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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 Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
able
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From this reading While he had had before his eyes the hope of being a member of Parliament he had been able to buoy himself up.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading But something of that madness left him which had come from his deep sense of injury, both as to the letter and as to the borough, and he began to feel that he had been wrong about the horsewhip.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But something of that madness left him which had come from his deep sense of injury, both as to the letter and as to the borough, and he began to feel that he had been wrong about the horsewhip.
Arthur
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From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
Back
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From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
bare
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From this reading The money which he had spent had been material to him, and the loss of it for the moment left him nearly bare.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading But something of that madness left him which had come from his deep sense of injury, both as to the letter and as to the borough, and he began to feel that he had been wrong about the horsewhip.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading While he had had before his eyes the hope of being a member of Parliament he had been able to buoy himself up.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But something of that madness left him which had come from his deep sense of injury, both as to the letter and as to the borough, and he began to feel that he had been wrong about the horsewhip.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading While he had had before his eyes the hope of being a member of Parliament he had been able to buoy himself up.
borough
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From this reading But something of that madness left him which had come from his deep sense of injury, both as to the letter and as to the borough, and he began to feel that he had been wrong about the horsewhip.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading But something of that madness left him which had come from his deep sense of injury, both as to the letter and as to the borough, and he began to feel that he had been wrong about the horsewhip.
buoy
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From this reading While he had had before his eyes the hope of being a member of Parliament he had been able to buoy himself up.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But something of that madness left him which had come from his deep sense of injury, both as to the letter and as to the borough, and he began to feel that he had been wrong about the horsewhip.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But something of that madness left him which had come from his deep sense of injury, both as to the letter and as to the borough, and he began to feel that he had been wrong about the horsewhip.
deep
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From this reading But something of that madness left him which had come from his deep sense of injury, both as to the letter and as to the borough, and he began to feel that he had been wrong about the horsewhip.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
eyes
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From this reading While he had had before his eyes the hope of being a member of Parliament he had been able to buoy himself up.
fancied
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From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
feel
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From this reading But something of that madness left him which had come from his deep sense of injury, both as to the letter and as to the borough, and he began to feel that he had been wrong about the horsewhip.
Fletcher
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From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The money which he had spent had been material to him, and the loss of it for the moment left him nearly bare.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But something of that madness left him which had come from his deep sense of injury, both as to the letter and as to the borough, and he began to feel that he had been wrong about the horsewhip.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading While he had had before his eyes the hope of being a member of Parliament he had been able to buoy himself up.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
hope
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From this reading While he had had before his eyes the hope of being a member of Parliament he had been able to buoy himself up.
horsewhip
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From this reading But something of that madness left him which had come from his deep sense of injury, both as to the letter and as to the borough, and he began to feel that he had been wrong about the horsewhip.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
injury
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From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The money which he had spent had been material to him, and the loss of it for the moment left him nearly bare.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was very low in spirits on this return journey.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But something of that madness left him which had come from his deep sense of injury, both as to the letter and as to the borough, and he began to feel that he had been wrong about the horsewhip.
letter
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From this reading But something of that madness left him which had come from his deep sense of injury, both as to the letter and as to the borough, and he began to feel that he had been wrong about the horsewhip.
London
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From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
Lopez
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From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
loss
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From this reading The money which he had spent had been material to him, and the loss of it for the moment left him nearly bare.
low
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From this reading He was very low in spirits on this return journey.
madness
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From this reading But something of that madness left him which had come from his deep sense of injury, both as to the letter and as to the borough, and he began to feel that he had been wrong about the horsewhip.
material
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From this reading The money which he had spent had been material to him, and the loss of it for the moment left him nearly bare.
member
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From this reading While he had had before his eyes the hope of being a member of Parliament he had been able to buoy himself up.
moment
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From this reading The money which he had spent had been material to him, and the loss of it for the moment left him nearly bare.
money
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From this reading The money which he had spent had been material to him, and the loss of it for the moment left him nearly bare.
nearly
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From this reading The money which he had spent had been material to him, and the loss of it for the moment left him nearly bare.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He was very low in spirits on this return journey.
Parliament
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From this reading While he had had before his eyes the hope of being a member of Parliament he had been able to buoy himself up.
positive
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From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
recovered
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From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
return
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From this reading He was very low in spirits on this return journey.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
sense
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From this reading But something of that madness left him which had come from his deep sense of injury, both as to the letter and as to the borough, and he began to feel that he had been wrong about the horsewhip.
sensesplural nounUS /ˈsɛnsɪz/
powers of perception and awareness
From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
spent
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From this reading The money which he had spent had been material to him, and the loss of it for the moment left him nearly bare.
spirits
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From this reading He was very low in spirits on this return journey.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But something of that madness left him which had come from his deep sense of injury, both as to the letter and as to the borough, and he began to feel that he had been wrong about the horsewhip.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He was very low in spirits on this return journey.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
town
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From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
up
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From this reading While he had had before his eyes the hope of being a member of Parliament he had been able to buoy himself up.
very
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From this reading He was very low in spirits on this return journey.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was very low in spirits on this return journey.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But something of that madness left him which had come from his deep sense of injury, both as to the letter and as to the borough, and he began to feel that he had been wrong about the horsewhip.
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading While he had had before his eyes the hope of being a member of Parliament he had been able to buoy himself up.
wife
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From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
writing
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From this reading Lopez Back in London Lopez, as he returned to town, recovered something of his senses, though he still fancied that Arthur Fletcher had done him a positive injury by writing to his wife.
wrong
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From this reading But something of that madness left him which had come from his deep sense of injury, both as to the letter and as to the borough, and he began to feel that he had been wrong about the horsewhip.
