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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 JOHN BROWN John Brown's life had hitherto been a curiously rough and tumble sort of existence.
airing
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From this reading When he had been taken tenderly for an "airing" by the trimmest of nursemaids, and in the daintiest of perambulators.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading When he had been taken tenderly for an "airing" by the trimmest of nursemaids, and in the daintiest of perambulators.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading JOHN BROWN John Brown's life had hitherto been a curiously rough and tumble sort of existence.
arisen
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From this reading When hopes and fears had arisen over "teething-time."
bed-time
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From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading JOHN BROWN John Brown's life had hitherto been a curiously rough and tumble sort of existence.
bonnets
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From this reading When he had worn tiny silk frocks and socks and bonnets.
brief
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From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
BROWN
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From this reading JOHN BROWN John Brown's life had hitherto been a curiously rough and tumble sort of existence.
Brown's
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From this reading JOHN BROWN John Brown's life had hitherto been a curiously rough and tumble sort of existence.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
curiously
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From this reading JOHN BROWN John Brown's life had hitherto been a curiously rough and tumble sort of existence.
daintiest
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From this reading When he had been taken tenderly for an "airing" by the trimmest of nursemaids, and in the daintiest of perambulators.
delightedly
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From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
existence
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From this reading JOHN BROWN John Brown's life had hitherto been a curiously rough and tumble sort of existence.
fashionable
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From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
father
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From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
fears
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From this reading When hopes and fears had arisen over "teething-time."
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
frocks
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From this reading When he had worn tiny silk frocks and socks and bonnets.
gleams
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From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading JOHN BROWN John Brown's life had hitherto been a curiously rough and tumble sort of existence.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When he had been taken tenderly for an "airing" by the trimmest of nursemaids, and in the daintiest of perambulators.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
hitherto
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From this reading JOHN BROWN John Brown's life had hitherto been a curiously rough and tumble sort of existence.
home
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From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
hopes
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From this reading When hopes and fears had arisen over "teething-time."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
intelligence
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From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
JOHN
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From this reading JOHN BROWN John Brown's life had hitherto been a curiously rough and tumble sort of existence.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JOHN BROWN John Brown's life had hitherto been a curiously rough and tumble sort of existence.
most
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From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
mother
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From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
nursemaids
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From this reading When he had been taken tenderly for an "airing" by the trimmest of nursemaids, and in the daintiest of perambulators.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading JOHN BROWN John Brown's life had hitherto been a curiously rough and tumble sort of existence.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
perambulators
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From this reading When he had been taken tenderly for an "airing" by the trimmest of nursemaids, and in the daintiest of perambulators.
perched
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From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
proud
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From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
romp
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From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
rough
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From this reading JOHN BROWN John Brown's life had hitherto been a curiously rough and tumble sort of existence.
season
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From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
shoulder
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From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
silk
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From this reading When he had worn tiny silk frocks and socks and bonnets.
socks
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From this reading When he had worn tiny silk frocks and socks and bonnets.
sort
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From this reading JOHN BROWN John Brown's life had hitherto been a curiously rough and tumble sort of existence.
suburbs
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From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
Sydney's
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From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
taken
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From this reading When he had been taken tenderly for an "airing" by the trimmest of nursemaids, and in the daintiest of perambulators.
teething-time
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From this reading When hopes and fears had arisen over "teething-time."
tender-eyed
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From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
tenderly
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From this reading When he had been taken tenderly for an "airing" by the trimmest of nursemaids, and in the daintiest of perambulators.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When he had been taken tenderly for an "airing" by the trimmest of nursemaids, and in the daintiest of perambulators.
There
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From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
tiny
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From this reading When he had worn tiny silk frocks and socks and bonnets.
trimmest
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From this reading When he had been taken tenderly for an "airing" by the trimmest of nursemaids, and in the daintiest of perambulators.
tumble
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From this reading JOHN BROWN John Brown's life had hitherto been a curiously rough and tumble sort of existence.
unremembered
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From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
watched
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From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading There had been a season, brief and entirely unremembered by him, when his home had been in one of Sydney's most fashionable suburbs; when a tender-eyed mother had watched delightedly over his first gleams of intelligence, and a proud father had perched him on his shoulder for a bed-time romp.
wornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading When he had worn tiny silk frocks and socks and bonnets.
