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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 Long, long ago there appeared in Punch a cartoon of Lord Beaconsfield executing that most difficult of performances, an egg dance.
ago
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From this reading Long, long ago there appeared in Punch a cartoon of Lord Beaconsfield executing that most difficult of performances, an egg dance.
all
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From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Long, long ago there appeared in Punch a cartoon of Lord Beaconsfield executing that most difficult of performances, an egg dance.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
appeared
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From this reading Long, long ago there appeared in Punch a cartoon of Lord Beaconsfield executing that most difficult of performances, an egg dance.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
Banbury
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From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading We shall be fortunate indeed if we get to the end of this chapter without breaking an egg!
Beaconsfield
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From this reading Long, long ago there appeared in Punch a cartoon of Lord Beaconsfield executing that most difficult of performances, an egg dance.
breaking
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From this reading We shall be fortunate indeed if we get to the end of this chapter without breaking an egg!
cartoon
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From this reading Long, long ago there appeared in Punch a cartoon of Lord Beaconsfield executing that most difficult of performances, an egg dance.
chapter
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From this reading We shall be fortunate indeed if we get to the end of this chapter without breaking an egg!
chief
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From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
Club
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From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
cult
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From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
dance
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From this reading Long, long ago there appeared in Punch a cartoon of Lord Beaconsfield executing that most difficult of performances, an egg dance.
days
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From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
delicate
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From this reading Rival for more reasons than one, reasons too delicate to tell.
description
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From this reading Our pen fails us in a description of that festival of festivals, the Banbury one, which took place early in September.
difficult
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From this reading Long, long ago there appeared in Punch a cartoon of Lord Beaconsfield executing that most difficult of performances, an egg dance.
early
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From this reading Our pen fails us in a description of that festival of festivals, the Banbury one, which took place early in September.
egg
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From this reading Long, long ago there appeared in Punch a cartoon of Lord Beaconsfield executing that most difficult of performances, an egg dance.
end
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From this reading We shall be fortunate indeed if we get to the end of this chapter without breaking an egg!
enthusiasm
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From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
executing
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From this reading Long, long ago there appeared in Punch a cartoon of Lord Beaconsfield executing that most difficult of performances, an egg dance.
fails
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From this reading Our pen fails us in a description of that festival of festivals, the Banbury one, which took place early in September.
festival
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From this reading Our pen fails us in a description of that festival of festivals, the Banbury one, which took place early in September.
festivals
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From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Rival for more reasons than one, reasons too delicate to tell.
fortunate
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From this reading We shall be fortunate indeed if we get to the end of this chapter without breaking an egg!
Gad
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From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
get
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From this reading We shall be fortunate indeed if we get to the end of this chapter without breaking an egg!
greatest
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From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
Hunt
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From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading We shall be fortunate indeed if we get to the end of this chapter without breaking an egg!
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
indeed
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From this reading We shall be fortunate indeed if we get to the end of this chapter without breaking an egg!
LongnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Long, long ago there appeared in Punch a cartoon of Lord Beaconsfield executing that most difficult of performances, an egg dance.
Lord
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From this reading Long, long ago there appeared in Punch a cartoon of Lord Beaconsfield executing that most difficult of performances, an egg dance.
match
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From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
Meni
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From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
more
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From this reading Rival for more reasons than one, reasons too delicate to tell.
most
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From this reading Long, long ago there appeared in Punch a cartoon of Lord Beaconsfield executing that most difficult of performances, an egg dance.
occasion
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From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Rival for more reasons than one, reasons too delicate to tell.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our pen fails us in a description of that festival of festivals, the Banbury one, which took place early in September.
pen
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From this reading Our pen fails us in a description of that festival of festivals, the Banbury one, which took place early in September.
performances
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From this reading Long, long ago there appeared in Punch a cartoon of Lord Beaconsfield executing that most difficult of performances, an egg dance.
place
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From this reading Our pen fails us in a description of that festival of festivals, the Banbury one, which took place early in September.
polo
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From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
practised
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From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
Punch
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From this reading Long, long ago there appeared in Punch a cartoon of Lord Beaconsfield executing that most difficult of performances, an egg dance.
Quicksands
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From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
Quicksands's
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From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
reasonsnounUS /ˈreasons/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Rival for more reasons than one, reasons too delicate to tell.
religious
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From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
rival
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From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
Saints
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From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
September
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From this reading Our pen fails us in a description of that festival of festivals, the Banbury one, which took place early in September.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading We shall be fortunate indeed if we get to the end of this chapter without breaking an egg!
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Rival for more reasons than one, reasons too delicate to tell.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Rival for more reasons than one, reasons too delicate to tell.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Long, long ago there appeared in Punch a cartoon of Lord Beaconsfield executing that most difficult of performances, an egg dance.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
there
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From this reading Long, long ago there appeared in Punch a cartoon of Lord Beaconsfield executing that most difficult of performances, an egg dance.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading We shall be fortunate indeed if we get to the end of this chapter without breaking an egg!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Rival for more reasons than one, reasons too delicate to tell.
too
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From this reading Rival for more reasons than one, reasons too delicate to tell.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Our pen fails us in a description of that festival of festivals, the Banbury one, which took place early in September.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Our pen fails us in a description of that festival of festivals, the Banbury one, which took place early in September.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We shall be fortunate indeed if we get to the end of this chapter without breaking an egg!
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Our pen fails us in a description of that festival of festivals, the Banbury one, which took place early in September.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In the religious cult of Gad and Meni, practised with such enthusiasm at Quicksands, the Saints' days were polo days, and the chief of all festivals the occasion of the match with the Banbury Hunt Club--Quicksands's greatest rival.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading We shall be fortunate indeed if we get to the end of this chapter without breaking an egg!
