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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 TUBB BARKS A KNUCKLE Yardley entered the final stage of football that week with its customary enthusiasm and single-mindedness.
addressed
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From this reading Every one who had anything to say――and some who hadn’t――addressed the students, the Musical Clubs played their best and if fervor counted in the final score, Broadwood, to quote Sid Creel, was “a gone coon!”
affair
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading TUBB BARKS A KNUCKLE Yardley entered the final stage of football that week with its customary enthusiasm and single-mindedness.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Every one who had anything to say――and some who hadn’t――addressed the students, the Musical Clubs played their best and if fervor counted in the final score, Broadwood, to quote Sid Creel, was “a gone coon!”
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
Assembly
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There were mass meetings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of that next to the last week, and at each successive meeting the cheering was heartier, the singing louder and the enthusiasm more intense.
BARKS
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From this reading TUBB BARKS A KNUCKLE Yardley entered the final stage of football that week with its customary enthusiasm and single-mindedness.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
best
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From this reading Every one who had anything to say――and some who hadn’t――addressed the students, the Musical Clubs played their best and if fervor counted in the final score, Broadwood, to quote Sid Creel, was “a gone coon!”
Broadwood
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
cheering
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From this reading There were mass meetings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of that next to the last week, and at each successive meeting the cheering was heartier, the singing louder and the enthusiasm more intense.
cheers
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
Clubs
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From this reading Every one who had anything to say――and some who hadn’t――addressed the students, the Musical Clubs played their best and if fervor counted in the final score, Broadwood, to quote Sid Creel, was “a gone coon!”
coon
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From this reading Every one who had anything to say――and some who hadn’t――addressed the students, the Musical Clubs played their best and if fervor counted in the final score, Broadwood, to quote Sid Creel, was “a gone coon!”
counted
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From this reading Every one who had anything to say――and some who hadn’t――addressed the students, the Musical Clubs played their best and if fervor counted in the final score, Broadwood, to quote Sid Creel, was “a gone coon!”
Creel
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From this reading Every one who had anything to say――and some who hadn’t――addressed the students, the Musical Clubs played their best and if fervor counted in the final score, Broadwood, to quote Sid Creel, was “a gone coon!”
customary
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From this reading TUBB BARKS A KNUCKLE Yardley entered the final stage of football that week with its customary enthusiasm and single-mindedness.
days
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From this reading And on the two gridirons life was very strenuous indeed those six days.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading There were mass meetings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of that next to the last week, and at each successive meeting the cheering was heartier, the singing louder and the enthusiasm more intense.
end
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
entered
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From this reading TUBB BARKS A KNUCKLE Yardley entered the final stage of football that week with its customary enthusiasm and single-mindedness.
enthusiasm
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From this reading TUBB BARKS A KNUCKLE Yardley entered the final stage of football that week with its customary enthusiasm and single-mindedness.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every one who had anything to say――and some who hadn’t――addressed the students, the Musical Clubs played their best and if fervor counted in the final score, Broadwood, to quote Sid Creel, was “a gone coon!”
fervor
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From this reading Every one who had anything to say――and some who hadn’t――addressed the students, the Musical Clubs played their best and if fervor counted in the final score, Broadwood, to quote Sid Creel, was “a gone coon!”
final
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From this reading TUBB BARKS A KNUCKLE Yardley entered the final stage of football that week with its customary enthusiasm and single-mindedness.
floor
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
football
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From this reading TUBB BARKS A KNUCKLE Yardley entered the final stage of football that week with its customary enthusiasm and single-mindedness.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
fortnight
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
Friday
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From this reading There were mass meetings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of that next to the last week, and at each successive meeting the cheering was heartier, the singing louder and the enthusiasm more intense.
game
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
gatherings
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
gone
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From this reading Every one who had anything to say――and some who hadn’t――addressed the students, the Musical Clubs played their best and if fervor counted in the final score, Broadwood, to quote Sid Creel, was “a gone coon!”
grew
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
gridirons
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From this reading And on the two gridirons life was very strenuous indeed those six days.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
hadn't
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From this reading Every one who had anything to say――and some who hadn’t――addressed the students, the Musical Clubs played their best and if fervor counted in the final score, Broadwood, to quote Sid Creel, was “a gone coon!”
Hall
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
heartier
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From this reading There were mass meetings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of that next to the last week, and at each successive meeting the cheering was heartier, the singing louder and the enthusiasm more intense.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Every one who had anything to say――and some who hadn’t――addressed the students, the Musical Clubs played their best and if fervor counted in the final score, Broadwood, to quote Sid Creel, was “a gone coon!”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
indeed
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From this reading And on the two gridirons life was very strenuous indeed those six days.
insignificance
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
intense
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From this reading There were mass meetings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of that next to the last week, and at each successive meeting the cheering was heartier, the singing louder and the enthusiasm more intense.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading TUBB BARKS A KNUCKLE Yardley entered the final stage of football that week with its customary enthusiasm and single-mindedness.
kept
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
KNUCKLE
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From this reading TUBB BARKS A KNUCKLE Yardley entered the final stage of football that week with its customary enthusiasm and single-mindedness.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And on the two gridirons life was very strenuous indeed those six days.
louder
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From this reading There were mass meetings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of that next to the last week, and at each successive meeting the cheering was heartier, the singing louder and the enthusiasm more intense.
mass
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From this reading There were mass meetings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of that next to the last week, and at each successive meeting the cheering was heartier, the singing louder and the enthusiasm more intense.
meeting
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From this reading There were mass meetings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of that next to the last week, and at each successive meeting the cheering was heartier, the singing louder and the enthusiasm more intense.
meetings
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
Monday
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
more
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From this reading There were mass meetings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of that next to the last week, and at each successive meeting the cheering was heartier, the singing louder and the enthusiasm more intense.
