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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 THE TOUCH OF NATURE A sense, when first I fronted him, Said, “Trust him not!”
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading In this attitude towards the world there was none of that dogged going about his business which characterises the ordinary man from whose life something has slipped out.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
Agar
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From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
Arthur
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From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There was enough of the woman in his nature to enable him to cherish grief and nurse it lovingly, as some women (not the best of them) do.
attending
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From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
attitude
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From this reading In this attitude towards the world there was none of that dogged going about his business which characterises the ordinary man from whose life something has slipped out.
back
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From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
banks
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From this reading He wandered by the banks of the Cam with mourning in his mien, and his cherished friends took sympathetic coffee with him after Hall.
best
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From this reading There was enough of the woman in his nature to enable him to cherish grief and nurse it lovingly, as some women (not the best of them) do.
business
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From this reading In this attitude towards the world there was none of that dogged going about his business which characterises the ordinary man from whose life something has slipped out.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading He wandered by the banks of the Cam with mourning in his mien, and his cherished friends took sympathetic coffee with him after Hall.
Cam
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From this reading He wandered by the banks of the Cam with mourning in his mien, and his cherished friends took sympathetic coffee with him after Hall.
Cambridge
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From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
carrying
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From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
characterises
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From this reading In this attitude towards the world there was none of that dogged going about his business which characterises the ordinary man from whose life something has slipped out.
cherish
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From this reading There was enough of the woman in his nature to enable him to cherish grief and nurse it lovingly, as some women (not the best of them) do.
cherished
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From this reading He wandered by the banks of the Cam with mourning in his mien, and his cherished friends took sympathetic coffee with him after Hall.
coffee
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From this reading He wandered by the banks of the Cam with mourning in his mien, and his cherished friends took sympathetic coffee with him after Hall.
connected
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From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading There was enough of the woman in his nature to enable him to cherish grief and nurse it lovingly, as some women (not the best of them) do.
dogged
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From this reading In this attitude towards the world there was none of that dogged going about his business which characterises the ordinary man from whose life something has slipped out.
enable
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From this reading There was enough of the woman in his nature to enable him to cherish grief and nurse it lovingly, as some women (not the best of them) do.
enough
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From this reading There was enough of the woman in his nature to enable him to cherish grief and nurse it lovingly, as some women (not the best of them) do.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE TOUCH OF NATURE A sense, when first I fronted him, Said, “Trust him not!”
friends
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From this reading He wandered by the banks of the Cam with mourning in his mien, and his cherished friends took sympathetic coffee with him after Hall.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In this attitude towards the world there was none of that dogged going about his business which characterises the ordinary man from whose life something has slipped out.
frontedverbUS /ˈfrʌntɪd/
stood facing someone or something
From this reading THE TOUCH OF NATURE A sense, when first I fronted him, Said, “Trust him not!”
going
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From this reading In this attitude towards the world there was none of that dogged going about his business which characterises the ordinary man from whose life something has slipped out.
grief
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From this reading There was enough of the woman in his nature to enable him to cherish grief and nurse it lovingly, as some women (not the best of them) do.
Hall
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From this reading He wandered by the banks of the Cam with mourning in his mien, and his cherished friends took sympathetic coffee with him after Hall.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In this attitude towards the world there was none of that dogged going about his business which characterises the ordinary man from whose life something has slipped out.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He wandered by the banks of the Cam with mourning in his mien, and his cherished friends took sympathetic coffee with him after Hall.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading THE TOUCH OF NATURE A sense, when first I fronted him, Said, “Trust him not!”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There was enough of the woman in his nature to enable him to cherish grief and nurse it lovingly, as some women (not the best of them) do.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading THE TOUCH OF NATURE A sense, when first I fronted him, Said, “Trust him not!”
important
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From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There was enough of the woman in his nature to enable him to cherish grief and nurse it lovingly, as some women (not the best of them) do.
items
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From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In this attitude towards the world there was none of that dogged going about his business which characterises the ordinary man from whose life something has slipped out.
lovingly
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From this reading There was enough of the woman in his nature to enable him to cherish grief and nurse it lovingly, as some women (not the best of them) do.
man
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From this reading In this attitude towards the world there was none of that dogged going about his business which characterises the ordinary man from whose life something has slipped out.
mien
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From this reading He wandered by the banks of the Cam with mourning in his mien, and his cherished friends took sympathetic coffee with him after Hall.
mourning
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From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
NATURE
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From this reading THE TOUCH OF NATURE A sense, when first I fronted him, Said, “Trust him not!”
