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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 To add to all, the young man had married a young lady without fortune; the uncle only heard of this marriage on arriving in England.
add
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From this reading To add to all, the young man had married a young lady without fortune; the uncle only heard of this marriage on arriving in England.
all
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From this reading To add to all, the young man had married a young lady without fortune; the uncle only heard of this marriage on arriving in England.
allowance
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From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Explanation on Faber's part was short and simple.
arriving
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From this reading To add to all, the young man had married a young lady without fortune; the uncle only heard of this marriage on arriving in England.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Faber had come back to England to save his heir from prison or outlawry, at the expense of more than three-fourths of the destined inheritance.
back
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From this reading Faber had come back to England to save his heir from prison or outlawry, at the expense of more than three-fourths of the destined inheritance.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Faber had come back to England to save his heir from prison or outlawry, at the expense of more than three-fourths of the destined inheritance.
counties
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From this reading The spendthrift was hiding from his creditors in the house of his father-in-law, in one of the western counties.
creditors
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From this reading The spendthrift was hiding from his creditors in the house of his father-in-law, in one of the western counties.
debts
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From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
designed
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From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
destined
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From this reading Faber had come back to England to save his heir from prison or outlawry, at the expense of more than three-fourths of the destined inheritance.
England
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From this reading Faber had come back to England to save his heir from prison or outlawry, at the expense of more than three-fourths of the destined inheritance.
expense
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From this reading Faber had come back to England to save his heir from prison or outlawry, at the expense of more than three-fourths of the destined inheritance.
Explanation
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From this reading Explanation on Faber's part was short and simple.
extricate
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From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
Faber
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From this reading Faber had come back to England to save his heir from prison or outlawry, at the expense of more than three-fourths of the destined inheritance.
Faber's
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From this reading Explanation on Faber's part was short and simple.
father-in-law
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From this reading The spendthrift was hiding from his creditors in the house of his father-in-law, in one of the western counties.
fortunenounUS /ˈfortune/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading To add to all, the young man had married a young lady without fortune; the uncle only heard of this marriage on arriving in England.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
heard
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From this reading To add to all, the young man had married a young lady without fortune; the uncle only heard of this marriage on arriving in England.
heavy
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From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
heirnounUS /er/
A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.
From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
hiding
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From this reading The spendthrift was hiding from his creditors in the house of his father-in-law, in one of the western counties.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
house
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From this reading The spendthrift was hiding from his creditors in the house of his father-in-law, in one of the western counties.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
incurred
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From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
inheritance
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From this reading Faber had come back to England to save his heir from prison or outlawry, at the expense of more than three-fourths of the destined inheritance.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
lady
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From this reading To add to all, the young man had married a young lady without fortune; the uncle only heard of this marriage on arriving in England.
largely
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From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
liberal
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From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
made
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From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
man
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From this reading To add to all, the young man had married a young lady without fortune; the uncle only heard of this marriage on arriving in England.
marriage
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From this reading To add to all, the young man had married a young lady without fortune; the uncle only heard of this marriage on arriving in England.
married
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From this reading To add to all, the young man had married a young lady without fortune; the uncle only heard of this marriage on arriving in England.
more
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From this reading Faber had come back to England to save his heir from prison or outlawry, at the expense of more than three-fourths of the destined inheritance.
nephew
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From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Faber had come back to England to save his heir from prison or outlawry, at the expense of more than three-fourths of the destined inheritance.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Explanation on Faber's part was short and simple.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The spendthrift was hiding from his creditors in the house of his father-in-law, in one of the western counties.
only
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From this reading To add to all, the young man had married a young lady without fortune; the uncle only heard of this marriage on arriving in England.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Faber had come back to England to save his heir from prison or outlawry, at the expense of more than three-fourths of the destined inheritance.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
outlawry
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From this reading Faber had come back to England to save his heir from prison or outlawry, at the expense of more than three-fourths of the destined inheritance.
outstripped
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From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Explanation on Faber's part was short and simple.
plunged
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From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
prison
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From this reading Faber had come back to England to save his heir from prison or outlawry, at the expense of more than three-fourths of the destined inheritance.
ruinous
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From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
saveprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading Faber had come back to England to save his heir from prison or outlawry, at the expense of more than three-fourths of the destined inheritance.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading Explanation on Faber's part was short and simple.
simple
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From this reading Explanation on Faber's part was short and simple.
speculations
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From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
spendthrift
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From this reading The spendthrift was hiding from his creditors in the house of his father-in-law, in one of the western counties.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Faber had come back to England to save his heir from prison or outlawry, at the expense of more than three-fourths of the destined inheritance.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading To add to all, the young man had married a young lady without fortune; the uncle only heard of this marriage on arriving in England.
three-fourths
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From this reading Faber had come back to England to save his heir from prison or outlawry, at the expense of more than three-fourths of the destined inheritance.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
uncle
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From this reading To add to all, the young man had married a young lady without fortune; the uncle only heard of this marriage on arriving in England.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Explanation on Faber's part was short and simple.
wealth
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From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
western
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From this reading The spendthrift was hiding from his creditors in the house of his father-in-law, in one of the western counties.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The nephew whom he designed as the heir to his wealth had largely outstripped the liberal allowance made to him, had incurred heavy debts; and in order to extricate himself from the debts, had plunged into ruinous speculations.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading To add to all, the young man had married a young lady without fortune; the uncle only heard of this marriage on arriving in England.
young
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From this reading To add to all, the young man had married a young lady without fortune; the uncle only heard of this marriage on arriving in England.
