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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 something which was in him, the craving for food which was life, was on her side; he did have tea with her, a gargantuan tea.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
ate
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From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
autobiographical
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From this reading She was even autobiographical.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The Drapery He was persuaded, he knew not how; he never meant to be.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
Compared
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From this reading "Compared with what I have gone through, with my course of training in life's hard school, what you've endured is nothing, and you see that outwardly I'm none the worse for it.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Compared with what I have gone through, with my course of training in life's hard school, what you've endured is nothing, and you see that outwardly I'm none the worse for it.
craving
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From this reading The something which was in him, the craving for food which was life, was on her side; he did have tea with her, a gargantuan tea.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The something which was in him, the craving for food which was life, was on her side; he did have tea with her, a gargantuan tea.
Drapery
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From this reading The Drapery He was persuaded, he knew not how; he never meant to be.
eat
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From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
ends
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From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
endured
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From this reading "Compared with what I have gone through, with my course of training in life's hard school, what you've endured is nothing, and you see that outwardly I'm none the worse for it.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was even autobiographical.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
fiction
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From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
food
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From this reading The something which was in him, the craving for food which was life, was on her side; he did have tea with her, a gargantuan tea.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The something which was in him, the craving for food which was life, was on her side; he did have tea with her, a gargantuan tea.
gargantuan
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From this reading The something which was in him, the craving for food which was life, was on her side; he did have tea with her, a gargantuan tea.
gone
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From this reading "Compared with what I have gone through, with my course of training in life's hard school, what you've endured is nothing, and you see that outwardly I'm none the worse for it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
hard
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From this reading "Compared with what I have gone through, with my course of training in life's hard school, what you've endured is nothing, and you see that outwardly I'm none the worse for it.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The something which was in him, the craving for food which was life, was on her side; he did have tea with her, a gargantuan tea.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Drapery He was persuaded, he knew not how; he never meant to be.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The something which was in him, the craving for food which was life, was on her side; he did have tea with her, a gargantuan tea.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The something which was in him, the craving for food which was life, was on her side; he did have tea with her, a gargantuan tea.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
how
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From this reading The Drapery He was persuaded, he knew not how; he never meant to be.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Compared with what I have gone through, with my course of training in life's hard school, what you've endured is nothing, and you see that outwardly I'm none the worse for it.
I'm
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From this reading "Compared with what I have gone through, with my course of training in life's hard school, what you've endured is nothing, and you see that outwardly I'm none the worse for it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The something which was in him, the craving for food which was life, was on her side; he did have tea with her, a gargantuan tea.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Compared with what I have gone through, with my course of training in life's hard school, what you've endured is nothing, and you see that outwardly I'm none the worse for it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Compared with what I have gone through, with my course of training in life's hard school, what you've endured is nothing, and you see that outwardly I'm none the worse for it.
kept
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From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
knew
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From this reading The Drapery He was persuaded, he knew not how; he never meant to be.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The something which was in him, the craving for food which was life, was on her side; he did have tea with her, a gargantuan tea.
life's
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From this reading "Compared with what I have gone through, with my course of training in life's hard school, what you've endured is nothing, and you see that outwardly I'm none the worse for it.
meant
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From this reading The Drapery He was persuaded, he knew not how; he never meant to be.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Compared with what I have gone through, with my course of training in life's hard school, what you've endured is nothing, and you see that outwardly I'm none the worse for it.
necessity
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From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Drapery He was persuaded, he knew not how; he never meant to be.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading "Compared with what I have gone through, with my course of training in life's hard school, what you've endured is nothing, and you see that outwardly I'm none the worse for it.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The Drapery He was persuaded, he knew not how; he never meant to be.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "Compared with what I have gone through, with my course of training in life's hard school, what you've endured is nothing, and you see that outwardly I'm none the worse for it.
odds
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From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The something which was in him, the craving for food which was life, was on her side; he did have tea with her, a gargantuan tea.
outwardly
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From this reading "Compared with what I have gone through, with my course of training in life's hard school, what you've endured is nothing, and you see that outwardly I'm none the worse for it.
persuaded
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From this reading The Drapery He was persuaded, he knew not how; he never meant to be.
plate
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From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
school
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From this reading "Compared with what I have gone through, with my course of training in life's hard school, what you've endured is nothing, and you see that outwardly I'm none the worse for it.
see
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From this reading "Compared with what I have gone through, with my course of training in life's hard school, what you've endured is nothing, and you see that outwardly I'm none the worse for it.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
showed
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From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
side
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From this reading The something which was in him, the craving for food which was life, was on her side; he did have tea with her, a gargantuan tea.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The something which was in him, the craving for food which was life, was on her side; he did have tea with her, a gargantuan tea.
spoken
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From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
supplied
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From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
talking
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From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
tea
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From this reading The something which was in him, the craving for food which was life, was on her side; he did have tea with her, a gargantuan tea.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Drapery He was persuaded, he knew not how; he never meant to be.
there
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From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Compared with what I have gone through, with my course of training in life's hard school, what you've endured is nothing, and you see that outwardly I'm none the worse for it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Drapery He was persuaded, he knew not how; he never meant to be.
training
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From this reading "Compared with what I have gone through, with my course of training in life's hard school, what you've endured is nothing, and you see that outwardly I'm none the worse for it.
trifling
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From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Drapery He was persuaded, he knew not how; he never meant to be.
watched
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From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
well
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From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Compared with what I have gone through, with my course of training in life's hard school, what you've endured is nothing, and you see that outwardly I'm none the worse for it.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The something which was in him, the craving for food which was life, was on her side; he did have tea with her, a gargantuan tea.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading He ate of everything there was to eat, while she showed that the necessity that she should have something to eat of which she had spoken was a fiction, by trifling with odds and ends, while she watched that his plate was kept well supplied, and kept on talking.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The something which was in him, the craving for food which was life, was on her side; he did have tea with her, a gargantuan tea.
worse
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From this reading "Compared with what I have gone through, with my course of training in life's hard school, what you've endured is nothing, and you see that outwardly I'm none the worse for it.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Compared with what I have gone through, with my course of training in life's hard school, what you've endured is nothing, and you see that outwardly I'm none the worse for it.
you've
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From this reading "Compared with what I have gone through, with my course of training in life's hard school, what you've endured is nothing, and you see that outwardly I'm none the worse for it.
