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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 We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
affairs
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From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
almost
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From this reading Although a bad feeling in regard to him was no doubt engendered in the minds of those who had suffered deeply, it was not that alone which cast an almost funereal gloom over the club.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Although a bad feeling in regard to him was no doubt engendered in the minds of those who had suffered deeply, it was not that alone which cast an almost funereal gloom over the club.
AlthoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Although a bad feeling in regard to him was no doubt engendered in the minds of those who had suffered deeply, it was not that alone which cast an almost funereal gloom over the club.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Although a bad feeling in regard to him was no doubt engendered in the minds of those who had suffered deeply, it was not that alone which cast an almost funereal gloom over the club.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was not only that he had robbed the club, and robbed every member of the club who had ventured to have personal dealings with him.
ASSES
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From this reading WHERE "THE WILD ASSES QUENCH THEIR THIRST."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
back
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From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
bad
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From this reading Although a bad feeling in regard to him was no doubt engendered in the minds of those who had suffered deeply, it was not that alone which cast an almost funereal gloom over the club.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
Beargarden
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From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
blow
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From this reading That establishment had received a terrible blow in the defection of Herr Vossner.
cast
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From this reading Although a bad feeling in regard to him was no doubt engendered in the minds of those who had suffered deeply, it was not that alone which cast an almost funereal gloom over the club.
club
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From this reading It was not only that he had robbed the club, and robbed every member of the club who had ventured to have personal dealings with him.
dealings
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From this reading It was not only that he had robbed the club, and robbed every member of the club who had ventured to have personal dealings with him.
deeply
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From this reading Although a bad feeling in regard to him was no doubt engendered in the minds of those who had suffered deeply, it was not that alone which cast an almost funereal gloom over the club.
defection
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From this reading That establishment had received a terrible blow in the defection of Herr Vossner.
doubt
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From this reading Although a bad feeling in regard to him was no doubt engendered in the minds of those who had suffered deeply, it was not that alone which cast an almost funereal gloom over the club.
engendered
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From this reading Although a bad feeling in regard to him was no doubt engendered in the minds of those who had suffered deeply, it was not that alone which cast an almost funereal gloom over the club.
establishment
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From this reading That establishment had received a terrible blow in the defection of Herr Vossner.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading It was not only that he had robbed the club, and robbed every member of the club who had ventured to have personal dealings with him.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Although a bad feeling in regard to him was no doubt engendered in the minds of those who had suffered deeply, it was not that alone which cast an almost funereal gloom over the club.
funereal
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From this reading Although a bad feeling in regard to him was no doubt engendered in the minds of those who had suffered deeply, it was not that alone which cast an almost funereal gloom over the club.
gloom
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From this reading Although a bad feeling in regard to him was no doubt engendered in the minds of those who had suffered deeply, it was not that alone which cast an almost funereal gloom over the club.
go
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From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading That establishment had received a terrible blow in the defection of Herr Vossner.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It was not only that he had robbed the club, and robbed every member of the club who had ventured to have personal dealings with him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was not only that he had robbed the club, and robbed every member of the club who had ventured to have personal dealings with him.
Herr
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From this reading That establishment had received a terrible blow in the defection of Herr Vossner.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was not only that he had robbed the club, and robbed every member of the club who had ventured to have personal dealings with him.
how
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From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not only that he had robbed the club, and robbed every member of the club who had ventured to have personal dealings with him.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
member
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From this reading It was not only that he had robbed the club, and robbed every member of the club who had ventured to have personal dealings with him.
minds
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From this reading Although a bad feeling in regard to him was no doubt engendered in the minds of those who had suffered deeply, it was not that alone which cast an almost funereal gloom over the club.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Although a bad feeling in regard to him was no doubt engendered in the minds of those who had suffered deeply, it was not that alone which cast an almost funereal gloom over the club.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not only that he had robbed the club, and robbed every member of the club who had ventured to have personal dealings with him.
now
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From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That establishment had received a terrible blow in the defection of Herr Vossner.
only
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From this reading It was not only that he had robbed the club, and robbed every member of the club who had ventured to have personal dealings with him.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Although a bad feeling in regard to him was no doubt engendered in the minds of those who had suffered deeply, it was not that alone which cast an almost funereal gloom over the club.
personal
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From this reading It was not only that he had robbed the club, and robbed every member of the club who had ventured to have personal dealings with him.
progressing
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From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
QUENCH
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From this reading WHERE "THE WILD ASSES QUENCH THEIR THIRST."
reader
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From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
received
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From this reading That establishment had received a terrible blow in the defection of Herr Vossner.
regard
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From this reading Although a bad feeling in regard to him was no doubt engendered in the minds of those who had suffered deeply, it was not that alone which cast an almost funereal gloom over the club.
robbed
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From this reading It was not only that he had robbed the club, and robbed every member of the club who had ventured to have personal dealings with him.
story
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From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
suffered
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From this reading Although a bad feeling in regard to him was no doubt engendered in the minds of those who had suffered deeply, it was not that alone which cast an almost funereal gloom over the club.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading That establishment had received a terrible blow in the defection of Herr Vossner.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHERE "THE WILD ASSES QUENCH THEIR THIRST."
THEIRdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading WHERE "THE WILD ASSES QUENCH THEIR THIRST."
THIRST
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From this reading WHERE "THE WILD ASSES QUENCH THEIR THIRST."
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Although a bad feeling in regard to him was no doubt engendered in the minds of those who had suffered deeply, it was not that alone which cast an almost funereal gloom over the club.
three
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From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was not only that he had robbed the club, and robbed every member of the club who had ventured to have personal dealings with him.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
ventured
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From this reading It was not only that he had robbed the club, and robbed every member of the club who had ventured to have personal dealings with him.
Vossner
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From this reading That establishment had received a terrible blow in the defection of Herr Vossner.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not only that he had robbed the club, and robbed every member of the club who had ventured to have personal dealings with him.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
weeks
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From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We must now go back a little in our story,--about three weeks,--in order that the reader may be told how affairs were progressing at the Beargarden.
WHEREconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading WHERE "THE WILD ASSES QUENCH THEIR THIRST."
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Although a bad feeling in regard to him was no doubt engendered in the minds of those who had suffered deeply, it was not that alone which cast an almost funereal gloom over the club.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It was not only that he had robbed the club, and robbed every member of the club who had ventured to have personal dealings with him.
WILD
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From this reading WHERE "THE WILD ASSES QUENCH THEIR THIRST."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was not only that he had robbed the club, and robbed every member of the club who had ventured to have personal dealings with him.
