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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 “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
absence
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From this reading In my mother’s absence, I accept,” he added, striking the astonished innkeeper on the shoulder.
accept
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From this reading In my mother’s absence, I accept,” he added, striking the astonished innkeeper on the shoulder.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In my mother’s absence, I accept,” he added, striking the astonished innkeeper on the shoulder.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Distinction!” said the ringing and ironical voice of the person who had just come down the stairway.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
astonishedadjectiveUS /əˈstɑːnɪʃt/
very surprised
From this reading In my mother’s absence, I accept,” he added, striking the astonished innkeeper on the shoulder.
attention
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From this reading The charming heedlessness of youth disguised the haughty insolence of the words, which drew the attention of every one present to the new-comer.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
breakfast
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From this reading “Why, the breakfast with your persons of distinction,” replied Francine, impatiently.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
charming
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From this reading The charming heedlessness of youth disguised the haughty insolence of the words, which drew the attention of every one present to the new-comer.
citizen
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From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Distinction!” said the ringing and ironical voice of the person who had just come down the stairway.
company
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From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
disguised
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From this reading The charming heedlessness of youth disguised the haughty insolence of the words, which drew the attention of every one present to the new-comer.
distinction
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From this reading “Why, the breakfast with your persons of distinction,” replied Francine, impatiently.
down
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From this reading “Distinction!” said the ringing and ironical voice of the person who had just come down the stairway.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The charming heedlessness of youth disguised the haughty insolence of the words, which drew the attention of every one present to the new-comer.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The charming heedlessness of youth disguised the haughty insolence of the words, which drew the attention of every one present to the new-comer.
fellow
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From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
female
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From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
fools
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From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
Francine
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From this reading “Why, the breakfast with your persons of distinction,” replied Francine, impatiently.
give
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From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “Distinction!” said the ringing and ironical voice of the person who had just come down the stairway.
haughty
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From this reading The charming heedlessness of youth disguised the haughty insolence of the words, which drew the attention of every one present to the new-comer.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In my mother’s absence, I accept,” he added, striking the astonished innkeeper on the shoulder.
heedlessness
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From this reading The charming heedlessness of youth disguised the haughty insolence of the words, which drew the attention of every one present to the new-comer.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In my mother’s absence, I accept,” he added, striking the astonished innkeeper on the shoulder.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
impatiently
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From this reading “Why, the breakfast with your persons of distinction,” replied Francine, impatiently.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In my mother’s absence, I accept,” he added, striking the astonished innkeeper on the shoulder.
inn
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From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
innkeeper
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From this reading In my mother’s absence, I accept,” he added, striking the astonished innkeeper on the shoulder.
insolence
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From this reading The charming heedlessness of youth disguised the haughty insolence of the words, which drew the attention of every one present to the new-comer.
ironical
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From this reading “Distinction!” said the ringing and ironical voice of the person who had just come down the stairway.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
it's
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From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
joke
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From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
just
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From this reading “Distinction!” said the ringing and ironical voice of the person who had just come down the stairway.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
mother's
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From this reading In my mother’s absence, I accept,” he added, striking the astonished innkeeper on the shoulder.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
new-comer
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From this reading The charming heedlessness of youth disguised the haughty insolence of the words, which drew the attention of every one present to the new-comer.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Why, the breakfast with your persons of distinction,” replied Francine, impatiently.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading In my mother’s absence, I accept,” he added, striking the astonished innkeeper on the shoulder.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The charming heedlessness of youth disguised the haughty insolence of the words, which drew the attention of every one present to the new-comer.
person
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From this reading “Distinction!” said the ringing and ironical voice of the person who had just come down the stairway.
persons
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From this reading “Why, the breakfast with your persons of distinction,” replied Francine, impatiently.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
present
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From this reading The charming heedlessness of youth disguised the haughty insolence of the words, which drew the attention of every one present to the new-comer.
refuse
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From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
repliednounUS /replied/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Why, the breakfast with your persons of distinction,” replied Francine, impatiently.
ringing
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From this reading “Distinction!” said the ringing and ironical voice of the person who had just come down the stairway.
said
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From this reading “Distinction!” said the ringing and ironical voice of the person who had just come down the stairway.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
shoulder
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From this reading In my mother’s absence, I accept,” he added, striking the astonished innkeeper on the shoulder.
stairway
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From this reading “Distinction!” said the ringing and ironical voice of the person who had just come down the stairway.
strikes
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From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
striking
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From this reading In my mother’s absence, I accept,” he added, striking the astonished innkeeper on the shoulder.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Why, the breakfast with your persons of distinction,” replied Francine, impatiently.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
very
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From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
voice
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From this reading “Distinction!” said the ringing and ironical voice of the person who had just come down the stairway.
want
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From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The charming heedlessness of youth disguised the haughty insolence of the words, which drew the attention of every one present to the new-comer.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading “Distinction!” said the ringing and ironical voice of the person who had just come down the stairway.
Why
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From this reading “Why, the breakfast with your persons of distinction,” replied Francine, impatiently.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Why, the breakfast with your persons of distinction,” replied Francine, impatiently.
words
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From this reading The charming heedlessness of youth disguised the haughty insolence of the words, which drew the attention of every one present to the new-comer.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
young
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From this reading “My good fellow, that strikes me as a very poor inn joke; but if it’s the company of this young female citizen that you want to give us, we should be fools to refuse it.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Why, the breakfast with your persons of distinction,” replied Francine, impatiently.
youth
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From this reading The charming heedlessness of youth disguised the haughty insolence of the words, which drew the attention of every one present to the new-comer.
