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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 BERNARD A PRISONER The arrest and committal of Bernard Maddison on a charge of murder created the most profound sensation in every circle of English society.
abstruse
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From this reading His work, abstruse and scholarly though some of it was, had appealed to a great reading public, and had made his name like a household word.
acknowledged
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From this reading There were thoughtful men and women, a great mixed class, who, in their own minds, reckoned themselves as his apostles, and acknowledged no other intellectual master.
adequate
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From this reading That long deep cry for a larger and sweeter culture which had been amongst the signs of this troubled generation, had found its most perfect and adequate expression in his works.
amongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading That long deep cry for a larger and sweeter culture which had been amongst the signs of this troubled generation, had found its most perfect and adequate expression in his works.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BERNARD A PRISONER The arrest and committal of Bernard Maddison on a charge of murder created the most profound sensation in every circle of English society.
apostles
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From this reading There were thoughtful men and women, a great mixed class, who, in their own minds, reckoned themselves as his apostles, and acknowledged no other intellectual master.
appealed
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From this reading His work, abstruse and scholarly though some of it was, had appealed to a great reading public, and had made his name like a household word.
arrest
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From this reading BERNARD A PRISONER The arrest and committal of Bernard Maddison on a charge of murder created the most profound sensation in every circle of English society.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There were thoughtful men and women, a great mixed class, who, in their own minds, reckoned themselves as his apostles, and acknowledged no other intellectual master.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He had been at once its interpreter and its guide.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading That long deep cry for a larger and sweeter culture which had been amongst the signs of this troubled generation, had found its most perfect and adequate expression in his works.
BERNARD
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From this reading BERNARD A PRISONER The arrest and committal of Bernard Maddison on a charge of murder created the most profound sensation in every circle of English society.
charge
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From this reading BERNARD A PRISONER The arrest and committal of Bernard Maddison on a charge of murder created the most profound sensation in every circle of English society.
circle
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From this reading BERNARD A PRISONER The arrest and committal of Bernard Maddison on a charge of murder created the most profound sensation in every circle of English society.
class
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From this reading There were thoughtful men and women, a great mixed class, who, in their own minds, reckoned themselves as his apostles, and acknowledged no other intellectual master.
committal
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From this reading BERNARD A PRISONER The arrest and committal of Bernard Maddison on a charge of murder created the most profound sensation in every circle of English society.
created
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From this reading BERNARD A PRISONER The arrest and committal of Bernard Maddison on a charge of murder created the most profound sensation in every circle of English society.
cry
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From this reading That long deep cry for a larger and sweeter culture which had been amongst the signs of this troubled generation, had found its most perfect and adequate expression in his works.
culture
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From this reading That long deep cry for a larger and sweeter culture which had been amongst the signs of this troubled generation, had found its most perfect and adequate expression in his works.
deep
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From this reading That long deep cry for a larger and sweeter culture which had been amongst the signs of this troubled generation, had found its most perfect and adequate expression in his works.
English
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From this reading BERNARD A PRISONER The arrest and committal of Bernard Maddison on a charge of murder created the most profound sensation in every circle of English society.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading BERNARD A PRISONER The arrest and committal of Bernard Maddison on a charge of murder created the most profound sensation in every circle of English society.
expression
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From this reading That long deep cry for a larger and sweeter culture which had been amongst the signs of this troubled generation, had found its most perfect and adequate expression in his works.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That long deep cry for a larger and sweeter culture which had been amongst the signs of this troubled generation, had found its most perfect and adequate expression in his works.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That long deep cry for a larger and sweeter culture which had been amongst the signs of this troubled generation, had found its most perfect and adequate expression in his works.
generation
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From this reading That long deep cry for a larger and sweeter culture which had been amongst the signs of this troubled generation, had found its most perfect and adequate expression in his works.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His work, abstruse and scholarly though some of it was, had appealed to a great reading public, and had made his name like a household word.
guide
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From this reading He had been at once its interpreter and its guide.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading His work, abstruse and scholarly though some of it was, had appealed to a great reading public, and had made his name like a household word.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had been at once its interpreter and its guide.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His work, abstruse and scholarly though some of it was, had appealed to a great reading public, and had made his name like a household word.
household
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From this reading His work, abstruse and scholarly though some of it was, had appealed to a great reading public, and had made his name like a household word.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading BERNARD A PRISONER The arrest and committal of Bernard Maddison on a charge of murder created the most profound sensation in every circle of English society.
intellectual
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From this reading There were thoughtful men and women, a great mixed class, who, in their own minds, reckoned themselves as his apostles, and acknowledged no other intellectual master.
interpreter
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From this reading He had been at once its interpreter and its guide.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading His work, abstruse and scholarly though some of it was, had appealed to a great reading public, and had made his name like a household word.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading That long deep cry for a larger and sweeter culture which had been amongst the signs of this troubled generation, had found its most perfect and adequate expression in his works.
larger
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From this reading That long deep cry for a larger and sweeter culture which had been amongst the signs of this troubled generation, had found its most perfect and adequate expression in his works.
like
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From this reading His work, abstruse and scholarly though some of it was, had appealed to a great reading public, and had made his name like a household word.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That long deep cry for a larger and sweeter culture which had been amongst the signs of this troubled generation, had found its most perfect and adequate expression in his works.
