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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 Peter was debarred from entering those brilliant lists in which apparel played so great a part.
Algernon
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From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Two more years have gone by, limping in the summer and flying in the winter, two more years of conquests.
apparel
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From this reading Peter was debarred from entering those brilliant lists in which apparel played so great a part.
appears
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From this reading For our heroine appears to be one of the daughters of Helen, born to make trouble for warriors and others--and even for innocent bystanders like Peter Erwin.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
Arrayed
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From this reading Arrayed like Solomon in wonderful clothes from the mysterious and luxurious East, they returned at Christmas-tide and Easter from college to break lances over Honora.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Arrayed like Solomon in wonderful clothes from the mysterious and luxurious East, they returned at Christmas-tide and Easter from college to break lances over Honora.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading For our heroine appears to be one of the daughters of Helen, born to make trouble for warriors and others--and even for innocent bystanders like Peter Erwin.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For our heroine appears to be one of the daughters of Helen, born to make trouble for warriors and others--and even for innocent bystanders like Peter Erwin.
break
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From this reading Arrayed like Solomon in wonderful clothes from the mysterious and luxurious East, they returned at Christmas-tide and Easter from college to break lances over Honora.
brief
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From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
brilliant
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From this reading Peter was debarred from entering those brilliant lists in which apparel played so great a part.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Two more years have gone by, limping in the summer and flying in the winter, two more years of conquests.
bystanders
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From this reading For our heroine appears to be one of the daughters of Helen, born to make trouble for warriors and others--and even for innocent bystanders like Peter Erwin.
Cartwright
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From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
Christmas-tide
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From this reading Arrayed like Solomon in wonderful clothes from the mysterious and luxurious East, they returned at Christmas-tide and Easter from college to break lances over Honora.
clothes
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From this reading Arrayed like Solomon in wonderful clothes from the mysterious and luxurious East, they returned at Christmas-tide and Easter from college to break lances over Honora.
college
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From this reading Arrayed like Solomon in wonderful clothes from the mysterious and luxurious East, they returned at Christmas-tide and Easter from college to break lances over Honora.
conquests
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From this reading Two more years have gone by, limping in the summer and flying in the winter, two more years of conquests.
daughters
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From this reading For our heroine appears to be one of the daughters of Helen, born to make trouble for warriors and others--and even for innocent bystanders like Peter Erwin.
day
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debarred
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From this reading Peter was debarred from entering those brilliant lists in which apparel played so great a part.
Dwyer
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From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
East
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From this reading Arrayed like Solomon in wonderful clothes from the mysterious and luxurious East, they returned at Christmas-tide and Easter from college to break lances over Honora.
Easter
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From this reading Arrayed like Solomon in wonderful clothes from the mysterious and luxurious East, they returned at Christmas-tide and Easter from college to break lances over Honora.
Eliphalet
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From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
entering
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Erwin
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From this reading For our heroine appears to be one of the daughters of Helen, born to make trouble for warriors and others--and even for innocent bystanders like Peter Erwin.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For our heroine appears to be one of the daughters of Helen, born to make trouble for warriors and others--and even for innocent bystanders like Peter Erwin.
familiarly
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From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
flying
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From this reading Two more years have gone by, limping in the summer and flying in the winter, two more years of conquests.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For our heroine appears to be one of the daughters of Helen, born to make trouble for warriors and others--and even for innocent bystanders like Peter Erwin.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Peter was debarred from entering those brilliant lists in which apparel played so great a part.
gentlemennounUS /gentlemen/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
George
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gone
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From this reading Two more years have gone by, limping in the summer and flying in the winter, two more years of conquests.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Peter was debarred from entering those brilliant lists in which apparel played so great a part.
Guy
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From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
Hanbury
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From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Two more years have gone by, limping in the summer and flying in the winter, two more years of conquests.
Helen
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From this reading For our heroine appears to be one of the daughters of Helen, born to make trouble for warriors and others--and even for innocent bystanders like Peter Erwin.
heroine
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From this reading For our heroine appears to be one of the daughters of Helen, born to make trouble for warriors and others--and even for innocent bystanders like Peter Erwin.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
Honora
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From this reading Arrayed like Solomon in wonderful clothes from the mysterious and luxurious East, they returned at Christmas-tide and Easter from college to break lances over Honora.
