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1872
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From this reading Going back to 1872, it was in that year I passed my second term of residence in Bradford.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It was brought about in this way.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY With an apology for digressing for the last two weeks from my own Recollections, I now hasten to continue my story.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
apology
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From this reading EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY With an apology for digressing for the last two weeks from my own Recollections, I now hasten to continue my story.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
away
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From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
back
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From this reading Going back to 1872, it was in that year I passed my second term of residence in Bradford.
Bradford
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From this reading Going back to 1872, it was in that year I passed my second term of residence in Bradford.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was brought about in this way.
called
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From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
charge
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From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
continue
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From this reading EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY With an apology for digressing for the last two weeks from my own Recollections, I now hasten to continue my story.
day
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From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
digressing
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From this reading EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY With an apology for digressing for the last two weeks from my own Recollections, I now hasten to continue my story.
driven
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From this reading This time I was, to some extent, an exile—driven from home.
drysalters
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From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
employment
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From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
exile
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From this reading This time I was, to some extent, an exile—driven from home.
EXILED
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From this reading EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY With an apology for digressing for the last two weeks from my own Recollections, I now hasten to continue my story.
extent
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From this reading This time I was, to some extent, an exile—driven from home.
firm
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From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY With an apology for digressing for the last two weeks from my own Recollections, I now hasten to continue my story.
forced
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From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY With an apology for digressing for the last two weeks from my own Recollections, I now hasten to continue my story.
Going
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From this reading Going back to 1872, it was in that year I passed my second term of residence in Bradford.
goods
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From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
grocer's
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From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
hasten
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From this reading EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY With an apology for digressing for the last two weeks from my own Recollections, I now hasten to continue my story.
Heber-street
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From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
home
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From this reading This time I was, to some extent, an exile—driven from home.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY With an apology for digressing for the last two weeks from my own Recollections, I now hasten to continue my story.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Going back to 1872, it was in that year I passed my second term of residence in Bradford.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Going back to 1872, it was in that year I passed my second term of residence in Bradford.
keeping
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From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
KEIGHLEY
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From this reading EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY With an apology for digressing for the last two weeks from my own Recollections, I now hasten to continue my story.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY With an apology for digressing for the last two weeks from my own Recollections, I now hasten to continue my story.
Leeds
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From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
Lund
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From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
Messrs
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From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY With an apology for digressing for the last two weeks from my own Recollections, I now hasten to continue my story.
now
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From this reading EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY With an apology for digressing for the last two weeks from my own Recollections, I now hasten to continue my story.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Going back to 1872, it was in that year I passed my second term of residence in Bradford.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
own
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From this reading EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY With an apology for digressing for the last two weeks from my own Recollections, I now hasten to continue my story.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Going back to 1872, it was in that year I passed my second term of residence in Bradford.
pounds
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From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
Recollections
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From this reading EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY With an apology for digressing for the last two weeks from my own Recollections, I now hasten to continue my story.
residence
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From this reading Going back to 1872, it was in that year I passed my second term of residence in Bradford.
second
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From this reading Going back to 1872, it was in that year I passed my second term of residence in Bradford.
several
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From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
shop
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From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
some
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From this reading This time I was, to some extent, an exile—driven from home.
story
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From this reading EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY With an apology for digressing for the last two weeks from my own Recollections, I now hasten to continue my story.
term
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From this reading Going back to 1872, it was in that year I passed my second term of residence in Bradford.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Going back to 1872, it was in that year I passed my second term of residence in Bradford.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY With an apology for digressing for the last two weeks from my own Recollections, I now hasten to continue my story.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This time I was, to some extent, an exile—driven from home.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading This time I was, to some extent, an exile—driven from home.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY With an apology for digressing for the last two weeks from my own Recollections, I now hasten to continue my story.
traveller
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From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
two
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From this reading EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY With an apology for digressing for the last two weeks from my own Recollections, I now hasten to continue my story.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Going back to 1872, it was in that year I passed my second term of residence in Bradford.
way
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From this reading It was brought about in this way.
weeks
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From this reading EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY With an apology for digressing for the last two weeks from my own Recollections, I now hasten to continue my story.
Westgate
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From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
wife
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From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading EXILED FROM KEIGHLEY With an apology for digressing for the last two weeks from my own Recollections, I now hasten to continue my story.
worth
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From this reading I was keeping a grocer’s shop in Westgate at the time, and one day, while I was away at my employment for Messrs Lund in Heber-street, a traveller for a Leeds firm of drysalters called at the shop, and forced upon my wife, who was in charge, several pounds’ worth of goods.
year
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From this reading Going back to 1872, it was in that year I passed my second term of residence in Bradford.
