can you make a Pipe?
John
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From this reading _Sir John_ [_to Neverout._] What! you don’t smoke, I warrant you, but you smock.
Ladies
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From this reading (Ladies, I beg your Pardon.) Colonel, do you never smoke?
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
London
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From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So, he answered as you do, Colonel; No, but I sometimes take a Pipe: So, he took a Pipe in his Hand, and fiddled with it till he broke it: So, said I, Pray, Sir, can you make a Pipe?
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading (Ladies, I beg your Pardon.) Colonel, do you never smoke?
Neverout
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From this reading _Sir John_ [_to Neverout._] What! you don’t smoke, I warrant you, but you smock.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading _Col._ No, Sir _John_; but I take a Pipe sometimes.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
Pardon
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From this reading (Ladies, I beg your Pardon.) Colonel, do you never smoke?
Pipe
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From this reading _Col._ No, Sir _John_; but I take a Pipe sometimes.
Pray
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From this reading So, he answered as you do, Colonel; No, but I sometimes take a Pipe: So, he took a Pipe in his Hand, and fiddled with it till he broke it: So, said I, Pray, Sir, can you make a Pipe?
said
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From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
Sir
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From this reading _Sir John_ [_to Neverout._] What! you don’t smoke, I warrant you, but you smock.
smock
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From this reading _Sir John_ [_to Neverout._] What! you don’t smoke, I warrant you, but you smock.
smoke
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From this reading _Sir John_ [_to Neverout._] What! you don’t smoke, I warrant you, but you smock.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
sometimes
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From this reading _Col._ No, Sir _John_; but I take a Pipe sometimes.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Col._ No, Sir _John_; but I take a Pipe sometimes.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading So, he answered as you do, Colonel; No, but I sometimes take a Pipe: So, he took a Pipe in his Hand, and fiddled with it till he broke it: So, said I, Pray, Sir, can you make a Pipe?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _Sir John_ [_to Neverout._] What! you don’t smoke, I warrant you, but you smock.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
turn'd
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From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
warrant
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From this reading _Sir John_ [_to Neverout._] What! you don’t smoke, I warrant you, but you smock.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading _Sir John_ [_to Neverout._] What! you don’t smoke, I warrant you, but you smock.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
Year
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From this reading _Sir John._ I’faith, one of your finical _London_ Blades dined with me last Year in _Darbyshire_; so, after Dinner, I took a Pipe; so my Gentleman turn’d away his Head: So, said I, What, Sir, do you never smoke?
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading _Sir John_ [_to Neverout._] What! you don’t smoke, I warrant you, but you smock.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading (Ladies, I beg your Pardon.) Colonel, do you never smoke?
