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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 AN EPISODE.--THE SON OF THE GREATEST MAN WHO (ONE ONLY EXCEPTED) /EVER ROSE TO A THRONE/, BUT BY NO MEANS OF THE GREATEST MAN (SAVE ONE) WHO /EVER EXISTED/.
accompanied
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From this reading He accompanied me some years afterwards to France, and he died there in extreme age.
afterwards
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From this reading He accompanied me some years afterwards to France, and he died there in extreme age.
age
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From this reading He accompanied me some years afterwards to France, and he died there in extreme age.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN EPISODE.--THE SON OF THE GREATEST MAN WHO (ONE ONLY EXCEPTED) /EVER ROSE TO A THRONE/, BUT BY NO MEANS OF THE GREATEST MAN (SAVE ONE) WHO /EVER EXISTED/.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I had previously intrusted to the /locum tenens/ of the sage Desmarais, the royal gift, and (singular conjunction!) poor Ponto, my uncle's dog.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Here let me pause, as I shall have no other opportunity to mention him, to record the fate of the canine bequest.
BEFOREprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading BEFORE sunrise the next morning I had commenced my return to London.
bequest
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From this reading Here let me pause, as I shall have no other opportunity to mention him, to record the fate of the canine bequest.
BUTconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading AN EPISODE.--THE SON OF THE GREATEST MAN WHO (ONE ONLY EXCEPTED) /EVER ROSE TO A THRONE/, BUT BY NO MEANS OF THE GREATEST MAN (SAVE ONE) WHO /EVER EXISTED/.
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading AN EPISODE.--THE SON OF THE GREATEST MAN WHO (ONE ONLY EXCEPTED) /EVER ROSE TO A THRONE/, BUT BY NO MEANS OF THE GREATEST MAN (SAVE ONE) WHO /EVER EXISTED/.
canine
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From this reading Here let me pause, as I shall have no other opportunity to mention him, to record the fate of the canine bequest.
commenced
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From this reading BEFORE sunrise the next morning I had commenced my return to London.
conjunction
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From this reading I had previously intrusted to the /locum tenens/ of the sage Desmarais, the royal gift, and (singular conjunction!) poor Ponto, my uncle's dog.
Desmarais
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From this reading I had previously intrusted to the /locum tenens/ of the sage Desmarais, the royal gift, and (singular conjunction!) poor Ponto, my uncle's dog.
died
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From this reading He accompanied me some years afterwards to France, and he died there in extreme age.
dog
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From this reading I had previously intrusted to the /locum tenens/ of the sage Desmarais, the royal gift, and (singular conjunction!) poor Ponto, my uncle's dog.
EPISODE
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From this reading AN EPISODE.--THE SON OF THE GREATEST MAN WHO (ONE ONLY EXCEPTED) /EVER ROSE TO A THRONE/, BUT BY NO MEANS OF THE GREATEST MAN (SAVE ONE) WHO /EVER EXISTED/.
EVERnounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AN EPISODE.--THE SON OF THE GREATEST MAN WHO (ONE ONLY EXCEPTED) /EVER ROSE TO A THRONE/, BUT BY NO MEANS OF THE GREATEST MAN (SAVE ONE) WHO /EVER EXISTED/.
EXCEPTED
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From this reading AN EPISODE.--THE SON OF THE GREATEST MAN WHO (ONE ONLY EXCEPTED) /EVER ROSE TO A THRONE/, BUT BY NO MEANS OF THE GREATEST MAN (SAVE ONE) WHO /EVER EXISTED/.
EXISTED
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From this reading AN EPISODE.--THE SON OF THE GREATEST MAN WHO (ONE ONLY EXCEPTED) /EVER ROSE TO A THRONE/, BUT BY NO MEANS OF THE GREATEST MAN (SAVE ONE) WHO /EVER EXISTED/.
extreme
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From this reading He accompanied me some years afterwards to France, and he died there in extreme age.
fate
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From this reading Here let me pause, as I shall have no other opportunity to mention him, to record the fate of the canine bequest.
