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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 ENGLISH Just as Shelton was starting to walk back to Oxford he met Mr. Dennant coming from a ride.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading You're not off already?” and, laying his hand on Shelton's arm, he proposed to walk a little way with him across the fields.
Ah
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From this reading “Ah, Shelton!” he said, in his quietly festive voice; “glad to see the pilgrim here, at last.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You're not off already?” and, laying his hand on Shelton's arm, he proposed to walk a little way with him across the fields.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Antonia's father was a spare man of medium height, with yellowish face, grey moustache, ironical eyebrows, and some tiny crow's-feet.
Antonia's
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From this reading Antonia's father was a spare man of medium height, with yellowish face, grey moustache, ironical eyebrows, and some tiny crow's-feet.
arm
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From this reading You're not off already?” and, laying his hand on Shelton's arm, he proposed to walk a little way with him across the fields.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading ENGLISH Just as Shelton was starting to walk back to Oxford he met Mr. Dennant coming from a ride.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Ah, Shelton!” he said, in his quietly festive voice; “glad to see the pilgrim here, at last.
back
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From this reading ENGLISH Just as Shelton was starting to walk back to Oxford he met Mr. Dennant coming from a ride.
blacked
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From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
boats
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From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
breeches
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From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
carefully
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From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
coat
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From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
coming
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From this reading ENGLISH Just as Shelton was starting to walk back to Oxford he met Mr. Dennant coming from a ride.
cord
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From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
crow's-feet
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From this reading Antonia's father was a spare man of medium height, with yellowish face, grey moustache, ironical eyebrows, and some tiny crow's-feet.
Dennant
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From this reading ENGLISH Just as Shelton was starting to walk back to Oxford he met Mr. Dennant coming from a ride.
distinction
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From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
drab
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From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
dry
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From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
ENGLISH
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From this reading ENGLISH Just as Shelton was starting to walk back to Oxford he met Mr. Dennant coming from a ride.
eyebrows
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From this reading Antonia's father was a spare man of medium height, with yellowish face, grey moustache, ironical eyebrows, and some tiny crow's-feet.
face
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From this reading Antonia's father was a spare man of medium height, with yellowish face, grey moustache, ironical eyebrows, and some tiny crow's-feet.
father
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From this reading Antonia's father was a spare man of medium height, with yellowish face, grey moustache, ironical eyebrows, and some tiny crow's-feet.
festive
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From this reading “Ah, Shelton!” he said, in his quietly festive voice; “glad to see the pilgrim here, at last.
fields
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From this reading You're not off already?” and, laying his hand on Shelton's arm, he proposed to walk a little way with him across the fields.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ENGLISH Just as Shelton was starting to walk back to Oxford he met Mr. Dennant coming from a ride.
glad
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From this reading “Ah, Shelton!” he said, in his quietly festive voice; “glad to see the pilgrim here, at last.
grey
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From this reading Antonia's father was a spare man of medium height, with yellowish face, grey moustache, ironical eyebrows, and some tiny crow's-feet.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
hand
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From this reading You're not off already?” and, laying his hand on Shelton's arm, he proposed to walk a little way with him across the fields.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading ENGLISH Just as Shelton was starting to walk back to Oxford he met Mr. Dennant coming from a ride.
height
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From this reading Antonia's father was a spare man of medium height, with yellowish face, grey moustache, ironical eyebrows, and some tiny crow's-feet.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ah, Shelton!” he said, in his quietly festive voice; “glad to see the pilgrim here, at last.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading You're not off already?” and, laying his hand on Shelton's arm, he proposed to walk a little way with him across the fields.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
ironical
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From this reading Antonia's father was a spare man of medium height, with yellowish face, grey moustache, ironical eyebrows, and some tiny crow's-feet.
