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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 Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After lunch we went for coffee into another low room, this time brown panelled and looking through French windows on a red-walled garden, graceful even in its winter desolation.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading After lunch we went for coffee into another low room, this time brown panelled and looking through French windows on a red-walled garden, graceful even in its winter desolation.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Old Rivers struck me as a delightful person, modestly unconscious of his doubly-earned V. C. and the plucky defence of Kardin-Bergat that won his baronetcy.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
attacks
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From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
baronetcy
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From this reading Old Rivers struck me as a delightful person, modestly unconscious of his doubly-earned V. C. and the plucky defence of Kardin-Bergat that won his baronetcy.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was that excellent type, the soldier radical, and we began that day a friendship that was only ended by his death in the hunting-field three years later.
brown
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From this reading After lunch we went for coffee into another low room, this time brown panelled and looking through French windows on a red-walled garden, graceful even in its winter desolation.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He was that excellent type, the soldier radical, and we began that day a friendship that was only ended by his death in the hunting-field three years later.
C
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From this reading Old Rivers struck me as a delightful person, modestly unconscious of his doubly-earned V. C. and the plucky defence of Kardin-Bergat that won his baronetcy.
coffee
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From this reading After lunch we went for coffee into another low room, this time brown panelled and looking through French windows on a red-walled garden, graceful even in its winter desolation.
concerned
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From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
conversation
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From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
day
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From this reading He was that excellent type, the soldier radical, and we began that day a friendship that was only ended by his death in the hunting-field three years later.
death
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From this reading He was that excellent type, the soldier radical, and we began that day a friendship that was only ended by his death in the hunting-field three years later.
defence
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From this reading Old Rivers struck me as a delightful person, modestly unconscious of his doubly-earned V. C. and the plucky defence of Kardin-Bergat that won his baronetcy.
delightful
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From this reading Old Rivers struck me as a delightful person, modestly unconscious of his doubly-earned V. C. and the plucky defence of Kardin-Bergat that won his baronetcy.
desolation
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From this reading After lunch we went for coffee into another low room, this time brown panelled and looking through French windows on a red-walled garden, graceful even in its winter desolation.
discursive
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From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
disregard
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From this reading He interested Margaret into a disregard of my plate and the fact that I had secured the illegal indulgence of Moselle.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
doubly-earned
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From this reading Old Rivers struck me as a delightful person, modestly unconscious of his doubly-earned V. C. and the plucky defence of Kardin-Bergat that won his baronetcy.
electioneering
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From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
ended
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From this reading He was that excellent type, the soldier radical, and we began that day a friendship that was only ended by his death in the hunting-field three years later.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After lunch we went for coffee into another low room, this time brown panelled and looking through French windows on a red-walled garden, graceful even in its winter desolation.
excellent
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From this reading He was that excellent type, the soldier radical, and we began that day a friendship that was only ended by his death in the hunting-field three years later.
ExceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
fact
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From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
French
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From this reading After lunch we went for coffee into another low room, this time brown panelled and looking through French windows on a red-walled garden, graceful even in its winter desolation.
friendship
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From this reading He was that excellent type, the soldier radical, and we began that day a friendship that was only ended by his death in the hunting-field three years later.
garden
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From this reading After lunch we went for coffee into another low room, this time brown panelled and looking through French windows on a red-walled garden, graceful even in its winter desolation.
graceful
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From this reading After lunch we went for coffee into another low room, this time brown panelled and looking through French windows on a red-walled garden, graceful even in its winter desolation.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He interested Margaret into a disregard of my plate and the fact that I had secured the illegal indulgence of Moselle.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was that excellent type, the soldier radical, and we began that day a friendship that was only ended by his death in the hunting-field three years later.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Old Rivers struck me as a delightful person, modestly unconscious of his doubly-earned V. C. and the plucky defence of Kardin-Bergat that won his baronetcy.
hunting-field
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From this reading He was that excellent type, the soldier radical, and we began that day a friendship that was only ended by his death in the hunting-field three years later.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
illegal
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From this reading He interested Margaret into a disregard of my plate and the fact that I had secured the illegal indulgence of Moselle.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was that excellent type, the soldier radical, and we began that day a friendship that was only ended by his death in the hunting-field three years later.
indulgence
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From this reading He interested Margaret into a disregard of my plate and the fact that I had secured the illegal indulgence of Moselle.
interested
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From this reading He interested Margaret into a disregard of my plate and the fact that I had secured the illegal indulgence of Moselle.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He interested Margaret into a disregard of my plate and the fact that I had secured the illegal indulgence of Moselle.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading After lunch we went for coffee into another low room, this time brown panelled and looking through French windows on a red-walled garden, graceful even in its winter desolation.
Kardin-Bergat
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From this reading Old Rivers struck me as a delightful person, modestly unconscious of his doubly-earned V. C. and the plucky defence of Kardin-Bergat that won his baronetcy.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
later
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From this reading He was that excellent type, the soldier radical, and we began that day a friendship that was only ended by his death in the hunting-field three years later.
looking
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From this reading After lunch we went for coffee into another low room, this time brown panelled and looking through French windows on a red-walled garden, graceful even in its winter desolation.
low
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From this reading After lunch we went for coffee into another low room, this time brown panelled and looking through French windows on a red-walled garden, graceful even in its winter desolation.
lunch
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From this reading After lunch we went for coffee into another low room, this time brown panelled and looking through French windows on a red-walled garden, graceful even in its winter desolation.
