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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 My father had been insured for some five hundred pounds, which brought my mother in a tiny income.
abnormal
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From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading When I was about seven years of age my father died.
aerated
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From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
age
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From this reading When I was about seven years of age my father died.
althoughconjunctionUS /ˌɔːlˈðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading My mother must, I am sure, have sorrowed greatly, but she spared my tender years any harrowing spectacle of grief and set herself courageously to the task of keeping our home together.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
any
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From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading My father had been insured for some five hundred pounds, which brought my mother in a tiny income.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
body
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From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
brought
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From this reading My father had been insured for some five hundred pounds, which brought my mother in a tiny income.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading My mother must, I am sure, have sorrowed greatly, but she spared my tender years any harrowing spectacle of grief and set herself courageously to the task of keeping our home together.
cause
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From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
courageously
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From this reading My mother must, I am sure, have sorrowed greatly, but she spared my tender years any harrowing spectacle of grief and set herself courageously to the task of keeping our home together.
death
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From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
definite
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From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
died
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From this reading When I was about seven years of age my father died.
established
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From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
father
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From this reading When I was about seven years of age my father died.
five
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From this reading My father had been insured for some five hundred pounds, which brought my mother in a tiny income.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading My father had been insured for some five hundred pounds, which brought my mother in a tiny income.
fortunately
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From this reading The house fortunately was her own.
greatly
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From this reading My mother must, I am sure, have sorrowed greatly, but she spared my tender years any harrowing spectacle of grief and set herself courageously to the task of keeping our home together.
grief
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From this reading My mother must, I am sure, have sorrowed greatly, but she spared my tender years any harrowing spectacle of grief and set herself courageously to the task of keeping our home together.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
hardly
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From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
harrowing
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From this reading My mother must, I am sure, have sorrowed greatly, but she spared my tender years any harrowing spectacle of grief and set herself courageously to the task of keeping our home together.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading My mother must, I am sure, have sorrowed greatly, but she spared my tender years any harrowing spectacle of grief and set herself courageously to the task of keeping our home together.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The house fortunately was her own.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading My mother must, I am sure, have sorrowed greatly, but she spared my tender years any harrowing spectacle of grief and set herself courageously to the task of keeping our home together.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
home
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From this reading My mother must, I am sure, have sorrowed greatly, but she spared my tender years any harrowing spectacle of grief and set herself courageously to the task of keeping our home together.
house
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From this reading The house fortunately was her own.
hundred
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From this reading My father had been insured for some five hundred pounds, which brought my mother in a tiny income.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading When I was about seven years of age my father died.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading My father had been insured for some five hundred pounds, which brought my mother in a tiny income.
income
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From this reading My father had been insured for some five hundred pounds, which brought my mother in a tiny income.
insured
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From this reading My father had been insured for some five hundred pounds, which brought my mother in a tiny income.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
keeping
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From this reading My mother must, I am sure, have sorrowed greatly, but she spared my tender years any harrowing spectacle of grief and set herself courageously to the task of keeping our home together.
kindly
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From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
known
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From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
little
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From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
looked
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From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
man
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From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
mother
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From this reading My mother must, I am sure, have sorrowed greatly, but she spared my tender years any harrowing spectacle of grief and set herself courageously to the task of keeping our home together.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading My mother must, I am sure, have sorrowed greatly, but she spared my tender years any harrowing spectacle of grief and set herself courageously to the task of keeping our home together.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading When I was about seven years of age my father died.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When I was about seven years of age my father died.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading My mother must, I am sure, have sorrowed greatly, but she spared my tender years any harrowing spectacle of grief and set herself courageously to the task of keeping our home together.
own
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From this reading The house fortunately was her own.
pounds
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From this reading My father had been insured for some five hundred pounds, which brought my mother in a tiny income.
relation
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From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
set
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From this reading My mother must, I am sure, have sorrowed greatly, but she spared my tender years any harrowing spectacle of grief and set herself courageously to the task of keeping our home together.
seven
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From this reading When I was about seven years of age my father died.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading My mother must, I am sure, have sorrowed greatly, but she spared my tender years any harrowing spectacle of grief and set herself courageously to the task of keeping our home together.
shown
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From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
small
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From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
some
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From this reading My father had been insured for some five hundred pounds, which brought my mother in a tiny income.
sorrowed
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From this reading My mother must, I am sure, have sorrowed greatly, but she spared my tender years any harrowing spectacle of grief and set herself courageously to the task of keeping our home together.
spared
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From this reading My mother must, I am sure, have sorrowed greatly, but she spared my tender years any harrowing spectacle of grief and set herself courageously to the task of keeping our home together.
spectacle
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From this reading My mother must, I am sure, have sorrowed greatly, but she spared my tender years any harrowing spectacle of grief and set herself courageously to the task of keeping our home together.
sure
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From this reading My mother must, I am sure, have sorrowed greatly, but she spared my tender years any harrowing spectacle of grief and set herself courageously to the task of keeping our home together.
task
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From this reading My mother must, I am sure, have sorrowed greatly, but she spared my tender years any harrowing spectacle of grief and set herself courageously to the task of keeping our home together.
tender
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From this reading My mother must, I am sure, have sorrowed greatly, but she spared my tender years any harrowing spectacle of grief and set herself courageously to the task of keeping our home together.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
think
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From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
tiny
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From this reading My father had been insured for some five hundred pounds, which brought my mother in a tiny income.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading My mother must, I am sure, have sorrowed greatly, but she spared my tender years any harrowing spectacle of grief and set herself courageously to the task of keeping our home together.
together
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From this reading My mother must, I am sure, have sorrowed greatly, but she spared my tender years any harrowing spectacle of grief and set herself courageously to the task of keeping our home together.
very
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From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
waist
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From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When I was about seven years of age my father died.
waters
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From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
weary
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From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When I was about seven years of age my father died.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading My father had been insured for some five hundred pounds, which brought my mother in a tiny income.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I think the cause was aerated waters, although I remember that on being shown his body after death it looked so small that my mind hardly established any very definite relation between it and the weary, kindly little man with the abnormal waist whom I had known as my father.
years
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From this reading When I was about seven years of age my father died.
