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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 One June morning I woke to the consciousness that I was twenty years old, and that John Halifax was--a man: the difference between us being precisely as I have expressed it.
active
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From this reading My father lived his life, mechanical and steady as clock-work, and we two, John Halifax and Phineas Fletcher, lived our lives--the one so active and busy, the other so useless and dull.
always
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From this reading Summers and winters slipped by lazily enough, as the years seemed always to crawl round at Norton Bury.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Summers and winters slipped by lazily enough, as the years seemed always to crawl round at Norton Bury.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Summers and winters slipped by lazily enough, as the years seemed always to crawl round at Norton Bury.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Summers and winters slipped by lazily enough, as the years seemed always to crawl round at Norton Bury.
backwards
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From this reading Neither of us counted the days, nor looked backwards or forwards.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading One June morning I woke to the consciousness that I was twenty years old, and that John Halifax was--a man: the difference between us being precisely as I have expressed it.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading One June morning I woke to the consciousness that I was twenty years old, and that John Halifax was--a man: the difference between us being precisely as I have expressed it.
Bury
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From this reading Summers and winters slipped by lazily enough, as the years seemed always to crawl round at Norton Bury.
busy
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From this reading My father lived his life, mechanical and steady as clock-work, and we two, John Halifax and Phineas Fletcher, lived our lives--the one so active and busy, the other so useless and dull.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Summers and winters slipped by lazily enough, as the years seemed always to crawl round at Norton Bury.
cared
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From this reading How things went in the outside world I little knew or cared.
clock-work
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From this reading My father lived his life, mechanical and steady as clock-work, and we two, John Halifax and Phineas Fletcher, lived our lives--the one so active and busy, the other so useless and dull.
consciousness
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From this reading One June morning I woke to the consciousness that I was twenty years old, and that John Halifax was--a man: the difference between us being precisely as I have expressed it.
counted
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From this reading Neither of us counted the days, nor looked backwards or forwards.
crawl
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From this reading Summers and winters slipped by lazily enough, as the years seemed always to crawl round at Norton Bury.
days
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From this reading Neither of us counted the days, nor looked backwards or forwards.
difference
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From this reading One June morning I woke to the consciousness that I was twenty years old, and that John Halifax was--a man: the difference between us being precisely as I have expressed it.
dull
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enough
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From this reading Summers and winters slipped by lazily enough, as the years seemed always to crawl round at Norton Bury.
expressed
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From this reading One June morning I woke to the consciousness that I was twenty years old, and that John Halifax was--a man: the difference between us being precisely as I have expressed it.
father
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From this reading My father lived his life, mechanical and steady as clock-work, and we two, John Halifax and Phineas Fletcher, lived our lives--the one so active and busy, the other so useless and dull.
Fletcher
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From this reading My father lived his life, mechanical and steady as clock-work, and we two, John Halifax and Phineas Fletcher, lived our lives--the one so active and busy, the other so useless and dull.
forwardsnounUS /ˈforwards/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Neither of us counted the days, nor looked backwards or forwards.
Halifax
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From this reading My father lived his life, mechanical and steady as clock-work, and we two, John Halifax and Phineas Fletcher, lived our lives--the one so active and busy, the other so useless and dull.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading One June morning I woke to the consciousness that I was twenty years old, and that John Halifax was--a man: the difference between us being precisely as I have expressed it.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading My father lived his life, mechanical and steady as clock-work, and we two, John Halifax and Phineas Fletcher, lived our lives--the one so active and busy, the other so useless and dull.
How
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From this reading How things went in the outside world I little knew or cared.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading How things went in the outside world I little knew or cared.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading How things went in the outside world I little knew or cared.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading One June morning I woke to the consciousness that I was twenty years old, and that John Halifax was--a man: the difference between us being precisely as I have expressed it.
John
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From this reading My father lived his life, mechanical and steady as clock-work, and we two, John Halifax and Phineas Fletcher, lived our lives--the one so active and busy, the other so useless and dull.
June
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From this reading One June morning I woke to the consciousness that I was twenty years old, and that John Halifax was--a man: the difference between us being precisely as I have expressed it.
knew
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From this reading How things went in the outside world I little knew or cared.
lazily
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From this reading Summers and winters slipped by lazily enough, as the years seemed always to crawl round at Norton Bury.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My father lived his life, mechanical and steady as clock-work, and we two, John Halifax and Phineas Fletcher, lived our lives--the one so active and busy, the other so useless and dull.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How things went in the outside world I little knew or cared.
lived
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From this reading My father lived his life, mechanical and steady as clock-work, and we two, John Halifax and Phineas Fletcher, lived our lives--the one so active and busy, the other so useless and dull.
