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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 THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
anxiety
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From this reading I perceived early enough that my chance of a day’s sport wholly untrammelled by scruples of anxiety was destined to be a remote one.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Our plan was to work the stubble as far as possible in a south-westerly direction, making for Asholt Copse and Hanson’s cottage, where Audrey and the Baron were to meet us, driving over in a pony trap with the lunch.
Asholt
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From this reading Our plan was to work the stubble as far as possible in a south-westerly direction, making for Asholt Copse and Hanson’s cottage, where Audrey and the Baron were to meet us, driving over in a pony trap with the lunch.
Audley
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From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
Audrey
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From this reading Our plan was to work the stubble as far as possible in a south-westerly direction, making for Asholt Copse and Hanson’s cottage, where Audrey and the Baron were to meet us, driving over in a pony trap with the lunch.
BARON
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From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I perceived early enough that my chance of a day’s sport wholly untrammelled by scruples of anxiety was destined to be a remote one.
beaters
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From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
Bickerdike
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From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
boy
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From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He was a good fellow, though considered effeminate by a sporting squirearchy; but that I could never see.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He was a good fellow, though considered effeminate by a sporting squirearchy; but that I could never see.
carried
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From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
chance
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From this reading I perceived early enough that my chance of a day’s sport wholly untrammelled by scruples of anxiety was destined to be a remote one.
considered
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From this reading He was a good fellow, though considered effeminate by a sporting squirearchy; but that I could never see.
CONTINUES
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From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
Copse
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From this reading Our plan was to work the stubble as far as possible in a south-westerly direction, making for Asholt Copse and Hanson’s cottage, where Audrey and the Baron were to meet us, driving over in a pony trap with the lunch.
cottage
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From this reading Our plan was to work the stubble as far as possible in a south-westerly direction, making for Asholt Copse and Hanson’s cottage, where Audrey and the Baron were to meet us, driving over in a pony trap with the lunch.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading He was a good fellow, though considered effeminate by a sporting squirearchy; but that I could never see.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
day's
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From this reading I perceived early enough that my chance of a day’s sport wholly untrammelled by scruples of anxiety was destined to be a remote one.
destined
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From this reading I perceived early enough that my chance of a day’s sport wholly untrammelled by scruples of anxiety was destined to be a remote one.
direction
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From this reading Our plan was to work the stubble as far as possible in a south-westerly direction, making for Asholt Copse and Hanson’s cottage, where Audrey and the Baron were to meet us, driving over in a pony trap with the lunch.
dogs
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From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
driving
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From this reading Our plan was to work the stubble as far as possible in a south-westerly direction, making for Asholt Copse and Hanson’s cottage, where Audrey and the Baron were to meet us, driving over in a pony trap with the lunch.
early
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From this reading I perceived early enough that my chance of a day’s sport wholly untrammelled by scruples of anxiety was destined to be a remote one.
effeminate
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From this reading He was a good fellow, though considered effeminate by a sporting squirearchy; but that I could never see.
enough
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From this reading I perceived early enough that my chance of a day’s sport wholly untrammelled by scruples of anxiety was destined to be a remote one.
estate
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From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
far
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From this reading Our plan was to work the stubble as far as possible in a south-westerly direction, making for Asholt Copse and Hanson’s cottage, where Audrey and the Baron were to meet us, driving over in a pony trap with the lunch.
fellow
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From this reading He was a good fellow, though considered effeminate by a sporting squirearchy; but that I could never see.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Our plan was to work the stubble as far as possible in a south-westerly direction, making for Asholt Copse and Hanson’s cottage, where Audrey and the Baron were to meet us, driving over in a pony trap with the lunch.
Francis
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From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
gamekeeper
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From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
gates
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From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was a good fellow, though considered effeminate by a sporting squirearchy; but that I could never see.
guns
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From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
Hanson
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From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
Hanson's
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From this reading Our plan was to work the stubble as far as possible in a south-westerly direction, making for Asholt Copse and Hanson’s cottage, where Audrey and the Baron were to meet us, driving over in a pony trap with the lunch.
harvest
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From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was a good fellow, though considered effeminate by a sporting squirearchy; but that I could never see.
head
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From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
Hugo
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From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
INTEREST
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From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
landowner
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From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
lately
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From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
lay
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From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
liked
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From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
local
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From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
lower
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From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
lunch
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From this reading Our plan was to work the stubble as far as possible in a south-westerly direction, making for Asholt Copse and Hanson’s cottage, where Audrey and the Baron were to meet us, driving over in a pony trap with the lunch.
main
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From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
making
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From this reading Our plan was to work the stubble as far as possible in a south-westerly direction, making for Asholt Copse and Hanson’s cottage, where Audrey and the Baron were to meet us, driving over in a pony trap with the lunch.
MEpronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
meet
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From this reading Our plan was to work the stubble as far as possible in a south-westerly direction, making for Asholt Copse and Hanson’s cottage, where Audrey and the Baron were to meet us, driving over in a pony trap with the lunch.
meeting
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From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
met
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From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
MS
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From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I perceived early enough that my chance of a day’s sport wholly untrammelled by scruples of anxiety was destined to be a remote one.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was a good fellow, though considered effeminate by a sporting squirearchy; but that I could never see.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I perceived early enough that my chance of a day’s sport wholly untrammelled by scruples of anxiety was destined to be a remote one.
Orsden
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From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
out
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From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
perceived
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From this reading I perceived early enough that my chance of a day’s sport wholly untrammelled by scruples of anxiety was destined to be a remote one.
plan
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From this reading Our plan was to work the stubble as far as possible in a south-westerly direction, making for Asholt Copse and Hanson’s cottage, where Audrey and the Baron were to meet us, driving over in a pony trap with the lunch.
pony
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From this reading Our plan was to work the stubble as far as possible in a south-westerly direction, making for Asholt Copse and Hanson’s cottage, where Audrey and the Baron were to meet us, driving over in a pony trap with the lunch.
possible
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From this reading Our plan was to work the stubble as far as possible in a south-westerly direction, making for Asholt Copse and Hanson’s cottage, where Audrey and the Baron were to meet us, driving over in a pony trap with the lunch.
remote
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From this reading I perceived early enough that my chance of a day’s sport wholly untrammelled by scruples of anxiety was destined to be a remote one.
road
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From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
scruples
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From this reading I perceived early enough that my chance of a day’s sport wholly untrammelled by scruples of anxiety was destined to be a remote one.
see
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From this reading He was a good fellow, though considered effeminate by a sporting squirearchy; but that I could never see.
shootingnounUS /ˈshooting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
Sir
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From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
south-westerly
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From this reading Our plan was to work the stubble as far as possible in a south-westerly direction, making for Asholt Copse and Hanson’s cottage, where Audrey and the Baron were to meet us, driving over in a pony trap with the lunch.
sport
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From this reading I perceived early enough that my chance of a day’s sport wholly untrammelled by scruples of anxiety was destined to be a remote one.
sporting
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From this reading He was a good fellow, though considered effeminate by a sporting squirearchy; but that I could never see.
squirearchy
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From this reading He was a good fellow, though considered effeminate by a sporting squirearchy; but that I could never see.
stubble
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From this reading Our plan was to work the stubble as far as possible in a south-westerly direction, making for Asholt Copse and Hanson’s cottage, where Audrey and the Baron were to meet us, driving over in a pony trap with the lunch.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He was a good fellow, though considered effeminate by a sporting squirearchy; but that I could never see.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading He was a good fellow, though considered effeminate by a sporting squirearchy; but that I could never see.
three
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From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
trap
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From this reading Our plan was to work the stubble as far as possible in a south-westerly direction, making for Asholt Copse and Hanson’s cottage, where Audrey and the Baron were to meet us, driving over in a pony trap with the lunch.
untrammelled
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From this reading I perceived early enough that my chance of a day’s sport wholly untrammelled by scruples of anxiety was destined to be a remote one.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Our plan was to work the stubble as far as possible in a south-westerly direction, making for Asholt Copse and Hanson’s cottage, where Audrey and the Baron were to meet us, driving over in a pony trap with the lunch.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was a good fellow, though considered effeminate by a sporting squirearchy; but that I could never see.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Our plan was to work the stubble as far as possible in a south-westerly direction, making for Asholt Copse and Hanson’s cottage, where Audrey and the Baron were to meet us, driving over in a pony trap with the lunch.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
wholly
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From this reading I perceived early enough that my chance of a day’s sport wholly untrammelled by scruples of anxiety was destined to be a remote one.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Our shooting lay over the lower estate, from which the harvest had lately been carried, and we went out by the main gates, meeting the head gamekeeper, Hanson, with the dogs and a couple of boy beaters, in the road.
work
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From this reading Our plan was to work the stubble as far as possible in a south-westerly direction, making for Asholt Copse and Hanson’s cottage, where Audrey and the Baron were to meet us, driving over in a pony trap with the lunch.
young
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From this reading THE BARON CONTINUES TO INTEREST ME (_From the Bickerdike MS._) We were three guns--Hugo, myself, and a young local landowner, Sir Francis Orsden, of Audley, whom I had met before and liked.
