used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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agedadjectiveUS /eɪdʒd/
advanced in years; (“aged” is pronounced as two syllables)
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What aged man in his experience through threescore years and ten had heard of such conduct before?
past form of “appear” — give a certain impression or have a certain outward aspect
From this reading What local poet, whose effusions appeared in the 'Cambridge and Ely Post,' in his wildest flights of imagination, conceived of such a thing?
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Decency must have gone to decay and been buried.
earlier than; in front of
From this reading What aged man in his experience through threescore years and ten had heard of such conduct before?
placed in a grave
From this reading Decency must have gone to decay and been buried.
CambridgenounUS /ˈkeɪmbrɪdʒ/
a university in England
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a low-lying region in central France
From this reading The world—the centre of it—the Isle of Ely?
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading What was the world coming to?
conceivedverbUS /kənˈsiːvd/
past form of “conceive” — have the idea for
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direct the course of; manage or control
From this reading What aged man in his experience through threescore years and ten had heard of such conduct before?
decaynounUS /dɪˈkeɪ/
the process of gradually becoming inferior
From this reading Decency must have gone to decay and been buried.
DecencynounUS /ˈdiːsənsi/
the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
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effusions
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Ely
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undergo or live through a difficult experience
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flightsnounUS /flaɪts/
plural of “flight” — a formation of aircraft in flight
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destroyed or killed
From this reading Decency must have gone to decay and been buried.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading What aged man in his experience through threescore years and ten had heard of such conduct before?
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Decency must have gone to decay and been buried.
detected or perceived by the sense of hearing
From this reading What aged man in his experience through threescore years and ten had heard of such conduct before?
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
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the formation of a mental image of something that is not perceived as real and is not present to the senses
From this reading What local poet, whose effusions appeared in the 'Cambridge and Ely Post,' in his wildest flights of imagination, conceived of such a thing?
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What aged man in his experience through threescore years and ten had heard of such conduct before?
IslenounUS /aɪl/
a small island
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a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
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localadjectiveUS /ˈloʊkəl/
relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
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an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
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used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry)
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affix in a public place or for public notice
From this reading What local poet, whose effusions appeared in the 'Cambridge and Ely Post,' in his wildest flights of imagination, conceived of such a thing?
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading What aged man in his experience through threescore years and ten had heard of such conduct before?
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
From this reading What aged man in his experience through threescore years and ten had heard of such conduct before?
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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a special situation
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threescorenoun
a set with 3 times 20 members
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from one end or side of something to the other
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used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
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used to ask for information about something
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belonging to which person
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wildestadjectiveUS /ˈwaɪldɪst/
superlative of “wild” — marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
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everything that exists anywhere
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a late time of life
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