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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 A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
age
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From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
all
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From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
always
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From this reading He always wore just the right and proper clothes, steering the narrow way between the smart and the shabby, always subscribed to the right charities, just the judicious compromise between ostentation and meanness, and never failed to have his hair cut to exactly the proper length.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading He always wore just the right and proper clothes, steering the narrow way between the smart and the shabby, always subscribed to the right charities, just the judicious compromise between ostentation and meanness, and never failed to have his hair cut to exactly the proper length.
charities
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From this reading He always wore just the right and proper clothes, steering the narrow way between the smart and the shabby, always subscribed to the right charities, just the judicious compromise between ostentation and meanness, and never failed to have his hair cut to exactly the proper length.
church
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From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
clothes
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From this reading He always wore just the right and proper clothes, steering the narrow way between the smart and the shabby, always subscribed to the right charities, just the judicious compromise between ostentation and meanness, and never failed to have his hair cut to exactly the proper length.
ComenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
compromise
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From this reading He always wore just the right and proper clothes, steering the narrow way between the smart and the shabby, always subscribed to the right charities, just the judicious compromise between ostentation and meanness, and never failed to have his hair cut to exactly the proper length.
contempt
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From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
contented
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From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
CURE
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From this reading A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
cut
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From this reading He always wore just the right and proper clothes, steering the narrow way between the smart and the shabby, always subscribed to the right charities, just the judicious compromise between ostentation and meanness, and never failed to have his hair cut to exactly the proper length.
Days
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From this reading A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Everything that it was right and proper for a man in his position to possess, he possessed; and everything that it was not right and proper for a man in his position to possess, he did not possess.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading He was one of those people who do everything that is right and proper and sensible with inevitable regularity.
Englishman
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From this reading A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading He was one of those people who do everything that is right and proper and sensible with inevitable regularity.
exactly
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From this reading He always wore just the right and proper clothes, steering the narrow way between the smart and the shabby, always subscribed to the right charities, just the judicious compromise between ostentation and meanness, and never failed to have his hair cut to exactly the proper length.
excellent
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From this reading A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
expression
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From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
face
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From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
failed
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From this reading He always wore just the right and proper clothes, steering the narrow way between the smart and the shabby, always subscribed to the right charities, just the judicious compromise between ostentation and meanness, and never failed to have his hair cut to exactly the proper length.
FORprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
GoodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
grew
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From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
hair
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From this reading He always wore just the right and proper clothes, steering the narrow way between the smart and the shabby, always subscribed to the right charities, just the judicious compromise between ostentation and meanness, and never failed to have his hair cut to exactly the proper length.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He always wore just the right and proper clothes, steering the narrow way between the smart and the shabby, always subscribed to the right charities, just the judicious compromise between ostentation and meanness, and never failed to have his hair cut to exactly the proper length.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
inevitable
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From this reading He was one of those people who do everything that is right and proper and sensible with inevitable regularity.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was one of those people who do everything that is right and proper and sensible with inevitable regularity.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Everything that it was right and proper for a man in his position to possess, he possessed; and everything that it was not right and proper for a man in his position to possess, he did not possess.
judicious
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From this reading He always wore just the right and proper clothes, steering the narrow way between the smart and the shabby, always subscribed to the right charities, just the judicious compromise between ostentation and meanness, and never failed to have his hair cut to exactly the proper length.
just
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From this reading He always wore just the right and proper clothes, steering the narrow way between the smart and the shabby, always subscribed to the right charities, just the judicious compromise between ostentation and meanness, and never failed to have his hair cut to exactly the proper length.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading He always wore just the right and proper clothes, steering the narrow way between the smart and the shabby, always subscribed to the right charities, just the judicious compromise between ostentation and meanness, and never failed to have his hair cut to exactly the proper length.
lived
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From this reading A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
LOVE
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From this reading A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
man
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From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
meanness
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From this reading He always wore just the right and proper clothes, steering the narrow way between the smart and the shabby, always subscribed to the right charities, just the judicious compromise between ostentation and meanness, and never failed to have his hair cut to exactly the proper length.
