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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 expert geologist, a renowned lecturer, the friend of men of science and sometimes their foe, a contributor to the 'Encyclopædia Britannica,' and the author of a book of travel.
all
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From this reading He did not belong to the school of divines who annihilated Huxley by asking him, from the pulpit, to tell them, if protoplasm was the origin of all life, what was the origin of protoplasm.
almost
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From this reading Even in the morning, when pillars of the church were often disinclined to assume the attitude proper to pillars, the fane was almost crowded.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He was an expert geologist, a renowned lecturer, the friend of men of science and sometimes their foe, a contributor to the 'Encyclopædia Britannica,' and the author of a book of travel.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
annihilated
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From this reading He did not belong to the school of divines who annihilated Huxley by asking him, from the pulpit, to tell them, if protoplasm was the origin of all life, what was the origin of protoplasm.
Anniversary
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From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
asking
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From this reading He did not belong to the school of divines who annihilated Huxley by asking him, from the pulpit, to tell them, if protoplasm was the origin of all life, what was the origin of protoplasm.
assume
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From this reading Even in the morning, when pillars of the church were often disinclined to assume the attitude proper to pillars, the fane was almost crowded.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
attitude
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From this reading Even in the morning, when pillars of the church were often disinclined to assume the attitude proper to pillars, the fane was almost crowded.
author
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From this reading He was an expert geologist, a renowned lecturer, the friend of men of science and sometimes their foe, a contributor to the 'Encyclopædia Britannica,' and the author of a book of travel.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
belong
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From this reading He did not belong to the school of divines who annihilated Huxley by asking him, from the pulpit, to tell them, if protoplasm was the origin of all life, what was the origin of protoplasm.
book
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From this reading He was an expert geologist, a renowned lecturer, the friend of men of science and sometimes their foe, a contributor to the 'Encyclopædia Britannica,' and the author of a book of travel.
Britannica
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From this reading He was an expert geologist, a renowned lecturer, the friend of men of science and sometimes their foe, a contributor to the 'Encyclopædia Britannica,' and the author of a book of travel.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
CALL
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From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
Chapel
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From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
church
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From this reading Even in the morning, when pillars of the church were often disinclined to assume the attitude proper to pillars, the fane was almost crowded.
contributor
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From this reading He was an expert geologist, a renowned lecturer, the friend of men of science and sometimes their foe, a contributor to the 'Encyclopædia Britannica,' and the author of a book of travel.
crowded
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From this reading Even in the morning, when pillars of the church were often disinclined to assume the attitude proper to pillars, the fane was almost crowded.
delivered
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From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He did not belong to the school of divines who annihilated Huxley by asking him, from the pulpit, to tell them, if protoplasm was the origin of all life, what was the origin of protoplasm.
disinclined
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From this reading Even in the morning, when pillars of the church were often disinclined to assume the attitude proper to pillars, the fane was almost crowded.
divines
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From this reading He did not belong to the school of divines who annihilated Huxley by asking him, from the pulpit, to tell them, if protoplasm was the origin of all life, what was the origin of protoplasm.
DoctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For it was impossible to ignore the Doctor.
Dr
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From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
Encyclopædia
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From this reading He was an expert geologist, a renowned lecturer, the friend of men of science and sometimes their foe, a contributor to the 'Encyclopædia Britannica,' and the author of a book of travel.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even in the morning, when pillars of the church were often disinclined to assume the attitude proper to pillars, the fane was almost crowded.
expert
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From this reading He was an expert geologist, a renowned lecturer, the friend of men of science and sometimes their foe, a contributor to the 'Encyclopædia Britannica,' and the author of a book of travel.
fane
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From this reading Even in the morning, when pillars of the church were often disinclined to assume the attitude proper to pillars, the fane was almost crowded.
fifteen
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From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
foe
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From this reading He was an expert geologist, a renowned lecturer, the friend of men of science and sometimes their foe, a contributor to the 'Encyclopædia Britannica,' and the author of a book of travel.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For it was impossible to ignore the Doctor.
friend
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From this reading He was an expert geologist, a renowned lecturer, the friend of men of science and sometimes their foe, a contributor to the 'Encyclopædia Britannica,' and the author of a book of travel.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He did not belong to the school of divines who annihilated Huxley by asking him, from the pulpit, to tell them, if protoplasm was the origin of all life, what was the origin of protoplasm.
geologist
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From this reading He was an expert geologist, a renowned lecturer, the friend of men of science and sometimes their foe, a contributor to the 'Encyclopædia Britannica,' and the author of a book of travel.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He did not belong to the school of divines who annihilated Huxley by asking him, from the pulpit, to tell them, if protoplasm was the origin of all life, what was the origin of protoplasm.
