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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 Whilst the true King wandered about the land poorly clad, poorly fed, cuffed and derided by tramps one while, herding with thieves and murderers in a jail another, and called idiot and impostor by all impartially, the mock King Tom Canty enjoyed quite a different experience.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Whilst the true King wandered about the land poorly clad, poorly fed, cuffed and derided by tramps one while, herding with thieves and murderers in a jail another, and called idiot and impostor by all impartially, the mock King Tom Canty enjoyed quite a different experience.
all
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almost
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From this reading This bright side went on brightening more and more every day: in a very little while it was become almost all sunshine and delightfulness.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He lost his fears; his misgivings faded out and died; his embarrassments departed, and gave place to an easy and confident bearing.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Whilst the true King wandered about the land poorly clad, poorly fed, cuffed and derided by tramps one while, herding with thieves and murderers in a jail another, and called idiot and impostor by all impartially, the mock King Tom Canty enjoyed quite a different experience.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Whilst the true King wandered about the land poorly clad, poorly fed, cuffed and derided by tramps one while, herding with thieves and murderers in a jail another, and called idiot and impostor by all impartially, the mock King Tom Canty enjoyed quite a different experience.
bearing
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From this reading He lost his fears; his misgivings faded out and died; his embarrassments departed, and gave place to an easy and confident bearing.
become
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From this reading This bright side went on brightening more and more every day: in a very little while it was become almost all sunshine and delightfulness.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When we saw him last, royalty was just beginning to have a bright side for him.
bright
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From this reading When we saw him last, royalty was just beginning to have a bright side for him.
brightening
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From this reading This bright side went on brightening more and more every day: in a very little while it was become almost all sunshine and delightfulness.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Whilst the true King wandered about the land poorly clad, poorly fed, cuffed and derided by tramps one while, herding with thieves and murderers in a jail another, and called idiot and impostor by all impartially, the mock King Tom Canty enjoyed quite a different experience.
called
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Canty
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clad
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confident
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cuffed
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day
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From this reading This bright side went on brightening more and more every day: in a very little while it was become almost all sunshine and delightfulness.
delightfulness
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From this reading This bright side went on brightening more and more every day: in a very little while it was become almost all sunshine and delightfulness.
departed
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From this reading He lost his fears; his misgivings faded out and died; his embarrassments departed, and gave place to an easy and confident bearing.
derided
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died
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From this reading He lost his fears; his misgivings faded out and died; his embarrassments departed, and gave place to an easy and confident bearing.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Whilst the true King wandered about the land poorly clad, poorly fed, cuffed and derided by tramps one while, herding with thieves and murderers in a jail another, and called idiot and impostor by all impartially, the mock King Tom Canty enjoyed quite a different experience.
easy
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From this reading He lost his fears; his misgivings faded out and died; his embarrassments departed, and gave place to an easy and confident bearing.
embarrassments
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enjoyed
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ever-increasing
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From this reading He worked the whipping-boy mine to ever-increasing profit.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading This bright side went on brightening more and more every day: in a very little while it was become almost all sunshine and delightfulness.
experience
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faded
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From this reading He lost his fears; his misgivings faded out and died; his embarrassments departed, and gave place to an easy and confident bearing.
fears
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From this reading He lost his fears; his misgivings faded out and died; his embarrassments departed, and gave place to an easy and confident bearing.
fed
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading When we saw him last, royalty was just beginning to have a bright side for him.
gave
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From this reading He lost his fears; his misgivings faded out and died; his embarrassments departed, and gave place to an easy and confident bearing.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading When we saw him last, royalty was just beginning to have a bright side for him.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He lost his fears; his misgivings faded out and died; his embarrassments departed, and gave place to an easy and confident bearing.
herding
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himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When we saw him last, royalty was just beginning to have a bright side for him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He lost his fears; his misgivings faded out and died; his embarrassments departed, and gave place to an easy and confident bearing.
idiot
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impartially
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impostor
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Whilst the true King wandered about the land poorly clad, poorly fed, cuffed and derided by tramps one while, herding with thieves and murderers in a jail another, and called idiot and impostor by all impartially, the mock King Tom Canty enjoyed quite a different experience.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading This bright side went on brightening more and more every day: in a very little while it was become almost all sunshine and delightfulness.
jail
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just
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From this reading When we saw him last, royalty was just beginning to have a bright side for him.
