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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 A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
actually
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From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
all
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From this reading For of all the frights--oh, dear me!
always
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From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
bald-headed
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From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
beard
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From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
beautiful
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From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
bird-sandy
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From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
black
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From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
bloom
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From this reading When he breathed, you used to see the snuff puff out of the place in little tiny, tiny clouds, and fall in a brown bloom over his closely-shaven chin.
break
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From this reading There certainly was not much temptation for her to break her word to her mamma with the new Italian master, Signor Pompare.
breathed
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From this reading When he breathed, you used to see the snuff puff out of the place in little tiny, tiny clouds, and fall in a brown bloom over his closely-shaven chin.
brown
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From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
call
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From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
certainly
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From this reading There certainly was not much temptation for her to break her word to her mamma with the new Italian master, Signor Pompare.
chin
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From this reading When he breathed, you used to see the snuff puff out of the place in little tiny, tiny clouds, and fall in a brown bloom over his closely-shaven chin.
close
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From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
closely-shaven
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From this reading When he breathed, you used to see the snuff puff out of the place in little tiny, tiny clouds, and fall in a brown bloom over his closely-shaven chin.
clouds
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From this reading When he breathed, you used to see the snuff puff out of the place in little tiny, tiny clouds, and fall in a brown bloom over his closely-shaven chin.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
crinkly
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From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
dark-eyed
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From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
dear
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From this reading For of all the frights--oh, dear me!
decided
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From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
face
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From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
fall
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From this reading When he breathed, you used to see the snuff puff out of the place in little tiny, tiny clouds, and fall in a brown bloom over his closely-shaven chin.
fat
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From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There certainly was not much temptation for her to break her word to her mamma with the new Italian master, Signor Pompare.
frights
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From this reading For of all the frights--oh, dear me!
full
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From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
glossy
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From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
hair
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From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There certainly was not much temptation for her to break her word to her mamma with the new Italian master, Signor Pompare.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
hole
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From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
instead
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From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
Italian
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From this reading There certainly was not much temptation for her to break her word to her mamma with the new Italian master, Signor Pompare.
lip
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From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
lots
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From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
mamma
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From this reading There certainly was not much temptation for her to break her word to her mamma with the new Italian master, Signor Pompare.
master
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From this reading There certainly was not much temptation for her to break her word to her mamma with the new Italian master, Signor Pompare.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For of all the frights--oh, dear me!
much
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From this reading There certainly was not much temptation for her to break her word to her mamma with the new Italian master, Signor Pompare.
new
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From this reading There certainly was not much temptation for her to break her word to her mamma with the new Italian master, Signor Pompare.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There certainly was not much temptation for her to break her word to her mamma with the new Italian master, Signor Pompare.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For of all the frights--oh, dear me!
oh
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From this reading For of all the frights--oh, dear me!
out
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From this reading When he breathed, you used to see the snuff puff out of the place in little tiny, tiny clouds, and fall in a brown bloom over his closely-shaven chin.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading When he breathed, you used to see the snuff puff out of the place in little tiny, tiny clouds, and fall in a brown bloom over his closely-shaven chin.
overgrown
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From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
pig
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From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
place
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From this reading When he breathed, you used to see the snuff puff out of the place in little tiny, tiny clouds, and fall in a brown bloom over his closely-shaven chin.
Pompare
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From this reading There certainly was not much temptation for her to break her word to her mamma with the new Italian master, Signor Pompare.
powder
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From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
puff
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From this reading When he breathed, you used to see the snuff puff out of the place in little tiny, tiny clouds, and fall in a brown bloom over his closely-shaven chin.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
reservoir
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From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
sandy
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From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
see
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From this reading When he breathed, you used to see the snuff puff out of the place in little tiny, tiny clouds, and fall in a brown bloom over his closely-shaven chin.
shave
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From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
shaved
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From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
shiny
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From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
Signor
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From this reading There certainly was not much temptation for her to break her word to her mamma with the new Italian master, Signor Pompare.
silky
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From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
snuff
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From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
soapy
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From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
stuffy
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From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
temptation
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From this reading There certainly was not much temptation for her to break her word to her mamma with the new Italian master, Signor Pompare.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There certainly was not much temptation for her to break her word to her mamma with the new Italian master, Signor Pompare.
then
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From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
There
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From this reading There certainly was not much temptation for her to break her word to her mamma with the new Italian master, Signor Pompare.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
tiny
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From this reading When he breathed, you used to see the snuff puff out of the place in little tiny, tiny clouds, and fall in a brown bloom over his closely-shaven chin.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There certainly was not much temptation for her to break her word to her mamma with the new Italian master, Signor Pompare.
too
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From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
upper
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From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
used
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From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
very
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From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There certainly was not much temptation for her to break her word to her mamma with the new Italian master, Signor Pompare.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading And then, too, he used to take such lots of snuff; and there was a crinkly little hole in his upper lip, where he could not shave, and this was always half full of brown powder, so that we decided to call it the reservoir.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When he breathed, you used to see the snuff puff out of the place in little tiny, tiny clouds, and fall in a brown bloom over his closely-shaven chin.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading A great, overgrown, stuffy, fat pig; and instead of being dark-eyed, and with beautiful, glossy, black hair, he was actually quite sandy--bird-sandy--and very bald-headed; while his face, where the beautiful, silky, black beard should have been, was all close shaved, and soapy and shiny.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There certainly was not much temptation for her to break her word to her mamma with the new Italian master, Signor Pompare.
word
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From this reading There certainly was not much temptation for her to break her word to her mamma with the new Italian master, Signor Pompare.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading When he breathed, you used to see the snuff puff out of the place in little tiny, tiny clouds, and fall in a brown bloom over his closely-shaven chin.