Huxley
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From this reading He did not belong to the school of divines who annihilated Huxley by asking him, from the pulpit, to tell them, if protoplasm was the origin of all life, what was the origin of protoplasm.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He did not belong to the school of divines who annihilated Huxley by asking him, from the pulpit, to tell them, if protoplasm was the origin of all life, what was the origin of protoplasm.
ignore
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From this reading For it was impossible to ignore the Doctor.
impossible
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From this reading For it was impossible to ignore the Doctor.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Even in the morning, when pillars of the church were often disinclined to assume the attitude proper to pillars, the fane was almost crowded.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
lecturer
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From this reading He was an expert geologist, a renowned lecturer, the friend of men of science and sometimes their foe, a contributor to the 'Encyclopædia Britannica,' and the author of a book of travel.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He did not belong to the school of divines who annihilated Huxley by asking him, from the pulpit, to tell them, if protoplasm was the origin of all life, what was the origin of protoplasm.
men
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From this reading He was an expert geologist, a renowned lecturer, the friend of men of science and sometimes their foe, a contributor to the 'Encyclopædia Britannica,' and the author of a book of travel.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even in the morning, when pillars of the church were often disinclined to assume the attitude proper to pillars, the fane was almost crowded.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He did not belong to the school of divines who annihilated Huxley by asking him, from the pulpit, to tell them, if protoplasm was the origin of all life, what was the origin of protoplasm.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Even in the morning, when pillars of the church were often disinclined to assume the attitude proper to pillars, the fane was almost crowded.
often
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From this reading Even in the morning, when pillars of the church were often disinclined to assume the attitude proper to pillars, the fane was almost crowded.
origin
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From this reading He did not belong to the school of divines who annihilated Huxley by asking him, from the pulpit, to tell them, if protoplasm was the origin of all life, what was the origin of protoplasm.
pillars
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From this reading Even in the morning, when pillars of the church were often disinclined to assume the attitude proper to pillars, the fane was almost crowded.
preached
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From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
proper
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From this reading Even in the morning, when pillars of the church were often disinclined to assume the attitude proper to pillars, the fane was almost crowded.
protoplasm
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From this reading He did not belong to the school of divines who annihilated Huxley by asking him, from the pulpit, to tell them, if protoplasm was the origin of all life, what was the origin of protoplasm.
pulpit
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From this reading He did not belong to the school of divines who annihilated Huxley by asking him, from the pulpit, to tell them, if protoplasm was the origin of all life, what was the origin of protoplasm.
Quain
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From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
renowned
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From this reading He was an expert geologist, a renowned lecturer, the friend of men of science and sometimes their foe, a contributor to the 'Encyclopædia Britannica,' and the author of a book of travel.
Reverend
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From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
school
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From this reading He did not belong to the school of divines who annihilated Huxley by asking him, from the pulpit, to tell them, if protoplasm was the origin of all life, what was the origin of protoplasm.
science
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From this reading He was an expert geologist, a renowned lecturer, the friend of men of science and sometimes their foe, a contributor to the 'Encyclopædia Britannica,' and the author of a book of travel.
sermons
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From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
Simon
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From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
sometimes
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From this reading He was an expert geologist, a renowned lecturer, the friend of men of science and sometimes their foe, a contributor to the 'Encyclopædia Britannica,' and the author of a book of travel.
Sytch
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From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He did not belong to the school of divines who annihilated Huxley by asking him, from the pulpit, to tell them, if protoplasm was the origin of all life, what was the origin of protoplasm.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading He was an expert geologist, a renowned lecturer, the friend of men of science and sometimes their foe, a contributor to the 'Encyclopædia Britannica,' and the author of a book of travel.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He did not belong to the school of divines who annihilated Huxley by asking him, from the pulpit, to tell them, if protoplasm was the origin of all life, what was the origin of protoplasm.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
travel
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From this reading He was an expert geologist, a renowned lecturer, the friend of men of science and sometimes their foe, a contributor to the 'Encyclopædia Britannica,' and the author of a book of travel.
Trust
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From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
two
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From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading He did not belong to the school of divines who annihilated Huxley by asking him, from the pulpit, to tell them, if protoplasm was the origin of all life, what was the origin of protoplasm.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Even in the morning, when pillars of the church were often disinclined to assume the attitude proper to pillars, the fane was almost crowded.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He did not belong to the school of divines who annihilated Huxley by asking him, from the pulpit, to tell them, if protoplasm was the origin of all life, what was the origin of protoplasm.
years
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From this reading THE CALL It was the Trust Anniversary at the Sytch Chapel, and two sermons were to be delivered by the Reverend Dr. Simon Quain; during fifteen years none but he had preached the Trust sermons.