Hopper
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From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
Hoppy
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From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Two more years have gone by, limping in the summer and flying in the winter, two more years of conquests.
innocent
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From this reading For our heroine appears to be one of the daughters of Helen, born to make trouble for warriors and others--and even for innocent bystanders like Peter Erwin.
known
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From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
lances
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From this reading Arrayed like Solomon in wonderful clothes from the mysterious and luxurious East, they returned at Christmas-tide and Easter from college to break lances over Honora.
like
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From this reading For our heroine appears to be one of the daughters of Helen, born to make trouble for warriors and others--and even for innocent bystanders like Peter Erwin.
limping
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From this reading Two more years have gone by, limping in the summer and flying in the winter, two more years of conquests.
lists
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From this reading Peter was debarred from entering those brilliant lists in which apparel played so great a part.
luxurious
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From this reading Arrayed like Solomon in wonderful clothes from the mysterious and luxurious East, they returned at Christmas-tide and Easter from college to break lances over Honora.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For our heroine appears to be one of the daughters of Helen, born to make trouble for warriors and others--and even for innocent bystanders like Peter Erwin.
memoriesnounUS /ˈmɛm.ə.riz/
Recollections of past events.
From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
more
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From this reading Two more years have gone by, limping in the summer and flying in the winter, two more years of conquests.
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading Arrayed like Solomon in wonderful clothes from the mysterious and luxurious East, they returned at Christmas-tide and Easter from college to break lances over Honora.
names
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From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
now
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From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Two more years have gone by, limping in the summer and flying in the winter, two more years of conquests.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading For our heroine appears to be one of the daughters of Helen, born to make trouble for warriors and others--and even for innocent bystanders like Peter Erwin.
other
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From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
others
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From this reading For our heroine appears to be one of the daughters of Helen, born to make trouble for warriors and others--and even for innocent bystanders like Peter Erwin.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading For our heroine appears to be one of the daughters of Helen, born to make trouble for warriors and others--and even for innocent bystanders like Peter Erwin.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Arrayed like Solomon in wonderful clothes from the mysterious and luxurious East, they returned at Christmas-tide and Easter from college to break lances over Honora.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Peter was debarred from entering those brilliant lists in which apparel played so great a part.
Peter
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From this reading For our heroine appears to be one of the daughters of Helen, born to make trouble for warriors and others--and even for innocent bystanders like Peter Erwin.
played
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From this reading Peter was debarred from entering those brilliant lists in which apparel played so great a part.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Arrayed like Solomon in wonderful clothes from the mysterious and luxurious East, they returned at Christmas-tide and Easter from college to break lances over Honora.
Rossiter
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From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Peter was debarred from entering those brilliant lists in which apparel played so great a part.
Solomonproper nounUS /ˈsɒl.ə.mən/
A legendary king renowned for his wisdom and fabulous hidden mines.
From this reading Arrayed like Solomon in wonderful clothes from the mysterious and luxurious East, they returned at Christmas-tide and Easter from college to break lances over Honora.
summer
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From this reading Two more years have gone by, limping in the summer and flying in the winter, two more years of conquests.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Two more years have gone by, limping in the summer and flying in the winter, two more years of conquests.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Arrayed like Solomon in wonderful clothes from the mysterious and luxurious East, they returned at Christmas-tide and Easter from college to break lances over Honora.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Peter was debarred from entering those brilliant lists in which apparel played so great a part.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For our heroine appears to be one of the daughters of Helen, born to make trouble for warriors and others--and even for innocent bystanders like Peter Erwin.
triumph
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trouble
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Two
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From this reading Two more years have gone by, limping in the summer and flying in the winter, two more years of conquests.
warriors
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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Peter was debarred from entering those brilliant lists in which apparel played so great a part.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Peter was debarred from entering those brilliant lists in which apparel played so great a part.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
winter
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From this reading Two more years have gone by, limping in the summer and flying in the winter, two more years of conquests.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Arrayed like Solomon in wonderful clothes from the mysterious and luxurious East, they returned at Christmas-tide and Easter from college to break lances over Honora.
years
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From this reading Two more years have gone by, limping in the summer and flying in the winter, two more years of conquests.
young
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From this reading George Hanbury, Guy Rossiter, Algernon Cartwright, Eliphalet Hopper Dwyer--familiarly known as "Hoppy"--and other young gentlemen whose names are now but memories, each had his brief day of triumph.
