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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 He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
all
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From this reading Lord Ravenel knew--as all Paris did by this time--the whole story.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Lord Ravenel knew--as all Paris did by this time--the whole story.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
baronetcy
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From this reading He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
Beechwood
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From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
begging
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From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
break
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From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Lord Ravenel knew--as all Paris did by this time--the whole story.
company
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From this reading The man he had struck was not one of Lord Luxmore's set--though it was through some of his "noble" friends Guy had fallen into his company.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Lord Ravenel knew--as all Paris did by this time--the whole story.
Englishman
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From this reading He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
estate
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From this reading He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
fallen
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From this reading The man he had struck was not one of Lord Luxmore's set--though it was through some of his "noble" friends Guy had fallen into his company.
fear
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From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
friends
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From this reading The man he had struck was not one of Lord Luxmore's set--though it was through some of his "noble" friends Guy had fallen into his company.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
Gerard
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From this reading He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
Guy
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From this reading Though, as he truly said, he had not seen Guy.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Though, as he truly said, he had not seen Guy.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Though, as he truly said, he had not seen Guy.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
heard
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From this reading He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The man he had struck was not one of Lord Luxmore's set--though it was through some of his "noble" friends Guy had fallen into his company.
how
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From this reading He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
hurried
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From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
immediately
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From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The man he had struck was not one of Lord Luxmore's set--though it was through some of his "noble" friends Guy had fallen into his company.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The man he had struck was not one of Lord Luxmore's set--though it was through some of his "noble" friends Guy had fallen into his company.
justice
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From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
knew
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From this reading Lord Ravenel knew--as all Paris did by this time--the whole story.
lad
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From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
lately
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From this reading He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
letter
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From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
listened
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From this reading He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
Lord
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From this reading Lord Ravenel knew--as all Paris did by this time--the whole story.
Luxmore's
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From this reading The man he had struck was not one of Lord Luxmore's set--though it was through some of his "noble" friends Guy had fallen into his company.
man
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From this reading The man he had struck was not one of Lord Luxmore's set--though it was through some of his "noble" friends Guy had fallen into his company.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
news
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From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
noble
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From this reading The man he had struck was not one of Lord Luxmore's set--though it was through some of his "noble" friends Guy had fallen into his company.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Though, as he truly said, he had not seen Guy.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
off
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From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The man he had struck was not one of Lord Luxmore's set--though it was through some of his "noble" friends Guy had fallen into his company.
Paris
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From this reading Lord Ravenel knew--as all Paris did by this time--the whole story.
pronounced
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From this reading He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
Ravenel
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From this reading Lord Ravenel knew--as all Paris did by this time--the whole story.
said
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From this reading Though, as he truly said, he had not seen Guy.
sake
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From this reading He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
seen
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From this reading Though, as he truly said, he had not seen Guy.
set
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From this reading The man he had struck was not one of Lord Luxmore's set--though it was through some of his "noble" friends Guy had fallen into his company.
shipboard
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From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
Sir
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From this reading He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
some
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From this reading The man he had struck was not one of Lord Luxmore's set--though it was through some of his "noble" friends Guy had fallen into his company.
started
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From this reading He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
story
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From this reading Lord Ravenel knew--as all Paris did by this time--the whole story.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The man he had struck was not one of Lord Luxmore's set--though it was through some of his "noble" friends Guy had fallen into his company.
succeeded
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From this reading He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lord Ravenel knew--as all Paris did by this time--the whole story.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Lord Ravenel knew--as all Paris did by this time--the whole story.
ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Though, as he truly said, he had not seen Guy.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The man he had struck was not one of Lord Luxmore's set--though it was through some of his "noble" friends Guy had fallen into his company.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lord Ravenel knew--as all Paris did by this time--the whole story.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
truly
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From this reading Though, as he truly said, he had not seen Guy.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
Vermilye
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From this reading He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading He was an Englishman, lately succeeded to a baronetcy and estate; his name--how we started to hear it, though by Lord Ravenel and by us, for his sake, it was both pronounced and listened to, as if none of us had ever heard it before--Sir Gerard Vermilye.
whole
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From this reading Lord Ravenel knew--as all Paris did by this time--the whole story.
written
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From this reading The lad was hurried off immediately, for fear of justice: but he had written from shipboard to Lord Ravenel, begging him himself to take the letter and break the news to us at Beechwood.
