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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 The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Yes, your grace," said the man; then, as his master lifted the soft brown eyes with gentle reproach, he added, correcting himself, "yes, sir."
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
arrives
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From this reading "When Lord Auchester arrives let him come to me at once; and, Grey, be good enough to remember what I told you----."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Yes, your grace," said the man; then, as his master lifted the soft brown eyes with gentle reproach, he added, correcting himself, "yes, sir."
assistance
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From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "When Lord Auchester arrives let him come to me at once; and, Grey, be good enough to remember what I told you----."
Auchester
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From this reading "When Lord Auchester arrives let him come to me at once; and, Grey, be good enough to remember what I told you----."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "When Lord Auchester arrives let him come to me at once; and, Grey, be good enough to remember what I told you----."
brown
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From this reading "Yes, your grace," said the man; then, as his master lifted the soft brown eyes with gentle reproach, he added, correcting himself, "yes, sir."
carried
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From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
chair
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From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "When Lord Auchester arrives let him come to me at once; and, Grey, be good enough to remember what I told you----."
companion
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From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
correcting
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From this reading "Yes, your grace," said the man; then, as his master lifted the soft brown eyes with gentle reproach, he added, correcting himself, "yes, sir."
crippled
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From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
enough
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From this reading "When Lord Auchester arrives let him come to me at once; and, Grey, be good enough to remember what I told you----."
eyes
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From this reading "Yes, your grace," said the man; then, as his master lifted the soft brown eyes with gentle reproach, he added, correcting himself, "yes, sir."
faint
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From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
FATE
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From this reading FATE.
fly
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From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
gentle
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From this reading "Yes, your grace," said the man; then, as his master lifted the soft brown eyes with gentle reproach, he added, correcting himself, "yes, sir."
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "When Lord Auchester arrives let him come to me at once; and, Grey, be good enough to remember what I told you----."
grace
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From this reading "Yes, your grace," said the man; then, as his master lifted the soft brown eyes with gentle reproach, he added, correcting himself, "yes, sir."
Grey
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From this reading "Leave me, Grey," he said.
hauled
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From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Leave me, Grey," he said.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "When Lord Auchester arrives let him come to me at once; and, Grey, be good enough to remember what I told you----."
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading "Yes, your grace," said the man; then, as his master lifted the soft brown eyes with gentle reproach, he added, correcting himself, "yes, sir."
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "When Lord Auchester arrives let him come to me at once; and, Grey, be good enough to remember what I told you----."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
invalid's
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From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
Leave
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From this reading "Leave me, Grey," he said.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading "When Lord Auchester arrives let him come to me at once; and, Grey, be good enough to remember what I told you----."
lifted
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From this reading "Yes, your grace," said the man; then, as his master lifted the soft brown eyes with gentle reproach, he added, correcting himself, "yes, sir."
Lord
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From this reading "When Lord Auchester arrives let him come to me at once; and, Grey, be good enough to remember what I told you----."
made
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From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
man
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From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
Marine
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From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
master
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From this reading "Yes, your grace," said the man; then, as his master lifted the soft brown eyes with gentle reproach, he added, correcting himself, "yes, sir."
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Leave me, Grey," he said.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
once
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From this reading "When Lord Auchester arrives let him come to me at once; and, Grey, be good enough to remember what I told you----."
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading "When Lord Auchester arrives let him come to me at once; and, Grey, be good enough to remember what I told you----."
reproach
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From this reading "Yes, your grace," said the man; then, as his master lifted the soft brown eyes with gentle reproach, he added, correcting himself, "yes, sir."
said
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From this reading "Leave me, Grey," he said.
sank
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From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
sigh
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From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
sir
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From this reading "Yes, your grace," said the man; then, as his master lifted the soft brown eyes with gentle reproach, he added, correcting himself, "yes, sir."
sitting-room
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From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
soft
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From this reading "Yes, your grace," said the man; then, as his master lifted the soft brown eyes with gentle reproach, he added, correcting himself, "yes, sir."
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
then
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From this reading "Yes, your grace," said the man; then, as his master lifted the soft brown eyes with gentle reproach, he added, correcting himself, "yes, sir."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "When Lord Auchester arrives let him come to me at once; and, Grey, be good enough to remember what I told you----."
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "When Lord Auchester arrives let him come to me at once; and, Grey, be good enough to remember what I told you----."
top
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From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
Villa
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From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
way
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From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "When Lord Auchester arrives let him come to me at once; and, Grey, be good enough to remember what I told you----."
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "When Lord Auchester arrives let him come to me at once; and, Grey, be good enough to remember what I told you----."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
Yes
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From this reading "Yes, your grace," said the man; then, as his master lifted the soft brown eyes with gentle reproach, he added, correcting himself, "yes, sir."
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "When Lord Auchester arrives let him come to me at once; and, Grey, be good enough to remember what I told you----."
young
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From this reading The crippled young man, with the assistance of his companion, made his way into the sitting-room of Marine Villa; an invalid's chair was hauled from the top of the fly and carried in, and the young man sank into it with a faint sigh.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Yes, your grace," said the man; then, as his master lifted the soft brown eyes with gentle reproach, he added, correcting himself, "yes, sir."