Maddison
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From this reading BERNARD A PRISONER The arrest and committal of Bernard Maddison on a charge of murder created the most profound sensation in every circle of English society.
made
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From this reading His work, abstruse and scholarly though some of it was, had appealed to a great reading public, and had made his name like a household word.
master
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From this reading There were thoughtful men and women, a great mixed class, who, in their own minds, reckoned themselves as his apostles, and acknowledged no other intellectual master.
men
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From this reading There were thoughtful men and women, a great mixed class, who, in their own minds, reckoned themselves as his apostles, and acknowledged no other intellectual master.
minds
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From this reading There were thoughtful men and women, a great mixed class, who, in their own minds, reckoned themselves as his apostles, and acknowledged no other intellectual master.
mixedverbUS /mɪkst/
involved with or connected to
From this reading There were thoughtful men and women, a great mixed class, who, in their own minds, reckoned themselves as his apostles, and acknowledged no other intellectual master.
most
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From this reading BERNARD A PRISONER The arrest and committal of Bernard Maddison on a charge of murder created the most profound sensation in every circle of English society.
murder
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From this reading BERNARD A PRISONER The arrest and committal of Bernard Maddison on a charge of murder created the most profound sensation in every circle of English society.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His work, abstruse and scholarly though some of it was, had appealed to a great reading public, and had made his name like a household word.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There were thoughtful men and women, a great mixed class, who, in their own minds, reckoned themselves as his apostles, and acknowledged no other intellectual master.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BERNARD A PRISONER The arrest and committal of Bernard Maddison on a charge of murder created the most profound sensation in every circle of English society.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading BERNARD A PRISONER The arrest and committal of Bernard Maddison on a charge of murder created the most profound sensation in every circle of English society.
once
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From this reading He had been at once its interpreter and its guide.
other
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From this reading There were thoughtful men and women, a great mixed class, who, in their own minds, reckoned themselves as his apostles, and acknowledged no other intellectual master.
own
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From this reading There were thoughtful men and women, a great mixed class, who, in their own minds, reckoned themselves as his apostles, and acknowledged no other intellectual master.
perfect
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From this reading That long deep cry for a larger and sweeter culture which had been amongst the signs of this troubled generation, had found its most perfect and adequate expression in his works.
PRISONER
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From this reading BERNARD A PRISONER The arrest and committal of Bernard Maddison on a charge of murder created the most profound sensation in every circle of English society.
profound
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From this reading BERNARD A PRISONER The arrest and committal of Bernard Maddison on a charge of murder created the most profound sensation in every circle of English society.
public
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From this reading His work, abstruse and scholarly though some of it was, had appealed to a great reading public, and had made his name like a household word.
reading
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From this reading His work, abstruse and scholarly though some of it was, had appealed to a great reading public, and had made his name like a household word.
reckoned
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From this reading There were thoughtful men and women, a great mixed class, who, in their own minds, reckoned themselves as his apostles, and acknowledged no other intellectual master.
scholarly
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From this reading His work, abstruse and scholarly though some of it was, had appealed to a great reading public, and had made his name like a household word.
sensation
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From this reading BERNARD A PRISONER The arrest and committal of Bernard Maddison on a charge of murder created the most profound sensation in every circle of English society.
signs
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From this reading That long deep cry for a larger and sweeter culture which had been amongst the signs of this troubled generation, had found its most perfect and adequate expression in his works.
society
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From this reading BERNARD A PRISONER The arrest and committal of Bernard Maddison on a charge of murder created the most profound sensation in every circle of English society.
some
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From this reading His work, abstruse and scholarly though some of it was, had appealed to a great reading public, and had made his name like a household word.
sweeter
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From this reading That long deep cry for a larger and sweeter culture which had been amongst the signs of this troubled generation, had found its most perfect and adequate expression in his works.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That long deep cry for a larger and sweeter culture which had been amongst the signs of this troubled generation, had found its most perfect and adequate expression in his works.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BERNARD A PRISONER The arrest and committal of Bernard Maddison on a charge of murder created the most profound sensation in every circle of English society.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There were thoughtful men and women, a great mixed class, who, in their own minds, reckoned themselves as his apostles, and acknowledged no other intellectual master.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading There were thoughtful men and women, a great mixed class, who, in their own minds, reckoned themselves as his apostles, and acknowledged no other intellectual master.
There
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From this reading There were thoughtful men and women, a great mixed class, who, in their own minds, reckoned themselves as his apostles, and acknowledged no other intellectual master.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading That long deep cry for a larger and sweeter culture which had been amongst the signs of this troubled generation, had found its most perfect and adequate expression in his works.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading His work, abstruse and scholarly though some of it was, had appealed to a great reading public, and had made his name like a household word.
thoughtful
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From this reading There were thoughtful men and women, a great mixed class, who, in their own minds, reckoned themselves as his apostles, and acknowledged no other intellectual master.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His work, abstruse and scholarly though some of it was, had appealed to a great reading public, and had made his name like a household word.
troubled
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From this reading That long deep cry for a larger and sweeter culture which had been amongst the signs of this troubled generation, had found its most perfect and adequate expression in his works.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His work, abstruse and scholarly though some of it was, had appealed to a great reading public, and had made his name like a household word.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were thoughtful men and women, a great mixed class, who, in their own minds, reckoned themselves as his apostles, and acknowledged no other intellectual master.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading That long deep cry for a larger and sweeter culture which had been amongst the signs of this troubled generation, had found its most perfect and adequate expression in his works.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading There were thoughtful men and women, a great mixed class, who, in their own minds, reckoned themselves as his apostles, and acknowledged no other intellectual master.
women
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From this reading There were thoughtful men and women, a great mixed class, who, in their own minds, reckoned themselves as his apostles, and acknowledged no other intellectual master.
word
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From this reading His work, abstruse and scholarly though some of it was, had appealed to a great reading public, and had made his name like a household word.
work
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From this reading His work, abstruse and scholarly though some of it was, had appealed to a great reading public, and had made his name like a household word.
works
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From this reading That long deep cry for a larger and sweeter culture which had been amongst the signs of this troubled generation, had found its most perfect and adequate expression in his works.