middle
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From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
Morris
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From this reading A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
Mr
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From this reading A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
narrow
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From this reading He always wore just the right and proper clothes, steering the narrow way between the smart and the shabby, always subscribed to the right charities, just the judicious compromise between ostentation and meanness, and never failed to have his hair cut to exactly the proper length.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He always wore just the right and proper clothes, steering the narrow way between the smart and the shabby, always subscribed to the right charities, just the judicious compromise between ostentation and meanness, and never failed to have his hair cut to exactly the proper length.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He was one of those people who do everything that is right and proper and sensible with inevitable regularity.
ostentation
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From this reading He always wore just the right and proper clothes, steering the narrow way between the smart and the shabby, always subscribed to the right charities, just the judicious compromise between ostentation and meanness, and never failed to have his hair cut to exactly the proper length.
people
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From this reading He was one of those people who do everything that is right and proper and sensible with inevitable regularity.
position
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From this reading Everything that it was right and proper for a man in his position to possess, he possessed; and everything that it was not right and proper for a man in his position to possess, he did not possess.
possess
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From this reading Everything that it was right and proper for a man in his position to possess, he possessed; and everything that it was not right and proper for a man in his position to possess, he did not possess.
possessed
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From this reading Everything that it was right and proper for a man in his position to possess, he possessed; and everything that it was not right and proper for a man in his position to possess, he did not possess.
proper
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From this reading He was one of those people who do everything that is right and proper and sensible with inevitable regularity.
prosperousadjectiveUS /ˈprɑspərəs/
successful and without serious problems
From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
Queen
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From this reading A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
quiet
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From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
read
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From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
regularity
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From this reading He was one of those people who do everything that is right and proper and sensible with inevitable regularity.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was one of those people who do everything that is right and proper and sensible with inevitable regularity.
sensible
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From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
settled
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From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
shabby
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From this reading He always wore just the right and proper clothes, steering the narrow way between the smart and the shabby, always subscribed to the right charities, just the judicious compromise between ostentation and meanness, and never failed to have his hair cut to exactly the proper length.
smart
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From this reading He always wore just the right and proper clothes, steering the narrow way between the smart and the shabby, always subscribed to the right charities, just the judicious compromise between ostentation and meanness, and never failed to have his hair cut to exactly the proper length.
steering
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From this reading He always wore just the right and proper clothes, steering the narrow way between the smart and the shabby, always subscribed to the right charities, just the judicious compromise between ostentation and meanness, and never failed to have his hair cut to exactly the proper length.
Story
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From this reading A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
subscribed
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From this reading He always wore just the right and proper clothes, steering the narrow way between the smart and the shabby, always subscribed to the right charities, just the judicious compromise between ostentation and meanness, and never failed to have his hair cut to exactly the proper length.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He was one of those people who do everything that is right and proper and sensible with inevitable regularity.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading He was one of those people who do everything that is right and proper and sensible with inevitable regularity.
Times
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From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
very
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From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
Victoria
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From this reading A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A Story of the Days to Come A STORY OF THE DAYS TO COME I--THE CURE FOR LOVE The excellent Mr. Morris was an Englishman, and he lived in the days of Queen Victoria the Good.
way
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From this reading He always wore just the right and proper clothes, steering the narrow way between the smart and the shabby, always subscribed to the right charities, just the judicious compromise between ostentation and meanness, and never failed to have his hair cut to exactly the proper length.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He was a prosperous and very sensible man; he read the _Times_ and went to church, and as he grew towards middle age an expression of quiet contented contempt for all who were not as himself settled on his face.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was one of those people who do everything that is right and proper and sensible with inevitable regularity.
wore
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From this reading He always wore just the right and proper clothes, steering the narrow way between the smart and the shabby, always subscribed to the right charities, just the judicious compromise between ostentation and meanness, and never failed to have his hair cut to exactly the proper length.
