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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 There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
adapting
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From this reading It was fortunate that he was a hardy boy, with a wirily pliant frame, adapting itself, with no lesions, to extremes of temperature and toil, even to extremes of mental states.
all
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From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
Ann
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
apparently
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
arms
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Jerome rose at four o'clock in the dark winter mornings, and went to bed at ten, getting six hours' sleep.
attended
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From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
bed
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From this reading Jerome rose at four o'clock in the dark winter mornings, and went to bed at ten, getting six hours' sleep.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In spite of all his hardships, in spite of scanty food, Jerome thrived; he grew; he began to fill out better his father's clothes, to which he had succeeded.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
best
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
better
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From this reading In spite of all his hardships, in spite of scanty food, Jerome thrived; he grew; he began to fill out better his father's clothes, to which he had succeeded.
big
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
boy
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From this reading It was fortunate that he was a hardy boy, with a wirily pliant frame, adapting itself, with no lesions, to extremes of temperature and toil, even to extremes of mental states.
boys
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
bringing
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
buttons
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
chest
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
clothes
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From this reading In spite of all his hardships, in spite of scanty food, Jerome thrived; he grew; he began to fill out better his father's clothes, to which he had succeeded.
coat
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
covert
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
dark
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From this reading Jerome rose at four o'clock in the dark winter mornings, and went to bed at ten, getting six hours' sleep.
disappearance
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From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
district
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From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was fortunate that he was a hardy boy, with a wirily pliant frame, adapting itself, with no lesions, to extremes of temperature and toil, even to extremes of mental states.
extremes
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From this reading It was fortunate that he was a hardy boy, with a wirily pliant frame, adapting itself, with no lesions, to extremes of temperature and toil, even to extremes of mental states.
fashion
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
father's
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From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
fill
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From this reading In spite of all his hardships, in spite of scanty food, Jerome thrived; he grew; he began to fill out better his father's clothes, to which he had succeeded.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
folded
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
food
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From this reading In spite of all his hardships, in spite of scanty food, Jerome thrived; he grew; he began to fill out better his father's clothes, to which he had succeeded.
fortunate
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From this reading It was fortunate that he was a hardy boy, with a wirily pliant frame, adapting itself, with no lesions, to extremes of temperature and toil, even to extremes of mental states.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
four
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From this reading Jerome rose at four o'clock in the dark winter mornings, and went to bed at ten, getting six hours' sleep.
frame
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From this reading It was fortunate that he was a hardy boy, with a wirily pliant frame, adapting itself, with no lesions, to extremes of temperature and toil, even to extremes of mental states.
getting
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From this reading Jerome rose at four o'clock in the dark winter mornings, and went to bed at ten, getting six hours' sleep.
giggles
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
girls
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
grew
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From this reading In spite of all his hardships, in spite of scanty food, Jerome thrived; he grew; he began to fill out better his father's clothes, to which he had succeeded.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
hardships
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From this reading In spite of all his hardships, in spite of scanty food, Jerome thrived; he grew; he began to fill out better his father's clothes, to which he had succeeded.
hardy
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From this reading It was fortunate that he was a hardy boy, with a wirily pliant frame, adapting itself, with no lesions, to extremes of temperature and toil, even to extremes of mental states.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
hours
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From this reading Jerome rose at four o'clock in the dark winter mornings, and went to bed at ten, getting six hours' sleep.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading It was fortunate that he was a hardy boy, with a wirily pliant frame, adapting itself, with no lesions, to extremes of temperature and toil, even to extremes of mental states.
jeers
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
Jerome
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From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
laughed
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
lesions
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From this reading It was fortunate that he was a hardy boy, with a wirily pliant frame, adapting itself, with no lesions, to extremes of temperature and toil, even to extremes of mental states.
ludicrous
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
mental
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From this reading It was fortunate that he was a hardy boy, with a wirily pliant frame, adapting itself, with no lesions, to extremes of temperature and toil, even to extremes of mental states.
