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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 He worked like a horse, no doubt of it; spurred constantly on his tender side--his vanity--by the hard riding of Mr. Julius Bamberger, M.P. He pioneered the movement.
afire
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From this reading He (pardon this riot of simile and metaphor) cut a way through the brushwood, piled the first faggots, applied the torch, set the heather afire.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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applied
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From this reading He (pardon this riot of simile and metaphor) cut a way through the brushwood, piled the first faggots, applied the torch, set the heather afire.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I must not overload these slight pages by chronicling at length how Merchester caught and developed the Pageant fever.
Bamberger
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From this reading He worked like a horse, no doubt of it; spurred constantly on his tender side--his vanity--by the hard riding of Mr. Julius Bamberger, M.P. He pioneered the movement.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But to Mr Colt must be given his share of the final credit.
brushwood
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From this reading He (pardon this riot of simile and metaphor) cut a way through the brushwood, piled the first faggots, applied the torch, set the heather afire.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But to Mr Colt must be given his share of the final credit.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
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caught
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chronicling
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Colt
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From this reading But to Mr Colt must be given his share of the final credit.
constantly
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From this reading He worked like a horse, no doubt of it; spurred constantly on his tender side--his vanity--by the hard riding of Mr. Julius Bamberger, M.P. He pioneered the movement.
credit
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From this reading But to Mr Colt must be given his share of the final credit.
cut
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From this reading He (pardon this riot of simile and metaphor) cut a way through the brushwood, piled the first faggots, applied the torch, set the heather afire.
developed
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doubt
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From this reading He worked like a horse, no doubt of it; spurred constantly on his tender side--his vanity--by the hard riding of Mr. Julius Bamberger, M.P. He pioneered the movement.
faggots
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From this reading He (pardon this riot of simile and metaphor) cut a way through the brushwood, piled the first faggots, applied the torch, set the heather afire.
fever
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final
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From this reading But to Mr Colt must be given his share of the final credit.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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given
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From this reading But to Mr Colt must be given his share of the final credit.
hard
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From this reading He worked like a horse, no doubt of it; spurred constantly on his tender side--his vanity--by the hard riding of Mr. Julius Bamberger, M.P. He pioneered the movement.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He worked like a horse, no doubt of it; spurred constantly on his tender side--his vanity--by the hard riding of Mr. Julius Bamberger, M.P. He pioneered the movement.
heather
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From this reading He (pardon this riot of simile and metaphor) cut a way through the brushwood, piled the first faggots, applied the torch, set the heather afire.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But to Mr Colt must be given his share of the final credit.
horse
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From this reading He worked like a horse, no doubt of it; spurred constantly on his tender side--his vanity--by the hard riding of Mr. Julius Bamberger, M.P. He pioneered the movement.
how
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IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I must not overload these slight pages by chronicling at length how Merchester caught and developed the Pageant fever.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He worked like a horse, no doubt of it; spurred constantly on his tender side--his vanity--by the hard riding of Mr. Julius Bamberger, M.P. He pioneered the movement.
Julius
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From this reading He worked like a horse, no doubt of it; spurred constantly on his tender side--his vanity--by the hard riding of Mr. Julius Bamberger, M.P. He pioneered the movement.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
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like
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From this reading He worked like a horse, no doubt of it; spurred constantly on his tender side--his vanity--by the hard riding of Mr. Julius Bamberger, M.P. He pioneered the movement.
M
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From this reading He worked like a horse, no doubt of it; spurred constantly on his tender side--his vanity--by the hard riding of Mr. Julius Bamberger, M.P. He pioneered the movement.
MERCHESTER
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From this reading MERCHESTER PREPARES.
metaphor
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From this reading He (pardon this riot of simile and metaphor) cut a way through the brushwood, piled the first faggots, applied the torch, set the heather afire.
movement
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From this reading He worked like a horse, no doubt of it; spurred constantly on his tender side--his vanity--by the hard riding of Mr. Julius Bamberger, M.P. He pioneered the movement.
Mr
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From this reading But to Mr Colt must be given his share of the final credit.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I must not overload these slight pages by chronicling at length how Merchester caught and developed the Pageant fever.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He worked like a horse, no doubt of it; spurred constantly on his tender side--his vanity--by the hard riding of Mr. Julius Bamberger, M.P. He pioneered the movement.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I must not overload these slight pages by chronicling at length how Merchester caught and developed the Pageant fever.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But to Mr Colt must be given his share of the final credit.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He worked like a horse, no doubt of it; spurred constantly on his tender side--his vanity--by the hard riding of Mr. Julius Bamberger, M.P. He pioneered the movement.
overload
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P
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From this reading He worked like a horse, no doubt of it; spurred constantly on his tender side--his vanity--by the hard riding of Mr. Julius Bamberger, M.P. He pioneered the movement.
Pageant
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pages
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pardon
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From this reading He (pardon this riot of simile and metaphor) cut a way through the brushwood, piled the first faggots, applied the torch, set the heather afire.
piled
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From this reading He (pardon this riot of simile and metaphor) cut a way through the brushwood, piled the first faggots, applied the torch, set the heather afire.
pioneered
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From this reading He worked like a horse, no doubt of it; spurred constantly on his tender side--his vanity--by the hard riding of Mr. Julius Bamberger, M.P. He pioneered the movement.
PREPARES
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From this reading MERCHESTER PREPARES.
riding
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From this reading He worked like a horse, no doubt of it; spurred constantly on his tender side--his vanity--by the hard riding of Mr. Julius Bamberger, M.P. He pioneered the movement.
riot
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From this reading He (pardon this riot of simile and metaphor) cut a way through the brushwood, piled the first faggots, applied the torch, set the heather afire.
set
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From this reading He (pardon this riot of simile and metaphor) cut a way through the brushwood, piled the first faggots, applied the torch, set the heather afire.
share
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From this reading But to Mr Colt must be given his share of the final credit.
side
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From this reading He worked like a horse, no doubt of it; spurred constantly on his tender side--his vanity--by the hard riding of Mr. Julius Bamberger, M.P. He pioneered the movement.
simile
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slight
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spurred
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From this reading He worked like a horse, no doubt of it; spurred constantly on his tender side--his vanity--by the hard riding of Mr. Julius Bamberger, M.P. He pioneered the movement.
tender
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From this reading He worked like a horse, no doubt of it; spurred constantly on his tender side--his vanity--by the hard riding of Mr. Julius Bamberger, M.P. He pioneered the movement.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I must not overload these slight pages by chronicling at length how Merchester caught and developed the Pageant fever.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading I must not overload these slight pages by chronicling at length how Merchester caught and developed the Pageant fever.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He (pardon this riot of simile and metaphor) cut a way through the brushwood, piled the first faggots, applied the torch, set the heather afire.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He (pardon this riot of simile and metaphor) cut a way through the brushwood, piled the first faggots, applied the torch, set the heather afire.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But to Mr Colt must be given his share of the final credit.
torch
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From this reading He (pardon this riot of simile and metaphor) cut a way through the brushwood, piled the first faggots, applied the torch, set the heather afire.
vanity
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From this reading He worked like a horse, no doubt of it; spurred constantly on his tender side--his vanity--by the hard riding of Mr. Julius Bamberger, M.P. He pioneered the movement.
way
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From this reading He (pardon this riot of simile and metaphor) cut a way through the brushwood, piled the first faggots, applied the torch, set the heather afire.
worked
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From this reading He worked like a horse, no doubt of it; spurred constantly on his tender side--his vanity--by the hard riding of Mr. Julius Bamberger, M.P. He pioneered the movement.
