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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 A PAINFUL INCIDENT A few hours later, when hunters and watchers had had a little rest, came the rude awakening after the hour of triumph.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
additional
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From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading A PAINFUL INCIDENT A few hours later, when hunters and watchers had had a little rest, came the rude awakening after the hour of triumph.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A PAINFUL INCIDENT A few hours later, when hunters and watchers had had a little rest, came the rude awakening after the hour of triumph.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
awakening
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From this reading A PAINFUL INCIDENT A few hours later, when hunters and watchers had had a little rest, came the rude awakening after the hour of triumph.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
beadle
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From this reading Master Inch, the beadle, resplendent in gold-laced coat and the majesty of his own importance, had taken the order of ceremony into his own hands.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Jock Miggs, still trussed and pinioned, had been hauled out of the pound.
came
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From this reading A PAINFUL INCIDENT A few hours later, when hunters and watchers had had a little rest, came the rude awakening after the hour of triumph.
ceremony
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From this reading Master Inch, the beadle, resplendent in gold-laced coat and the majesty of his own importance, had taken the order of ceremony into his own hands.
Challoner
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From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had emphatically declared that the beadle should be publicly whipped for having dared to lay hands on the Squire of Hartington’s person.
coat
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From this reading Master Inch, the beadle, resplendent in gold-laced coat and the majesty of his own importance, had taken the order of ceremony into his own hands.
Court
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From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
dared
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From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had emphatically declared that the beadle should be publicly whipped for having dared to lay hands on the Squire of Hartington’s person.
declared
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From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had emphatically declared that the beadle should be publicly whipped for having dared to lay hands on the Squire of Hartington’s person.
devised
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From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
emphatically
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From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had emphatically declared that the beadle should be publicly whipped for having dared to lay hands on the Squire of Hartington’s person.
few
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From this reading A PAINFUL INCIDENT A few hours later, when hunters and watchers had had a little rest, came the rude awakening after the hour of triumph.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had emphatically declared that the beadle should be publicly whipped for having dared to lay hands on the Squire of Hartington’s person.
gold-laced
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From this reading Master Inch, the beadle, resplendent in gold-laced coat and the majesty of his own importance, had taken the order of ceremony into his own hands.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A PAINFUL INCIDENT A few hours later, when hunters and watchers had had a little rest, came the rude awakening after the hour of triumph.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Master Inch, the beadle, resplendent in gold-laced coat and the majesty of his own importance, had taken the order of ceremony into his own hands.
Hartington's
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From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had emphatically declared that the beadle should be publicly whipped for having dared to lay hands on the Squire of Hartington’s person.
hauled
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From this reading Jock Miggs, still trussed and pinioned, had been hauled out of the pound.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had emphatically declared that the beadle should be publicly whipped for having dared to lay hands on the Squire of Hartington’s person.
highwayman
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From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Master Inch, the beadle, resplendent in gold-laced coat and the majesty of his own importance, had taken the order of ceremony into his own hands.
Honour
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From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
hour
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From this reading A PAINFUL INCIDENT A few hours later, when hunters and watchers had had a little rest, came the rude awakening after the hour of triumph.
hours
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From this reading A PAINFUL INCIDENT A few hours later, when hunters and watchers had had a little rest, came the rude awakening after the hour of triumph.
House
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From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
Humphrey
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From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had emphatically declared that the beadle should be publicly whipped for having dared to lay hands on the Squire of Hartington’s person.
hunters
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From this reading A PAINFUL INCIDENT A few hours later, when hunters and watchers had had a little rest, came the rude awakening after the hour of triumph.
importance
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From this reading Master Inch, the beadle, resplendent in gold-laced coat and the majesty of his own importance, had taken the order of ceremony into his own hands.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Master Inch, the beadle, resplendent in gold-laced coat and the majesty of his own importance, had taken the order of ceremony into his own hands.
Inch
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From this reading Master Inch, the beadle, resplendent in gold-laced coat and the majesty of his own importance, had taken the order of ceremony into his own hands.
INCIDENT
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From this reading A PAINFUL INCIDENT A few hours later, when hunters and watchers had had a little rest, came the rude awakening after the hour of triumph.
indignity
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From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
instrumentality
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From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Master Inch, the beadle, resplendent in gold-laced coat and the majesty of his own importance, had taken the order of ceremony into his own hands.
