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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 I trust that a great man, to whom I owed much, will forgive me for dwelling on some of the incidents of literary comradeship which followed!
account
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
compared
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From this reading My husband and I, on the way home, compared notes.
comradeship
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From this reading I trust that a great man, to whom I owed much, will forgive me for dwelling on some of the incidents of literary comradeship which followed!
critic
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
dinner-table
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From this reading I sat next him at the Master's dinner-table, and the impression he made upon me was immediate and lasting.
dwelling
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From this reading I trust that a great man, to whom I owed much, will forgive me for dwelling on some of the incidents of literary comradeship which followed!
few
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was in the late 'seventies, I think, that I first saw Mr. Morley.
followed
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From this reading I trust that a great man, to whom I owed much, will forgive me for dwelling on some of the incidents of literary comradeship which followed!
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I trust that a great man, to whom I owed much, will forgive me for dwelling on some of the incidents of literary comradeship which followed!
forgive
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From this reading I trust that a great man, to whom I owed much, will forgive me for dwelling on some of the incidents of literary comradeship which followed!
formidableadjectiveUS /ˈfɔːrmɪdəbəl/
very difficult to deal with or overcome
From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
Forster
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
Forster's
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
friendship
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I trust that a great man, to whom I owed much, will forgive me for dwelling on some of the incidents of literary comradeship which followed!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I sat next him at the Master's dinner-table, and the impression he made upon me was immediate and lasting.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I sat next him at the Master's dinner-table, and the impression he made upon me was immediate and lasting.
home
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From this reading My husband and I, on the way home, compared notes.
husband
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From this reading My husband and I, on the way home, compared notes.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
immediate
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From this reading I sat next him at the Master's dinner-table, and the impression he made upon me was immediate and lasting.
impression
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From this reading I sat next him at the Master's dinner-table, and the impression he made upon me was immediate and lasting.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
incidents
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From this reading I trust that a great man, to whom I owed much, will forgive me for dwelling on some of the incidents of literary comradeship which followed!
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was in the late 'seventies, I think, that I first saw Mr. Morley.
John
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
lasting
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From this reading I sat next him at the Master's dinner-table, and the impression he made upon me was immediate and lasting.
late
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From this reading It was in the late 'seventies, I think, that I first saw Mr. Morley.
lead
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
literary
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From this reading I trust that a great man, to whom I owed much, will forgive me for dwelling on some of the incidents of literary comradeship which followed!
Lord
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
made
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From this reading I sat next him at the Master's dinner-table, and the impression he made upon me was immediate and lasting.
man
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From this reading I trust that a great man, to whom I owed much, will forgive me for dwelling on some of the incidents of literary comradeship which followed!
Master's
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From this reading I sat next him at the Master's dinner-table, and the impression he made upon me was immediate and lasting.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I sat next him at the Master's dinner-table, and the impression he made upon me was immediate and lasting.
Morley
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
most
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
Mr
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
much
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From this reading I trust that a great man, to whom I owed much, will forgive me for dwelling on some of the incidents of literary comradeship which followed!
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
naturally
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I sat next him at the Master's dinner-table, and the impression he made upon me was immediate and lasting.
notes
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From this reading My husband and I, on the way home, compared notes.
now
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I trust that a great man, to whom I owed much, will forgive me for dwelling on some of the incidents of literary comradeship which followed!
owed
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From this reading I trust that a great man, to whom I owed much, will forgive me for dwelling on some of the incidents of literary comradeship which followed!
perhaps
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
political
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
preceding
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
press
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
put
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
recollections
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
relations
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
sat
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From this reading I sat next him at the Master's dinner-table, and the impression he made upon me was immediate and lasting.
saw
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From this reading It was in the late 'seventies, I think, that I first saw Mr. Morley.
seventies
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From this reading It was in the late 'seventies, I think, that I first saw Mr. Morley.
some
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was in the late 'seventies, I think, that I first saw Mr. Morley.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
together
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
trust
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From this reading I trust that a great man, to whom I owed much, will forgive me for dwelling on some of the incidents of literary comradeship which followed!
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading I sat next him at the Master's dinner-table, and the impression he made upon me was immediate and lasting.
volume
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was in the late 'seventies, I think, that I first saw Mr. Morley.
way
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From this reading My husband and I, on the way home, compared notes.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I trust that a great man, to whom I owed much, will forgive me for dwelling on some of the incidents of literary comradeship which followed!
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I trust that a great man, to whom I owed much, will forgive me for dwelling on some of the incidents of literary comradeship which followed!
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading I trust that a great man, to whom I owed much, will forgive me for dwelling on some of the incidents of literary comradeship which followed!
William
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
working
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From this reading The few recollections of William Forster that I have put together in the preceding volume lead naturally, perhaps, to some account of my friendship and working relations at this time with Forster's most formidable critic in the political press--Mr. John Morley, now Lord Morley.
