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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 On the day after the Vice-Chancellor’s party, Falloden, after a somewhat slack morning’s work, lunched in college with Meyrick.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading On the day after the Vice-Chancellor’s party, Falloden, after a somewhat slack morning’s work, lunched in college with Meyrick.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading After hall, the quadrangle was filled with strolling men, hatless and smoking, discussing the chances of the Eights, the last debate at the Union, and the prospects of individual men in the schools.
arm
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From this reading “Great Scott!” said Falloden irritably to Meyrick, with whom he was walking arm in arm, “what a noise that fellow Radowitz makes!
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading After hall, the quadrangle was filled with strolling men, hatless and smoking, discussing the chances of the Eights, the last debate at the Union, and the prospects of individual men in the schools.
chances
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From this reading After hall, the quadrangle was filled with strolling men, hatless and smoking, discussing the chances of the Eights, the last debate at the Union, and the prospects of individual men in the schools.
college
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From this reading On the day after the Vice-Chancellor’s party, Falloden, after a somewhat slack morning’s work, lunched in college with Meyrick.
day
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From this reading On the day after the Vice-Chancellor’s party, Falloden, after a somewhat slack morning’s work, lunched in college with Meyrick.
debate
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From this reading After hall, the quadrangle was filled with strolling men, hatless and smoking, discussing the chances of the Eights, the last debate at the Union, and the prospects of individual men in the schools.
discussing
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From this reading After hall, the quadrangle was filled with strolling men, hatless and smoking, discussing the chances of the Eights, the last debate at the Union, and the prospects of individual men in the schools.
Eights
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From this reading After hall, the quadrangle was filled with strolling men, hatless and smoking, discussing the chances of the Eights, the last debate at the Union, and the prospects of individual men in the schools.
Falloden
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From this reading On the day after the Vice-Chancellor’s party, Falloden, after a somewhat slack morning’s work, lunched in college with Meyrick.
fellow
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From this reading “Great Scott!” said Falloden irritably to Meyrick, with whom he was walking arm in arm, “what a noise that fellow Radowitz makes!
filled
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From this reading After hall, the quadrangle was filled with strolling men, hatless and smoking, discussing the chances of the Eights, the last debate at the Union, and the prospects of individual men in the schools.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Presently the sound of a piano was heard from the open windows of a room on the first floor.
floor
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From this reading Presently the sound of a piano was heard from the open windows of a room on the first floor.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Presently the sound of a piano was heard from the open windows of a room on the first floor.
GreatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Great Scott!” said Falloden irritably to Meyrick, with whom he was walking arm in arm, “what a noise that fellow Radowitz makes!
hall
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From this reading After hall, the quadrangle was filled with strolling men, hatless and smoking, discussing the chances of the Eights, the last debate at the Union, and the prospects of individual men in the schools.
hatless
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From this reading After hall, the quadrangle was filled with strolling men, hatless and smoking, discussing the chances of the Eights, the last debate at the Union, and the prospects of individual men in the schools.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Why should we have to listen to him?
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Great Scott!” said Falloden irritably to Meyrick, with whom he was walking arm in arm, “what a noise that fellow Radowitz makes!
heard
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From this reading Presently the sound of a piano was heard from the open windows of a room on the first floor.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Why should we have to listen to him?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On the day after the Vice-Chancellor’s party, Falloden, after a somewhat slack morning’s work, lunched in college with Meyrick.
individual
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From this reading After hall, the quadrangle was filled with strolling men, hatless and smoking, discussing the chances of the Eights, the last debate at the Union, and the prospects of individual men in the schools.
irritably
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From this reading “Great Scott!” said Falloden irritably to Meyrick, with whom he was walking arm in arm, “what a noise that fellow Radowitz makes!
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After hall, the quadrangle was filled with strolling men, hatless and smoking, discussing the chances of the Eights, the last debate at the Union, and the prospects of individual men in the schools.
listen
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From this reading Why should we have to listen to him?
lunched
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From this reading On the day after the Vice-Chancellor’s party, Falloden, after a somewhat slack morning’s work, lunched in college with Meyrick.
makes
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From this reading “Great Scott!” said Falloden irritably to Meyrick, with whom he was walking arm in arm, “what a noise that fellow Radowitz makes!
men
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From this reading After hall, the quadrangle was filled with strolling men, hatless and smoking, discussing the chances of the Eights, the last debate at the Union, and the prospects of individual men in the schools.
