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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 Anything less like a saint in daily life one could hardly imagine.
abandon
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afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Out of harness, on the sands or in the sea, with the brown men and boys and his own, or up the hills after pigs and goats, he let himself go with an abandon which only helped to brace the straps when he geared again.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Out of harness, on the sands or in the sea, with the brown men and boys and his own, or up the hills after pigs and goats, he let himself go with an abandon which only helped to brace the straps when he geared again.
all
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From this reading He set them to football, cricket, boxing, and fencing, for all of which his foresight had made provision, kite-flying on a scale so gigantic as to set the natives gaping, rowing, swimming--anything and everything that might harmlessly take the place of the excitements their savage natures craved, and which served at the same time to strengthen the bonds between white and brown, he pressed into the service.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Out of harness, on the sands or in the sea, with the brown men and boys and his own, or up the hills after pigs and goats, he let himself go with an abandon which only helped to brace the straps when he geared again.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading MANY FORMS OF GRACE We have glanced at the higher phases of Kenneth Blair's character, the more homely ones were no less strenuous and striking.
AnythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Anything less like a saint in daily life one could hardly imagine.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In his love of fun and frolic he was a big, clean-hearted schoolboy, full of jokes, and with a laugh that did one good to listen to and was as infectious as the mumps.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading MANY FORMS OF GRACE We have glanced at the higher phases of Kenneth Blair's character, the more homely ones were no less strenuous and striking.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading He set them to football, cricket, boxing, and fencing, for all of which his foresight had made provision, kite-flying on a scale so gigantic as to set the natives gaping, rowing, swimming--anything and everything that might harmlessly take the place of the excitements their savage natures craved, and which served at the same time to strengthen the bonds between white and brown, he pressed into the service.
big
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Blair's
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bonds
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boxing
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boys
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brace
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brown
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character
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clean-hearted
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From this reading In his love of fun and frolic he was a big, clean-hearted schoolboy, full of jokes, and with a laugh that did one good to listen to and was as infectious as the mumps.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Anything less like a saint in daily life one could hardly imagine.
craved
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From this reading He set them to football, cricket, boxing, and fencing, for all of which his foresight had made provision, kite-flying on a scale so gigantic as to set the natives gaping, rowing, swimming--anything and everything that might harmlessly take the place of the excitements their savage natures craved, and which served at the same time to strengthen the bonds between white and brown, he pressed into the service.
cricket
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daily
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didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading In his love of fun and frolic he was a big, clean-hearted schoolboy, full of jokes, and with a laugh that did one good to listen to and was as infectious as the mumps.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading He set them to football, cricket, boxing, and fencing, for all of which his foresight had made provision, kite-flying on a scale so gigantic as to set the natives gaping, rowing, swimming--anything and everything that might harmlessly take the place of the excitements their savage natures craved, and which served at the same time to strengthen the bonds between white and brown, he pressed into the service.
excitements
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From this reading He set them to football, cricket, boxing, and fencing, for all of which his foresight had made provision, kite-flying on a scale so gigantic as to set the natives gaping, rowing, swimming--anything and everything that might harmlessly take the place of the excitements their savage natures craved, and which served at the same time to strengthen the bonds between white and brown, he pressed into the service.
fencing
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football
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He set them to football, cricket, boxing, and fencing, for all of which his foresight had made provision, kite-flying on a scale so gigantic as to set the natives gaping, rowing, swimming--anything and everything that might harmlessly take the place of the excitements their savage natures craved, and which served at the same time to strengthen the bonds between white and brown, he pressed into the service.
foresight
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FORMS
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frolic
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full
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fun
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From this reading In his love of fun and frolic he was a big, clean-hearted schoolboy, full of jokes, and with a laugh that did one good to listen to and was as infectious as the mumps.
gapingadjectiveUS /ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/
wide open
From this reading He set them to football, cricket, boxing, and fencing, for all of which his foresight had made provision, kite-flying on a scale so gigantic as to set the natives gaping, rowing, swimming--anything and everything that might harmlessly take the place of the excitements their savage natures craved, and which served at the same time to strengthen the bonds between white and brown, he pressed into the service.
geared
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gigantic
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glanced
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go
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goats
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goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In his love of fun and frolic he was a big, clean-hearted schoolboy, full of jokes, and with a laugh that did one good to listen to and was as infectious as the mumps.
