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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 smiled when he read Anna Agar's letter over a dainty breakfast at his club the next morning.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The cunning of it was obvious to his cunning comprehension, and the fact of her suppressing her newly-acquired surname only convinced him that she knew but little about himself.
Agar's
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From this reading He smiled when he read Anna Agar's letter over a dainty breakfast at his club the next morning.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading FREIGHTED I shall remember while the light lives yet, And in the darkness I shall not forget.
Anna
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From this reading He smiled when he read Anna Agar's letter over a dainty breakfast at his club the next morning.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He smiled when he read Anna Agar's letter over a dainty breakfast at his club the next morning.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Seymour Michael was no coward where hard words and no hard knocks were to be exchanged.
breakfast
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From this reading He smiled when he read Anna Agar's letter over a dainty breakfast at his club the next morning.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The cunning of it was obvious to his cunning comprehension, and the fact of her suppressing her newly-acquired surname only convinced him that she knew but little about himself.
club
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From this reading He smiled when he read Anna Agar's letter over a dainty breakfast at his club the next morning.
comprehension
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convinced
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coward
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From this reading Seymour Michael was no coward where hard words and no hard knocks were to be exchanged.
cunning
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From this reading The cunning of it was obvious to his cunning comprehension, and the fact of her suppressing her newly-acquired surname only convinced him that she knew but little about himself.
dainty
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darkness
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From this reading FREIGHTED I shall remember while the light lives yet, And in the darkness I shall not forget.
exchangednounUS /ˈexchanged/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Seymour Michael was no coward where hard words and no hard knocks were to be exchanged.
fact
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From this reading The cunning of it was obvious to his cunning comprehension, and the fact of her suppressing her newly-acquired surname only convinced him that she knew but little about himself.
faith
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From this reading His faith in his own keenness of intellect and unscrupulousness of tongue was unbounded.
forget
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From this reading FREIGHTED I shall remember while the light lives yet, And in the darkness I shall not forget.
FREIGHTED
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From this reading FREIGHTED I shall remember while the light lives yet, And in the darkness I shall not forget.
hard
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From this reading Seymour Michael was no coward where hard words and no hard knocks were to be exchanged.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He smiled when he read Anna Agar's letter over a dainty breakfast at his club the next morning.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The cunning of it was obvious to his cunning comprehension, and the fact of her suppressing her newly-acquired surname only convinced him that she knew but little about himself.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The cunning of it was obvious to his cunning comprehension, and the fact of her suppressing her newly-acquired surname only convinced him that she knew but little about himself.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The cunning of it was obvious to his cunning comprehension, and the fact of her suppressing her newly-acquired surname only convinced him that she knew but little about himself.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His faith in his own keenness of intellect and unscrupulousness of tongue was unbounded.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading FREIGHTED I shall remember while the light lives yet, And in the darkness I shall not forget.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading FREIGHTED I shall remember while the light lives yet, And in the darkness I shall not forget.
intellect
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From this reading His faith in his own keenness of intellect and unscrupulousness of tongue was unbounded.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The cunning of it was obvious to his cunning comprehension, and the fact of her suppressing her newly-acquired surname only convinced him that she knew but little about himself.
keenness
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From this reading His faith in his own keenness of intellect and unscrupulousness of tongue was unbounded.
knew
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From this reading The cunning of it was obvious to his cunning comprehension, and the fact of her suppressing her newly-acquired surname only convinced him that she knew but little about himself.
knocks
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From this reading Seymour Michael was no coward where hard words and no hard knocks were to be exchanged.
letter
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From this reading He smiled when he read Anna Agar's letter over a dainty breakfast at his club the next morning.
light
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From this reading FREIGHTED I shall remember while the light lives yet, And in the darkness I shall not forget.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The cunning of it was obvious to his cunning comprehension, and the fact of her suppressing her newly-acquired surname only convinced him that she knew but little about himself.
lives
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From this reading FREIGHTED I shall remember while the light lives yet, And in the darkness I shall not forget.
Michael
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From this reading Seymour Michael was no coward where hard words and no hard knocks were to be exchanged.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He smiled when he read Anna Agar's letter over a dainty breakfast at his club the next morning.
newly-acquired
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From this reading The cunning of it was obvious to his cunning comprehension, and the fact of her suppressing her newly-acquired surname only convinced him that she knew but little about himself.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He smiled when he read Anna Agar's letter over a dainty breakfast at his club the next morning.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Seymour Michael was no coward where hard words and no hard knocks were to be exchanged.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading FREIGHTED I shall remember while the light lives yet, And in the darkness I shall not forget.
obvious
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From this reading The cunning of it was obvious to his cunning comprehension, and the fact of her suppressing her newly-acquired surname only convinced him that she knew but little about himself.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading His faith in his own keenness of intellect and unscrupulousness of tongue was unbounded.
only
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From this reading The cunning of it was obvious to his cunning comprehension, and the fact of her suppressing her newly-acquired surname only convinced him that she knew but little about himself.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He smiled when he read Anna Agar's letter over a dainty breakfast at his club the next morning.
own
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From this reading His faith in his own keenness of intellect and unscrupulousness of tongue was unbounded.
read
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From this reading He smiled when he read Anna Agar's letter over a dainty breakfast at his club the next morning.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading FREIGHTED I shall remember while the light lives yet, And in the darkness I shall not forget.
Seymour
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From this reading Seymour Michael was no coward where hard words and no hard knocks were to be exchanged.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading FREIGHTED I shall remember while the light lives yet, And in the darkness I shall not forget.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The cunning of it was obvious to his cunning comprehension, and the fact of her suppressing her newly-acquired surname only convinced him that she knew but little about himself.
smiled
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From this reading He smiled when he read Anna Agar's letter over a dainty breakfast at his club the next morning.
suppressing
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From this reading The cunning of it was obvious to his cunning comprehension, and the fact of her suppressing her newly-acquired surname only convinced him that she knew but little about himself.
surname
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From this reading The cunning of it was obvious to his cunning comprehension, and the fact of her suppressing her newly-acquired surname only convinced him that she knew but little about himself.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The cunning of it was obvious to his cunning comprehension, and the fact of her suppressing her newly-acquired surname only convinced him that she knew but little about himself.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FREIGHTED I shall remember while the light lives yet, And in the darkness I shall not forget.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Seymour Michael was no coward where hard words and no hard knocks were to be exchanged.
tonguenounUS /tongue/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His faith in his own keenness of intellect and unscrupulousness of tongue was unbounded.
unbounded
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From this reading His faith in his own keenness of intellect and unscrupulousness of tongue was unbounded.
unscrupulousness
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From this reading His faith in his own keenness of intellect and unscrupulousness of tongue was unbounded.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Seymour Michael was no coward where hard words and no hard knocks were to be exchanged.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Seymour Michael was no coward where hard words and no hard knocks were to be exchanged.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He smiled when he read Anna Agar's letter over a dainty breakfast at his club the next morning.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Seymour Michael was no coward where hard words and no hard knocks were to be exchanged.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading FREIGHTED I shall remember while the light lives yet, And in the darkness I shall not forget.
words
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From this reading Seymour Michael was no coward where hard words and no hard knocks were to be exchanged.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading FREIGHTED I shall remember while the light lives yet, And in the darkness I shall not forget.
