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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 He might have passed for a gentleman delivering his own groceries.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the toy store, with a shuddering recollection of what it was to be void of material from which to fashion a bribe, he had made purchases right and left.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading One would have thought that judiciously doled out they might be made to spread out over the month of weeping that Mammy Cely had darkly hinted at.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading In the toy store, with a shuddering recollection of what it was to be void of material from which to fashion a bribe, he had made purchases right and left.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Philip had not waked when he left home that morning and there had been no opportunity to see how far a night in his new domicile had succeeded in reconciling him to it.
bribe
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From this reading In the toy store, with a shuddering recollection of what it was to be void of material from which to fashion a bribe, he had made purchases right and left.
Cely
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From this reading One would have thought that judiciously doled out they might be made to spread out over the month of weeping that Mammy Cely had darkly hinted at.
darkly
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From this reading One would have thought that judiciously doled out they might be made to spread out over the month of weeping that Mammy Cely had darkly hinted at.
delivering
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From this reading He might have passed for a gentleman delivering his own groceries.
doled
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From this reading One would have thought that judiciously doled out they might be made to spread out over the month of weeping that Mammy Cely had darkly hinted at.
domicile
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From this reading Philip had not waked when he left home that morning and there had been no opportunity to see how far a night in his new domicile had succeeded in reconciling him to it.
down
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From this reading THE MADONNA PICTURE The master of Elmhurst returned to it the next night loaded down.
Elmhurst
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From this reading THE MADONNA PICTURE The master of Elmhurst returned to it the next night loaded down.
far
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From this reading Philip had not waked when he left home that morning and there had been no opportunity to see how far a night in his new domicile had succeeded in reconciling him to it.
fashion
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From this reading In the toy store, with a shuddering recollection of what it was to be void of material from which to fashion a bribe, he had made purchases right and left.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He might have passed for a gentleman delivering his own groceries.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In the toy store, with a shuddering recollection of what it was to be void of material from which to fashion a bribe, he had made purchases right and left.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He might have passed for a gentleman delivering his own groceries.
groceries
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From this reading He might have passed for a gentleman delivering his own groceries.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In the toy store, with a shuddering recollection of what it was to be void of material from which to fashion a bribe, he had made purchases right and left.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He might have passed for a gentleman delivering his own groceries.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He might have passed for a gentleman delivering his own groceries.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Philip had not waked when he left home that morning and there had been no opportunity to see how far a night in his new domicile had succeeded in reconciling him to it.
hinted
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From this reading One would have thought that judiciously doled out they might be made to spread out over the month of weeping that Mammy Cely had darkly hinted at.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He might have passed for a gentleman delivering his own groceries.
home
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From this reading Philip had not waked when he left home that morning and there had been no opportunity to see how far a night in his new domicile had succeeded in reconciling him to it.
how
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From this reading Philip had not waked when he left home that morning and there had been no opportunity to see how far a night in his new domicile had succeeded in reconciling him to it.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the toy store, with a shuddering recollection of what it was to be void of material from which to fashion a bribe, he had made purchases right and left.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE MADONNA PICTURE The master of Elmhurst returned to it the next night loaded down.
judiciously
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From this reading One would have thought that judiciously doled out they might be made to spread out over the month of weeping that Mammy Cely had darkly hinted at.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the toy store, with a shuddering recollection of what it was to be void of material from which to fashion a bribe, he had made purchases right and left.
loaded
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From this reading THE MADONNA PICTURE The master of Elmhurst returned to it the next night loaded down.
made
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From this reading In the toy store, with a shuddering recollection of what it was to be void of material from which to fashion a bribe, he had made purchases right and left.
MADONNA
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From this reading THE MADONNA PICTURE The master of Elmhurst returned to it the next night loaded down.
Mammy
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From this reading One would have thought that judiciously doled out they might be made to spread out over the month of weeping that Mammy Cely had darkly hinted at.
master
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From this reading THE MADONNA PICTURE The master of Elmhurst returned to it the next night loaded down.
material
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From this reading In the toy store, with a shuddering recollection of what it was to be void of material from which to fashion a bribe, he had made purchases right and left.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading He might have passed for a gentleman delivering his own groceries.
month
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From this reading One would have thought that judiciously doled out they might be made to spread out over the month of weeping that Mammy Cely had darkly hinted at.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Philip had not waked when he left home that morning and there had been no opportunity to see how far a night in his new domicile had succeeded in reconciling him to it.
new
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From this reading Philip had not waked when he left home that morning and there had been no opportunity to see how far a night in his new domicile had succeeded in reconciling him to it.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE MADONNA PICTURE The master of Elmhurst returned to it the next night loaded down.