Margaret
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From this reading He interested Margaret into a disregard of my plate and the fact that I had secured the illegal indulgence of Moselle.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Old Rivers struck me as a delightful person, modestly unconscious of his doubly-earned V. C. and the plucky defence of Kardin-Bergat that won his baronetcy.
modestly
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From this reading Old Rivers struck me as a delightful person, modestly unconscious of his doubly-earned V. C. and the plucky defence of Kardin-Bergat that won his baronetcy.
Moselle
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From this reading He interested Margaret into a disregard of my plate and the fact that I had secured the illegal indulgence of Moselle.
much
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From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading He interested Margaret into a disregard of my plate and the fact that I had secured the illegal indulgence of Moselle.
natural
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From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
Old
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From this reading Old Rivers struck me as a delightful person, modestly unconscious of his doubly-earned V. C. and the plucky defence of Kardin-Bergat that won his baronetcy.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading After lunch we went for coffee into another low room, this time brown panelled and looking through French windows on a red-walled garden, graceful even in its winter desolation.
only
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From this reading He was that excellent type, the soldier radical, and we began that day a friendship that was only ended by his death in the hunting-field three years later.
panelled
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From this reading After lunch we went for coffee into another low room, this time brown panelled and looking through French windows on a red-walled garden, graceful even in its winter desolation.
person
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From this reading Old Rivers struck me as a delightful person, modestly unconscious of his doubly-earned V. C. and the plucky defence of Kardin-Bergat that won his baronetcy.
plate
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From this reading He interested Margaret into a disregard of my plate and the fact that I had secured the illegal indulgence of Moselle.
plucky
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From this reading Old Rivers struck me as a delightful person, modestly unconscious of his doubly-earned V. C. and the plucky defence of Kardin-Bergat that won his baronetcy.
radical
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From this reading He was that excellent type, the soldier radical, and we began that day a friendship that was only ended by his death in the hunting-field three years later.
red-walled
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From this reading After lunch we went for coffee into another low room, this time brown panelled and looking through French windows on a red-walled garden, graceful even in its winter desolation.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
Rivers
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From this reading Old Rivers struck me as a delightful person, modestly unconscious of his doubly-earned V. C. and the plucky defence of Kardin-Bergat that won his baronetcy.
room
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From this reading After lunch we went for coffee into another low room, this time brown panelled and looking through French windows on a red-walled garden, graceful even in its winter desolation.
secured
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From this reading He interested Margaret into a disregard of my plate and the fact that I had secured the illegal indulgence of Moselle.
social
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From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
soldier
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From this reading He was that excellent type, the soldier radical, and we began that day a friendship that was only ended by his death in the hunting-field three years later.
sort
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From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Old Rivers struck me as a delightful person, modestly unconscious of his doubly-earned V. C. and the plucky defence of Kardin-Bergat that won his baronetcy.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
table
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From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Old Rivers struck me as a delightful person, modestly unconscious of his doubly-earned V. C. and the plucky defence of Kardin-Bergat that won his baronetcy.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading After lunch we went for coffee into another low room, this time brown panelled and looking through French windows on a red-walled garden, graceful even in its winter desolation.
three
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From this reading He was that excellent type, the soldier radical, and we began that day a friendship that was only ended by his death in the hunting-field three years later.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading After lunch we went for coffee into another low room, this time brown panelled and looking through French windows on a red-walled garden, graceful even in its winter desolation.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After lunch we went for coffee into another low room, this time brown panelled and looking through French windows on a red-walled garden, graceful even in its winter desolation.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
topographical
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From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
type
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From this reading He was that excellent type, the soldier radical, and we began that day a friendship that was only ended by his death in the hunting-field three years later.
unconscious
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From this reading Old Rivers struck me as a delightful person, modestly unconscious of his doubly-earned V. C. and the plucky defence of Kardin-Bergat that won his baronetcy.
V
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From this reading Old Rivers struck me as a delightful person, modestly unconscious of his doubly-earned V. C. and the plucky defence of Kardin-Bergat that won his baronetcy.
visit
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From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading He was that excellent type, the soldier radical, and we began that day a friendship that was only ended by his death in the hunting-field three years later.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After lunch we went for coffee into another low room, this time brown panelled and looking through French windows on a red-walled garden, graceful even in its winter desolation.
windows
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From this reading After lunch we went for coffee into another low room, this time brown panelled and looking through French windows on a red-walled garden, graceful even in its winter desolation.
winter
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From this reading After lunch we went for coffee into another low room, this time brown panelled and looking through French windows on a red-walled garden, graceful even in its winter desolation.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Except for these attacks I do not remember much of the conversation at table; it was, I know, discursive and concerned with the sort of topographical and social and electioneering fact natural to such a visit.
won
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From this reading Old Rivers struck me as a delightful person, modestly unconscious of his doubly-earned V. C. and the plucky defence of Kardin-Bergat that won his baronetcy.
years
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From this reading He was that excellent type, the soldier radical, and we began that day a friendship that was only ended by his death in the hunting-field three years later.
