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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 Dutchman, with a crew of ghostly clients imploring all whom they may encounter to peruse their papers, has drifted, for the time being, heaven knows where.
all
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The good ships Law and Equity, those teak-built, copper-bottomed, iron-fastened, brazen-faced, and not by any means fast-sailing clippers are laid up in ordinary.
any
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From this reading The good ships Law and Equity, those teak-built, copper-bottomed, iron-fastened, brazen-faced, and not by any means fast-sailing clippers are laid up in ordinary.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The good ships Law and Equity, those teak-built, copper-bottomed, iron-fastened, brazen-faced, and not by any means fast-sailing clippers are laid up in ordinary.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The Flying Dutchman, with a crew of ghostly clients imploring all whom they may encounter to peruse their papers, has drifted, for the time being, heaven knows where.
brazen-faced
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From this reading The good ships Law and Equity, those teak-built, copper-bottomed, iron-fastened, brazen-faced, and not by any means fast-sailing clippers are laid up in ordinary.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The good ships Law and Equity, those teak-built, copper-bottomed, iron-fastened, brazen-faced, and not by any means fast-sailing clippers are laid up in ordinary.
Chancery
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From this reading Moving On It is the long vacation in the regions of Chancery Lane.
class
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From this reading Westminster Hall itself is a shady solitude where nightingales might sing, and a tenderer class of suitors than is usually found there, walk.
clients
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clippers
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From this reading The good ships Law and Equity, those teak-built, copper-bottomed, iron-fastened, brazen-faced, and not by any means fast-sailing clippers are laid up in ordinary.
copper-bottomed
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From this reading The good ships Law and Equity, those teak-built, copper-bottomed, iron-fastened, brazen-faced, and not by any means fast-sailing clippers are laid up in ordinary.
courts
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From this reading The courts are all shut up; the public offices lie in a hot sleep.
crewnounUS /crew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Flying Dutchman, with a crew of ghostly clients imploring all whom they may encounter to peruse their papers, has drifted, for the time being, heaven knows where.
drifted
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Dutchman
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encounter
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Equity
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From this reading The good ships Law and Equity, those teak-built, copper-bottomed, iron-fastened, brazen-faced, and not by any means fast-sailing clippers are laid up in ordinary.
fast-sailing
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From this reading The good ships Law and Equity, those teak-built, copper-bottomed, iron-fastened, brazen-faced, and not by any means fast-sailing clippers are laid up in ordinary.
Flying
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From this reading The Flying Dutchman, with a crew of ghostly clients imploring all whom they may encounter to peruse their papers, has drifted, for the time being, heaven knows where.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Flying Dutchman, with a crew of ghostly clients imploring all whom they may encounter to peruse their papers, has drifted, for the time being, heaven knows where.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Westminster Hall itself is a shady solitude where nightingales might sing, and a tenderer class of suitors than is usually found there, walk.
ghostly
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From this reading The Flying Dutchman, with a crew of ghostly clients imploring all whom they may encounter to peruse their papers, has drifted, for the time being, heaven knows where.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The good ships Law and Equity, those teak-built, copper-bottomed, iron-fastened, brazen-faced, and not by any means fast-sailing clippers are laid up in ordinary.
Hall
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From this reading Westminster Hall itself is a shady solitude where nightingales might sing, and a tenderer class of suitors than is usually found there, walk.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
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heaven
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hot
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From this reading The courts are all shut up; the public offices lie in a hot sleep.
imploring
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From this reading The Flying Dutchman, with a crew of ghostly clients imploring all whom they may encounter to peruse their papers, has drifted, for the time being, heaven knows where.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Moving On It is the long vacation in the regions of Chancery Lane.
iron-fastened
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From this reading The good ships Law and Equity, those teak-built, copper-bottomed, iron-fastened, brazen-faced, and not by any means fast-sailing clippers are laid up in ordinary.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Moving On It is the long vacation in the regions of Chancery Lane.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Moving On It is the long vacation in the regions of Chancery Lane.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Westminster Hall itself is a shady solitude where nightingales might sing, and a tenderer class of suitors than is usually found there, walk.
knows
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From this reading The Flying Dutchman, with a crew of ghostly clients imploring all whom they may encounter to peruse their papers, has drifted, for the time being, heaven knows where.
laid
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From this reading The good ships Law and Equity, those teak-built, copper-bottomed, iron-fastened, brazen-faced, and not by any means fast-sailing clippers are laid up in ordinary.
Lane
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From this reading Moving On It is the long vacation in the regions of Chancery Lane.
