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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 shifted restlessly, and a frown marred the placidity of his venerable brow.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
alien
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From this reading To the Oldest Member a golf-club was a golf-club, and he resented the introduction of any alien element.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
any
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From this reading To the Oldest Member a golf-club was a golf-club, and he resented the introduction of any alien element.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
audible
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From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
AWAKENING
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From this reading THE AWAKENING OF ROLLO PODMARSH Down on the new bowling-green behind the club-house some sort of competition was in progress.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading THE AWAKENING OF ROLLO PODMARSH Down on the new bowling-green behind the club-house some sort of competition was in progress.
bowling-green
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From this reading THE AWAKENING OF ROLLO PODMARSH Down on the new bowling-green behind the club-house some sort of competition was in progress.
brow
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From this reading He shifted restlessly, and a frown marred the placidity of his venerable brow.
chair
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From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
club-house
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From this reading THE AWAKENING OF ROLLO PODMARSH Down on the new bowling-green behind the club-house some sort of competition was in progress.
competition
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From this reading THE AWAKENING OF ROLLO PODMARSH Down on the new bowling-green behind the club-house some sort of competition was in progress.
crowded
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From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
depths
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From this reading He had opposed the institution of tennis-courts; and the suggestion of a bowling-green had stirred him to his depths.
Down
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From this reading THE AWAKENING OF ROLLO PODMARSH Down on the new bowling-green behind the club-house some sort of competition was in progress.
element
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From this reading To the Oldest Member a golf-club was a golf-club, and he resented the introduction of any alien element.
favourite
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From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
frown
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From this reading He shifted restlessly, and a frown marred the placidity of his venerable brow.
golf-club
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From this reading To the Oldest Member a golf-club was a golf-club, and he resented the introduction of any alien element.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had opposed the institution of tennis-courts; and the suggestion of a bowling-green had stirred him to his depths.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He had opposed the institution of tennis-courts; and the suggestion of a bowling-green had stirred him to his depths.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE AWAKENING OF ROLLO PODMARSH Down on the new bowling-green behind the club-house some sort of competition was in progress.
institution
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From this reading He had opposed the institution of tennis-courts; and the suggestion of a bowling-green had stirred him to his depths.
introduction
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From this reading To the Oldest Member a golf-club was a golf-club, and he resented the introduction of any alien element.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
made
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From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
marred
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From this reading He shifted restlessly, and a frown marred the placidity of his venerable brow.
Member
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From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
new
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From this reading THE AWAKENING OF ROLLO PODMARSH Down on the new bowling-green behind the club-house some sort of competition was in progress.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE AWAKENING OF ROLLO PODMARSH Down on the new bowling-green behind the club-house some sort of competition was in progress.
Oldest
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From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE AWAKENING OF ROLLO PODMARSH Down on the new bowling-green behind the club-house some sort of competition was in progress.
opposed
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From this reading He had opposed the institution of tennis-courts; and the suggestion of a bowling-green had stirred him to his depths.
patients
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From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
placidity
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From this reading He shifted restlessly, and a frown marred the placidity of his venerable brow.
plainlynounUS /ˈplainly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
PODMARSH
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From this reading THE AWAKENING OF ROLLO PODMARSH Down on the new bowling-green behind the club-house some sort of competition was in progress.
progress
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From this reading THE AWAKENING OF ROLLO PODMARSH Down on the new bowling-green behind the club-house some sort of competition was in progress.
resented
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From this reading To the Oldest Member a golf-club was a golf-club, and he resented the introduction of any alien element.
restlessly
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From this reading He shifted restlessly, and a frown marred the placidity of his venerable brow.
ROLLO
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From this reading THE AWAKENING OF ROLLO PODMARSH Down on the new bowling-green behind the club-house some sort of competition was in progress.
sat
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From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
seats
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From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
shifted
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From this reading He shifted restlessly, and a frown marred the placidity of his venerable brow.
smoking-room
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From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
smooth
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From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
some
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From this reading THE AWAKENING OF ROLLO PODMARSH Down on the new bowling-green behind the club-house some sort of competition was in progress.
sort
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From this reading THE AWAKENING OF ROLLO PODMARSH Down on the new bowling-green behind the club-house some sort of competition was in progress.
stirred
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From this reading He had opposed the institution of tennis-courts; and the suggestion of a bowling-green had stirred him to his depths.
strip
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From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
suggestion
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From this reading He had opposed the institution of tennis-courts; and the suggestion of a bowling-green had stirred him to his depths.
tennis-courts
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From this reading He had opposed the institution of tennis-courts; and the suggestion of a bowling-green had stirred him to his depths.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE AWAKENING OF ROLLO PODMARSH Down on the new bowling-green behind the club-house some sort of competition was in progress.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
turf
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From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
venerable
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From this reading He shifted restlessly, and a frown marred the placidity of his venerable brow.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE AWAKENING OF ROLLO PODMARSH Down on the new bowling-green behind the club-house some sort of competition was in progress.
weak-minded
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From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
yapping
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From this reading The seats about the smooth strip of turf were crowded, and the weak-minded yapping of the patients made itself plainly audible to the Oldest Member as he sat in his favourite chair in the smoking-room.