night
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From this reading THE MADONNA PICTURE The master of Elmhurst returned to it the next night loaded down.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Philip had not waked when he left home that morning and there had been no opportunity to see how far a night in his new domicile had succeeded in reconciling him to it.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Philip had not waked when he left home that morning and there had been no opportunity to see how far a night in his new domicile had succeeded in reconciling him to it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE MADONNA PICTURE The master of Elmhurst returned to it the next night loaded down.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One would have thought that judiciously doled out they might be made to spread out over the month of weeping that Mammy Cely had darkly hinted at.
opportunity
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From this reading Philip had not waked when he left home that morning and there had been no opportunity to see how far a night in his new domicile had succeeded in reconciling him to it.
out
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From this reading One would have thought that judiciously doled out they might be made to spread out over the month of weeping that Mammy Cely had darkly hinted at.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading One would have thought that judiciously doled out they might be made to spread out over the month of weeping that Mammy Cely had darkly hinted at.
own
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From this reading He might have passed for a gentleman delivering his own groceries.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He might have passed for a gentleman delivering his own groceries.
Philip
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From this reading Philip had not waked when he left home that morning and there had been no opportunity to see how far a night in his new domicile had succeeded in reconciling him to it.
PICTURE
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From this reading THE MADONNA PICTURE The master of Elmhurst returned to it the next night loaded down.
purchases
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From this reading In the toy store, with a shuddering recollection of what it was to be void of material from which to fashion a bribe, he had made purchases right and left.
recollection
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From this reading In the toy store, with a shuddering recollection of what it was to be void of material from which to fashion a bribe, he had made purchases right and left.
reconciling
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From this reading Philip had not waked when he left home that morning and there had been no opportunity to see how far a night in his new domicile had succeeded in reconciling him to it.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE MADONNA PICTURE The master of Elmhurst returned to it the next night loaded down.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the toy store, with a shuddering recollection of what it was to be void of material from which to fashion a bribe, he had made purchases right and left.
see
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From this reading Philip had not waked when he left home that morning and there had been no opportunity to see how far a night in his new domicile had succeeded in reconciling him to it.
shuddering
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From this reading In the toy store, with a shuddering recollection of what it was to be void of material from which to fashion a bribe, he had made purchases right and left.
spread
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From this reading One would have thought that judiciously doled out they might be made to spread out over the month of weeping that Mammy Cely had darkly hinted at.
store
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From this reading In the toy store, with a shuddering recollection of what it was to be void of material from which to fashion a bribe, he had made purchases right and left.
succeeded
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From this reading Philip had not waked when he left home that morning and there had been no opportunity to see how far a night in his new domicile had succeeded in reconciling him to it.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading One would have thought that judiciously doled out they might be made to spread out over the month of weeping that Mammy Cely had darkly hinted at.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MADONNA PICTURE The master of Elmhurst returned to it the next night loaded down.
there
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From this reading Philip had not waked when he left home that morning and there had been no opportunity to see how far a night in his new domicile had succeeded in reconciling him to it.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading One would have thought that judiciously doled out they might be made to spread out over the month of weeping that Mammy Cely had darkly hinted at.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One would have thought that judiciously doled out they might be made to spread out over the month of weeping that Mammy Cely had darkly hinted at.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE MADONNA PICTURE The master of Elmhurst returned to it the next night loaded down.
toy
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From this reading In the toy store, with a shuddering recollection of what it was to be void of material from which to fashion a bribe, he had made purchases right and left.
void
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From this reading In the toy store, with a shuddering recollection of what it was to be void of material from which to fashion a bribe, he had made purchases right and left.
waked
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From this reading Philip had not waked when he left home that morning and there had been no opportunity to see how far a night in his new domicile had succeeded in reconciling him to it.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the toy store, with a shuddering recollection of what it was to be void of material from which to fashion a bribe, he had made purchases right and left.
weeping
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From this reading One would have thought that judiciously doled out they might be made to spread out over the month of weeping that Mammy Cely had darkly hinted at.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading In the toy store, with a shuddering recollection of what it was to be void of material from which to fashion a bribe, he had made purchases right and left.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Philip had not waked when he left home that morning and there had been no opportunity to see how far a night in his new domicile had succeeded in reconciling him to it.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In the toy store, with a shuddering recollection of what it was to be void of material from which to fashion a bribe, he had made purchases right and left.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In the toy store, with a shuddering recollection of what it was to be void of material from which to fashion a bribe, he had made purchases right and left.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading One would have thought that judiciously doled out they might be made to spread out over the month of weeping that Mammy Cely had darkly hinted at.
