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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 THE CHOICE OF A PROFESSION.
ago
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From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
always
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
Arthur
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
awake
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
back
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From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
barytone
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
bass
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
Bertram
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
best
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From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
business
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From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
case
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
CHOICE
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From this reading THE CHOICE OF A PROFESSION.
clear
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From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
deep-mouthed
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
eager
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
excitable
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
George
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
go
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From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
Harcourt
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
Henry
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
hero
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From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
heroes
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From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Harcourt, who was himself a lawyer, recommended the law.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
impervious
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
law
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From this reading Harcourt, who was himself a lawyer, recommended the law.
lawyer
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From this reading Harcourt, who was himself a lawyer, recommended the law.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
legs
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From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
love-lorn
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
melancholy
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
Mr
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
now
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From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE CHOICE OF A PROFESSION.
opera
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
other
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From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
over-scrupulous
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
peculiar
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From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
present
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From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
PROFESSION
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From this reading THE CHOICE OF A PROFESSION.
rather
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From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
recommended
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From this reading Harcourt, who was himself a lawyer, recommended the law.
sentimentality
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
some
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From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
state
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From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
suited
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From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
tenor
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CHOICE OF A PROFESSION.
things
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
true
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
very
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From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
walk
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From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Harcourt, who was himself a lawyer, recommended the law.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must now go back to our other hero, or, rather, to another of our heroes.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Harcourt, who was himself a lawyer, recommended the law.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
wide
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
Wilkinson
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
world's
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From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
year
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From this reading Our present business is with the excitable barytone, whom we left some year and a half ago in not a very clear state of mind as to the walk in life which would be best suited for his peculiar legs.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Arthur Wilkinson is our melancholy love-lorn tenor, George Bertram our eager, excitable barytone, and Mr. Harcourt--Henry Harcourt--our bass, wide awake to the world's good things, impervious to sentimentality, and not over-scrupulous--as is always the case with your true deep-mouthed opera bass.
