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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 Ordinarily, if I heard from him thrice a year I had to consider that he was indulging in an orgy of correspondence.
abnormal
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From this reading But what with Doria and Adrian and Liosha, and what with Barbara and myself being so intimately mixed up in the matters which preoccupied his mind, the voyage of the _Vesta_ covered a period of abnormal epistolary activity.
activity
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From this reading But what with Doria and Adrian and Liosha, and what with Barbara and myself being so intimately mixed up in the matters which preoccupied his mind, the voyage of the _Vesta_ covered a period of abnormal epistolary activity.
Adrian
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From this reading But what with Doria and Adrian and Liosha, and what with Barbara and myself being so intimately mixed up in the matters which preoccupied his mind, the voyage of the _Vesta_ covered a period of abnormal epistolary activity.
all
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From this reading Luckily, I have kept most of Jaffery's letters written to me from all quarters of the globe.
amateur
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From this reading Instead of a wife, our amateur sailor found a post office at every port.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Ordinarily, if I heard from him thrice a year I had to consider that he was indulging in an orgy of correspondence.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But what with Doria and Adrian and Liosha, and what with Barbara and myself being so intimately mixed up in the matters which preoccupied his mind, the voyage of the _Vesta_ covered a period of abnormal epistolary activity.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Instead of a wife, our amateur sailor found a post office at every port.
Barbara
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From this reading But what with Doria and Adrian and Liosha, and what with Barbara and myself being so intimately mixed up in the matters which preoccupied his mind, the voyage of the _Vesta_ covered a period of abnormal epistolary activity.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading But what with Doria and Adrian and Liosha, and what with Barbara and myself being so intimately mixed up in the matters which preoccupied his mind, the voyage of the _Vesta_ covered a period of abnormal epistolary activity.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But what with Doria and Adrian and Liosha, and what with Barbara and myself being so intimately mixed up in the matters which preoccupied his mind, the voyage of the _Vesta_ covered a period of abnormal epistolary activity.
concerned
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From this reading Excepting those concerned with the voyage of the _S.S. Vesta_, they were rare phenomena.
consider
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From this reading Ordinarily, if I heard from him thrice a year I had to consider that he was indulging in an orgy of correspondence.
correspondence
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From this reading Ordinarily, if I heard from him thrice a year I had to consider that he was indulging in an orgy of correspondence.
covered
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From this reading But what with Doria and Adrian and Liosha, and what with Barbara and myself being so intimately mixed up in the matters which preoccupied his mind, the voyage of the _Vesta_ covered a period of abnormal epistolary activity.
Doria
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From this reading But what with Doria and Adrian and Liosha, and what with Barbara and myself being so intimately mixed up in the matters which preoccupied his mind, the voyage of the _Vesta_ covered a period of abnormal epistolary activity.
epistolary
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From this reading But what with Doria and Adrian and Liosha, and what with Barbara and myself being so intimately mixed up in the matters which preoccupied his mind, the voyage of the _Vesta_ covered a period of abnormal epistolary activity.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Instead of a wife, our amateur sailor found a post office at every port.
Excepting
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From this reading Excepting those concerned with the voyage of the _S.S. Vesta_, they were rare phenomena.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Instead of a wife, our amateur sailor found a post office at every port.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Luckily, I have kept most of Jaffery's letters written to me from all quarters of the globe.
globe
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From this reading Luckily, I have kept most of Jaffery's letters written to me from all quarters of the globe.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Ordinarily, if I heard from him thrice a year I had to consider that he was indulging in an orgy of correspondence.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Luckily, I have kept most of Jaffery's letters written to me from all quarters of the globe.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Ordinarily, if I heard from him thrice a year I had to consider that he was indulging in an orgy of correspondence.
heard
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From this reading Ordinarily, if I heard from him thrice a year I had to consider that he was indulging in an orgy of correspondence.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Ordinarily, if I heard from him thrice a year I had to consider that he was indulging in an orgy of correspondence.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But what with Doria and Adrian and Liosha, and what with Barbara and myself being so intimately mixed up in the matters which preoccupied his mind, the voyage of the _Vesta_ covered a period of abnormal epistolary activity.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Luckily, I have kept most of Jaffery's letters written to me from all quarters of the globe.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Ordinarily, if I heard from him thrice a year I had to consider that he was indulging in an orgy of correspondence.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Ordinarily, if I heard from him thrice a year I had to consider that he was indulging in an orgy of correspondence.
indulging
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From this reading Ordinarily, if I heard from him thrice a year I had to consider that he was indulging in an orgy of correspondence.
Instead
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From this reading Instead of a wife, our amateur sailor found a post office at every port.
intimately
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From this reading But what with Doria and Adrian and Liosha, and what with Barbara and myself being so intimately mixed up in the matters which preoccupied his mind, the voyage of the _Vesta_ covered a period of abnormal epistolary activity.
Jaffery's
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kept
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From this reading Luckily, I have kept most of Jaffery's letters written to me from all quarters of the globe.
letters
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From this reading Luckily, I have kept most of Jaffery's letters written to me from all quarters of the globe.
