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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 Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
abroad
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From this reading No sooner had news of Costantino's return got abroad than visitors began to stream to Isidoro's hut.
All
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From this reading All these kindly demonstrations seemed, however, only to annoy their object.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
annoy
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From this reading All these kindly demonstrations seemed, however, only to annoy their object.
arms
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From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The women wept over him, called him "my son," and gazed at him compassionately; one neighbour sent him a present of bread and sausages.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "Why on earth should they be sorry for me?" he said to Isidoro.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No sooner had news of Costantino's return got abroad than visitors began to stream to Isidoro's hut.
bread
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From this reading The women wept over him, called him "my son," and gazed at him compassionately; one neighbour sent him a present of bread and sausages.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
called
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From this reading The women wept over him, called him "my son," and gazed at him compassionately; one neighbour sent him a present of bread and sausages.
coming
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From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
compassionately
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From this reading The women wept over him, called him "my son," and gazed at him compassionately; one neighbour sent him a present of bread and sausages.
Costantino's
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From this reading No sooner had news of Costantino's return got abroad than visitors began to stream to Isidoro's hut.
day
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From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
demonstrations
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From this reading All these kindly demonstrations seemed, however, only to annoy their object.
earth
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From this reading "Why on earth should they be sorry for me?" he said to Isidoro.
entire
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From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Why on earth should they be sorry for me?" he said to Isidoro.
friends
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From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
gazed
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From this reading The women wept over him, called him "my son," and gazed at him compassionately; one neighbour sent him a present of bread and sausages.
going
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From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
got
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From this reading No sooner had news of Costantino's return got abroad than visitors began to stream to Isidoro's hut.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading No sooner had news of Costantino's return got abroad than visitors began to stream to Isidoro's hut.
hastened
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From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Why on earth should they be sorry for me?" he said to Isidoro.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
home
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From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading All these kindly demonstrations seemed, however, only to annoy their object.
hut
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From this reading No sooner had news of Costantino's return got abroad than visitors began to stream to Isidoro's hut.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
incessant
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From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
interchanged
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From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
invite
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From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
Isidoro
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From this reading "Why on earth should they be sorry for me?" he said to Isidoro.
Isidoro's
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From this reading No sooner had news of Costantino's return got abroad than visitors began to stream to Isidoro's hut.
kindly
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From this reading All these kindly demonstrations seemed, however, only to annoy their object.
late
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From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
lives
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From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Why on earth should they be sorry for me?" he said to Isidoro.
much
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From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The women wept over him, called him "my son," and gazed at him compassionately; one neighbour sent him a present of bread and sausages.
neighbour
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From this reading The women wept over him, called him "my son," and gazed at him compassionately; one neighbour sent him a present of bread and sausages.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
news
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From this reading No sooner had news of Costantino's return got abroad than visitors began to stream to Isidoro's hut.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No sooner had news of Costantino's return got abroad than visitors began to stream to Isidoro's hut.
now
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From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
object
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From this reading All these kindly demonstrations seemed, however, only to annoy their object.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading No sooner had news of Costantino's return got abroad than visitors began to stream to Isidoro's hut.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Why on earth should they be sorry for me?" he said to Isidoro.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The women wept over him, called him "my son," and gazed at him compassionately; one neighbour sent him a present of bread and sausages.
only
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From this reading All these kindly demonstrations seemed, however, only to annoy their object.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The women wept over him, called him "my son," and gazed at him compassionately; one neighbour sent him a present of bread and sausages.
persons
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From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
present
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From this reading The women wept over him, called him "my son," and gazed at him compassionately; one neighbour sent him a present of bread and sausages.
prisoner
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From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
relatives
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From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
return
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From this reading No sooner had news of Costantino's return got abroad than visitors began to stream to Isidoro's hut.
said
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From this reading "Why on earth should they be sorry for me?" he said to Isidoro.
sausages
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From this reading The women wept over him, called him "my son," and gazed at him compassionately; one neighbour sent him a present of bread and sausages.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All these kindly demonstrations seemed, however, only to annoy their object.
sent
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From this reading The women wept over him, called him "my son," and gazed at him compassionately; one neighbour sent him a present of bread and sausages.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "Why on earth should they be sorry for me?" he said to Isidoro.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
son
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From this reading The women wept over him, called him "my son," and gazed at him compassionately; one neighbour sent him a present of bread and sausages.
sooner
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From this reading No sooner had news of Costantino's return got abroad than visitors began to stream to Isidoro's hut.
sorry
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From this reading "Why on earth should they be sorry for me?" he said to Isidoro.
stream
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From this reading No sooner had news of Costantino's return got abroad than visitors began to stream to Isidoro's hut.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading No sooner had news of Costantino's return got abroad than visitors began to stream to Isidoro's hut.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
there
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From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading All these kindly demonstrations seemed, however, only to annoy their object.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Why on earth should they be sorry for me?" he said to Isidoro.
ThroughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading No sooner had news of Costantino's return got abroad than visitors began to stream to Isidoro's hut.
visitors
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From this reading No sooner had news of Costantino's return got abroad than visitors began to stream to Isidoro's hut.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
wept
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From this reading The women wept over him, called him "my son," and gazed at him compassionately; one neighbour sent him a present of bread and sausages.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
Why
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From this reading "Why on earth should they be sorry for me?" he said to Isidoro.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
women
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From this reading The women wept over him, called him "my son," and gazed at him compassionately; one neighbour sent him a present of bread and sausages.
word
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From this reading Throughout the entire day there was an incessant coming and going of friends and relatives, and even of persons who had never in their lives so much as interchanged a word with the late prisoner, but who now hastened with open arms to invite him to make his home with them.