King
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land
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lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When we saw him last, royalty was just beginning to have a bright side for him.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This bright side went on brightening more and more every day: in a very little while it was become almost all sunshine and delightfulness.
lost
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From this reading He lost his fears; his misgivings faded out and died; his embarrassments departed, and gave place to an easy and confident bearing.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading He worked the whipping-boy mine to ever-increasing profit.
misgivings
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From this reading He lost his fears; his misgivings faded out and died; his embarrassments departed, and gave place to an easy and confident bearing.
mock
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From this reading Whilst the true King wandered about the land poorly clad, poorly fed, cuffed and derided by tramps one while, herding with thieves and murderers in a jail another, and called idiot and impostor by all impartially, the mock King Tom Canty enjoyed quite a different experience.
more
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From this reading This bright side went on brightening more and more every day: in a very little while it was become almost all sunshine and delightfulness.
murderersnounUS /ˈmurderers/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Whilst the true King wandered about the land poorly clad, poorly fed, cuffed and derided by tramps one while, herding with thieves and murderers in a jail another, and called idiot and impostor by all impartially, the mock King Tom Canty enjoyed quite a different experience.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading This bright side went on brightening more and more every day: in a very little while it was become almost all sunshine and delightfulness.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Whilst the true King wandered about the land poorly clad, poorly fed, cuffed and derided by tramps one while, herding with thieves and murderers in a jail another, and called idiot and impostor by all impartially, the mock King Tom Canty enjoyed quite a different experience.
out
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From this reading He lost his fears; his misgivings faded out and died; his embarrassments departed, and gave place to an easy and confident bearing.
place
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From this reading He lost his fears; his misgivings faded out and died; his embarrassments departed, and gave place to an easy and confident bearing.
poorly
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From this reading Whilst the true King wandered about the land poorly clad, poorly fed, cuffed and derided by tramps one while, herding with thieves and murderers in a jail another, and called idiot and impostor by all impartially, the mock King Tom Canty enjoyed quite a different experience.
profit
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From this reading He worked the whipping-boy mine to ever-increasing profit.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Whilst the true King wandered about the land poorly clad, poorly fed, cuffed and derided by tramps one while, herding with thieves and murderers in a jail another, and called idiot and impostor by all impartially, the mock King Tom Canty enjoyed quite a different experience.
royalty
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From this reading When we saw him last, royalty was just beginning to have a bright side for him.
saw
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From this reading When we saw him last, royalty was just beginning to have a bright side for him.
side
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From this reading When we saw him last, royalty was just beginning to have a bright side for him.
sunshine
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From this reading This bright side went on brightening more and more every day: in a very little while it was become almost all sunshine and delightfulness.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Whilst the true King wandered about the land poorly clad, poorly fed, cuffed and derided by tramps one while, herding with thieves and murderers in a jail another, and called idiot and impostor by all impartially, the mock King Tom Canty enjoyed quite a different experience.
thieves
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ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This bright side went on brightening more and more every day: in a very little while it was become almost all sunshine and delightfulness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When we saw him last, royalty was just beginning to have a bright side for him.
Tom
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From this reading Whilst the true King wandered about the land poorly clad, poorly fed, cuffed and derided by tramps one while, herding with thieves and murderers in a jail another, and called idiot and impostor by all impartially, the mock King Tom Canty enjoyed quite a different experience.
tramps
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true
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very
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From this reading This bright side went on brightening more and more every day: in a very little while it was become almost all sunshine and delightfulness.
wandered
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From this reading Whilst the true King wandered about the land poorly clad, poorly fed, cuffed and derided by tramps one while, herding with thieves and murderers in a jail another, and called idiot and impostor by all impartially, the mock King Tom Canty enjoyed quite a different experience.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When we saw him last, royalty was just beginning to have a bright side for him.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading When we saw him last, royalty was just beginning to have a bright side for him.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This bright side went on brightening more and more every day: in a very little while it was become almost all sunshine and delightfulness.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When we saw him last, royalty was just beginning to have a bright side for him.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Whilst the true King wandered about the land poorly clad, poorly fed, cuffed and derided by tramps one while, herding with thieves and murderers in a jail another, and called idiot and impostor by all impartially, the mock King Tom Canty enjoyed quite a different experience.
WhilstconjunctionUS /waɪlst/
an old and formal word for “while”
From this reading Whilst the true King wandered about the land poorly clad, poorly fed, cuffed and derided by tramps one while, herding with thieves and murderers in a jail another, and called idiot and impostor by all impartially, the mock King Tom Canty enjoyed quite a different experience.
whipping-boy
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From this reading He worked the whipping-boy mine to ever-increasing profit.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Whilst the true King wandered about the land poorly clad, poorly fed, cuffed and derided by tramps one while, herding with thieves and murderers in a jail another, and called idiot and impostor by all impartially, the mock King Tom Canty enjoyed quite a different experience.
worked
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From this reading He worked the whipping-boy mine to ever-increasing profit.