Jock
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From this reading Jock Miggs, still trussed and pinioned, had been hauled out of the pound.
later
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From this reading A PAINFUL INCIDENT A few hours later, when hunters and watchers had had a little rest, came the rude awakening after the hour of triumph.
lay
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From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had emphatically declared that the beadle should be publicly whipped for having dared to lay hands on the Squire of Hartington’s person.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A PAINFUL INCIDENT A few hours later, when hunters and watchers had had a little rest, came the rude awakening after the hour of triumph.
majesty
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From this reading Master Inch, the beadle, resplendent in gold-laced coat and the majesty of his own importance, had taken the order of ceremony into his own hands.
Master
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From this reading Master Inch, the beadle, resplendent in gold-laced coat and the majesty of his own importance, had taken the order of ceremony into his own hands.
Miggs
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From this reading Jock Miggs, still trussed and pinioned, had been hauled out of the pound.
noon
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From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A PAINFUL INCIDENT A few hours later, when hunters and watchers had had a little rest, came the rude awakening after the hour of triumph.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had emphatically declared that the beadle should be publicly whipped for having dared to lay hands on the Squire of Hartington’s person.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Master Inch, the beadle, resplendent in gold-laced coat and the majesty of his own importance, had taken the order of ceremony into his own hands.
out
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From this reading Jock Miggs, still trussed and pinioned, had been hauled out of the pound.
own
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From this reading Master Inch, the beadle, resplendent in gold-laced coat and the majesty of his own importance, had taken the order of ceremony into his own hands.
PAINFUL
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From this reading A PAINFUL INCIDENT A few hours later, when hunters and watchers had had a little rest, came the rude awakening after the hour of triumph.
person
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From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had emphatically declared that the beadle should be publicly whipped for having dared to lay hands on the Squire of Hartington’s person.
pinioned
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From this reading Jock Miggs, still trussed and pinioned, had been hauled out of the pound.
plan
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From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
pound
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From this reading Jock Miggs, still trussed and pinioned, had been hauled out of the pound.
publicly
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From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had emphatically declared that the beadle should be publicly whipped for having dared to lay hands on the Squire of Hartington’s person.
put
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From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
resplendent
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From this reading Master Inch, the beadle, resplendent in gold-laced coat and the majesty of his own importance, had taken the order of ceremony into his own hands.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A PAINFUL INCIDENT A few hours later, when hunters and watchers had had a little rest, came the rude awakening after the hour of triumph.
revenge
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From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
round
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From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
rude
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From this reading A PAINFUL INCIDENT A few hours later, when hunters and watchers had had a little rest, came the rude awakening after the hour of triumph.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had emphatically declared that the beadle should be publicly whipped for having dared to lay hands on the Squire of Hartington’s person.
Sir
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From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had emphatically declared that the beadle should be publicly whipped for having dared to lay hands on the Squire of Hartington’s person.
smarting
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From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
Squire
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From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jock Miggs, still trussed and pinioned, had been hauled out of the pound.
taken
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From this reading Master Inch, the beadle, resplendent in gold-laced coat and the majesty of his own importance, had taken the order of ceremony into his own hands.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had emphatically declared that the beadle should be publicly whipped for having dared to lay hands on the Squire of Hartington’s person.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A PAINFUL INCIDENT A few hours later, when hunters and watchers had had a little rest, came the rude awakening after the hour of triumph.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had emphatically declared that the beadle should be publicly whipped for having dared to lay hands on the Squire of Hartington’s person.
triumph
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From this reading A PAINFUL INCIDENT A few hours later, when hunters and watchers had had a little rest, came the rude awakening after the hour of triumph.
trussed
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From this reading Jock Miggs, still trussed and pinioned, had been hauled out of the pound.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
watchers
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From this reading A PAINFUL INCIDENT A few hours later, when hunters and watchers had had a little rest, came the rude awakening after the hour of triumph.
West
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From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading A PAINFUL INCIDENT A few hours later, when hunters and watchers had had a little rest, came the rude awakening after the hour of triumph.
whippednounUS /ˈwhipped/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Sir Humphrey Challoner had emphatically declared that the beadle should be publicly whipped for having dared to lay hands on the Squire of Hartington’s person.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading His Honour, Squire West, would be round at the Court House about noon, and Inch, still smarting under the indignity put upon him through the instrumentality of the highwayman, had devised an additional little plan of revenge.