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading In this attitude towards the world there was none of that dogged going about his business which characterises the ordinary man from whose life something has slipped out.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE TOUCH OF NATURE A sense, when first I fronted him, Said, “Trust him not!”
nurse
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From this reading There was enough of the woman in his nature to enable him to cherish grief and nurse it lovingly, as some women (not the best of them) do.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE TOUCH OF NATURE A sense, when first I fronted him, Said, “Trust him not!”
ordinary
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From this reading In this attitude towards the world there was none of that dogged going about his business which characterises the ordinary man from whose life something has slipped out.
other
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From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
out
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From this reading In this attitude towards the world there was none of that dogged going about his business which characterises the ordinary man from whose life something has slipped out.
purchase
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From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
Said
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From this reading THE TOUCH OF NATURE A sense, when first I fronted him, Said, “Trust him not!”
sense
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From this reading THE TOUCH OF NATURE A sense, when first I fronted him, Said, “Trust him not!”
shape
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From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
slipped
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From this reading In this attitude towards the world there was none of that dogged going about his business which characterises the ordinary man from whose life something has slipped out.
some
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From this reading There was enough of the woman in his nature to enable him to cherish grief and nurse it lovingly, as some women (not the best of them) do.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading In this attitude towards the world there was none of that dogged going about his business which characterises the ordinary man from whose life something has slipped out.
sorrow
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From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
stationery
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From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
successfully
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From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
sympathetic
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From this reading He wandered by the banks of the Cam with mourning in his mien, and his cherished friends took sympathetic coffee with him after Hall.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In this attitude towards the world there was none of that dogged going about his business which characterises the ordinary man from whose life something has slipped out.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE TOUCH OF NATURE A sense, when first I fronted him, Said, “Trust him not!”
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There was enough of the woman in his nature to enable him to cherish grief and nurse it lovingly, as some women (not the best of them) do.
There
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From this reading There was enough of the woman in his nature to enable him to cherish grief and nurse it lovingly, as some women (not the best of them) do.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In this attitude towards the world there was none of that dogged going about his business which characterises the ordinary man from whose life something has slipped out.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He wandered by the banks of the Cam with mourning in his mien, and his cherished friends took sympathetic coffee with him after Hall.
TOUCH
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From this reading THE TOUCH OF NATURE A sense, when first I fronted him, Said, “Trust him not!”
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading In this attitude towards the world there was none of that dogged going about his business which characterises the ordinary man from whose life something has slipped out.
Trust
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From this reading THE TOUCH OF NATURE A sense, when first I fronted him, Said, “Trust him not!”
wandered
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From this reading He wandered by the banks of the Cam with mourning in his mien, and his cherished friends took sympathetic coffee with him after Hall.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was enough of the woman in his nature to enable him to cherish grief and nurse it lovingly, as some women (not the best of them) do.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THE TOUCH OF NATURE A sense, when first I fronted him, Said, “Trust him not!”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In this attitude towards the world there was none of that dogged going about his business which characterises the ordinary man from whose life something has slipped out.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading In this attitude towards the world there was none of that dogged going about his business which characterises the ordinary man from whose life something has slipped out.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
woman
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From this reading There was enough of the woman in his nature to enable him to cherish grief and nurse it lovingly, as some women (not the best of them) do.
women
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From this reading There was enough of the woman in his nature to enable him to cherish grief and nurse it lovingly, as some women (not the best of them) do.
world
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From this reading In this attitude towards the world there was none of that dogged going about his business which characterises the ordinary man from whose life something has slipped out.
worldly
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From this reading After successfully carrying through the purchase of mourning stationery and attending to other important items connected with sorrow in its worldly shape, Arthur Agar went back to Cambridge.
