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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 He came out of his theories and clevernesses; his premature man-of-the-worldness, on which he had prided himself on his travels, ‘shrank like a thing ashamed’ before this real sorrow.
abruptly
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From this reading As for Dick, it seemed to him as if his life had come abruptly to an end.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
almost
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dick and his father were henceforth on terms of coldness.
anger
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
appalling
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As for Dick, it seemed to him as if his life had come abruptly to an end.
ashamedadjectiveUS /əˈʃeɪmd/
feeling guilt or embarrassment after doing something that causes embarrassment
From this reading He came out of his theories and clevernesses; his premature man-of-the-worldness, on which he had prided himself on his travels, ‘shrank like a thing ashamed’ before this real sorrow.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He came out of his theories and clevernesses; his premature man-of-the-worldness, on which he had prided himself on his travels, ‘shrank like a thing ashamed’ before this real sorrow.
buckrammed
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
came
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From this reading He came out of his theories and clevernesses; his premature man-of-the-worldness, on which he had prided himself on his travels, ‘shrank like a thing ashamed’ before this real sorrow.
clevernesses
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From this reading He came out of his theories and clevernesses; his premature man-of-the-worldness, on which he had prided himself on his travels, ‘shrank like a thing ashamed’ before this real sorrow.
coldness
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From this reading Dick and his father were henceforth on terms of coldness.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As for Dick, it seemed to him as if his life had come abruptly to an end.
courtesy
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
crops
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
Dick
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From this reading Dick and his father were henceforth on terms of coldness.
Dick's
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
discussed
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
distantadjectiveUS /ˈdɪstənt/
not friendly or close
From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
distinct
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
end
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From this reading As for Dick, it seemed to him as if his life had come abruptly to an end.
father
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From this reading Dick and his father were henceforth on terms of coldness.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As for Dick, it seemed to him as if his life had come abruptly to an end.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
grew
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As for Dick, it seemed to him as if his life had come abruptly to an end.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
health
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
henceforth
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From this reading Dick and his father were henceforth on terms of coldness.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As for Dick, it seemed to him as if his life had come abruptly to an end.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He came out of his theories and clevernesses; his premature man-of-the-worldness, on which he had prided himself on his travels, ‘shrank like a thing ashamed’ before this real sorrow.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Dick and his father were henceforth on terms of coldness.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading As for Dick, it seemed to him as if his life had come abruptly to an end.
immortaladjUS /ɪˈmɔːr.t̬əl/
Living forever; never dying or decaying. (Bất tử, trường tồn vĩnh cửu.)
From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
indignation
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading As for Dick, it seemed to him as if his life had come abruptly to an end.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As for Dick, it seemed to him as if his life had come abruptly to an end.
like
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From this reading He came out of his theories and clevernesses; his premature man-of-the-worldness, on which he had prided himself on his travels, ‘shrank like a thing ashamed’ before this real sorrow.
man-of-the-worldness
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From this reading He came out of his theories and clevernesses; his premature man-of-the-worldness, on which he had prided himself on his travels, ‘shrank like a thing ashamed’ before this real sorrow.
met
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
more
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading THERE was no return to the subject.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dick and his father were henceforth on terms of coldness.
old
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Dick and his father were henceforth on terms of coldness.
out
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From this reading He came out of his theories and clevernesses; his premature man-of-the-worldness, on which he had prided himself on his travels, ‘shrank like a thing ashamed’ before this real sorrow.
point-de-vice
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
premature
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From this reading He came out of his theories and clevernesses; his premature man-of-the-worldness, on which he had prided himself on his travels, ‘shrank like a thing ashamed’ before this real sorrow.
prided
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From this reading He came out of his theories and clevernesses; his premature man-of-the-worldness, on which he had prided himself on his travels, ‘shrank like a thing ashamed’ before this real sorrow.
pronunciation
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
real
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From this reading He came out of his theories and clevernesses; his premature man-of-the-worldness, on which he had prided himself on his travels, ‘shrank like a thing ashamed’ before this real sorrow.
return
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From this reading THERE was no return to the subject.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As for Dick, it seemed to him as if his life had come abruptly to an end.
shrank
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From this reading He came out of his theories and clevernesses; his premature man-of-the-worldness, on which he had prided himself on his travels, ‘shrank like a thing ashamed’ before this real sorrow.
sometimes
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
son
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
sorrow
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From this reading He came out of his theories and clevernesses; his premature man-of-the-worldness, on which he had prided himself on his travels, ‘shrank like a thing ashamed’ before this real sorrow.
subject
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From this reading THERE was no return to the subject.
suppressed
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
terms
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From this reading Dick and his father were henceforth on terms of coldness.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THERE was no return to the subject.
theories
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From this reading He came out of his theories and clevernesses; his premature man-of-the-worldness, on which he had prided himself on his travels, ‘shrank like a thing ashamed’ before this real sorrow.
THERE
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From this reading THERE was no return to the subject.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He came out of his theories and clevernesses; his premature man-of-the-worldness, on which he had prided himself on his travels, ‘shrank like a thing ashamed’ before this real sorrow.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He came out of his theories and clevernesses; his premature man-of-the-worldness, on which he had prided himself on his travels, ‘shrank like a thing ashamed’ before this real sorrow.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THERE was no return to the subject.
travels
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From this reading He came out of his theories and clevernesses; his premature man-of-the-worldness, on which he had prided himself on his travels, ‘shrank like a thing ashamed’ before this real sorrow.
trembling
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
upright
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
voice
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THERE was no return to the subject.
weather
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From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Dick and his father were henceforth on terms of coldness.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He came out of his theories and clevernesses; his premature man-of-the-worldness, on which he had prided himself on his travels, ‘shrank like a thing ashamed’ before this real sorrow.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The upright old gentleman grew more upright when he met his son, buckrammed with immortal anger; he asked after Dick’s health, and discussed the weather and the crops with an appalling courtesy; his pronunciation was _point-de-vice_, his voice was distant, distinct, and sometimes almost trembling with suppressed indignation.
