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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 It ended with my saying, after a pungent reminder of benefits conferred and remembered, that I didn't want to stay another hour in his house.
accumulated
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From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
accumulations
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From this reading There had been stupendous accumulations....
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading It ended with my saying, after a pungent reminder of benefits conferred and remembered, that I didn't want to stay another hour in his house.
all
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From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It ended with my saying, after a pungent reminder of benefits conferred and remembered, that I didn't want to stay another hour in his house.
armed
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From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The particular things we said and did in that bawling encounter matter nothing at all in this story.
bawling
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From this reading The particular things we said and did in that bawling encounter matter nothing at all in this story.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
benefits
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From this reading It ended with my saying, after a pungent reminder of benefits conferred and remembered, that I didn't want to stay another hour in his house.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
Cambridge
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From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
came
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From this reading I can't now estimate how near we came to fisticuffs.
can't
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From this reading I can't now estimate how near we came to fisticuffs.
conferred
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From this reading It ended with my saying, after a pungent reminder of benefits conferred and remembered, that I didn't want to stay another hour in his house.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The particular things we said and did in that bawling encounter matter nothing at all in this story.
didn't
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From this reading It ended with my saying, after a pungent reminder of benefits conferred and remembered, that I didn't want to stay another hour in his house.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
encounter
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From this reading The particular things we said and did in that bawling encounter matter nothing at all in this story.
ended
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From this reading It ended with my saying, after a pungent reminder of benefits conferred and remembered, that I didn't want to stay another hour in his house.
estimate
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From this reading I can't now estimate how near we came to fisticuffs.
fisticuffs
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From this reading I can't now estimate how near we came to fisticuffs.
go
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From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It ended with my saying, after a pungent reminder of benefits conferred and remembered, that I didn't want to stay another hour in his house.
hour
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From this reading It ended with my saying, after a pungent reminder of benefits conferred and remembered, that I didn't want to stay another hour in his house.
house
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From this reading It ended with my saying, after a pungent reminder of benefits conferred and remembered, that I didn't want to stay another hour in his house.
how
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From this reading I can't now estimate how near we came to fisticuffs.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I can't now estimate how near we came to fisticuffs.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The particular things we said and did in that bawling encounter matter nothing at all in this story.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It ended with my saying, after a pungent reminder of benefits conferred and remembered, that I didn't want to stay another hour in his house.
maintaining
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From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
matter
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From this reading The particular things we said and did in that bawling encounter matter nothing at all in this story.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
near
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From this reading I can't now estimate how near we came to fisticuffs.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The particular things we said and did in that bawling encounter matter nothing at all in this story.
now
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From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It ended with my saying, after a pungent reminder of benefits conferred and remembered, that I didn't want to stay another hour in his house.
other
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From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
out
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From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
particular
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From this reading The particular things we said and did in that bawling encounter matter nothing at all in this story.
pungent
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From this reading It ended with my saying, after a pungent reminder of benefits conferred and remembered, that I didn't want to stay another hour in his house.
remembered
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From this reading It ended with my saying, after a pungent reminder of benefits conferred and remembered, that I didn't want to stay another hour in his house.
reminder
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From this reading It ended with my saying, after a pungent reminder of benefits conferred and remembered, that I didn't want to stay another hour in his house.
resolve
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From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
said
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From this reading The particular things we said and did in that bawling encounter matter nothing at all in this story.
saying
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From this reading It ended with my saying, after a pungent reminder of benefits conferred and remembered, that I didn't want to stay another hour in his house.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
stay
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From this reading It ended with my saying, after a pungent reminder of benefits conferred and remembered, that I didn't want to stay another hour in his house.
story
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From this reading The particular things we said and did in that bawling encounter matter nothing at all in this story.
stupendous
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From this reading There had been stupendous accumulations....
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The particular things we said and did in that bawling encounter matter nothing at all in this story.
There
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From this reading There had been stupendous accumulations....
things
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From this reading The particular things we said and did in that bawling encounter matter nothing at all in this story.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The particular things we said and did in that bawling encounter matter nothing at all in this story.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
truce
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From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
up
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From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
want
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From this reading It ended with my saying, after a pungent reminder of benefits conferred and remembered, that I didn't want to stay another hour in his house.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We had been maintaining an armed truce with each other since my resolve to go up to Cambridge, and now we had out all that had accumulated between us.
