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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 PERCY'S FIRST ADVENTURE AS A FREE AGENT.
abruptly
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From this reading Godolphin remarked him with some curiosity; and the man, turning abruptly round, perceived, and in his turn noticed very inquisitively, the person and aspect of the young traveller.
ADVENTURE
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From this reading PERCY'S FIRST ADVENTURE AS A FREE AGENT.
AGENT
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From this reading PERCY'S FIRST ADVENTURE AS A FREE AGENT.
ahead
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From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
alongside
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From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading His heart was full of enterprise and the unfledged valour of inexperience.
ASconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading PERCY'S FIRST ADVENTURE AS A FREE AGENT.
aspect
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From this reading Godolphin remarked him with some curiosity; and the man, turning abruptly round, perceived, and in his turn noticed very inquisitively, the person and aspect of the young traveller.
cared
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From this reading It was a fine, picturesque outline of road on which the young outcast found himself journeying, whither he neither knew nor cared.
crawling
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From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
curiosity
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From this reading Godolphin remarked him with some curiosity; and the man, turning abruptly round, perceived, and in his turn noticed very inquisitively, the person and aspect of the young traveller.
dusk
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From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
enterprise
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From this reading His heart was full of enterprise and the unfledged valour of inexperience.
evening
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From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a fine, picturesque outline of road on which the young outcast found himself journeying, whither he neither knew nor cared.
FIRSTnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PERCY'S FIRST ADVENTURE AS A FREE AGENT.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a fine, picturesque outline of road on which the young outcast found himself journeying, whither he neither knew nor cared.
FREEadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading PERCY'S FIRST ADVENTURE AS A FREE AGENT.
full
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From this reading His heart was full of enterprise and the unfledged valour of inexperience.
gesticulating
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From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
Godolphin
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From this reading Godolphin remarked him with some curiosity; and the man, turning abruptly round, perceived, and in his turn noticed very inquisitively, the person and aspect of the young traveller.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was a fine, picturesque outline of road on which the young outcast found himself journeying, whither he neither knew nor cared.
heart
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From this reading His heart was full of enterprise and the unfledged valour of inexperience.
heavily
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From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
hill
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From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading It was a fine, picturesque outline of road on which the young outcast found himself journeying, whither he neither knew nor cared.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His heart was full of enterprise and the unfledged valour of inexperience.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
inexperience
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From this reading His heart was full of enterprise and the unfledged valour of inexperience.
inquisitively
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From this reading Godolphin remarked him with some curiosity; and the man, turning abruptly round, perceived, and in his turn noticed very inquisitively, the person and aspect of the young traveller.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a fine, picturesque outline of road on which the young outcast found himself journeying, whither he neither knew nor cared.
journeying
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From this reading It was a fine, picturesque outline of road on which the young outcast found himself journeying, whither he neither knew nor cared.
knew
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From this reading It was a fine, picturesque outline of road on which the young outcast found himself journeying, whither he neither knew nor cared.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
man
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From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
miles
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From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading It was a fine, picturesque outline of road on which the young outcast found himself journeying, whither he neither knew nor cared.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading It was a fine, picturesque outline of road on which the young outcast found himself journeying, whither he neither knew nor cared.
noticed
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From this reading Godolphin remarked him with some curiosity; and the man, turning abruptly round, perceived, and in his turn noticed very inquisitively, the person and aspect of the young traveller.
observed
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From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was a fine, picturesque outline of road on which the young outcast found himself journeying, whither he neither knew nor cared.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was a fine, picturesque outline of road on which the young outcast found himself journeying, whither he neither knew nor cared.
outcast
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From this reading It was a fine, picturesque outline of road on which the young outcast found himself journeying, whither he neither knew nor cared.
outline
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From this reading It was a fine, picturesque outline of road on which the young outcast found himself journeying, whither he neither knew nor cared.
perceived
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From this reading Godolphin remarked him with some curiosity; and the man, turning abruptly round, perceived, and in his turn noticed very inquisitively, the person and aspect of the young traveller.
PERCY'S
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From this reading PERCY'S FIRST ADVENTURE AS A FREE AGENT.
person
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From this reading Godolphin remarked him with some curiosity; and the man, turning abruptly round, perceived, and in his turn noticed very inquisitively, the person and aspect of the young traveller.
picturesque
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From this reading It was a fine, picturesque outline of road on which the young outcast found himself journeying, whither he neither knew nor cared.
proceeded
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From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
remarked
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From this reading Godolphin remarked him with some curiosity; and the man, turning abruptly round, perceived, and in his turn noticed very inquisitively, the person and aspect of the young traveller.
road
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From this reading It was a fine, picturesque outline of road on which the young outcast found himself journeying, whither he neither knew nor cared.
round
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From this reading Godolphin remarked him with some curiosity; and the man, turning abruptly round, perceived, and in his turn noticed very inquisitively, the person and aspect of the young traveller.
setting
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From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
several
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From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
some
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From this reading Godolphin remarked him with some curiosity; and the man, turning abruptly round, perceived, and in his turn noticed very inquisitively, the person and aspect of the young traveller.
somewhat
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From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
stage-coach
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From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
tall
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From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was a fine, picturesque outline of road on which the young outcast found himself journeying, whither he neither knew nor cared.
traveller
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From this reading Godolphin remarked him with some curiosity; and the man, turning abruptly round, perceived, and in his turn noticed very inquisitively, the person and aspect of the young traveller.
turn
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From this reading Godolphin remarked him with some curiosity; and the man, turning abruptly round, perceived, and in his turn noticed very inquisitively, the person and aspect of the young traveller.
turning
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From this reading Godolphin remarked him with some curiosity; and the man, turning abruptly round, perceived, and in his turn noticed very inquisitively, the person and aspect of the young traveller.
unfledged
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From this reading His heart was full of enterprise and the unfledged valour of inexperience.
up
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From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
valour
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From this reading His heart was full of enterprise and the unfledged valour of inexperience.
very
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From this reading Godolphin remarked him with some curiosity; and the man, turning abruptly round, perceived, and in his turn noticed very inquisitively, the person and aspect of the young traveller.
violently
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From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
walking
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From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a fine, picturesque outline of road on which the young outcast found himself journeying, whither he neither knew nor cared.
well-shaped
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From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He had proceeded several miles, and the dusk of the evening was setting in, when he observed a stage-coach crawling heavily up a hill, a little ahead of him, and a tall, well-shaped man, walking alongside of it, and gesticulating somewhat violently.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was a fine, picturesque outline of road on which the young outcast found himself journeying, whither he neither knew nor cared.
whitheradverbUS /ˈwɪðər/
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading It was a fine, picturesque outline of road on which the young outcast found himself journeying, whither he neither knew nor cared.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Godolphin remarked him with some curiosity; and the man, turning abruptly round, perceived, and in his turn noticed very inquisitively, the person and aspect of the young traveller.
young
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From this reading It was a fine, picturesque outline of road on which the young outcast found himself journeying, whither he neither knew nor cared.