Musical
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From this reading Every one who had anything to say――and some who hadn’t――addressed the students, the Musical Clubs played their best and if fervor counted in the final score, Broadwood, to quote Sid Creel, was “a gone coon!”
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were mass meetings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of that next to the last week, and at each successive meeting the cheering was heartier, the singing louder and the enthusiasm more intense.
night's
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading TUBB BARKS A KNUCKLE Yardley entered the final stage of football that week with its customary enthusiasm and single-mindedness.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Every one who had anything to say――and some who hadn’t――addressed the students, the Musical Clubs played their best and if fervor counted in the final score, Broadwood, to quote Sid Creel, was “a gone coon!”
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
Oxford
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
paled
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
paling
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
played
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From this reading Every one who had anything to say――and some who hadn’t――addressed the students, the Musical Clubs played their best and if fervor counted in the final score, Broadwood, to quote Sid Creel, was “a gone coon!”
practicing
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
purpose
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
quote
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From this reading Every one who had anything to say――and some who hadn’t――addressed the students, the Musical Clubs played their best and if fervor counted in the final score, Broadwood, to quote Sid Creel, was “a gone coon!”
say
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From this reading Every one who had anything to say――and some who hadn’t――addressed the students, the Musical Clubs played their best and if fervor counted in the final score, Broadwood, to quote Sid Creel, was “a gone coon!”
scorenounUS /score/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Every one who had anything to say――and some who hadn’t――addressed the students, the Musical Clubs played their best and if fervor counted in the final score, Broadwood, to quote Sid Creel, was “a gone coon!”
Sid
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From this reading Every one who had anything to say――and some who hadn’t――addressed the students, the Musical Clubs played their best and if fervor counted in the final score, Broadwood, to quote Sid Creel, was “a gone coon!”
singing
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From this reading There were mass meetings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of that next to the last week, and at each successive meeting the cheering was heartier, the singing louder and the enthusiasm more intense.
single-mindedness
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From this reading TUBB BARKS A KNUCKLE Yardley entered the final stage of football that week with its customary enthusiasm and single-mindedness.
six
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From this reading And on the two gridirons life was very strenuous indeed those six days.
some
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From this reading Every one who had anything to say――and some who hadn’t――addressed the students, the Musical Clubs played their best and if fervor counted in the final score, Broadwood, to quote Sid Creel, was “a gone coon!”
songs
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
stage
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From this reading TUBB BARKS A KNUCKLE Yardley entered the final stage of football that week with its customary enthusiasm and single-mindedness.
strenuous
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From this reading And on the two gridirons life was very strenuous indeed those six days.
students
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From this reading Every one who had anything to say――and some who hadn’t――addressed the students, the Musical Clubs played their best and if fervor counted in the final score, Broadwood, to quote Sid Creel, was “a gone coon!”
successive
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From this reading There were mass meetings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of that next to the last week, and at each successive meeting the cheering was heartier, the singing louder and the enthusiasm more intense.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading TUBB BARKS A KNUCKLE Yardley entered the final stage of football that week with its customary enthusiasm and single-mindedness.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading TUBB BARKS A KNUCKLE Yardley entered the final stage of football that week with its customary enthusiasm and single-mindedness.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Every one who had anything to say――and some who hadn’t――addressed the students, the Musical Clubs played their best and if fervor counted in the final score, Broadwood, to quote Sid Creel, was “a gone coon!”
There
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
three
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There were mass meetings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of that next to the last week, and at each successive meeting the cheering was heartier, the singing louder and the enthusiasm more intense.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
TUBB
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From this reading TUBB BARKS A KNUCKLE Yardley entered the final stage of football that week with its customary enthusiasm and single-mindedness.
two
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From this reading There had been already two or three meetings in Assembly Hall, on the third floor of Oxford, for the purpose of practicing cheers and songs, but those gatherings paled into insignificance with Monday night’s affair and kept on paling as the last fortnight before the Broadwood game grew toward its end.
very
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From this reading And on the two gridirons life was very strenuous indeed those six days.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There were mass meetings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of that next to the last week, and at each successive meeting the cheering was heartier, the singing louder and the enthusiasm more intense.
Wednesday
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From this reading There were mass meetings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of that next to the last week, and at each successive meeting the cheering was heartier, the singing louder and the enthusiasm more intense.
week
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From this reading TUBB BARKS A KNUCKLE Yardley entered the final stage of football that week with its customary enthusiasm and single-mindedness.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were mass meetings on Monday, Wednesday and Friday of that next to the last week, and at each successive meeting the cheering was heartier, the singing louder and the enthusiasm more intense.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Every one who had anything to say――and some who hadn’t――addressed the students, the Musical Clubs played their best and if fervor counted in the final score, Broadwood, to quote Sid Creel, was “a gone coon!”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading TUBB BARKS A KNUCKLE Yardley entered the final stage of football that week with its customary enthusiasm and single-mindedness.
Yardley
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From this reading TUBB BARKS A KNUCKLE Yardley entered the final stage of football that week with its customary enthusiasm and single-mindedness.
