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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 As I neared it, there was borne to my ears a burst of drunken shouts accompanied by a volley of musketry.
accompanied
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From this reading As I neared it, there was borne to my ears a burst of drunken shouts accompanied by a volley of musketry.
aflame
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From this reading THE guest house was aflame with lights.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading My lord was pursuing with a vengeance our senseless fashion of wasting in drinking bouts powder that would have been better spent against the Indians.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The door was flung open, and there issued a tide of drawers and servants headed by mine host himself, and followed by a hail of such minor breakables as the house contained and by Olympian laughter.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As I neared it, there was borne to my ears a burst of drunken shouts accompanied by a volley of musketry.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading My lord was pursuing with a vengeance our senseless fashion of wasting in drinking bouts powder that would have been better spent against the Indians.
better
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From this reading My lord was pursuing with a vengeance our senseless fashion of wasting in drinking bouts powder that would have been better spent against the Indians.
borne
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From this reading As I neared it, there was borne to my ears a burst of drunken shouts accompanied by a volley of musketry.
bouts
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From this reading My lord was pursuing with a vengeance our senseless fashion of wasting in drinking bouts powder that would have been better spent against the Indians.
breakables
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From this reading The door was flung open, and there issued a tide of drawers and servants headed by mine host himself, and followed by a hail of such minor breakables as the house contained and by Olympian laughter.
burst
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From this reading As I neared it, there was borne to my ears a burst of drunken shouts accompanied by a volley of musketry.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading As I neared it, there was borne to my ears a burst of drunken shouts accompanied by a volley of musketry.
contained
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From this reading The door was flung open, and there issued a tide of drawers and servants headed by mine host himself, and followed by a hail of such minor breakables as the house contained and by Olympian laughter.
door
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From this reading The door was flung open, and there issued a tide of drawers and servants headed by mine host himself, and followed by a hail of such minor breakables as the house contained and by Olympian laughter.
drawers
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From this reading The door was flung open, and there issued a tide of drawers and servants headed by mine host himself, and followed by a hail of such minor breakables as the house contained and by Olympian laughter.
drinking
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From this reading My lord was pursuing with a vengeance our senseless fashion of wasting in drinking bouts powder that would have been better spent against the Indians.
drunken
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From this reading As I neared it, there was borne to my ears a burst of drunken shouts accompanied by a volley of musketry.
ears
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From this reading As I neared it, there was borne to my ears a burst of drunken shouts accompanied by a volley of musketry.
fashion
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From this reading My lord was pursuing with a vengeance our senseless fashion of wasting in drinking bouts powder that would have been better spent against the Indians.
flung
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From this reading The door was flung open, and there issued a tide of drawers and servants headed by mine host himself, and followed by a hail of such minor breakables as the house contained and by Olympian laughter.
followed
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From this reading The door was flung open, and there issued a tide of drawers and servants headed by mine host himself, and followed by a hail of such minor breakables as the house contained and by Olympian laughter.
guest
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From this reading THE guest house was aflame with lights.
hail
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From this reading The door was flung open, and there issued a tide of drawers and servants headed by mine host himself, and followed by a hail of such minor breakables as the house contained and by Olympian laughter.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading My lord was pursuing with a vengeance our senseless fashion of wasting in drinking bouts powder that would have been better spent against the Indians.
headed
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From this reading The door was flung open, and there issued a tide of drawers and servants headed by mine host himself, and followed by a hail of such minor breakables as the house contained and by Olympian laughter.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The door was flung open, and there issued a tide of drawers and servants headed by mine host himself, and followed by a hail of such minor breakables as the house contained and by Olympian laughter.
host
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From this reading The door was flung open, and there issued a tide of drawers and servants headed by mine host himself, and followed by a hail of such minor breakables as the house contained and by Olympian laughter.
house
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From this reading THE guest house was aflame with lights.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading As I neared it, there was borne to my ears a burst of drunken shouts accompanied by a volley of musketry.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading My lord was pursuing with a vengeance our senseless fashion of wasting in drinking bouts powder that would have been better spent against the Indians.
increased
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From this reading The noise increased.
