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Chapter XII

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Every Man His Own Paper-Hanger.
It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.
I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.
Some of these recipes I have tried.
I have tried the recipe for paste and directions for applying wall paper, as published recently in an agricultural paper to which I had become very much attached.
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Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Remarks

Chapter XII

Reading 1/84 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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Every Man His Own Paper-Hanger.
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It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.
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I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.
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Some of these recipes I have tried.
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I have tried the recipe for paste and directions for applying wall paper, as published recently in an agricultural paper to which I had become very much attached.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Because conjunction US /bɪˈkɔːz/

for the reason that

From this reading “I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.”

Been auxiliary verb US /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading “I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.”

Distant adjective US /ˈdɪstənt/

not friendly or close

From this reading “It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.”

Every determiner US /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading “Every Man His Own Paper-Hanger.”

Have auxiliary verb US /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading “I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.”

Over preposition US /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading “I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.”

Printed noun US /printed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.”

These determiner US /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading “I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.”

Would modal verb US /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading “It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.”

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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 It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

accumulated

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From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

agricultural

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From this reading I have tried the recipe for paste and directions for applying wall paper, as published recently in an agricultural paper to which I had become very much attached.

all

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From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

applying

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From this reading I have tried the recipe for paste and directions for applying wall paper, as published recently in an agricultural paper to which I had become very much attached.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading I have tried the recipe for paste and directions for applying wall paper, as published recently in an agricultural paper to which I had become very much attached.

assortment

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From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

attached

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From this reading I have tried the recipe for paste and directions for applying wall paper, as published recently in an agricultural paper to which I had become very much attached.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/

for the reason that

From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

become

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From this reading I have tried the recipe for paste and directions for applying wall paper, as published recently in an agricultural paper to which I had become very much attached.

beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/

the past participle of “be”

From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

book

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From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

choice

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From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

country

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From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

day

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From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

directions

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From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/

not friendly or close

From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/

all the members of a group, with none left out

From this reading Every Man His Own Paper-Hanger.

excellent

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From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

filled

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From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

forprepositionUS /fɔːr/

intended to be given to, or used by, somebody

From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

general

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From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/

the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect

From this reading I have tried the recipe for paste and directions for applying wall paper, as published recently in an agricultural paper to which I had become very much attached.

happy

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From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading Every Man His Own Paper-Hanger.

home

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From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

immense

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From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

issue

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From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

making

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From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

Man

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From this reading Every Man His Own Paper-Hanger.

mepronounUS /miː/

the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

much

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From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

nodeterminerUS /noʊ/

not any; not one

From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/

above and across; more than

From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

Own

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From this reading Every Man His Own Paper-Hanger.

paper

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From this reading I have tried the recipe for paste and directions for applying wall paper, as published recently in an agricultural paper to which I had become very much attached.

Paper-Hanger

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From this reading Every Man His Own Paper-Hanger.

papers

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From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

paste

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From this reading I have tried the recipe for paste and directions for applying wall paper, as published recently in an agricultural paper to which I had become very much attached.

please

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From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

printednounUS /printed/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

published

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From this reading I have tried the recipe for paste and directions for applying wall paper, as published recently in an agricultural paper to which I had become very much attached.

recently

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From this reading I have tried the recipe for paste and directions for applying wall paper, as published recently in an agricultural paper to which I had become very much attached.

recipe

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From this reading I have tried the recipe for paste and directions for applying wall paper, as published recently in an agricultural paper to which I had become very much attached.

recipes

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From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

small

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From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

Some

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From this reading Some of these recipes I have tried.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

things

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From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

tried

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From this reading Some of these recipes I have tried.

use

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From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

very

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From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

wall

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From this reading I have tried the recipe for paste and directions for applying wall paper, as published recently in an agricultural paper to which I had become very much attached.

way

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From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.

whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading I have tried the recipe for paste and directions for applying wall paper, as published recently in an agricultural paper to which I had become very much attached.

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/

used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past

From this reading It would please me very much, at no distant day, to issue a small book filled with choice recipes and directions for making home happy.

wrong

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From this reading I have accumulated an immense assortment of these things, all of general use and all excellent in their way, because they have been printed in papers all over the country--papers that would not be wrong.