France
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From this reading He accompanied me some years afterwards to France, and he died there in extreme age.
gift
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From this reading I had previously intrusted to the /locum tenens/ of the sage Desmarais, the royal gift, and (singular conjunction!) poor Ponto, my uncle's dog.
GREATEST
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From this reading AN EPISODE.--THE SON OF THE GREATEST MAN WHO (ONE ONLY EXCEPTED) /EVER ROSE TO A THRONE/, BUT BY NO MEANS OF THE GREATEST MAN (SAVE ONE) WHO /EVER EXISTED/.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading BEFORE sunrise the next morning I had commenced my return to London.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Here let me pause, as I shall have no other opportunity to mention him, to record the fate of the canine bequest.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He accompanied me some years afterwards to France, and he died there in extreme age.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here let me pause, as I shall have no other opportunity to mention him, to record the fate of the canine bequest.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Here let me pause, as I shall have no other opportunity to mention him, to record the fate of the canine bequest.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading BEFORE sunrise the next morning I had commenced my return to London.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He accompanied me some years afterwards to France, and he died there in extreme age.
intrusted
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From this reading I had previously intrusted to the /locum tenens/ of the sage Desmarais, the royal gift, and (singular conjunction!) poor Ponto, my uncle's dog.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Here let me pause, as I shall have no other opportunity to mention him, to record the fate of the canine bequest.
locum
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From this reading I had previously intrusted to the /locum tenens/ of the sage Desmarais, the royal gift, and (singular conjunction!) poor Ponto, my uncle's dog.
London
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From this reading BEFORE sunrise the next morning I had commenced my return to London.
MAN
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From this reading AN EPISODE.--THE SON OF THE GREATEST MAN WHO (ONE ONLY EXCEPTED) /EVER ROSE TO A THRONE/, BUT BY NO MEANS OF THE GREATEST MAN (SAVE ONE) WHO /EVER EXISTED/.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Here let me pause, as I shall have no other opportunity to mention him, to record the fate of the canine bequest.
MEANS
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From this reading AN EPISODE.--THE SON OF THE GREATEST MAN WHO (ONE ONLY EXCEPTED) /EVER ROSE TO A THRONE/, BUT BY NO MEANS OF THE GREATEST MAN (SAVE ONE) WHO /EVER EXISTED/.
mention
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From this reading Here let me pause, as I shall have no other opportunity to mention him, to record the fate of the canine bequest.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BEFORE sunrise the next morning I had commenced my return to London.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading BEFORE sunrise the next morning I had commenced my return to London.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BEFORE sunrise the next morning I had commenced my return to London.
NOdeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading AN EPISODE.--THE SON OF THE GREATEST MAN WHO (ONE ONLY EXCEPTED) /EVER ROSE TO A THRONE/, BUT BY NO MEANS OF THE GREATEST MAN (SAVE ONE) WHO /EVER EXISTED/.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AN EPISODE.--THE SON OF THE GREATEST MAN WHO (ONE ONLY EXCEPTED) /EVER ROSE TO A THRONE/, BUT BY NO MEANS OF THE GREATEST MAN (SAVE ONE) WHO /EVER EXISTED/.
ONEpronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading AN EPISODE.--THE SON OF THE GREATEST MAN WHO (ONE ONLY EXCEPTED) /EVER ROSE TO A THRONE/, BUT BY NO MEANS OF THE GREATEST MAN (SAVE ONE) WHO /EVER EXISTED/.
ONLY
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From this reading AN EPISODE.--THE SON OF THE GREATEST MAN WHO (ONE ONLY EXCEPTED) /EVER ROSE TO A THRONE/, BUT BY NO MEANS OF THE GREATEST MAN (SAVE ONE) WHO /EVER EXISTED/.
opportunity
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From this reading Here let me pause, as I shall have no other opportunity to mention him, to record the fate of the canine bequest.
other
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From this reading Here let me pause, as I shall have no other opportunity to mention him, to record the fate of the canine bequest.
pause
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From this reading Here let me pause, as I shall have no other opportunity to mention him, to record the fate of the canine bequest.
