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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 A POSTPONEMENT.
according
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From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
all
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From this reading But a great change had taken place; one of those extraordinary changes which baffle medical science and set all its knowledge at naught.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading But a great change had taken place; one of those extraordinary changes which baffle medical science and set all its knowledge at naught.
baffle
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From this reading But a great change had taken place; one of those extraordinary changes which baffle medical science and set all its knowledge at naught.
bed
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From this reading In ten days from Spenser Churchill’s departure, his lordship rallied, and, to the surprise of every one, including the doctors, regained sufficient strength to enable him to leave his bed.
better
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From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
change
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From this reading But a great change had taken place; one of those extraordinary changes which baffle medical science and set all its knowledge at naught.
changes
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From this reading But a great change had taken place; one of those extraordinary changes which baffle medical science and set all its knowledge at naught.
Churchill's
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From this reading In ten days from Spenser Churchill’s departure, his lordship rallied, and, to the surprise of every one, including the doctors, regained sufficient strength to enable him to leave his bed.
clungnounUS /clung/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
days
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From this reading In ten days from Spenser Churchill’s departure, his lordship rallied, and, to the surprise of every one, including the doctors, regained sufficient strength to enable him to leave his bed.
deal
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From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
departure
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From this reading In ten days from Spenser Churchill’s departure, his lordship rallied, and, to the surprise of every one, including the doctors, regained sufficient strength to enable him to leave his bed.
die
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From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
died
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From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
doctors
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From this reading In ten days from Spenser Churchill’s departure, his lordship rallied, and, to the surprise of every one, including the doctors, regained sufficient strength to enable him to leave his bed.
enable
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From this reading In ten days from Spenser Churchill’s departure, his lordship rallied, and, to the surprise of every one, including the doctors, regained sufficient strength to enable him to leave his bed.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading In ten days from Spenser Churchill’s departure, his lordship rallied, and, to the surprise of every one, including the doctors, regained sufficient strength to enable him to leave his bed.
extraordinary
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From this reading But a great change had taken place; one of those extraordinary changes which baffle medical science and set all its knowledge at naught.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In ten days from Spenser Churchill’s departure, his lordship rallied, and, to the surprise of every one, including the doctors, regained sufficient strength to enable him to leave his bed.
got
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From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But a great change had taken place; one of those extraordinary changes which baffle medical science and set all its knowledge at naught.
hand
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From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In ten days from Spenser Churchill’s departure, his lordship rallied, and, to the surprise of every one, including the doctors, regained sufficient strength to enable him to leave his bed.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In ten days from Spenser Churchill’s departure, his lordship rallied, and, to the surprise of every one, including the doctors, regained sufficient strength to enable him to leave his bed.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In ten days from Spenser Churchill’s departure, his lordship rallied, and, to the surprise of every one, including the doctors, regained sufficient strength to enable him to leave his bed.
including
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From this reading In ten days from Spenser Churchill’s departure, his lordship rallied, and, to the surprise of every one, including the doctors, regained sufficient strength to enable him to leave his bed.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading But a great change had taken place; one of those extraordinary changes which baffle medical science and set all its knowledge at naught.
justice
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From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
killing
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From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
knowledge
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From this reading But a great change had taken place; one of those extraordinary changes which baffle medical science and set all its knowledge at naught.
leave
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From this reading In ten days from Spenser Churchill’s departure, his lordship rallied, and, to the surprise of every one, including the doctors, regained sufficient strength to enable him to leave his bed.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
lordship
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From this reading In ten days from Spenser Churchill’s departure, his lordship rallied, and, to the surprise of every one, including the doctors, regained sufficient strength to enable him to leave his bed.
lost
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From this reading The marquis had not lost his reason, but his memory.
Marquis
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From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
medical
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From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading The marquis had not lost his reason, but his memory.
men
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From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
naught
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From this reading But a great change had taken place; one of those extraordinary changes which baffle medical science and set all its knowledge at naught.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In ten days from Spenser Churchill’s departure, his lordship rallied, and, to the surprise of every one, including the doctors, regained sufficient strength to enable him to leave his bed.
only
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From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
out
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From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
place
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From this reading But a great change had taken place; one of those extraordinary changes which baffle medical science and set all its knowledge at naught.
poetical
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From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
POSTPONEMENT
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From this reading A POSTPONEMENT.
rallied
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From this reading In ten days from Spenser Churchill’s departure, his lordship rallied, and, to the surprise of every one, including the doctors, regained sufficient strength to enable him to leave his bed.
reason
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From this reading The marquis had not lost his reason, but his memory.
refused
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From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
regained
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From this reading In ten days from Spenser Churchill’s departure, his lordship rallied, and, to the surprise of every one, including the doctors, regained sufficient strength to enable him to leave his bed.
rules
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From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
science
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From this reading But a great change had taken place; one of those extraordinary changes which baffle medical science and set all its knowledge at naught.
set
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From this reading But a great change had taken place; one of those extraordinary changes which baffle medical science and set all its knowledge at naught.
Some
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From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
Spenser
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From this reading In ten days from Spenser Churchill’s departure, his lordship rallied, and, to the surprise of every one, including the doctors, regained sufficient strength to enable him to leave his bed.
Stoyle
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From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In ten days from Spenser Churchill’s departure, his lordship rallied, and, to the surprise of every one, including the doctors, regained sufficient strength to enable him to leave his bed.
sufficient
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From this reading In ten days from Spenser Churchill’s departure, his lordship rallied, and, to the surprise of every one, including the doctors, regained sufficient strength to enable him to leave his bed.
surprise
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From this reading In ten days from Spenser Churchill’s departure, his lordship rallied, and, to the surprise of every one, including the doctors, regained sufficient strength to enable him to leave his bed.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
taken
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From this reading But a great change had taken place; one of those extraordinary changes which baffle medical science and set all its knowledge at naught.
ten
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From this reading In ten days from Spenser Churchill’s departure, his lordship rallied, and, to the surprise of every one, including the doctors, regained sufficient strength to enable him to leave his bed.
tenaciously
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From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading But a great change had taken place; one of those extraordinary changes which baffle medical science and set all its knowledge at naught.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Some men take a great deal of killing; the Marquis of Stoyle ought, according to medical rules and poetical justice, to have died out of hand; but he clung to life tenaciously, and not only refused to die, but got better!
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But a great change had taken place; one of those extraordinary changes which baffle medical science and set all its knowledge at naught.
