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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 “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading A butler who loves his family, and who has the honour of announcing to them the visit of the greatest potentate about, is a happy man.
accompanies
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From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
announcing
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From this reading A butler who loves his family, and who has the honour of announcing to them the visit of the greatest potentate about, is a happy man.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And this was what Eastwood felt, as he uttered with a nightingale trill and swell of satisfaction this honoured name.
bird
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From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
butler
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From this reading A butler who loves his family, and who has the honour of announcing to them the visit of the greatest potentate about, is a happy man.
certain
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From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
Eastwood
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From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
expansion
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From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
family
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From this reading A butler who loves his family, and who has the honour of announcing to them the visit of the greatest potentate about, is a happy man.
felt
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From this reading And this was what Eastwood felt, as he uttered with a nightingale trill and swell of satisfaction this honoured name.
fullest
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From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
fulness
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From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
greatest
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From this reading A butler who loves his family, and who has the honour of announcing to them the visit of the greatest potentate about, is a happy man.
gurgle
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From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
happy
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From this reading A butler who loves his family, and who has the honour of announcing to them the visit of the greatest potentate about, is a happy man.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Who has not heard that roll in the voice of the man who mouths a title like a succulent morsel?
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And this was what Eastwood felt, as he uttered with a nightingale trill and swell of satisfaction this honoured name.
heard
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From this reading Who has not heard that roll in the voice of the man who mouths a title like a succulent morsel?
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A butler who loves his family, and who has the honour of announcing to them the visit of the greatest potentate about, is a happy man.
honour
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From this reading A butler who loves his family, and who has the honour of announcing to them the visit of the greatest potentate about, is a happy man.
honoured
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From this reading And this was what Eastwood felt, as he uttered with a nightingale trill and swell of satisfaction this honoured name.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A butler who loves his family, and who has the honour of announcing to them the visit of the greatest potentate about, is a happy man.
like
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From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
Lord
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From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
loves
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From this reading A butler who loves his family, and who has the honour of announcing to them the visit of the greatest potentate about, is a happy man.
ma'am
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From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
man
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From this reading Who has not heard that roll in the voice of the man who mouths a title like a succulent morsel?
morsel
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From this reading Who has not heard that roll in the voice of the man who mouths a title like a succulent morsel?
mouths
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From this reading Who has not heard that roll in the voice of the man who mouths a title like a succulent morsel?
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And this was what Eastwood felt, as he uttered with a nightingale trill and swell of satisfaction this honoured name.
nightingale
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From this reading And this was what Eastwood felt, as he uttered with a nightingale trill and swell of satisfaction this honoured name.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Who has not heard that roll in the voice of the man who mouths a title like a succulent morsel?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
potentate
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From this reading A butler who loves his family, and who has the honour of announcing to them the visit of the greatest potentate about, is a happy man.
roll
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From this reading Who has not heard that roll in the voice of the man who mouths a title like a succulent morsel?
said
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From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
satisfaction
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From this reading And this was what Eastwood felt, as he uttered with a nightingale trill and swell of satisfaction this honoured name.
song
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From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
Stanton
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From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
succulent
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From this reading Who has not heard that roll in the voice of the man who mouths a title like a succulent morsel?
swell
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From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading A butler who loves his family, and who has the honour of announcing to them the visit of the greatest potentate about, is a happy man.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And this was what Eastwood felt, as he uttered with a nightingale trill and swell of satisfaction this honoured name.
throatnounUS /θroʊt/
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
tide
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From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
title
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From this reading Who has not heard that roll in the voice of the man who mouths a title like a succulent morsel?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A butler who loves his family, and who has the honour of announcing to them the visit of the greatest potentate about, is a happy man.
trill
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From this reading And this was what Eastwood felt, as he uttered with a nightingale trill and swell of satisfaction this honoured name.
utterednounUS /ˈuttered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And this was what Eastwood felt, as he uttered with a nightingale trill and swell of satisfaction this honoured name.
visit
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From this reading A butler who loves his family, and who has the honour of announcing to them the visit of the greatest potentate about, is a happy man.
VISITORS
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From this reading VISITORS.
voice
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From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And this was what Eastwood felt, as he uttered with a nightingale trill and swell of satisfaction this honoured name.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading And this was what Eastwood felt, as he uttered with a nightingale trill and swell of satisfaction this honoured name.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Who has not heard that roll in the voice of the man who mouths a title like a succulent morsel?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “My Lord Stanton, ma’am,” said Eastwood, with a certain expansion in the throat and fulness of voice, like that swell and gurgle which accompanies in a bird the fullest tide of song.
