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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 It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "But first permit me the indiscretion of asking you why an engaged man is so charitably interested in the welfare of a young girl who is not engaged to him?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
asking
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From this reading "But first permit me the indiscretion of asking you why an engaged man is so charitably interested in the welfare of a young girl who is not engaged to him?
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And if I were not at the Geyser Club, and if I had not dined incautiously, I would not write this!
Bailey
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From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "But first permit me the indiscretion of asking you why an engaged man is so charitably interested in the welfare of a young girl who is not engaged to him?
Cecil
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From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
charitably
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From this reading "But first permit me the indiscretion of asking you why an engaged man is so charitably interested in the welfare of a young girl who is not engaged to him?
Clive
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From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
Club
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From this reading And if I were not at the Geyser Club, and if I had not dined incautiously, I would not write this!
dined
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From this reading And if I were not at the Geyser Club, and if I had not dined incautiously, I would not write this!
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "--For Heaven's sake, do you think I've nothing to do except to write you letters?
dozen
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From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
engaged
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From this reading "But first permit me the indiscretion of asking you why an engaged man is so charitably interested in the welfare of a young girl who is not engaged to him?
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading "--For Heaven's sake, do you think I've nothing to do except to write you letters?
exception
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From this reading I _never_ write letters; and here's the exception to prove it.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "But first permit me the indiscretion of asking you why an engaged man is so charitably interested in the welfare of a young girl who is not engaged to him?
five
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From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "--For Heaven's sake, do you think I've nothing to do except to write you letters?
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
Geyser
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From this reading And if I were not at the Geyser Club, and if I had not dined incautiously, I would not write this!
girl
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From this reading "But first permit me the indiscretion of asking you why an engaged man is so charitably interested in the welfare of a young girl who is not engaged to him?
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
Heaven's
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From this reading "--For Heaven's sake, do you think I've nothing to do except to write you letters?
here's
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From this reading I _never_ write letters; and here's the exception to prove it.
heretofore
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From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "But first permit me the indiscretion of asking you why an engaged man is so charitably interested in the welfare of a young girl who is not engaged to him?
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I _never_ write letters; and here's the exception to prove it.
I've
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From this reading "--For Heaven's sake, do you think I've nothing to do except to write you letters?
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And if I were not at the Geyser Club, and if I had not dined incautiously, I would not write this!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "But first permit me the indiscretion of asking you why an engaged man is so charitably interested in the welfare of a young girl who is not engaged to him?
incautiously
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From this reading And if I were not at the Geyser Club, and if I had not dined incautiously, I would not write this!
indiscretion
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From this reading "But first permit me the indiscretion of asking you why an engaged man is so charitably interested in the welfare of a young girl who is not engaged to him?
interested
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From this reading "But first permit me the indiscretion of asking you why an engaged man is so charitably interested in the welfare of a young girl who is not engaged to him?
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "But first permit me the indiscretion of asking you why an engaged man is so charitably interested in the welfare of a young girl who is not engaged to him?
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
later
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From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
letters
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From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
man
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From this reading "But first permit me the indiscretion of asking you why an engaged man is so charitably interested in the welfare of a young girl who is not engaged to him?
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "But first permit me the indiscretion of asking you why an engaged man is so charitably interested in the welfare of a young girl who is not engaged to him?
months
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From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
neglected
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From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I _never_ write letters; and here's the exception to prove it.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And if I were not at the Geyser Club, and if I had not dined incautiously, I would not write this!
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "--For Heaven's sake, do you think I've nothing to do except to write you letters?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "But first permit me the indiscretion of asking you why an engaged man is so charitably interested in the welfare of a young girl who is not engaged to him?
permit
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From this reading "But first permit me the indiscretion of asking you why an engaged man is so charitably interested in the welfare of a young girl who is not engaged to him?
prove
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From this reading I _never_ write letters; and here's the exception to prove it.
Reeve
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From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
reply
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From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
sake
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From this reading "--For Heaven's sake, do you think I've nothing to do except to write you letters?
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "But first permit me the indiscretion of asking you why an engaged man is so charitably interested in the welfare of a young girl who is not engaged to him?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I _never_ write letters; and here's the exception to prove it.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "--For Heaven's sake, do you think I've nothing to do except to write you letters?
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And if I were not at the Geyser Club, and if I had not dined incautiously, I would not write this!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
unanswered
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From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
welfare
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From this reading "But first permit me the indiscretion of asking you why an engaged man is so charitably interested in the welfare of a young girl who is not engaged to him?
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading And if I were not at the Geyser Club, and if I had not dined incautiously, I would not write this!
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading "But first permit me the indiscretion of asking you why an engaged man is so charitably interested in the welfare of a young girl who is not engaged to him?
why
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From this reading "But first permit me the indiscretion of asking you why an engaged man is so charitably interested in the welfare of a young girl who is not engaged to him?
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And if I were not at the Geyser Club, and if I had not dined incautiously, I would not write this!
write
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From this reading "--For Heaven's sake, do you think I've nothing to do except to write you letters?
wrote
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From this reading It was about five months later that Cecil Reeve wrote his long reply to a dozen letters from Clive Bailey which heretofore had remained unanswered and neglected:
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "--For Heaven's sake, do you think I've nothing to do except to write you letters?
young
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From this reading "But first permit me the indiscretion of asking you why an engaged man is so charitably interested in the welfare of a young girl who is not engaged to him?
