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Condensed Novels: New Burlesques
Condensed Novels: New Burlesques

Chapter VIII

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But he did not remain there long.
Once back in that epistolary island, he wrote interminable letters to Golly.
When they began to bore each other, he returned to London and entered the Salvation Army.
Crowds flocked to hear him preach.
He inveighed against Society and Wickedness as represented in his mind by Golly and her friends, and praised a perfect Christianity represented by himself and HIS friends.
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Condensed Novels: New Burlesques

Chapter VIII

Reading 1/211 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

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But he did not remain there long.
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Once back in that epistolary island, he wrote interminable letters to Golly.
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When they began to bore each other, he returned to London and entered the Salvation Army.
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Crowds flocked to hear him preach.
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He inveighed against Society and Wickedness as represented in his mind by Golly and her friends, and praised a perfect Christianity represented by himself and HIS friends.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

Against preposition US /əˈɡenst/

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading “He inveighed against Society and Wickedness as represented in his mind by Golly and her friends, and praised a perfect Christianity represented by himself and HIS friends.”

Began noun US /began/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “When they began to bore each other, he returned to London and entered the Salvation Army.”

Hear noun US /hear/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Crowds flocked to hear him preach.”

Himself pronoun US /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading “He inveighed against Society and Wickedness as represented in his mind by Golly and her friends, and praised a perfect Christianity represented by himself and HIS friends.”

Long noun US /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “But he did not remain there long.”

Mind noun US /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “He inveighed against Society and Wickedness as represented in his mind by Golly and her friends, and praised a perfect Christianity represented by himself and HIS friends.”

Once noun US /once/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Once back in that epistolary island, he wrote interminable letters to Golly.”

Returned noun US /ˈreturned/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “When they began to bore each other, he returned to London and entered the Salvation Army.”

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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 inveighed against Society and Wickedness as represented in his mind by Golly and her friends, and praised a perfect Christianity represented by himself and HIS friends.

againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/

touching and pressing; in opposition to

From this reading He inveighed against Society and Wickedness as represented in his mind by Golly and her friends, and praised a perfect Christianity represented by himself and HIS friends.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading When they began to bore each other, he returned to London and entered the Salvation Army.

Army

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From this reading When they began to bore each other, he returned to London and entered the Salvation Army.

asconjunctionUS /æz/

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading He inveighed against Society and Wickedness as represented in his mind by Golly and her friends, and praised a perfect Christianity represented by himself and HIS friends.

back

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From this reading Once back in that epistolary island, he wrote interminable letters to Golly.

begannounUS /began/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading When they began to bore each other, he returned to London and entered the Salvation Army.

bore

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From this reading When they began to bore each other, he returned to London and entered the Salvation Army.

ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading But he did not remain there long.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading He inveighed against Society and Wickedness as represented in his mind by Golly and her friends, and praised a perfect Christianity represented by himself and HIS friends.

Christianity

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From this reading He inveighed against Society and Wickedness as represented in his mind by Golly and her friends, and praised a perfect Christianity represented by himself and HIS friends.

Crowds

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From this reading Crowds flocked to hear him preach.

didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/

the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives

From this reading But he did not remain there long.

eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/

every one of two or more people or things, taken separately

From this reading When they began to bore each other, he returned to London and entered the Salvation Army.

entered

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From this reading When they began to bore each other, he returned to London and entered the Salvation Army.

epistolary

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From this reading Once back in that epistolary island, he wrote interminable letters to Golly.

flocked

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From this reading Crowds flocked to hear him preach.

friends

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From this reading He inveighed against Society and Wickedness as represented in his mind by Golly and her friends, and praised a perfect Christianity represented by himself and HIS friends.

Golly

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From this reading Once back in that epistolary island, he wrote interminable letters to Golly.

hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading But he did not remain there long.

hearnounUS /hear/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Crowds flocked to hear him preach.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading He inveighed against Society and Wickedness as represented in his mind by Golly and her friends, and praised a perfect Christianity represented by himself and HIS friends.

himpronounUS /hɪm/

the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading Crowds flocked to hear him preach.

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading He inveighed against Society and Wickedness as represented in his mind by Golly and her friends, and praised a perfect Christianity represented by himself and HIS friends.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading He inveighed against Society and Wickedness as represented in his mind by Golly and her friends, and praised a perfect Christianity represented by himself and HIS friends.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading Once back in that epistolary island, he wrote interminable letters to Golly.

interminable

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From this reading Once back in that epistolary island, he wrote interminable letters to Golly.

inveighed

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From this reading He inveighed against Society and Wickedness as represented in his mind by Golly and her friends, and praised a perfect Christianity represented by himself and HIS friends.

island

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From this reading Once back in that epistolary island, he wrote interminable letters to Golly.

letters

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From this reading Once back in that epistolary island, he wrote interminable letters to Golly.

London

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From this reading When they began to bore each other, he returned to London and entered the Salvation Army.

longnounUS /long/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading But he did not remain there long.

mindnounUS /mind/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading He inveighed against Society and Wickedness as represented in his mind by Golly and her friends, and praised a perfect Christianity represented by himself and HIS friends.

notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading But he did not remain there long.

Once

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From this reading Once back in that epistolary island, he wrote interminable letters to Golly.

other

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From this reading When they began to bore each other, he returned to London and entered the Salvation Army.

perfect

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From this reading He inveighed against Society and Wickedness as represented in his mind by Golly and her friends, and praised a perfect Christianity represented by himself and HIS friends.

praised

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From this reading He inveighed against Society and Wickedness as represented in his mind by Golly and her friends, and praised a perfect Christianity represented by himself and HIS friends.

preach

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From this reading Crowds flocked to hear him preach.

remain

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From this reading But he did not remain there long.

represented

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From this reading He inveighed against Society and Wickedness as represented in his mind by Golly and her friends, and praised a perfect Christianity represented by himself and HIS friends.

returnednounUS /ˈreturned/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading When they began to bore each other, he returned to London and entered the Salvation Army.

Salvation

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From this reading When they began to bore each other, he returned to London and entered the Salvation Army.

Society

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From this reading He inveighed against Society and Wickedness as represented in his mind by Golly and her friends, and praised a perfect Christianity represented by himself and HIS friends.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading Once back in that epistolary island, he wrote interminable letters to Golly.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading When they began to bore each other, he returned to London and entered the Salvation Army.

there

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From this reading But he did not remain there long.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading When they began to bore each other, he returned to London and entered the Salvation Army.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading Once back in that epistolary island, he wrote interminable letters to Golly.

WhenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading When they began to bore each other, he returned to London and entered the Salvation Army.

Wickedness

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From this reading He inveighed against Society and Wickedness as represented in his mind by Golly and her friends, and praised a perfect Christianity represented by himself and HIS friends.

wrote

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From this reading Once back in that epistolary island, he wrote interminable letters to Golly.