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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 were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
advanced
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From this reading Somebody might have come along that way who would have asked him his trouble, and might have cheered him by saying that his notions were further advanced than those of his grammarian.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Somebody might have come along that way who would have asked him his trouble, and might have cheered him by saying that his notions were further advanced than those of his grammarian.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What brains they must have in Christminster and the great schools, he presently thought, to learn words one by one up to tens of thousands!
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Somebody might have come along that way who would have asked him his trouble, and might have cheered him by saying that his notions were further advanced than those of his grammarian.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading But nobody did come, because nobody does; and under the crushing recognition of his gigantic error Jude continued to wish himself out of the world.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
book
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From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
brains
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From this reading What brains they must have in Christminster and the great schools, he presently thought, to learn words one by one up to tens of thousands!
business
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From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But nobody did come, because nobody does; and under the crushing recognition of his gigantic error Jude continued to wish himself out of the world.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading What brains they must have in Christminster and the great schools, he presently thought, to learn words one by one up to tens of thousands!
by-roads
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From this reading V During the three or four succeeding years a quaint and singular vehicle might have been discerned moving along the lanes and by-roads near Marygreen, driven in a quaint and singular way.
cheered
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From this reading Somebody might have come along that way who would have asked him his trouble, and might have cheered him by saying that his notions were further advanced than those of his grammarian.
Christminster
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From this reading What brains they must have in Christminster and the great schools, he presently thought, to learn words one by one up to tens of thousands!
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Somebody might have come along that way who would have asked him his trouble, and might have cheered him by saying that his notions were further advanced than those of his grammarian.
continuednounUS /ˈcontinued/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
crushing
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From this reading But nobody did come, because nobody does; and under the crushing recognition of his gigantic error Jude continued to wish himself out of the world.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But nobody did come, because nobody does; and under the crushing recognition of his gigantic error Jude continued to wish himself out of the world.
discerned
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From this reading V During the three or four succeeding years a quaint and singular vehicle might have been discerned moving along the lanes and by-roads near Marygreen, driven in a quaint and singular way.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But nobody did come, because nobody does; and under the crushing recognition of his gigantic error Jude continued to wish himself out of the world.
driven
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From this reading V During the three or four succeeding years a quaint and singular vehicle might have been discerned moving along the lanes and by-roads near Marygreen, driven in a quaint and singular way.
DuringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading V During the three or four succeeding years a quaint and singular vehicle might have been discerned moving along the lanes and by-roads near Marygreen, driven in a quaint and singular way.
equal
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From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
error
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From this reading But nobody did come, because nobody does; and under the crushing recognition of his gigantic error Jude continued to wish himself out of the world.
four
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From this reading V During the three or four succeeding years a quaint and singular vehicle might have been discerned moving along the lanes and by-roads near Marygreen, driven in a quaint and singular way.
further
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From this reading Somebody might have come along that way who would have asked him his trouble, and might have cheered him by saying that his notions were further advanced than those of his grammarian.
gigantic
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From this reading But nobody did come, because nobody does; and under the crushing recognition of his gigantic error Jude continued to wish himself out of the world.
grammarian
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From this reading Somebody might have come along that way who would have asked him his trouble, and might have cheered him by saying that his notions were further advanced than those of his grammarian.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What brains they must have in Christminster and the great schools, he presently thought, to learn words one by one up to tens of thousands!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
hat
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From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading What brains they must have in Christminster and the great schools, he presently thought, to learn words one by one up to tens of thousands!
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What brains they must have in Christminster and the great schools, he presently thought, to learn words one by one up to tens of thousands!
head
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From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading But nobody did come, because nobody does; and under the crushing recognition of his gigantic error Jude continued to wish himself out of the world.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What brains they must have in Christminster and the great schools, he presently thought, to learn words one by one up to tens of thousands!
Jude
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From this reading But nobody did come, because nobody does; and under the crushing recognition of his gigantic error Jude continued to wish himself out of the world.
lanes
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From this reading V During the three or four succeeding years a quaint and singular vehicle might have been discerned moving along the lanes and by-roads near Marygreen, driven in a quaint and singular way.
learn
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From this reading What brains they must have in Christminster and the great schools, he presently thought, to learn words one by one up to tens of thousands!
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
Marygreen
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From this reading V During the three or four succeeding years a quaint and singular vehicle might have been discerned moving along the lanes and by-roads near Marygreen, driven in a quaint and singular way.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
moving
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From this reading V During the three or four succeeding years a quaint and singular vehicle might have been discerned moving along the lanes and by-roads near Marygreen, driven in a quaint and singular way.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading What brains they must have in Christminster and the great schools, he presently thought, to learn words one by one up to tens of thousands!
near
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From this reading V During the three or four succeeding years a quaint and singular vehicle might have been discerned moving along the lanes and by-roads near Marygreen, driven in a quaint and singular way.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading But nobody did come, because nobody does; and under the crushing recognition of his gigantic error Jude continued to wish himself out of the world.
notions
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From this reading Somebody might have come along that way who would have asked him his trouble, and might have cheered him by saying that his notions were further advanced than those of his grammarian.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What brains they must have in Christminster and the great schools, he presently thought, to learn words one by one up to tens of thousands!