Ponto
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From this reading I had previously intrusted to the /locum tenens/ of the sage Desmarais, the royal gift, and (singular conjunction!) poor Ponto, my uncle's dog.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had previously intrusted to the /locum tenens/ of the sage Desmarais, the royal gift, and (singular conjunction!) poor Ponto, my uncle's dog.
previously
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From this reading I had previously intrusted to the /locum tenens/ of the sage Desmarais, the royal gift, and (singular conjunction!) poor Ponto, my uncle's dog.
record
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From this reading Here let me pause, as I shall have no other opportunity to mention him, to record the fate of the canine bequest.
return
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From this reading BEFORE sunrise the next morning I had commenced my return to London.
ROSE
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From this reading AN EPISODE.--THE SON OF THE GREATEST MAN WHO (ONE ONLY EXCEPTED) /EVER ROSE TO A THRONE/, BUT BY NO MEANS OF THE GREATEST MAN (SAVE ONE) WHO /EVER EXISTED/.
royal
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From this reading I had previously intrusted to the /locum tenens/ of the sage Desmarais, the royal gift, and (singular conjunction!) poor Ponto, my uncle's dog.
sage
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From this reading I had previously intrusted to the /locum tenens/ of the sage Desmarais, the royal gift, and (singular conjunction!) poor Ponto, my uncle's dog.
SAVEprepositionUS /seɪv/
except for; apart from
From this reading AN EPISODE.--THE SON OF THE GREATEST MAN WHO (ONE ONLY EXCEPTED) /EVER ROSE TO A THRONE/, BUT BY NO MEANS OF THE GREATEST MAN (SAVE ONE) WHO /EVER EXISTED/.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Here let me pause, as I shall have no other opportunity to mention him, to record the fate of the canine bequest.
singular
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From this reading I had previously intrusted to the /locum tenens/ of the sage Desmarais, the royal gift, and (singular conjunction!) poor Ponto, my uncle's dog.
some
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From this reading He accompanied me some years afterwards to France, and he died there in extreme age.
SON
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From this reading AN EPISODE.--THE SON OF THE GREATEST MAN WHO (ONE ONLY EXCEPTED) /EVER ROSE TO A THRONE/, BUT BY NO MEANS OF THE GREATEST MAN (SAVE ONE) WHO /EVER EXISTED/.
sunrise
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From this reading BEFORE sunrise the next morning I had commenced my return to London.
tenens
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From this reading I had previously intrusted to the /locum tenens/ of the sage Desmarais, the royal gift, and (singular conjunction!) poor Ponto, my uncle's dog.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AN EPISODE.--THE SON OF THE GREATEST MAN WHO (ONE ONLY EXCEPTED) /EVER ROSE TO A THRONE/, BUT BY NO MEANS OF THE GREATEST MAN (SAVE ONE) WHO /EVER EXISTED/.
there
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From this reading He accompanied me some years afterwards to France, and he died there in extreme age.
THRONE
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From this reading AN EPISODE.--THE SON OF THE GREATEST MAN WHO (ONE ONLY EXCEPTED) /EVER ROSE TO A THRONE/, BUT BY NO MEANS OF THE GREATEST MAN (SAVE ONE) WHO /EVER EXISTED/.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AN EPISODE.--THE SON OF THE GREATEST MAN WHO (ONE ONLY EXCEPTED) /EVER ROSE TO A THRONE/, BUT BY NO MEANS OF THE GREATEST MAN (SAVE ONE) WHO /EVER EXISTED/.
uncle's
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From this reading I had previously intrusted to the /locum tenens/ of the sage Desmarais, the royal gift, and (singular conjunction!) poor Ponto, my uncle's dog.
WHOpronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading AN EPISODE.--THE SON OF THE GREATEST MAN WHO (ONE ONLY EXCEPTED) /EVER ROSE TO A THRONE/, BUT BY NO MEANS OF THE GREATEST MAN (SAVE ONE) WHO /EVER EXISTED/.
years
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From this reading He accompanied me some years afterwards to France, and he died there in extreme age.
