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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 HERO INTRODUCED TO OUR READER'S NOTICE.--DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS FATHER.--PERCY GODOLPHIN's CHARACTER AS A BOY.--THE CATASTROPHE OF HIS SCHOOL LIFE.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Percy pouted, and after a momentary silence replied, "No, father, I think I shall go to Mr. Saville's.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He has asked me to spend a month with him; and he says rightly that I shall learn more with him than at Dr. Shallowell's, where I am already head of the sixth form."
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading He has asked me to spend a month with him; and he says rightly that I shall learn more with him than at Dr. Shallowell's, where I am already head of the sixth form."
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE HERO INTRODUCED TO OUR READER'S NOTICE.--DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS FATHER.--PERCY GODOLPHIN's CHARACTER AS A BOY.--THE CATASTROPHE OF HIS SCHOOL LIFE.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
ASconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading THE HERO INTRODUCED TO OUR READER'S NOTICE.--DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS FATHER.--PERCY GODOLPHIN's CHARACTER AS A BOY.--THE CATASTROPHE OF HIS SCHOOL LIFE.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He has asked me to spend a month with him; and he says rightly that I shall learn more with him than at Dr. Shallowell's, where I am already head of the sixth form."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He has asked me to spend a month with him; and he says rightly that I shall learn more with him than at Dr. Shallowell's, where I am already head of the sixth form."
bad
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From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
BETWEENprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading THE HERO INTRODUCED TO OUR READER'S NOTICE.--DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS FATHER.--PERCY GODOLPHIN's CHARACTER AS A BOY.--THE CATASTROPHE OF HIS SCHOOL LIFE.
BOY
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cap
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From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
CATASTROPHE
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CHARACTER
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cowering
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From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
coxcomb
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From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
DIALOGUE
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From this reading THE HERO INTRODUCED TO OUR READER'S NOTICE.--DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS FATHER.--PERCY GODOLPHIN's CHARACTER AS A BOY.--THE CATASTROPHE OF HIS SCHOOL LIFE.
Dr
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From this reading He has asked me to spend a month with him; and he says rightly that I shall learn more with him than at Dr. Shallowell's, where I am already head of the sixth form."
dressed
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From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
dressing-gown
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From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
FATHER
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From this reading THE HERO INTRODUCED TO OUR READER'S NOTICE.--DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS FATHER.--PERCY GODOLPHIN's CHARACTER AS A BOY.--THE CATASTROPHE OF HIS SCHOOL LIFE.
fire
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From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
flannel
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From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
form
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From this reading He has asked me to spend a month with him; and he says rightly that I shall learn more with him than at Dr. Shallowell's, where I am already head of the sixth form."
gloomily
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From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
go
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From this reading Percy pouted, and after a momentary silence replied, "No, father, I think I shall go to Mr. Saville's.
Godolphin
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From this reading "Percy, remember that it is to-morrow you will return to school," said Mr. Godolphin to his only son.
GODOLPHIN's
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From this reading THE HERO INTRODUCED TO OUR READER'S NOTICE.--DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS FATHER.--PERCY GODOLPHIN's CHARACTER AS A BOY.--THE CATASTROPHE OF HIS SCHOOL LIFE.
half-hypochondriac
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From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
half-miser
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From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He has asked me to spend a month with him; and he says rightly that I shall learn more with him than at Dr. Shallowell's, where I am already head of the sixth form."
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He has asked me to spend a month with him; and he says rightly that I shall learn more with him than at Dr. Shallowell's, where I am already head of the sixth form."
head
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From this reading He has asked me to spend a month with him; and he says rightly that I shall learn more with him than at Dr. Shallowell's, where I am already head of the sixth form."
HERO
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From this reading THE HERO INTRODUCED TO OUR READER'S NOTICE.--DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS FATHER.--PERCY GODOLPHIN's CHARACTER AS A BOY.--THE CATASTROPHE OF HIS SCHOOL LIFE.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He has asked me to spend a month with him; and he says rightly that I shall learn more with him than at Dr. Shallowell's, where I am already head of the sixth form."
HIMSELFpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading THE HERO INTRODUCED TO OUR READER'S NOTICE.--DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS FATHER.--PERCY GODOLPHIN's CHARACTER AS A BOY.--THE CATASTROPHE OF HIS SCHOOL LIFE.
HISdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE HERO INTRODUCED TO OUR READER'S NOTICE.--DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS FATHER.--PERCY GODOLPHIN's CHARACTER AS A BOY.--THE CATASTROPHE OF HIS SCHOOL LIFE.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Percy pouted, and after a momentary silence replied, "No, father, I think I shall go to Mr. Saville's.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
INTRODUCED
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From this reading THE HERO INTRODUCED TO OUR READER'S NOTICE.--DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS FATHER.--PERCY GODOLPHIN's CHARACTER AS A BOY.--THE CATASTROPHE OF HIS SCHOOL LIFE.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Percy, remember that it is to-morrow you will return to school," said Mr. Godolphin to his only son.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Percy, remember that it is to-morrow you will return to school," said Mr. Godolphin to his only son.
learn
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From this reading He has asked me to spend a month with him; and he says rightly that I shall learn more with him than at Dr. Shallowell's, where I am already head of the sixth form."
LIFEnounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE HERO INTRODUCED TO OUR READER'S NOTICE.--DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS FATHER.--PERCY GODOLPHIN's CHARACTER AS A BOY.--THE CATASTROPHE OF HIS SCHOOL LIFE.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He has asked me to spend a month with him; and he says rightly that I shall learn more with him than at Dr. Shallowell's, where I am already head of the sixth form."
mixture
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From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
momentary
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From this reading Percy pouted, and after a momentary silence replied, "No, father, I think I shall go to Mr. Saville's.
month
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From this reading He has asked me to spend a month with him; and he says rightly that I shall learn more with him than at Dr. Shallowell's, where I am already head of the sixth form."
more
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From this reading He has asked me to spend a month with him; and he says rightly that I shall learn more with him than at Dr. Shallowell's, where I am already head of the sixth form."