Just
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From this reading ENGLISH Just as Shelton was starting to walk back to Oxford he met Mr. Dennant coming from a ride.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Ah, Shelton!” he said, in his quietly festive voice; “glad to see the pilgrim here, at last.
laying
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From this reading You're not off already?” and, laying his hand on Shelton's arm, he proposed to walk a little way with him across the fields.
leggings
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From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
mahogany
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From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
man
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From this reading Antonia's father was a spare man of medium height, with yellowish face, grey moustache, ironical eyebrows, and some tiny crow's-feet.
medium
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From this reading Antonia's father was a spare man of medium height, with yellowish face, grey moustache, ironical eyebrows, and some tiny crow's-feet.
met
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From this reading ENGLISH Just as Shelton was starting to walk back to Oxford he met Mr. Dennant coming from a ride.
middle
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From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
moustache
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From this reading Antonia's father was a spare man of medium height, with yellowish face, grey moustache, ironical eyebrows, and some tiny crow's-feet.
Mr
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From this reading ENGLISH Just as Shelton was starting to walk back to Oxford he met Mr. Dennant coming from a ride.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Antonia's father was a spare man of medium height, with yellowish face, grey moustache, ironical eyebrows, and some tiny crow's-feet.
off
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From this reading You're not off already?” and, laying his hand on Shelton's arm, he proposed to walk a little way with him across the fields.
old
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From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading You're not off already?” and, laying his hand on Shelton's arm, he proposed to walk a little way with him across the fields.
Oxford
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From this reading ENGLISH Just as Shelton was starting to walk back to Oxford he met Mr. Dennant coming from a ride.
pilgrim
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From this reading “Ah, Shelton!” he said, in his quietly festive voice; “glad to see the pilgrim here, at last.
proposed
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From this reading You're not off already?” and, laying his hand on Shelton's arm, he proposed to walk a little way with him across the fields.
quality
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From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
quietly
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From this reading “Ah, Shelton!” he said, in his quietly festive voice; “glad to see the pilgrim here, at last.
ride
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From this reading ENGLISH Just as Shelton was starting to walk back to Oxford he met Mr. Dennant coming from a ride.
said
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From this reading “Ah, Shelton!” he said, in his quietly festive voice; “glad to see the pilgrim here, at last.
see
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From this reading “Ah, Shelton!” he said, in his quietly festive voice; “glad to see the pilgrim here, at last.
Shelton
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From this reading ENGLISH Just as Shelton was starting to walk back to Oxford he met Mr. Dennant coming from a ride.
Shelton's
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From this reading You're not off already?” and, laying his hand on Shelton's arm, he proposed to walk a little way with him across the fields.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
slit
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From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
some
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From this reading Antonia's father was a spare man of medium height, with yellowish face, grey moustache, ironical eyebrows, and some tiny crow's-feet.
spare
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From this reading Antonia's father was a spare man of medium height, with yellowish face, grey moustache, ironical eyebrows, and some tiny crow's-feet.
starting
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From this reading ENGLISH Just as Shelton was starting to walk back to Oxford he met Mr. Dennant coming from a ride.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
threadbare
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From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
tiny
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From this reading Antonia's father was a spare man of medium height, with yellowish face, grey moustache, ironical eyebrows, and some tiny crow's-feet.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ENGLISH Just as Shelton was starting to walk back to Oxford he met Mr. Dennant coming from a ride.
up
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From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
voice
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From this reading “Ah, Shelton!” he said, in his quietly festive voice; “glad to see the pilgrim here, at last.
walk
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From this reading ENGLISH Just as Shelton was starting to walk back to Oxford he met Mr. Dennant coming from a ride.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading ENGLISH Just as Shelton was starting to walk back to Oxford he met Mr. Dennant coming from a ride.
way
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From this reading You're not off already?” and, laying his hand on Shelton's arm, he proposed to walk a little way with him across the fields.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Antonia's father was a spare man of medium height, with yellowish face, grey moustache, ironical eyebrows, and some tiny crow's-feet.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading In his old, short grey coat, with a little slit up the middle of the back, his drab cord breeches, ancient mahogany leggings, and carefully blacked boats, he had a dry, threadbare quality not without distinction.
yellowish
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From this reading Antonia's father was a spare man of medium height, with yellowish face, grey moustache, ironical eyebrows, and some tiny crow's-feet.
You're
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From this reading You're not off already?” and, laying his hand on Shelton's arm, he proposed to walk a little way with him across the fields.