GRACE
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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He set them to football, cricket, boxing, and fencing, for all of which his foresight had made provision, kite-flying on a scale so gigantic as to set the natives gaping, rowing, swimming--anything and everything that might harmlessly take the place of the excitements their savage natures craved, and which served at the same time to strengthen the bonds between white and brown, he pressed into the service.
hardly
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From this reading Anything less like a saint in daily life one could hardly imagine.
harmlessly
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harness
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haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading MANY FORMS OF GRACE We have glanced at the higher phases of Kenneth Blair's character, the more homely ones were no less strenuous and striking.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In his love of fun and frolic he was a big, clean-hearted schoolboy, full of jokes, and with a laugh that did one good to listen to and was as infectious as the mumps.
helped
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higher
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hills
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himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Out of harness, on the sands or in the sea, with the brown men and boys and his own, or up the hills after pigs and goats, he let himself go with an abandon which only helped to brace the straps when he geared again.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In his love of fun and frolic he was a big, clean-hearted schoolboy, full of jokes, and with a laugh that did one good to listen to and was as infectious as the mumps.
homely
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imaginenounUS /ˈimagine/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Anything less like a saint in daily life one could hardly imagine.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Anything less like a saint in daily life one could hardly imagine.
infectious
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From this reading In his love of fun and frolic he was a big, clean-hearted schoolboy, full of jokes, and with a laugh that did one good to listen to and was as infectious as the mumps.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading He set them to football, cricket, boxing, and fencing, for all of which his foresight had made provision, kite-flying on a scale so gigantic as to set the natives gaping, rowing, swimming--anything and everything that might harmlessly take the place of the excitements their savage natures craved, and which served at the same time to strengthen the bonds between white and brown, he pressed into the service.
jokes
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From this reading In his love of fun and frolic he was a big, clean-hearted schoolboy, full of jokes, and with a laugh that did one good to listen to and was as infectious as the mumps.
Kenneth
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kite-flying
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laugh
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less
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letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Out of harness, on the sands or in the sea, with the brown men and boys and his own, or up the hills after pigs and goats, he let himself go with an abandon which only helped to brace the straps when he geared again.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Anything less like a saint in daily life one could hardly imagine.
like
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From this reading Anything less like a saint in daily life one could hardly imagine.
listen
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love
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made
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MANY
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men
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mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He set them to football, cricket, boxing, and fencing, for all of which his foresight had made provision, kite-flying on a scale so gigantic as to set the natives gaping, rowing, swimming--anything and everything that might harmlessly take the place of the excitements their savage natures craved, and which served at the same time to strengthen the bonds between white and brown, he pressed into the service.
more
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mumps
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natives
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natures
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nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading MANY FORMS OF GRACE We have glanced at the higher phases of Kenneth Blair's character, the more homely ones were no less strenuous and striking.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading MANY FORMS OF GRACE We have glanced at the higher phases of Kenneth Blair's character, the more homely ones were no less strenuous and striking.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Out of harness, on the sands or in the sea, with the brown men and boys and his own, or up the hills after pigs and goats, he let himself go with an abandon which only helped to brace the straps when he geared again.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Anything less like a saint in daily life one could hardly imagine.
ones
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only
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orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Out of harness, on the sands or in the sea, with the brown men and boys and his own, or up the hills after pigs and goats, he let himself go with an abandon which only helped to brace the straps when he geared again.
Out
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own
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phases
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pigs
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place
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From this reading He set them to football, cricket, boxing, and fencing, for all of which his foresight had made provision, kite-flying on a scale so gigantic as to set the natives gaping, rowing, swimming--anything and everything that might harmlessly take the place of the excitements their savage natures craved, and which served at the same time to strengthen the bonds between white and brown, he pressed into the service.
pressed
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provision
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From this reading He set them to football, cricket, boxing, and fencing, for all of which his foresight had made provision, kite-flying on a scale so gigantic as to set the natives gaping, rowing, swimming--anything and everything that might harmlessly take the place of the excitements their savage natures craved, and which served at the same time to strengthen the bonds between white and brown, he pressed into the service.
rowing
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saint
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From this reading Anything less like a saint in daily life one could hardly imagine.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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sands
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savage
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scale
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From this reading He set them to football, cricket, boxing, and fencing, for all of which his foresight had made provision, kite-flying on a scale so gigantic as to set the natives gaping, rowing, swimming--anything and everything that might harmlessly take the place of the excitements their savage natures craved, and which served at the same time to strengthen the bonds between white and brown, he pressed into the service.
schoolboy
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From this reading In his love of fun and frolic he was a big, clean-hearted schoolboy, full of jokes, and with a laugh that did one good to listen to and was as infectious as the mumps.