Liosha
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From this reading But what with Doria and Adrian and Liosha, and what with Barbara and myself being so intimately mixed up in the matters which preoccupied his mind, the voyage of the _Vesta_ covered a period of abnormal epistolary activity.
Luckily
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From this reading Luckily, I have kept most of Jaffery's letters written to me from all quarters of the globe.
matters
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From this reading But what with Doria and Adrian and Liosha, and what with Barbara and myself being so intimately mixed up in the matters which preoccupied his mind, the voyage of the _Vesta_ covered a period of abnormal epistolary activity.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Luckily, I have kept most of Jaffery's letters written to me from all quarters of the globe.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But what with Doria and Adrian and Liosha, and what with Barbara and myself being so intimately mixed up in the matters which preoccupied his mind, the voyage of the _Vesta_ covered a period of abnormal epistolary activity.
mixedverbUS /mɪkst/
involved with or connected to
From this reading But what with Doria and Adrian and Liosha, and what with Barbara and myself being so intimately mixed up in the matters which preoccupied his mind, the voyage of the _Vesta_ covered a period of abnormal epistolary activity.
most
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From this reading Luckily, I have kept most of Jaffery's letters written to me from all quarters of the globe.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading But what with Doria and Adrian and Liosha, and what with Barbara and myself being so intimately mixed up in the matters which preoccupied his mind, the voyage of the _Vesta_ covered a period of abnormal epistolary activity.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Luckily, I have kept most of Jaffery's letters written to me from all quarters of the globe.
office
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From this reading Instead of a wife, our amateur sailor found a post office at every port.
Ordinarily
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From this reading Ordinarily, if I heard from him thrice a year I had to consider that he was indulging in an orgy of correspondence.
orgy
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From this reading Ordinarily, if I heard from him thrice a year I had to consider that he was indulging in an orgy of correspondence.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Instead of a wife, our amateur sailor found a post office at every port.
period
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From this reading But what with Doria and Adrian and Liosha, and what with Barbara and myself being so intimately mixed up in the matters which preoccupied his mind, the voyage of the _Vesta_ covered a period of abnormal epistolary activity.
phenomena
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From this reading Excepting those concerned with the voyage of the _S.S. Vesta_, they were rare phenomena.
port
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post
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From this reading Instead of a wife, our amateur sailor found a post office at every port.
preoccupied
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From this reading But what with Doria and Adrian and Liosha, and what with Barbara and myself being so intimately mixed up in the matters which preoccupied his mind, the voyage of the _Vesta_ covered a period of abnormal epistolary activity.
quarters
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From this reading Luckily, I have kept most of Jaffery's letters written to me from all quarters of the globe.
rare
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From this reading Excepting those concerned with the voyage of the _S.S. Vesta_, they were rare phenomena.
S
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From this reading Excepting those concerned with the voyage of the _S.S. Vesta_, they were rare phenomena.
sailor
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soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But what with Doria and Adrian and Liosha, and what with Barbara and myself being so intimately mixed up in the matters which preoccupied his mind, the voyage of the _Vesta_ covered a period of abnormal epistolary activity.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Ordinarily, if I heard from him thrice a year I had to consider that he was indulging in an orgy of correspondence.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Luckily, I have kept most of Jaffery's letters written to me from all quarters of the globe.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Excepting those concerned with the voyage of the _S.S. Vesta_, they were rare phenomena.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Excepting those concerned with the voyage of the _S.S. Vesta_, they were rare phenomena.
thrice
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From this reading Ordinarily, if I heard from him thrice a year I had to consider that he was indulging in an orgy of correspondence.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Luckily, I have kept most of Jaffery's letters written to me from all quarters of the globe.
up
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From this reading But what with Doria and Adrian and Liosha, and what with Barbara and myself being so intimately mixed up in the matters which preoccupied his mind, the voyage of the _Vesta_ covered a period of abnormal epistolary activity.
Vesta
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From this reading Excepting those concerned with the voyage of the _S.S. Vesta_, they were rare phenomena.
voyage
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From this reading Excepting those concerned with the voyage of the _S.S. Vesta_, they were rare phenomena.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ordinarily, if I heard from him thrice a year I had to consider that he was indulging in an orgy of correspondence.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Excepting those concerned with the voyage of the _S.S. Vesta_, they were rare phenomena.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But what with Doria and Adrian and Liosha, and what with Barbara and myself being so intimately mixed up in the matters which preoccupied his mind, the voyage of the _Vesta_ covered a period of abnormal epistolary activity.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But what with Doria and Adrian and Liosha, and what with Barbara and myself being so intimately mixed up in the matters which preoccupied his mind, the voyage of the _Vesta_ covered a period of abnormal epistolary activity.
wife
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From this reading Instead of a wife, our amateur sailor found a post office at every port.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Excepting those concerned with the voyage of the _S.S. Vesta_, they were rare phenomena.
written
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year
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From this reading Ordinarily, if I heard from him thrice a year I had to consider that he was indulging in an orgy of correspondence.
