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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 --A MISUNDERSTANDING FOLLOWED BY A CONFESSION.--WALTER’S APPROACHING DEPARTURE AND THE CORPORAL’S BEHAVIOUR THEREON.-- THE CORPORAL’S FAVOURITE INTRODUCED TO THE READER.--THE CORPORAL PROVES HIMSELF A SUBTLE DIPLOMATIST.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading So we grew together Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading --A MISUNDERSTANDING FOLLOWED BY A CONFESSION.--WALTER’S APPROACHING DEPARTURE AND THE CORPORAL’S BEHAVIOUR THEREON.-- THE CORPORAL’S FAVOURITE INTRODUCED TO THE READER.--THE CORPORAL PROVES HIMSELF A SUBTLE DIPLOMATIST.
APPROACHING
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From this reading --A MISUNDERSTANDING FOLLOWED BY A CONFESSION.--WALTER’S APPROACHING DEPARTURE AND THE CORPORAL’S BEHAVIOUR THEREON.-- THE CORPORAL’S FAVOURITE INTRODUCED TO THE READER.--THE CORPORAL PROVES HIMSELF A SUBTLE DIPLOMATIST.
artilleryship
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From this reading The Corporal had not taken his measures so badly in this stroke of artilleryship.--Tristram Shandy.
badly
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From this reading The Corporal had not taken his measures so badly in this stroke of artilleryship.--Tristram Shandy.
BEHAVIOUR
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From this reading --A MISUNDERSTANDING FOLLOWED BY A CONFESSION.--WALTER’S APPROACHING DEPARTURE AND THE CORPORAL’S BEHAVIOUR THEREON.-- THE CORPORAL’S FAVOURITE INTRODUCED TO THE READER.--THE CORPORAL PROVES HIMSELF A SUBTLE DIPLOMATIST.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading So we grew together Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition.
BYprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading --A MISUNDERSTANDING FOLLOWED BY A CONFESSION.--WALTER’S APPROACHING DEPARTURE AND THE CORPORAL’S BEHAVIOUR THEREON.-- THE CORPORAL’S FAVOURITE INTRODUCED TO THE READER.--THE CORPORAL PROVES HIMSELF A SUBTLE DIPLOMATIST.
CHAMBER
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From this reading THE FAMILY SUPPER.--THE TWO SISTERS IN THEIR CHAMBER.
cherry
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From this reading So we grew together Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition.
CONFESSION
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From this reading --A MISUNDERSTANDING FOLLOWED BY A CONFESSION.--WALTER’S APPROACHING DEPARTURE AND THE CORPORAL’S BEHAVIOUR THEREON.-- THE CORPORAL’S FAVOURITE INTRODUCED TO THE READER.--THE CORPORAL PROVES HIMSELF A SUBTLE DIPLOMATIST.
CORPORAL
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From this reading --A MISUNDERSTANDING FOLLOWED BY A CONFESSION.--WALTER’S APPROACHING DEPARTURE AND THE CORPORAL’S BEHAVIOUR THEREON.-- THE CORPORAL’S FAVOURITE INTRODUCED TO THE READER.--THE CORPORAL PROVES HIMSELF A SUBTLE DIPLOMATIST.
CORPORAL'S
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From this reading --A MISUNDERSTANDING FOLLOWED BY A CONFESSION.--WALTER’S APPROACHING DEPARTURE AND THE CORPORAL’S BEHAVIOUR THEREON.-- THE CORPORAL’S FAVOURITE INTRODUCED TO THE READER.--THE CORPORAL PROVES HIMSELF A SUBTLE DIPLOMATIST.
DEPARTURE
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From this reading --A MISUNDERSTANDING FOLLOWED BY A CONFESSION.--WALTER’S APPROACHING DEPARTURE AND THE CORPORAL’S BEHAVIOUR THEREON.-- THE CORPORAL’S FAVOURITE INTRODUCED TO THE READER.--THE CORPORAL PROVES HIMSELF A SUBTLE DIPLOMATIST.
DIPLOMATIST
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From this reading --A MISUNDERSTANDING FOLLOWED BY A CONFESSION.--WALTER’S APPROACHING DEPARTURE AND THE CORPORAL’S BEHAVIOUR THEREON.-- THE CORPORAL’S FAVOURITE INTRODUCED TO THE READER.--THE CORPORAL PROVES HIMSELF A SUBTLE DIPLOMATIST.
double
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From this reading So we grew together Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition.
DreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading --Midsummer Night’s Dream.
FAMILY
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From this reading THE FAMILY SUPPER.--THE TWO SISTERS IN THEIR CHAMBER.
FAVOURITE
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From this reading --A MISUNDERSTANDING FOLLOWED BY A CONFESSION.--WALTER’S APPROACHING DEPARTURE AND THE CORPORAL’S BEHAVIOUR THEREON.-- THE CORPORAL’S FAVOURITE INTRODUCED TO THE READER.--THE CORPORAL PROVES HIMSELF A SUBTLE DIPLOMATIST.
FOLLOWED
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From this reading --A MISUNDERSTANDING FOLLOWED BY A CONFESSION.--WALTER’S APPROACHING DEPARTURE AND THE CORPORAL’S BEHAVIOUR THEREON.-- THE CORPORAL’S FAVOURITE INTRODUCED TO THE READER.--THE CORPORAL PROVES HIMSELF A SUBTLE DIPLOMATIST.
grew
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From this reading So we grew together Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Corporal had not taken his measures so badly in this stroke of artilleryship.--Tristram Shandy.
HIMSELFpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading --A MISUNDERSTANDING FOLLOWED BY A CONFESSION.--WALTER’S APPROACHING DEPARTURE AND THE CORPORAL’S BEHAVIOUR THEREON.-- THE CORPORAL’S FAVOURITE INTRODUCED TO THE READER.--THE CORPORAL PROVES HIMSELF A SUBTLE DIPLOMATIST.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Corporal had not taken his measures so badly in this stroke of artilleryship.--Tristram Shandy.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE FAMILY SUPPER.--THE TWO SISTERS IN THEIR CHAMBER.
INTRODUCED
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From this reading --A MISUNDERSTANDING FOLLOWED BY A CONFESSION.--WALTER’S APPROACHING DEPARTURE AND THE CORPORAL’S BEHAVIOUR THEREON.-- THE CORPORAL’S FAVOURITE INTRODUCED TO THE READER.--THE CORPORAL PROVES HIMSELF A SUBTLE DIPLOMATIST.
Like
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From this reading So we grew together Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition.
measures
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From this reading The Corporal had not taken his measures so badly in this stroke of artilleryship.--Tristram Shandy.
Midsummer
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From this reading --Midsummer Night’s Dream.
MISUNDERSTANDING
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From this reading --A MISUNDERSTANDING FOLLOWED BY A CONFESSION.--WALTER’S APPROACHING DEPARTURE AND THE CORPORAL’S BEHAVIOUR THEREON.-- THE CORPORAL’S FAVOURITE INTRODUCED TO THE READER.--THE CORPORAL PROVES HIMSELF A SUBTLE DIPLOMATIST.
Night's
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From this reading --Midsummer Night’s Dream.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The Corporal had not taken his measures so badly in this stroke of artilleryship.--Tristram Shandy.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Corporal had not taken his measures so badly in this stroke of artilleryship.--Tristram Shandy.
parted
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From this reading So we grew together Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition.
partition
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From this reading So we grew together Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition.
PROVES
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From this reading --A MISUNDERSTANDING FOLLOWED BY A CONFESSION.--WALTER’S APPROACHING DEPARTURE AND THE CORPORAL’S BEHAVIOUR THEREON.-- THE CORPORAL’S FAVOURITE INTRODUCED TO THE READER.--THE CORPORAL PROVES HIMSELF A SUBTLE DIPLOMATIST.
READER
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From this reading --A MISUNDERSTANDING FOLLOWED BY A CONFESSION.--WALTER’S APPROACHING DEPARTURE AND THE CORPORAL’S BEHAVIOUR THEREON.-- THE CORPORAL’S FAVOURITE INTRODUCED TO THE READER.--THE CORPORAL PROVES HIMSELF A SUBTLE DIPLOMATIST.
seeming
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From this reading So we grew together Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition.
Shandy
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From this reading The Corporal had not taken his measures so badly in this stroke of artilleryship.--Tristram Shandy.
SISTERS
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From this reading THE FAMILY SUPPER.--THE TWO SISTERS IN THEIR CHAMBER.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So we grew together Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition.
stroke
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From this reading The Corporal had not taken his measures so badly in this stroke of artilleryship.--Tristram Shandy.
SUBTLE
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From this reading --A MISUNDERSTANDING FOLLOWED BY A CONFESSION.--WALTER’S APPROACHING DEPARTURE AND THE CORPORAL’S BEHAVIOUR THEREON.-- THE CORPORAL’S FAVOURITE INTRODUCED TO THE READER.--THE CORPORAL PROVES HIMSELF A SUBTLE DIPLOMATIST.
SUPPER
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From this reading THE FAMILY SUPPER.--THE TWO SISTERS IN THEIR CHAMBER.
taken
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From this reading The Corporal had not taken his measures so badly in this stroke of artilleryship.--Tristram Shandy.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FAMILY SUPPER.--THE TWO SISTERS IN THEIR CHAMBER.
THEIRdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading THE FAMILY SUPPER.--THE TWO SISTERS IN THEIR CHAMBER.
THEREON
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From this reading --A MISUNDERSTANDING FOLLOWED BY A CONFESSION.--WALTER’S APPROACHING DEPARTURE AND THE CORPORAL’S BEHAVIOUR THEREON.-- THE CORPORAL’S FAVOURITE INTRODUCED TO THE READER.--THE CORPORAL PROVES HIMSELF A SUBTLE DIPLOMATIST.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The Corporal had not taken his measures so badly in this stroke of artilleryship.--Tristram Shandy.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading --A MISUNDERSTANDING FOLLOWED BY A CONFESSION.--WALTER’S APPROACHING DEPARTURE AND THE CORPORAL’S BEHAVIOUR THEREON.-- THE CORPORAL’S FAVOURITE INTRODUCED TO THE READER.--THE CORPORAL PROVES HIMSELF A SUBTLE DIPLOMATIST.
together
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From this reading So we grew together Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition.
Tristram
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From this reading The Corporal had not taken his measures so badly in this stroke of artilleryship.--Tristram Shandy.
TWO
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From this reading THE FAMILY SUPPER.--THE TWO SISTERS IN THEIR CHAMBER.
union
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From this reading So we grew together Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition.
WALTER'S
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From this reading --A MISUNDERSTANDING FOLLOWED BY A CONFESSION.--WALTER’S APPROACHING DEPARTURE AND THE CORPORAL’S BEHAVIOUR THEREON.-- THE CORPORAL’S FAVOURITE INTRODUCED TO THE READER.--THE CORPORAL PROVES HIMSELF A SUBTLE DIPLOMATIST.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading So we grew together Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading So we grew together Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition.