lives
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From this reading My father lived his life, mechanical and steady as clock-work, and we two, John Halifax and Phineas Fletcher, lived our lives--the one so active and busy, the other so useless and dull.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Neither of us counted the days, nor looked backwards or forwards.
man
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From this reading One June morning I woke to the consciousness that I was twenty years old, and that John Halifax was--a man: the difference between us being precisely as I have expressed it.
mechanical
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From this reading My father lived his life, mechanical and steady as clock-work, and we two, John Halifax and Phineas Fletcher, lived our lives--the one so active and busy, the other so useless and dull.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One June morning I woke to the consciousness that I was twenty years old, and that John Halifax was--a man: the difference between us being precisely as I have expressed it.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My father lived his life, mechanical and steady as clock-work, and we two, John Halifax and Phineas Fletcher, lived our lives--the one so active and busy, the other so useless and dull.
NeitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Neither of us counted the days, nor looked backwards or forwards.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Neither of us counted the days, nor looked backwards or forwards.
Norton
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From this reading Summers and winters slipped by lazily enough, as the years seemed always to crawl round at Norton Bury.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Neither of us counted the days, nor looked backwards or forwards.
old
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From this reading One June morning I woke to the consciousness that I was twenty years old, and that John Halifax was--a man: the difference between us being precisely as I have expressed it.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading My father lived his life, mechanical and steady as clock-work, and we two, John Halifax and Phineas Fletcher, lived our lives--the one so active and busy, the other so useless and dull.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading How things went in the outside world I little knew or cared.
other
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From this reading My father lived his life, mechanical and steady as clock-work, and we two, John Halifax and Phineas Fletcher, lived our lives--the one so active and busy, the other so useless and dull.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading My father lived his life, mechanical and steady as clock-work, and we two, John Halifax and Phineas Fletcher, lived our lives--the one so active and busy, the other so useless and dull.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading How things went in the outside world I little knew or cared.
Phineas
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From this reading My father lived his life, mechanical and steady as clock-work, and we two, John Halifax and Phineas Fletcher, lived our lives--the one so active and busy, the other so useless and dull.
precisely
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From this reading One June morning I woke to the consciousness that I was twenty years old, and that John Halifax was--a man: the difference between us being precisely as I have expressed it.
round
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From this reading Summers and winters slipped by lazily enough, as the years seemed always to crawl round at Norton Bury.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Summers and winters slipped by lazily enough, as the years seemed always to crawl round at Norton Bury.
slipped
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From this reading Summers and winters slipped by lazily enough, as the years seemed always to crawl round at Norton Bury.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading My father lived his life, mechanical and steady as clock-work, and we two, John Halifax and Phineas Fletcher, lived our lives--the one so active and busy, the other so useless and dull.
steady
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From this reading My father lived his life, mechanical and steady as clock-work, and we two, John Halifax and Phineas Fletcher, lived our lives--the one so active and busy, the other so useless and dull.
Summers
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From this reading Summers and winters slipped by lazily enough, as the years seemed always to crawl round at Norton Bury.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading One June morning I woke to the consciousness that I was twenty years old, and that John Halifax was--a man: the difference between us being precisely as I have expressed it.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Summers and winters slipped by lazily enough, as the years seemed always to crawl round at Norton Bury.
things
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From this reading How things went in the outside world I little knew or cared.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Summers and winters slipped by lazily enough, as the years seemed always to crawl round at Norton Bury.
twenty
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From this reading One June morning I woke to the consciousness that I was twenty years old, and that John Halifax was--a man: the difference between us being precisely as I have expressed it.
two
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From this reading My father lived his life, mechanical and steady as clock-work, and we two, John Halifax and Phineas Fletcher, lived our lives--the one so active and busy, the other so useless and dull.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Neither of us counted the days, nor looked backwards or forwards.
useless
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From this reading My father lived his life, mechanical and steady as clock-work, and we two, John Halifax and Phineas Fletcher, lived our lives--the one so active and busy, the other so useless and dull.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One June morning I woke to the consciousness that I was twenty years old, and that John Halifax was--a man: the difference between us being precisely as I have expressed it.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading My father lived his life, mechanical and steady as clock-work, and we two, John Halifax and Phineas Fletcher, lived our lives--the one so active and busy, the other so useless and dull.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading How things went in the outside world I little knew or cared.
winters
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From this reading Summers and winters slipped by lazily enough, as the years seemed always to crawl round at Norton Bury.
woke
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From this reading One June morning I woke to the consciousness that I was twenty years old, and that John Halifax was--a man: the difference between us being precisely as I have expressed it.
world
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From this reading How things went in the outside world I little knew or cared.
years
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From this reading Summers and winters slipped by lazily enough, as the years seemed always to crawl round at Norton Bury.
