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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 “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
anxiously
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From this reading Sorell, who had come with the boy from the station, eyed him anxiously.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “What do you keep such a climate for?” growled Radowitz, as he hung shivering over the grate.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Yet the London doctors on the whole had been reassuring.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
boy
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From this reading Sorell, who had come with the boy from the station, eyed him anxiously.
boy's
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From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
bright
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From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
cheeks
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From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
climate
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From this reading “What do you keep such a climate for?” growled Radowitz, as he hung shivering over the grate.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sorell, who had come with the boy from the station, eyed him anxiously.
depression
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From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “What do you keep such a climate for?” growled Radowitz, as he hung shivering over the grate.
doctors
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From this reading Yet the London doctors on the whole had been reassuring.
dry
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From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
endeavouring
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From this reading “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
eyed
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From this reading Sorell, who had come with the boy from the station, eyed him anxiously.
Falloden
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From this reading “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
fears
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From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
felt
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From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
fevered
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From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
fire
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From this reading “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “What do you keep such a climate for?” growled Radowitz, as he hung shivering over the grate.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Sorell, who had come with the boy from the station, eyed him anxiously.
grate
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From this reading “What do you keep such a climate for?” growled Radowitz, as he hung shivering over the grate.
growlednounUS /ˈgrowled/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “What do you keep such a climate for?” growled Radowitz, as he hung shivering over the grate.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Sorell, who had come with the boy from the station, eyed him anxiously.
happened
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From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
Haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Sorell, who had come with the boy from the station, eyed him anxiously.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
horribly
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From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
hung
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From this reading “What do you keep such a climate for?” growled Radowitz, as he hung shivering over the grate.
improve
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From this reading “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
keep
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From this reading “What do you keep such a climate for?” growled Radowitz, as he hung shivering over the grate.
knees
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From this reading “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
London
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From this reading Yet the London doctors on the whole had been reassuring.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
lured
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From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
magnificent
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From this reading “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
man
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From this reading “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
most
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From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
old
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From this reading “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
originally
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From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “What do you keep such a climate for?” growled Radowitz, as he hung shivering over the grate.
Oxford
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From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
patches
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From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
Radowitz
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From this reading “What do you keep such a climate for?” growled Radowitz, as he hung shivering over the grate.
reassuring
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From this reading Yet the London doctors on the whole had been reassuring.
red
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From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
responsibleadjectiveUS /rɪˈspɑnsəbəl/
having a duty to protect or manage something
From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
revived
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From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
said
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From this reading “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
shivering
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From this reading “What do you keep such a climate for?” growled Radowitz, as he hung shivering over the grate.
sinister
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From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
some
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From this reading “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
Sorell
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From this reading Sorell, who had come with the boy from the station, eyed him anxiously.
station
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From this reading Sorell, who had come with the boy from the station, eyed him anxiously.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading “What do you keep such a climate for?” growled Radowitz, as he hung shivering over the grate.
tea
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From this reading “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “What do you keep such a climate for?” growled Radowitz, as he hung shivering over the grate.
there
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From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
up
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From this reading “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
warm
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From this reading “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
weaknessnounUS /ˈwiːknəs/
a lack of physical strength
From this reading The bright red patches on the boy’s cheeks, and his dry, fevered look, his weakness and his depression, had revived the most sinister fears in the mind of the man who had originally lured him to Oxford, and felt himself horribly responsible for what had happened there.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What do you keep such a climate for?” growled Radowitz, as he hung shivering over the grate.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “Have some tea, old man, and warm up,” said Falloden, on his knees before a fire already magnificent, which he was endeavouring to improve.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Sorell, who had come with the boy from the station, eyed him anxiously.
whole
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From this reading Yet the London doctors on the whole had been reassuring.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Sorell, who had come with the boy from the station, eyed him anxiously.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet the London doctors on the whole had been reassuring.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What do you keep such a climate for?” growled Radowitz, as he hung shivering over the grate.
