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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
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after-dinner
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From this reading Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere, when thought runs gracefully free of the trammels of precision.
Age
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated.
animated
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From this reading His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated.
atmosphere
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From this reading Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere, when thought runs gracefully free of the trammels of precision.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere, when thought runs gracefully free of the trammels of precision.
brightly
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From this reading The fire burnt brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses.
bubbles
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From this reading The fire burnt brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses.
burnt
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From this reading The fire burnt brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses.
Came
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caressed
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caught
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chairs
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convenient
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From this reading The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us.
Darkness
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embraced
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Epilogue
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Explanation
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expounding
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eyes
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From this reading His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated.
face
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From this reading His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated.
fire
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From this reading The fire burnt brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses.
flashed
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From this reading The fire burnt brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses.
flushed
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From this reading His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere, when thought runs gracefully free of the trammels of precision.
Further
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glasses
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From this reading The fire burnt brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses.
Golden
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gracefully
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Green
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grey
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From this reading His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
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II
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III
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InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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incandescent
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From this reading The fire burnt brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses.
IntroductionnounUS /ˌɪntrəˈdʌkʃən/
the act of beginning something new
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itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us.
IV
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IX
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lights
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From this reading The fire burnt brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses.
lilies
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From this reading The fire burnt brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses.
luxurious
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From this reading Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere, when thought runs gracefully free of the trammels of precision.
Machine
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Mankind
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matter
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From this reading The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us.
Morlocks
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Night
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The fire burnt brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses.
Palace
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pale
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From this reading His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The fire burnt brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses.
patents
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From this reading Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere, when thought runs gracefully free of the trammels of precision.
Porcelain
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precision
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radiance
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rather
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From this reading Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere, when thought runs gracefully free of the trammels of precision.
recondite
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From this reading The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us.
Return
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Returns
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runs
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sat
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From this reading Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere, when thought runs gracefully free of the trammels of precision.
Shock
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shone
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From this reading His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated.
silver
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From this reading The fire burnt brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us.
soft
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From this reading The fire burnt brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses.
speak
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From this reading The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us.
Sphinx
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Story
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submitted
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From this reading Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere, when thought runs gracefully free of the trammels of precision.
SuddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I Introduction II The Machine III The Time Traveller Returns IV Time Travelling V In the Golden Age VI The Sunset of Mankind VII A Sudden Shock VIII Explanation IX The Morlocks X When Night Came XI The Palace of Green Porcelain XII In the Darkness XIII The Trap of the White Sphinx XIV The Further Vision XV The Time Traveller’s Return XVI After the Story Epilogue
Sunset
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thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere, when thought runs gracefully free of the trammels of precision.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The fire burnt brightly, and the soft radiance of the incandescent lights in the lilies of silver caught the bubbles that flashed and passed in our glasses.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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there
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From this reading Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere, when thought runs gracefully free of the trammels of precision.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere, when thought runs gracefully free of the trammels of precision.
TimenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I Introduction II The Machine III The Time Traveller Returns IV Time Travelling V In the Golden Age VI The Sunset of Mankind VII A Sudden Shock VIII Explanation IX The Morlocks X When Night Came XI The Palace of Green Porcelain XII In the Darkness XIII The Trap of the White Sphinx XIV The Further Vision XV The Time Traveller’s Return XVI After the Story Epilogue
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us.
trammels
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From this reading Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere, when thought runs gracefully free of the trammels of precision.
Trap
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Traveller
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Traveller's
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Travelling
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twinkled
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From this reading His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Our chairs, being his patents, embraced and caressed us rather than submitted to be sat upon, and there was that luxurious after-dinner atmosphere, when thought runs gracefully free of the trammels of precision.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us.
usually
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From this reading His grey eyes shone and twinkled, and his usually pale face was flushed and animated.