Indians
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From this reading My lord was pursuing with a vengeance our senseless fashion of wasting in drinking bouts powder that would have been better spent against the Indians.
issuednounUS /issued/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The door was flung open, and there issued a tide of drawers and servants headed by mine host himself, and followed by a hail of such minor breakables as the house contained and by Olympian laughter.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading As I neared it, there was borne to my ears a burst of drunken shouts accompanied by a volley of musketry.
laughter
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From this reading The door was flung open, and there issued a tide of drawers and servants headed by mine host himself, and followed by a hail of such minor breakables as the house contained and by Olympian laughter.
lights
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From this reading THE guest house was aflame with lights.
lord
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From this reading My lord was pursuing with a vengeance our senseless fashion of wasting in drinking bouts powder that would have been better spent against the Indians.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The door was flung open, and there issued a tide of drawers and servants headed by mine host himself, and followed by a hail of such minor breakables as the house contained and by Olympian laughter.
minor
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From this reading The door was flung open, and there issued a tide of drawers and servants headed by mine host himself, and followed by a hail of such minor breakables as the house contained and by Olympian laughter.
musketry
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From this reading As I neared it, there was borne to my ears a burst of drunken shouts accompanied by a volley of musketry.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading As I neared it, there was borne to my ears a burst of drunken shouts accompanied by a volley of musketry.
neared
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From this reading As I neared it, there was borne to my ears a burst of drunken shouts accompanied by a volley of musketry.
noise
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From this reading The noise increased.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As I neared it, there was borne to my ears a burst of drunken shouts accompanied by a volley of musketry.
Olympian
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From this reading The door was flung open, and there issued a tide of drawers and servants headed by mine host himself, and followed by a hail of such minor breakables as the house contained and by Olympian laughter.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The door was flung open, and there issued a tide of drawers and servants headed by mine host himself, and followed by a hail of such minor breakables as the house contained and by Olympian laughter.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading My lord was pursuing with a vengeance our senseless fashion of wasting in drinking bouts powder that would have been better spent against the Indians.
powder
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From this reading My lord was pursuing with a vengeance our senseless fashion of wasting in drinking bouts powder that would have been better spent against the Indians.
pursuing
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From this reading My lord was pursuing with a vengeance our senseless fashion of wasting in drinking bouts powder that would have been better spent against the Indians.
senseless
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From this reading My lord was pursuing with a vengeance our senseless fashion of wasting in drinking bouts powder that would have been better spent against the Indians.
servants
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From this reading The door was flung open, and there issued a tide of drawers and servants headed by mine host himself, and followed by a hail of such minor breakables as the house contained and by Olympian laughter.
shouts
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From this reading As I neared it, there was borne to my ears a burst of drunken shouts accompanied by a volley of musketry.
spent
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From this reading My lord was pursuing with a vengeance our senseless fashion of wasting in drinking bouts powder that would have been better spent against the Indians.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The door was flung open, and there issued a tide of drawers and servants headed by mine host himself, and followed by a hail of such minor breakables as the house contained and by Olympian laughter.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading My lord was pursuing with a vengeance our senseless fashion of wasting in drinking bouts powder that would have been better spent against the Indians.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE guest house was aflame with lights.
there
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From this reading As I neared it, there was borne to my ears a burst of drunken shouts accompanied by a volley of musketry.
tide
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From this reading The door was flung open, and there issued a tide of drawers and servants headed by mine host himself, and followed by a hail of such minor breakables as the house contained and by Olympian laughter.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As I neared it, there was borne to my ears a burst of drunken shouts accompanied by a volley of musketry.
vengeance
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From this reading My lord was pursuing with a vengeance our senseless fashion of wasting in drinking bouts powder that would have been better spent against the Indians.
volley
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From this reading As I neared it, there was borne to my ears a burst of drunken shouts accompanied by a volley of musketry.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE guest house was aflame with lights.
wasting
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From this reading My lord was pursuing with a vengeance our senseless fashion of wasting in drinking bouts powder that would have been better spent against the Indians.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE guest house was aflame with lights.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading My lord was pursuing with a vengeance our senseless fashion of wasting in drinking bouts powder that would have been better spent against the Indians.
