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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 cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
afterwards
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From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
all
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From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading His name was Brummer; he had the manners of a costermonger, and not of one in the higher walks of that calling, if there are such.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading And it was evident that they suspected me of being what Brummer called contemptuously "a ---- philanthropist," when the stockbroker told him I had come into the club with Mr. Perry.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
Brummer
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From this reading His name was Brummer; he had the manners of a costermonger, and not of one in the higher walks of that calling, if there are such.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
called
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From this reading And it was evident that they suspected me of being what Brummer called contemptuously "a ---- philanthropist," when the stockbroker told him I had come into the club with Mr. Perry.
calling
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From this reading His name was Brummer; he had the manners of a costermonger, and not of one in the higher walks of that calling, if there are such.
card-room
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From this reading The card-room was well occupied.
careless
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From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
Charles
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From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
club
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From this reading And it was evident that they suspected me of being what Brummer called contemptuously "a ---- philanthropist," when the stockbroker told him I had come into the club with Mr. Perry.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And it was evident that they suspected me of being what Brummer called contemptuously "a ---- philanthropist," when the stockbroker told him I had come into the club with Mr. Perry.
contemptuously
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From this reading And it was evident that they suspected me of being what Brummer called contemptuously "a ---- philanthropist," when the stockbroker told him I had come into the club with Mr. Perry.
costermonger
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From this reading His name was Brummer; he had the manners of a costermonger, and not of one in the higher walks of that calling, if there are such.
coup
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From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
cut
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From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
deal
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From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
diminish
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From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
disagreeable
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From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
evident
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From this reading And it was evident that they suspected me of being what Brummer called contemptuously "a ---- philanthropist," when the stockbroker told him I had come into the club with Mr. Perry.
exuberance
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From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
fellow
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From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
good-nature
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From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His name was Brummer; he had the manners of a costermonger, and not of one in the higher walks of that calling, if there are such.
higher
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From this reading His name was Brummer; he had the manners of a costermonger, and not of one in the higher walks of that calling, if there are such.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And it was evident that they suspected me of being what Brummer called contemptuously "a ---- philanthropist," when the stockbroker told him I had come into the club with Mr. Perry.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading His name was Brummer; he had the manners of a costermonger, and not of one in the higher walks of that calling, if there are such.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading His name was Brummer; he had the manners of a costermonger, and not of one in the higher walks of that calling, if there are such.
inherited
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From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
joined
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From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
learnt
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From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
Lord
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From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
lucky
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From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
made
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From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
manners
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From this reading His name was Brummer; he had the manners of a costermonger, and not of one in the higher walks of that calling, if there are such.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And it was evident that they suspected me of being what Brummer called contemptuously "a ---- philanthropist," when the stockbroker told him I had come into the club with Mr. Perry.
men
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From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
money
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From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
Mr
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From this reading And it was evident that they suspected me of being what Brummer called contemptuously "a ---- philanthropist," when the stockbroker told him I had come into the club with Mr. Perry.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His name was Brummer; he had the manners of a costermonger, and not of one in the higher walks of that calling, if there are such.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading His name was Brummer; he had the manners of a costermonger, and not of one in the higher walks of that calling, if there are such.
occupied
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From this reading The card-room was well occupied.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
other
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From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
Perry
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From this reading And it was evident that they suspected me of being what Brummer called contemptuously "a ---- philanthropist," when the stockbroker told him I had come into the club with Mr. Perry.
philanthropist
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From this reading And it was evident that they suspected me of being what Brummer called contemptuously "a ---- philanthropist," when the stockbroker told him I had come into the club with Mr. Perry.
rather
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From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
somewhat
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From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
sort
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From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
stockbroker
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From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
subdue
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From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading His name was Brummer; he had the manners of a costermonger, and not of one in the higher walks of that calling, if there are such.
suspected
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From this reading And it was evident that they suspected me of being what Brummer called contemptuously "a ---- philanthropist," when the stockbroker told him I had come into the club with Mr. Perry.
table
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From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The card-room was well occupied.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
there
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From this reading His name was Brummer; he had the manners of a costermonger, and not of one in the higher walks of that calling, if there are such.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And it was evident that they suspected me of being what Brummer called contemptuously "a ---- philanthropist," when the stockbroker told him I had come into the club with Mr. Perry.
treated
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From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
two
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From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
up
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From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
vulgarity
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From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
walks
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From this reading His name was Brummer; he had the manners of a costermonger, and not of one in the higher walks of that calling, if there are such.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The card-room was well occupied.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
well
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From this reading The card-room was well occupied.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And it was evident that they suspected me of being what Brummer called contemptuously "a ---- philanthropist," when the stockbroker told him I had come into the club with Mr. Perry.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading And it was evident that they suspected me of being what Brummer called contemptuously "a ---- philanthropist," when the stockbroker told him I had come into the club with Mr. Perry.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We cut into a table with two other men, one of whom was the stockbroker who had made the lucky _coup_ that afternoon, and the other was a disagreeable sort of fellow who, I learnt afterwards, had inherited a great deal of money and had done little all his life to diminish it.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Lord Charles treated both of them with a careless good-nature which seemed to subdue somewhat the exuberance of their vulgarity; but I thought that before we made up our table they looked about as if they would rather have joined another one.
