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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 The _Flying Fox_ was a cosy little inn, not frequented by strangers like the _Eden Arms_.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The men who now sat there, smoking and talking, were old habitués.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE KINGDOM While Uncle Dickie was proposing his toast in the Robsons' dining-room, another party was in progress up the village in the smoke-room of the _Flying Fox_.
Arms
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From this reading The _Flying Fox_ was a cosy little inn, not frequented by strangers like the _Eden Arms_.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The _Flying Fox_ was a cosy little inn, not frequented by strangers like the _Eden Arms_.
corduroys
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From this reading On the high-backed settle near the fire-place sprawled Ezra Dawson, the Robsons' shepherd, a great soldierly figure in corduroys.
cosy
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From this reading The _Flying Fox_ was a cosy little inn, not frequented by strangers like the _Eden Arms_.
Dawson
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From this reading On the high-backed settle near the fire-place sprawled Ezra Dawson, the Robsons' shepherd, a great soldierly figure in corduroys.
Dickie
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From this reading THE KINGDOM While Uncle Dickie was proposing his toast in the Robsons' dining-room, another party was in progress up the village in the smoke-room of the _Flying Fox_.
dining-room
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From this reading THE KINGDOM While Uncle Dickie was proposing his toast in the Robsons' dining-room, another party was in progress up the village in the smoke-room of the _Flying Fox_.
drooping
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From this reading A drooping eyelid marred his handsome face, half obscuring his twinkling left eye in a perpetual wink.
Eden
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From this reading The _Flying Fox_ was a cosy little inn, not frequented by strangers like the _Eden Arms_.
eye
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From this reading A drooping eyelid marred his handsome face, half obscuring his twinkling left eye in a perpetual wink.
eyelid
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From this reading A drooping eyelid marred his handsome face, half obscuring his twinkling left eye in a perpetual wink.
Ezra
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From this reading On the high-backed settle near the fire-place sprawled Ezra Dawson, the Robsons' shepherd, a great soldierly figure in corduroys.
face
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From this reading A drooping eyelid marred his handsome face, half obscuring his twinkling left eye in a perpetual wink.
figure
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From this reading On the high-backed settle near the fire-place sprawled Ezra Dawson, the Robsons' shepherd, a great soldierly figure in corduroys.
fire-place
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From this reading On the high-backed settle near the fire-place sprawled Ezra Dawson, the Robsons' shepherd, a great soldierly figure in corduroys.
Flying
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From this reading THE KINGDOM While Uncle Dickie was proposing his toast in the Robsons' dining-room, another party was in progress up the village in the smoke-room of the _Flying Fox_.
Fox
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From this reading THE KINGDOM While Uncle Dickie was proposing his toast in the Robsons' dining-room, another party was in progress up the village in the smoke-room of the _Flying Fox_.
frequented
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From this reading The _Flying Fox_ was a cosy little inn, not frequented by strangers like the _Eden Arms_.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the high-backed settle near the fire-place sprawled Ezra Dawson, the Robsons' shepherd, a great soldierly figure in corduroys.
habitués
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From this reading The men who now sat there, smoking and talking, were old habitués.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A drooping eyelid marred his handsome face, half obscuring his twinkling left eye in a perpetual wink.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A drooping eyelid marred his handsome face, half obscuring his twinkling left eye in a perpetual wink.
high-backed
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From this reading On the high-backed settle near the fire-place sprawled Ezra Dawson, the Robsons' shepherd, a great soldierly figure in corduroys.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE KINGDOM While Uncle Dickie was proposing his toast in the Robsons' dining-room, another party was in progress up the village in the smoke-room of the _Flying Fox_.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE KINGDOM While Uncle Dickie was proposing his toast in the Robsons' dining-room, another party was in progress up the village in the smoke-room of the _Flying Fox_.
inn
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From this reading The _Flying Fox_ was a cosy little inn, not frequented by strangers like the _Eden Arms_.