V
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VI
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VII
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VIII
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Vision
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From this reading I Introduction II The Machine III The Time Traveller Returns IV Time Travelling V In the Golden Age VI The Sunset of Mankind VII A Sudden Shock VIII Explanation IX The Morlocks X When Night Came XI The Palace of Green Porcelain XII In the Darkness XIII The Trap of the White Sphinx XIV The Further Vision XV The Time Traveller’s Return XVI After the Story Epilogue
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I Introduction II The Machine III The Time Traveller Returns IV Time Travelling V In the Golden Age VI The Sunset of Mankind VII A Sudden Shock VIII Explanation IX The Morlocks X When Night Came XI The Palace of Green Porcelain XII In the Darkness XIII The Trap of the White Sphinx XIV The Further Vision XV The Time Traveller’s Return XVI After the Story Epilogue
White
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From this reading I Introduction II The Machine III The Time Traveller Returns IV Time Travelling V In the Golden Age VI The Sunset of Mankind VII A Sudden Shock VIII Explanation IX The Morlocks X When Night Came XI The Palace of Green Porcelain XII In the Darkness XIII The Trap of the White Sphinx XIV The Further Vision XV The Time Traveller’s Return XVI After the Story Epilogue
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us.
X
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From this reading I Introduction II The Machine III The Time Traveller Returns IV Time Travelling V In the Golden Age VI The Sunset of Mankind VII A Sudden Shock VIII Explanation IX The Morlocks X When Night Came XI The Palace of Green Porcelain XII In the Darkness XIII The Trap of the White Sphinx XIV The Further Vision XV The Time Traveller’s Return XVI After the Story Epilogue
XI
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From this reading I Introduction II The Machine III The Time Traveller Returns IV Time Travelling V In the Golden Age VI The Sunset of Mankind VII A Sudden Shock VIII Explanation IX The Morlocks X When Night Came XI The Palace of Green Porcelain XII In the Darkness XIII The Trap of the White Sphinx XIV The Further Vision XV The Time Traveller’s Return XVI After the Story Epilogue
XII
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From this reading I Introduction II The Machine III The Time Traveller Returns IV Time Travelling V In the Golden Age VI The Sunset of Mankind VII A Sudden Shock VIII Explanation IX The Morlocks X When Night Came XI The Palace of Green Porcelain XII In the Darkness XIII The Trap of the White Sphinx XIV The Further Vision XV The Time Traveller’s Return XVI After the Story Epilogue
XIII
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From this reading I Introduction II The Machine III The Time Traveller Returns IV Time Travelling V In the Golden Age VI The Sunset of Mankind VII A Sudden Shock VIII Explanation IX The Morlocks X When Night Came XI The Palace of Green Porcelain XII In the Darkness XIII The Trap of the White Sphinx XIV The Further Vision XV The Time Traveller’s Return XVI After the Story Epilogue
XIV
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From this reading I Introduction II The Machine III The Time Traveller Returns IV Time Travelling V In the Golden Age VI The Sunset of Mankind VII A Sudden Shock VIII Explanation IX The Morlocks X When Night Came XI The Palace of Green Porcelain XII In the Darkness XIII The Trap of the White Sphinx XIV The Further Vision XV The Time Traveller’s Return XVI After the Story Epilogue
XV
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From this reading I Introduction II The Machine III The Time Traveller Returns IV Time Travelling V In the Golden Age VI The Sunset of Mankind VII A Sudden Shock VIII Explanation IX The Morlocks X When Night Came XI The Palace of Green Porcelain XII In the Darkness XIII The Trap of the White Sphinx XIV The Further Vision XV The Time Traveller’s Return XVI After the Story Epilogue
XVI
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From this reading I Introduction II The Machine III The Time Traveller Returns IV Time Travelling V In the Golden Age VI The Sunset of Mankind VII A Sudden Shock VIII Explanation IX The Morlocks X When Night Came XI The Palace of Green Porcelain XII In the Darkness XIII The Trap of the White Sphinx XIV The Further Vision XV The Time Traveller’s Return XVI After the Story Epilogue
