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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 “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
alienated
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From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
all
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From this reading “He'll hold us up all morning, for that ball, just as he tries to hold up all progress.”
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
Anthony
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From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
anyhow
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From this reading “What's happened to the granddaughter, anyhow?”
arrogance
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From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “He'll hold us up all morning, for that ball, just as he tries to hold up all progress.”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
ball
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From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
bearing
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From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
Cardew
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From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
carried
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From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
club
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From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
Confound
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From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
drop
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From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
early
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From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
forth
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From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
full
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From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
golf
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From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
granddaughter
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From this reading “What's happened to the granddaughter, anyhow?”
group
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From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
happened
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From this reading “What's happened to the granddaughter, anyhow?”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
He'll
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From this reading “He'll hold us up all morning, for that ball, just as he tries to hold up all progress.”
hectic
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From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
hold
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From this reading “He'll hold us up all morning, for that ball, just as he tries to hold up all progress.”
holding
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From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
humiliations
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From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
increased
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From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
Judge
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From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
just
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From this reading “He'll hold us up all morning, for that ball, just as he tries to hold up all progress.”
links
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From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
lost
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From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
lowered
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From this reading He lowered his voice.
man
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From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
old
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From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
own
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From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
Peterson
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From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
progress
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From this reading “He'll hold us up all morning, for that ball, just as he tries to hold up all progress.”
rage
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From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
refused
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From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
said
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From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
searched
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From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
special
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From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
summer
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From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
Sunday
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From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
tries
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From this reading “He'll hold us up all morning, for that ball, just as he tries to hold up all progress.”
up
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From this reading “He'll hold us up all morning, for that ball, just as he tries to hold up all progress.”
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “He'll hold us up all morning, for that ball, just as he tries to hold up all progress.”
voice
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From this reading He lowered his voice.
What's
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From this reading “What's happened to the granddaughter, anyhow?”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading “Confound the man,” said Judge Peterson, holding forth on the golf links one Sunday morning while Anthony Cardew, hectic with rage, searched for a lost ball and refused to drop another.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading To old Anthony the early summer had been full of humiliations, which he carried with an increased arrogance of bearing that alienated even his own special group at his club.