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading What brains they must have in Christminster and the great schools, he presently thought, to learn words one by one up to tens of thousands!
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading V During the three or four succeeding years a quaint and singular vehicle might have been discerned moving along the lanes and by-roads near Marygreen, driven in a quaint and singular way.
out
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From this reading But nobody did come, because nobody does; and under the crushing recognition of his gigantic error Jude continued to wish himself out of the world.
presently
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From this reading What brains they must have in Christminster and the great schools, he presently thought, to learn words one by one up to tens of thousands!
quaint
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From this reading V During the three or four succeeding years a quaint and singular vehicle might have been discerned moving along the lanes and by-roads near Marygreen, driven in a quaint and singular way.
recognition
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From this reading But nobody did come, because nobody does; and under the crushing recognition of his gigantic error Jude continued to wish himself out of the world.
saying
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From this reading Somebody might have come along that way who would have asked him his trouble, and might have cheered him by saying that his notions were further advanced than those of his grammarian.
schools
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From this reading What brains they must have in Christminster and the great schools, he presently thought, to learn words one by one up to tens of thousands!
see
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From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
seen
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From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
singular
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From this reading V During the three or four succeeding years a quaint and singular vehicle might have been discerned moving along the lanes and by-roads near Marygreen, driven in a quaint and singular way.
SomebodypronounUS /ˈsʌmbɑːdi/
a person, without saying who
From this reading Somebody might have come along that way who would have asked him his trouble, and might have cheered him by saying that his notions were further advanced than those of his grammarian.
stream
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From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
succeeding
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From this reading V During the three or four succeeding years a quaint and singular vehicle might have been discerned moving along the lanes and by-roads near Marygreen, driven in a quaint and singular way.
sun-rays
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From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
tens
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From this reading What brains they must have in Christminster and the great schools, he presently thought, to learn words one by one up to tens of thousands!
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Somebody might have come along that way who would have asked him his trouble, and might have cheered him by saying that his notions were further advanced than those of his grammarian.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What brains they must have in Christminster and the great schools, he presently thought, to learn words one by one up to tens of thousands!
There
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From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading What brains they must have in Christminster and the great schools, he presently thought, to learn words one by one up to tens of thousands!
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Somebody might have come along that way who would have asked him his trouble, and might have cheered him by saying that his notions were further advanced than those of his grammarian.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What brains they must have in Christminster and the great schools, he presently thought, to learn words one by one up to tens of thousands!
thousands
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From this reading What brains they must have in Christminster and the great schools, he presently thought, to learn words one by one up to tens of thousands!
three
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From this reading V During the three or four succeeding years a quaint and singular vehicle might have been discerned moving along the lanes and by-roads near Marygreen, driven in a quaint and singular way.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading What brains they must have in Christminster and the great schools, he presently thought, to learn words one by one up to tens of thousands!
trouble
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From this reading Somebody might have come along that way who would have asked him his trouble, and might have cheered him by saying that his notions were further advanced than those of his grammarian.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading But nobody did come, because nobody does; and under the crushing recognition of his gigantic error Jude continued to wish himself out of the world.
up
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From this reading What brains they must have in Christminster and the great schools, he presently thought, to learn words one by one up to tens of thousands!
V
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From this reading V During the three or four succeeding years a quaint and singular vehicle might have been discerned moving along the lanes and by-roads near Marygreen, driven in a quaint and singular way.
vehicle
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From this reading V During the three or four succeeding years a quaint and singular vehicle might have been discerned moving along the lanes and by-roads near Marygreen, driven in a quaint and singular way.
way
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From this reading Somebody might have come along that way who would have asked him his trouble, and might have cheered him by saying that his notions were further advanced than those of his grammarian.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What brains they must have in Christminster and the great schools, he presently thought, to learn words one by one up to tens of thousands!
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Somebody might have come along that way who would have asked him his trouble, and might have cheered him by saying that his notions were further advanced than those of his grammarian.
wish
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From this reading But nobody did come, because nobody does; and under the crushing recognition of his gigantic error Jude continued to wish himself out of the world.
wished
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From this reading There were no brains in his head equal to this business; and as the little sun-rays continued to stream in through his hat at him, he wished he had never seen a book, that he might never see another, that he had never been born.
words
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From this reading What brains they must have in Christminster and the great schools, he presently thought, to learn words one by one up to tens of thousands!
world
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From this reading But nobody did come, because nobody does; and under the crushing recognition of his gigantic error Jude continued to wish himself out of the world.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Somebody might have come along that way who would have asked him his trouble, and might have cheered him by saying that his notions were further advanced than those of his grammarian.
years
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From this reading V During the three or four succeeding years a quaint and singular vehicle might have been discerned moving along the lanes and by-roads near Marygreen, driven in a quaint and singular way.