middle
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
mornings
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From this reading Jerome rose at four o'clock in the dark winter mornings, and went to bed at ten, getting six hours' sleep.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading It was fortunate that he was a hardy boy, with a wirily pliant frame, adapting itself, with no lesions, to extremes of temperature and toil, even to extremes of mental states.
now
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From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
o'clock
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From this reading Jerome rose at four o'clock in the dark winter mornings, and went to bed at ten, getting six hours' sleep.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was fortunate that he was a hardy boy, with a wirily pliant frame, adapting itself, with no lesions, to extremes of temperature and toil, even to extremes of mental states.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
only
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From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
out
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From this reading In spite of all his hardships, in spite of scanty food, Jerome thrived; he grew; he began to fill out better his father's clothes, to which he had succeeded.
pliant
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From this reading It was fortunate that he was a hardy boy, with a wirily pliant frame, adapting itself, with no lesions, to extremes of temperature and toil, even to extremes of mental states.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
rose
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From this reading Jerome rose at four o'clock in the dark winter mornings, and went to bed at ten, getting six hours' sleep.
round
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From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
scantyadjectiveUS /ˈskænti/
small or barely sufficient in amount
From this reading In spite of all his hardships, in spite of scanty food, Jerome thrived; he grew; he began to fill out better his father's clothes, to which he had succeeded.
school
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From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
set
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
side
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
six
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From this reading Jerome rose at four o'clock in the dark winter mornings, and went to bed at ten, getting six hours' sleep.
sleep
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From this reading Jerome rose at four o'clock in the dark winter mornings, and went to bed at ten, getting six hours' sleep.
sleeves
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
spite
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From this reading In spite of all his hardships, in spite of scanty food, Jerome thrived; he grew; he began to fill out better his father's clothes, to which he had succeeded.
states
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From this reading It was fortunate that he was a hardy boy, with a wirily pliant frame, adapting itself, with no lesions, to extremes of temperature and toil, even to extremes of mental states.
succeeded
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From this reading In spite of all his hardships, in spite of scanty food, Jerome thrived; he grew; he began to fill out better his father's clothes, to which he had succeeded.
temperature
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From this reading It was fortunate that he was a hardy boy, with a wirily pliant frame, adapting itself, with no lesions, to extremes of temperature and toil, even to extremes of mental states.
ten
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From this reading Jerome rose at four o'clock in the dark winter mornings, and went to bed at ten, getting six hours' sleep.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was fortunate that he was a hardy boy, with a wirily pliant frame, adapting itself, with no lesions, to extremes of temperature and toil, even to extremes of mental states.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
There
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From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
thrived
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From this reading In spite of all his hardships, in spite of scanty food, Jerome thrived; he grew; he began to fill out better his father's clothes, to which he had succeeded.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Jerome rose at four o'clock in the dark winter mornings, and went to bed at ten, getting six hours' sleep.
toil
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From this reading It was fortunate that he was a hardy boy, with a wirily pliant frame, adapting itself, with no lesions, to extremes of temperature and toil, even to extremes of mental states.
two
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
village
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From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In spite of all his hardships, in spite of scanty food, Jerome thrived; he grew; he began to fill out better his father's clothes, to which he had succeeded.
winter
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From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
wirily
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From this reading It was fortunate that he was a hardy boy, with a wirily pliant frame, adapting itself, with no lesions, to extremes of temperature and toil, even to extremes of mental states.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was fortunate that he was a hardy boy, with a wirily pliant frame, adapting itself, with no lesions, to extremes of temperature and toil, even to extremes of mental states.
wore
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From this reading The first time Jerome wore his poor father's best coat to school--Ann had set in the buttons so it folded about him in ludicrous fashion, bringing the sleeves forward and his arms apparently into the middle of his chest--one of the big boys and two big girls at his side laughed at him, the boy with open jeers, the girls with covert giggles behind their hands.
year
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From this reading There was a good district school in the village, and Jerome, before his father's disappearance, had attended it all the year round; now he went only in winter.