sea
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served
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service
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set
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From this reading He set them to football, cricket, boxing, and fencing, for all of which his foresight had made provision, kite-flying on a scale so gigantic as to set the natives gaping, rowing, swimming--anything and everything that might harmlessly take the place of the excitements their savage natures craved, and which served at the same time to strengthen the bonds between white and brown, he pressed into the service.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He set them to football, cricket, boxing, and fencing, for all of which his foresight had made provision, kite-flying on a scale so gigantic as to set the natives gaping, rowing, swimming--anything and everything that might harmlessly take the place of the excitements their savage natures craved, and which served at the same time to strengthen the bonds between white and brown, he pressed into the service.
straps
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From this reading Out of harness, on the sands or in the sea, with the brown men and boys and his own, or up the hills after pigs and goats, he let himself go with an abandon which only helped to brace the straps when he geared again.
strengthen
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From this reading He set them to football, cricket, boxing, and fencing, for all of which his foresight had made provision, kite-flying on a scale so gigantic as to set the natives gaping, rowing, swimming--anything and everything that might harmlessly take the place of the excitements their savage natures craved, and which served at the same time to strengthen the bonds between white and brown, he pressed into the service.
strenuous
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From this reading MANY FORMS OF GRACE We have glanced at the higher phases of Kenneth Blair's character, the more homely ones were no less strenuous and striking.
striking
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From this reading MANY FORMS OF GRACE We have glanced at the higher phases of Kenneth Blair's character, the more homely ones were no less strenuous and striking.
swimming
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From this reading He set them to football, cricket, boxing, and fencing, for all of which his foresight had made provision, kite-flying on a scale so gigantic as to set the natives gaping, rowing, swimming--anything and everything that might harmlessly take the place of the excitements their savage natures craved, and which served at the same time to strengthen the bonds between white and brown, he pressed into the service.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He set them to football, cricket, boxing, and fencing, for all of which his foresight had made provision, kite-flying on a scale so gigantic as to set the natives gaping, rowing, swimming--anything and everything that might harmlessly take the place of the excitements their savage natures craved, and which served at the same time to strengthen the bonds between white and brown, he pressed into the service.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In his love of fun and frolic he was a big, clean-hearted schoolboy, full of jokes, and with a laugh that did one good to listen to and was as infectious as the mumps.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading MANY FORMS OF GRACE We have glanced at the higher phases of Kenneth Blair's character, the more homely ones were no less strenuous and striking.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading He set them to football, cricket, boxing, and fencing, for all of which his foresight had made provision, kite-flying on a scale so gigantic as to set the natives gaping, rowing, swimming--anything and everything that might harmlessly take the place of the excitements their savage natures craved, and which served at the same time to strengthen the bonds between white and brown, he pressed into the service.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He set them to football, cricket, boxing, and fencing, for all of which his foresight had made provision, kite-flying on a scale so gigantic as to set the natives gaping, rowing, swimming--anything and everything that might harmlessly take the place of the excitements their savage natures craved, and which served at the same time to strengthen the bonds between white and brown, he pressed into the service.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He set them to football, cricket, boxing, and fencing, for all of which his foresight had made provision, kite-flying on a scale so gigantic as to set the natives gaping, rowing, swimming--anything and everything that might harmlessly take the place of the excitements their savage natures craved, and which served at the same time to strengthen the bonds between white and brown, he pressed into the service.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In his love of fun and frolic he was a big, clean-hearted schoolboy, full of jokes, and with a laugh that did one good to listen to and was as infectious as the mumps.
up
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From this reading Out of harness, on the sands or in the sea, with the brown men and boys and his own, or up the hills after pigs and goats, he let himself go with an abandon which only helped to brace the straps when he geared again.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In his love of fun and frolic he was a big, clean-hearted schoolboy, full of jokes, and with a laugh that did one good to listen to and was as infectious as the mumps.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading MANY FORMS OF GRACE We have glanced at the higher phases of Kenneth Blair's character, the more homely ones were no less strenuous and striking.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading MANY FORMS OF GRACE We have glanced at the higher phases of Kenneth Blair's character, the more homely ones were no less strenuous and striking.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Out of harness, on the sands or in the sea, with the brown men and boys and his own, or up the hills after pigs and goats, he let himself go with an abandon which only helped to brace the straps when he geared again.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Out of harness, on the sands or in the sea, with the brown men and boys and his own, or up the hills after pigs and goats, he let himself go with an abandon which only helped to brace the straps when he geared again.
white
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From this reading He set them to football, cricket, boxing, and fencing, for all of which his foresight had made provision, kite-flying on a scale so gigantic as to set the natives gaping, rowing, swimming--anything and everything that might harmlessly take the place of the excitements their savage natures craved, and which served at the same time to strengthen the bonds between white and brown, he pressed into the service.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In his love of fun and frolic he was a big, clean-hearted schoolboy, full of jokes, and with a laugh that did one good to listen to and was as infectious as the mumps.