KINGDOM
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From this reading THE KINGDOM While Uncle Dickie was proposing his toast in the Robsons' dining-room, another party was in progress up the village in the smoke-room of the _Flying Fox_.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A drooping eyelid marred his handsome face, half obscuring his twinkling left eye in a perpetual wink.
like
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From this reading The _Flying Fox_ was a cosy little inn, not frequented by strangers like the _Eden Arms_.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The _Flying Fox_ was a cosy little inn, not frequented by strangers like the _Eden Arms_.
marred
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From this reading A drooping eyelid marred his handsome face, half obscuring his twinkling left eye in a perpetual wink.
men
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From this reading The men who now sat there, smoking and talking, were old habitués.
near
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From this reading On the high-backed settle near the fire-place sprawled Ezra Dawson, the Robsons' shepherd, a great soldierly figure in corduroys.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The _Flying Fox_ was a cosy little inn, not frequented by strangers like the _Eden Arms_.
now
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From this reading The men who now sat there, smoking and talking, were old habitués.
obscuring
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From this reading A drooping eyelid marred his handsome face, half obscuring his twinkling left eye in a perpetual wink.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE KINGDOM While Uncle Dickie was proposing his toast in the Robsons' dining-room, another party was in progress up the village in the smoke-room of the _Flying Fox_.
old
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From this reading The men who now sat there, smoking and talking, were old habitués.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the high-backed settle near the fire-place sprawled Ezra Dawson, the Robsons' shepherd, a great soldierly figure in corduroys.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE KINGDOM While Uncle Dickie was proposing his toast in the Robsons' dining-room, another party was in progress up the village in the smoke-room of the _Flying Fox_.
perpetual
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From this reading A drooping eyelid marred his handsome face, half obscuring his twinkling left eye in a perpetual wink.
progress
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From this reading THE KINGDOM While Uncle Dickie was proposing his toast in the Robsons' dining-room, another party was in progress up the village in the smoke-room of the _Flying Fox_.
proposing
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From this reading THE KINGDOM While Uncle Dickie was proposing his toast in the Robsons' dining-room, another party was in progress up the village in the smoke-room of the _Flying Fox_.
Robsons
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From this reading THE KINGDOM While Uncle Dickie was proposing his toast in the Robsons' dining-room, another party was in progress up the village in the smoke-room of the _Flying Fox_.
sat
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From this reading The men who now sat there, smoking and talking, were old habitués.
settle
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From this reading On the high-backed settle near the fire-place sprawled Ezra Dawson, the Robsons' shepherd, a great soldierly figure in corduroys.
shepherd
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From this reading On the high-backed settle near the fire-place sprawled Ezra Dawson, the Robsons' shepherd, a great soldierly figure in corduroys.
smoke-room
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From this reading THE KINGDOM While Uncle Dickie was proposing his toast in the Robsons' dining-room, another party was in progress up the village in the smoke-room of the _Flying Fox_.
smokingnounUS /ˈsmoking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The men who now sat there, smoking and talking, were old habitués.
soldierly
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From this reading On the high-backed settle near the fire-place sprawled Ezra Dawson, the Robsons' shepherd, a great soldierly figure in corduroys.
sprawled
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From this reading On the high-backed settle near the fire-place sprawled Ezra Dawson, the Robsons' shepherd, a great soldierly figure in corduroys.
strangers
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From this reading The _Flying Fox_ was a cosy little inn, not frequented by strangers like the _Eden Arms_.
talking
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From this reading The men who now sat there, smoking and talking, were old habitués.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE KINGDOM While Uncle Dickie was proposing his toast in the Robsons' dining-room, another party was in progress up the village in the smoke-room of the _Flying Fox_.
there
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From this reading The men who now sat there, smoking and talking, were old habitués.
toast
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From this reading THE KINGDOM While Uncle Dickie was proposing his toast in the Robsons' dining-room, another party was in progress up the village in the smoke-room of the _Flying Fox_.
twinkling
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From this reading A drooping eyelid marred his handsome face, half obscuring his twinkling left eye in a perpetual wink.
Uncle
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From this reading THE KINGDOM While Uncle Dickie was proposing his toast in the Robsons' dining-room, another party was in progress up the village in the smoke-room of the _Flying Fox_.
up
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From this reading THE KINGDOM While Uncle Dickie was proposing his toast in the Robsons' dining-room, another party was in progress up the village in the smoke-room of the _Flying Fox_.
village
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From this reading THE KINGDOM While Uncle Dickie was proposing his toast in the Robsons' dining-room, another party was in progress up the village in the smoke-room of the _Flying Fox_.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE KINGDOM While Uncle Dickie was proposing his toast in the Robsons' dining-room, another party was in progress up the village in the smoke-room of the _Flying Fox_.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The men who now sat there, smoking and talking, were old habitués.
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading THE KINGDOM While Uncle Dickie was proposing his toast in the Robsons' dining-room, another party was in progress up the village in the smoke-room of the _Flying Fox_.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The men who now sat there, smoking and talking, were old habitués.
wink
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From this reading A drooping eyelid marred his handsome face, half obscuring his twinkling left eye in a perpetual wink.
