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1
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From this reading Volume 1, Chapter I.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
abusing
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
always
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading He was a big man was Richard Pellet, Esq., C.C., shipper, of Austin Friars, and known among city men as "the six-hundred-pounder;" and he knew a fool when he saw one.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
any
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From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
Austin
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From this reading He was a big man was Richard Pellet, Esq., C.C., shipper, of Austin Friars, and known among city men as "the six-hundred-pounder;" and he knew a fool when he saw one.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
big
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From this reading He was a big man was Richard Pellet, Esq., C.C., shipper, of Austin Friars, and known among city men as "the six-hundred-pounder;" and he knew a fool when he saw one.
bit
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
black
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
breathed
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
brother
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
butler
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
C
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From this reading He was a big man was Richard Pellet, Esq., C.C., shipper, of Austin Friars, and known among city men as "the six-hundred-pounder;" and he knew a fool when he saw one.
Chapter
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From this reading Volume 1, Chapter I.
city
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From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
coach-lace
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
down
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
drab
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
DUPLEX
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From this reading DUPLEX STREET.
Esq
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From this reading He was a big man was Richard Pellet, Esq., C.C., shipper, of Austin Friars, and known among city men as "the six-hundred-pounder;" and he knew a fool when he saw one.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
eye
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
fat
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
foolnounUS /fool/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
fools
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From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
Friars
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From this reading He was a big man was Richard Pellet, Esq., C.C., shipper, of Austin Friars, and known among city men as "the six-hundred-pounder;" and he knew a fool when he saw one.
garden
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
glass
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
grape
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
greatest
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
grew
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Volume 1, Chapter I.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
Jared
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
judgment
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From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
knew
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From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
known
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From this reading He was a big man was Richard Pellet, Esq., C.C., shipper, of Austin Friars, and known among city men as "the six-hundred-pounder;" and he knew a fool when he saw one.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
London
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From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
man
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From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
matter
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
melon
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
men
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From this reading He was a big man was Richard Pellet, Esq., C.C., shipper, of Austin Friars, and known among city men as "the six-hundred-pounder;" and he knew a fool when he saw one.
mentally
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
mind's
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
morsel
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
Norwood
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
office
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He was a big man was Richard Pellet, Esq., C.C., shipper, of Austin Friars, and known among city men as "the six-hundred-pounder;" and he knew a fool when he saw one.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
peachverbUS /piːtʃ/
inform against or betray someone
From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
Pellet
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From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
people
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From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
pine
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
place
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
public
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From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
Richard
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From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
said
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From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
saw
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From this reading He was a big man was Richard Pellet, Esq., C.C., shipper, of Austin Friars, and known among city men as "the six-hundred-pounder;" and he knew a fool when he saw one.
see
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
servants
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
shipper
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From this reading He was a big man was Richard Pellet, Esq., C.C., shipper, of Austin Friars, and known among city men as "the six-hundred-pounder;" and he knew a fool when he saw one.
six-hundred-pounder
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From this reading He was a big man was Richard Pellet, Esq., C.C., shipper, of Austin Friars, and known among city men as "the six-hundred-pounder;" and he knew a fool when he saw one.
Some
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From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
staff
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
STREET
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From this reading DUPLEX STREET.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
trimmed
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
Volume
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From this reading Volume 1, Chapter I.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
well
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From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Some people are such fools!" said Richard Pellet; and, if public judgment was right, he knew what a fool was as well as any man in the great city of London.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He was a big man was Richard Pellet, Esq., C.C., shipper, of Austin Friars, and known among city men as "the six-hundred-pounder;" and he knew a fool when he saw one.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
wit
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
yellow
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From this reading But whether at his office in the city, or down at his place at Norwood,--"his little place at Norwood," where he had "a morsel of garden" and "a bit of glass," and grew pine and melon, peach and grape, and had a fat butler in black, and a staff of servants in drab, trimmed with yellow coach-lace,--no matter where Richard Pellet might be, he could always see in his mind's eye the greatest fool that ever breathed--the man whom he was always mentally abusing--to wit, his brother Jared.