Mr
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From this reading "Percy, remember that it is to-morrow you will return to school," said Mr. Godolphin to his only son.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Percy pouted, and after a momentary silence replied, "No, father, I think I shall go to Mr. Saville's.
NOTICE
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From this reading THE HERO INTRODUCED TO OUR READER'S NOTICE.--DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS FATHER.--PERCY GODOLPHIN's CHARACTER AS A BOY.--THE CATASTROPHE OF HIS SCHOOL LIFE.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE HERO INTRODUCED TO OUR READER'S NOTICE.--DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS FATHER.--PERCY GODOLPHIN's CHARACTER AS A BOY.--THE CATASTROPHE OF HIS SCHOOL LIFE.
old
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From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
only
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From this reading "Percy, remember that it is to-morrow you will return to school," said Mr. Godolphin to his only son.
OURdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading THE HERO INTRODUCED TO OUR READER'S NOTICE.--DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS FATHER.--PERCY GODOLPHIN's CHARACTER AS A BOY.--THE CATASTROPHE OF HIS SCHOOL LIFE.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
PERCY
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From this reading THE HERO INTRODUCED TO OUR READER'S NOTICE.--DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS FATHER.--PERCY GODOLPHIN's CHARACTER AS A BOY.--THE CATASTROPHE OF HIS SCHOOL LIFE.
personification
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From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
pouted
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From this reading Percy pouted, and after a momentary silence replied, "No, father, I think I shall go to Mr. Saville's.
READER'S
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From this reading THE HERO INTRODUCED TO OUR READER'S NOTICE.--DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS FATHER.--PERCY GODOLPHIN's CHARACTER AS A BOY.--THE CATASTROPHE OF HIS SCHOOL LIFE.
reality
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From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading "Percy, remember that it is to-morrow you will return to school," said Mr. Godolphin to his only son.
repliednounUS /replied/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Percy pouted, and after a momentary silence replied, "No, father, I think I shall go to Mr. Saville's.
return
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From this reading "Percy, remember that it is to-morrow you will return to school," said Mr. Godolphin to his only son.
rightly
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From this reading He has asked me to spend a month with him; and he says rightly that I shall learn more with him than at Dr. Shallowell's, where I am already head of the sixth form."
said
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From this reading "Percy, remember that it is to-morrow you will return to school," said Mr. Godolphin to his only son.
Saville
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From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
Saville's
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From this reading Percy pouted, and after a momentary silence replied, "No, father, I think I shall go to Mr. Saville's.
says
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From this reading He has asked me to spend a month with him; and he says rightly that I shall learn more with him than at Dr. Shallowell's, where I am already head of the sixth form."
SCHOOL
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From this reading THE HERO INTRODUCED TO OUR READER'S NOTICE.--DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS FATHER.--PERCY GODOLPHIN's CHARACTER AS A BOY.--THE CATASTROPHE OF HIS SCHOOL LIFE.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Percy pouted, and after a momentary silence replied, "No, father, I think I shall go to Mr. Saville's.
Shallowell's
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From this reading He has asked me to spend a month with him; and he says rightly that I shall learn more with him than at Dr. Shallowell's, where I am already head of the sixth form."
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading Percy pouted, and after a momentary silence replied, "No, father, I think I shall go to Mr. Saville's.
sixthnounUS /sixth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He has asked me to spend a month with him; and he says rightly that I shall learn more with him than at Dr. Shallowell's, where I am already head of the sixth form."
son
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From this reading "Percy, remember that it is to-morrow you will return to school," said Mr. Godolphin to his only son.
spend
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From this reading He has asked me to spend a month with him; and he says rightly that I shall learn more with him than at Dr. Shallowell's, where I am already head of the sixth form."
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading He has asked me to spend a month with him; and he says rightly that I shall learn more with him than at Dr. Shallowell's, where I am already head of the sixth form."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Percy, remember that it is to-morrow you will return to school," said Mr. Godolphin to his only son.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE HERO INTRODUCED TO OUR READER'S NOTICE.--DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS FATHER.--PERCY GODOLPHIN's CHARACTER AS A BOY.--THE CATASTROPHE OF HIS SCHOOL LIFE.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Percy pouted, and after a momentary silence replied, "No, father, I think I shall go to Mr. Saville's.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE HERO INTRODUCED TO OUR READER'S NOTICE.--DIALOGUE BETWEEN HIMSELF AND HIS FATHER.--PERCY GODOLPHIN's CHARACTER AS A BOY.--THE CATASTROPHE OF HIS SCHOOL LIFE.
to-morrow
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From this reading "Percy, remember that it is to-morrow you will return to school," said Mr. Godolphin to his only son.
velvet
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From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading He has asked me to spend a month with him; and he says rightly that I shall learn more with him than at Dr. Shallowell's, where I am already head of the sixth form."
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Percy, remember that it is to-morrow you will return to school," said Mr. Godolphin to his only son.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He has asked me to spend a month with him; and he says rightly that I shall learn more with him than at Dr. Shallowell's, where I am already head of the sixth form."
wornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
wretched
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From this reading "Mr. Saville is a coxcomb, and you are another!" replied the father, who, dressed in an old flannel dressing-gown, with a worn velvet cap on his head, and cowering gloomily over a wretched fire, seemed no bad personification of that mixture of half-hypochondriac, half-miser, which he was in reality.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Percy, remember that it is to-morrow you will return to school," said Mr. Godolphin to his only son.