Meyrick
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From this reading On the day after the Vice-Chancellor’s party, Falloden, after a somewhat slack morning’s work, lunched in college with Meyrick.
morning's
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From this reading On the day after the Vice-Chancellor’s party, Falloden, after a somewhat slack morning’s work, lunched in college with Meyrick.
noise
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From this reading “Great Scott!” said Falloden irritably to Meyrick, with whom he was walking arm in arm, “what a noise that fellow Radowitz makes!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading After hall, the quadrangle was filled with strolling men, hatless and smoking, discussing the chances of the Eights, the last debate at the Union, and the prospects of individual men in the schools.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the day after the Vice-Chancellor’s party, Falloden, after a somewhat slack morning’s work, lunched in college with Meyrick.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Presently the sound of a piano was heard from the open windows of a room on the first floor.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the day after the Vice-Chancellor’s party, Falloden, after a somewhat slack morning’s work, lunched in college with Meyrick.
piano
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From this reading Presently the sound of a piano was heard from the open windows of a room on the first floor.
Presently
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From this reading Presently the sound of a piano was heard from the open windows of a room on the first floor.
prospects
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From this reading After hall, the quadrangle was filled with strolling men, hatless and smoking, discussing the chances of the Eights, the last debate at the Union, and the prospects of individual men in the schools.
quadrangle
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From this reading After hall, the quadrangle was filled with strolling men, hatless and smoking, discussing the chances of the Eights, the last debate at the Union, and the prospects of individual men in the schools.
Radowitz
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From this reading “Great Scott!” said Falloden irritably to Meyrick, with whom he was walking arm in arm, “what a noise that fellow Radowitz makes!
room
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From this reading Presently the sound of a piano was heard from the open windows of a room on the first floor.
said
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From this reading “Great Scott!” said Falloden irritably to Meyrick, with whom he was walking arm in arm, “what a noise that fellow Radowitz makes!
schools
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From this reading After hall, the quadrangle was filled with strolling men, hatless and smoking, discussing the chances of the Eights, the last debate at the Union, and the prospects of individual men in the schools.
Scott
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From this reading “Great Scott!” said Falloden irritably to Meyrick, with whom he was walking arm in arm, “what a noise that fellow Radowitz makes!
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Why should we have to listen to him?
slack
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From this reading On the day after the Vice-Chancellor’s party, Falloden, after a somewhat slack morning’s work, lunched in college with Meyrick.
smokingnounUS /ˈsmoking/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading After hall, the quadrangle was filled with strolling men, hatless and smoking, discussing the chances of the Eights, the last debate at the Union, and the prospects of individual men in the schools.
somewhat
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From this reading On the day after the Vice-Chancellor’s party, Falloden, after a somewhat slack morning’s work, lunched in college with Meyrick.
sound
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From this reading Presently the sound of a piano was heard from the open windows of a room on the first floor.
strolling
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From this reading After hall, the quadrangle was filled with strolling men, hatless and smoking, discussing the chances of the Eights, the last debate at the Union, and the prospects of individual men in the schools.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Great Scott!” said Falloden irritably to Meyrick, with whom he was walking arm in arm, “what a noise that fellow Radowitz makes!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the day after the Vice-Chancellor’s party, Falloden, after a somewhat slack morning’s work, lunched in college with Meyrick.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Great Scott!” said Falloden irritably to Meyrick, with whom he was walking arm in arm, “what a noise that fellow Radowitz makes!
Union
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From this reading After hall, the quadrangle was filled with strolling men, hatless and smoking, discussing the chances of the Eights, the last debate at the Union, and the prospects of individual men in the schools.
Vice-Chancellor's
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From this reading On the day after the Vice-Chancellor’s party, Falloden, after a somewhat slack morning’s work, lunched in college with Meyrick.
walking
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From this reading “Great Scott!” said Falloden irritably to Meyrick, with whom he was walking arm in arm, “what a noise that fellow Radowitz makes!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading After hall, the quadrangle was filled with strolling men, hatless and smoking, discussing the chances of the Eights, the last debate at the Union, and the prospects of individual men in the schools.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Why should we have to listen to him?
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Great Scott!” said Falloden irritably to Meyrick, with whom he was walking arm in arm, “what a noise that fellow Radowitz makes!
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Great Scott!” said Falloden irritably to Meyrick, with whom he was walking arm in arm, “what a noise that fellow Radowitz makes!
Why
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From this reading Why should we have to listen to him?
windows
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From this reading Presently the sound of a piano was heard from the open windows of a room on the first floor.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading On the day after the Vice-Chancellor’s party, Falloden, after a somewhat slack morning’s work, lunched in college with Meyrick.
work
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From this reading On the day after the Vice-Chancellor’s party, Falloden, after a somewhat slack morning’s work, lunched in college with Meyrick.