Law
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From this reading The good ships Law and Equity, those teak-built, copper-bottomed, iron-fastened, brazen-faced, and not by any means fast-sailing clippers are laid up in ordinary.
lie
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From this reading The courts are all shut up; the public offices lie in a hot sleep.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Moving On It is the long vacation in the regions of Chancery Lane.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading The Flying Dutchman, with a crew of ghostly clients imploring all whom they may encounter to peruse their papers, has drifted, for the time being, heaven knows where.
means
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From this reading The good ships Law and Equity, those teak-built, copper-bottomed, iron-fastened, brazen-faced, and not by any means fast-sailing clippers are laid up in ordinary.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Westminster Hall itself is a shady solitude where nightingales might sing, and a tenderer class of suitors than is usually found there, walk.
Moving
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From this reading Moving On It is the long vacation in the regions of Chancery Lane.
nightingales
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From this reading Westminster Hall itself is a shady solitude where nightingales might sing, and a tenderer class of suitors than is usually found there, walk.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The good ships Law and Equity, those teak-built, copper-bottomed, iron-fastened, brazen-faced, and not by any means fast-sailing clippers are laid up in ordinary.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Moving On It is the long vacation in the regions of Chancery Lane.
offices
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From this reading The courts are all shut up; the public offices lie in a hot sleep.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Moving On It is the long vacation in the regions of Chancery Lane.
ordinary
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From this reading The good ships Law and Equity, those teak-built, copper-bottomed, iron-fastened, brazen-faced, and not by any means fast-sailing clippers are laid up in ordinary.
papers
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peruse
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public
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regions
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From this reading Moving On It is the long vacation in the regions of Chancery Lane.
shady
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From this reading Westminster Hall itself is a shady solitude where nightingales might sing, and a tenderer class of suitors than is usually found there, walk.
ships
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From this reading The good ships Law and Equity, those teak-built, copper-bottomed, iron-fastened, brazen-faced, and not by any means fast-sailing clippers are laid up in ordinary.
shut
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From this reading The courts are all shut up; the public offices lie in a hot sleep.
sing
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From this reading Westminster Hall itself is a shady solitude where nightingales might sing, and a tenderer class of suitors than is usually found there, walk.
sleep
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From this reading The courts are all shut up; the public offices lie in a hot sleep.
solitude
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From this reading Westminster Hall itself is a shady solitude where nightingales might sing, and a tenderer class of suitors than is usually found there, walk.
suitors
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From this reading Westminster Hall itself is a shady solitude where nightingales might sing, and a tenderer class of suitors than is usually found there, walk.
teak-built
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From this reading The good ships Law and Equity, those teak-built, copper-bottomed, iron-fastened, brazen-faced, and not by any means fast-sailing clippers are laid up in ordinary.
tenderer
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From this reading Westminster Hall itself is a shady solitude where nightingales might sing, and a tenderer class of suitors than is usually found there, walk.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Westminster Hall itself is a shady solitude where nightingales might sing, and a tenderer class of suitors than is usually found there, walk.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Moving On It is the long vacation in the regions of Chancery Lane.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The Flying Dutchman, with a crew of ghostly clients imploring all whom they may encounter to peruse their papers, has drifted, for the time being, heaven knows where.
there
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From this reading Westminster Hall itself is a shady solitude where nightingales might sing, and a tenderer class of suitors than is usually found there, walk.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Flying Dutchman, with a crew of ghostly clients imploring all whom they may encounter to peruse their papers, has drifted, for the time being, heaven knows where.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The good ships Law and Equity, those teak-built, copper-bottomed, iron-fastened, brazen-faced, and not by any means fast-sailing clippers are laid up in ordinary.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Flying Dutchman, with a crew of ghostly clients imploring all whom they may encounter to peruse their papers, has drifted, for the time being, heaven knows where.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Flying Dutchman, with a crew of ghostly clients imploring all whom they may encounter to peruse their papers, has drifted, for the time being, heaven knows where.
up
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From this reading The good ships Law and Equity, those teak-built, copper-bottomed, iron-fastened, brazen-faced, and not by any means fast-sailing clippers are laid up in ordinary.
usually
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From this reading Westminster Hall itself is a shady solitude where nightingales might sing, and a tenderer class of suitors than is usually found there, walk.
vacation
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From this reading Moving On It is the long vacation in the regions of Chancery Lane.
walk
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From this reading Westminster Hall itself is a shady solitude where nightingales might sing, and a tenderer class of suitors than is usually found there, walk.
Westminster
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From this reading Westminster Hall itself is a shady solitude where nightingales might sing, and a tenderer class of suitors than is usually found there, walk.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The Flying Dutchman, with a crew of ghostly clients imploring all whom they may encounter to peruse their papers, has drifted, for the time being, heaven knows where.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Flying Dutchman, with a crew of ghostly clients imploring all whom they may encounter to peruse their papers, has drifted, for the time being, heaven knows where.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Flying Dutchman, with a crew of ghostly clients imploring all whom they may encounter to peruse their papers, has drifted, for the time being, heaven knows where.
