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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 owed nothing whatever to Mendes, and yet it put a strain upon his sense of honour to ask a favour of the Brazilian.
acquaintance
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From this reading Their acquaintance had begun and continued, so to speak, along two parallel lines.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading THE POWERS THAT BE WHEN Alistair woke up on the morning after his promise to Don Juan, he did not feel happy.
Alistair
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From this reading THE POWERS THAT BE WHEN Alistair woke up on the morning after his promise to Don Juan, he did not feel happy.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Their acquaintance had begun and continued, so to speak, along two parallel lines.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He owed nothing whatever to Mendes, and yet it put a strain upon his sense of honour to ask a favour of the Brazilian.
Apart
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From this reading Apart from the headache left by his overnight excess, he suffered from the recollection of the pledge extorted from him.
ask
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From this reading He owed nothing whatever to Mendes, and yet it put a strain upon his sense of honour to ask a favour of the Brazilian.
BEauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading THE POWERS THAT BE WHEN Alistair woke up on the morning after his promise to Don Juan, he did not feel happy.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Mendes and he had been friendly for a long time, without being friends.
begun
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From this reading Their acquaintance had begun and continued, so to speak, along two parallel lines.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Mendes and he had been friendly for a long time, without being friends.
Brazilian
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From this reading He owed nothing whatever to Mendes, and yet it put a strain upon his sense of honour to ask a favour of the Brazilian.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Apart from the headache left by his overnight excess, he suffered from the recollection of the pledge extorted from him.
continued
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From this reading Their acquaintance had begun and continued, so to speak, along two parallel lines.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading THE POWERS THAT BE WHEN Alistair woke up on the morning after his promise to Don Juan, he did not feel happy.
Don
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From this reading THE POWERS THAT BE WHEN Alistair woke up on the morning after his promise to Don Juan, he did not feel happy.
excess
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From this reading Apart from the headache left by his overnight excess, he suffered from the recollection of the pledge extorted from him.
extorted
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From this reading Apart from the headache left by his overnight excess, he suffered from the recollection of the pledge extorted from him.
favour
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From this reading He owed nothing whatever to Mendes, and yet it put a strain upon his sense of honour to ask a favour of the Brazilian.
feel
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From this reading THE POWERS THAT BE WHEN Alistair woke up on the morning after his promise to Don Juan, he did not feel happy.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Mendes and he had been friendly for a long time, without being friends.
friendly
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From this reading Mendes and he had been friendly for a long time, without being friends.
friends
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From this reading Mendes and he had been friendly for a long time, without being friends.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Apart from the headache left by his overnight excess, he suffered from the recollection of the pledge extorted from him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mendes and he had been friendly for a long time, without being friends.
happy
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From this reading THE POWERS THAT BE WHEN Alistair woke up on the morning after his promise to Don Juan, he did not feel happy.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading THE POWERS THAT BE WHEN Alistair woke up on the morning after his promise to Don Juan, he did not feel happy.
headache
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From this reading Apart from the headache left by his overnight excess, he suffered from the recollection of the pledge extorted from him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Apart from the headache left by his overnight excess, he suffered from the recollection of the pledge extorted from him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading THE POWERS THAT BE WHEN Alistair woke up on the morning after his promise to Don Juan, he did not feel happy.
honour
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From this reading He owed nothing whatever to Mendes, and yet it put a strain upon his sense of honour to ask a favour of the Brazilian.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He owed nothing whatever to Mendes, and yet it put a strain upon his sense of honour to ask a favour of the Brazilian.
Juan
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From this reading THE POWERS THAT BE WHEN Alistair woke up on the morning after his promise to Don Juan, he did not feel happy.
left
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From this reading Apart from the headache left by his overnight excess, he suffered from the recollection of the pledge extorted from him.
lines
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From this reading Their acquaintance had begun and continued, so to speak, along two parallel lines.
long
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From this reading Mendes and he had been friendly for a long time, without being friends.
Mendes
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From this reading He owed nothing whatever to Mendes, and yet it put a strain upon his sense of honour to ask a favour of the Brazilian.
morning
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From this reading THE POWERS THAT BE WHEN Alistair woke up on the morning after his promise to Don Juan, he did not feel happy.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading THE POWERS THAT BE WHEN Alistair woke up on the morning after his promise to Don Juan, he did not feel happy.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading He owed nothing whatever to Mendes, and yet it put a strain upon his sense of honour to ask a favour of the Brazilian.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Apart from the headache left by his overnight excess, he suffered from the recollection of the pledge extorted from him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE POWERS THAT BE WHEN Alistair woke up on the morning after his promise to Don Juan, he did not feel happy.
overnight
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From this reading Apart from the headache left by his overnight excess, he suffered from the recollection of the pledge extorted from him.
owed
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From this reading He owed nothing whatever to Mendes, and yet it put a strain upon his sense of honour to ask a favour of the Brazilian.
parallel
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From this reading Their acquaintance had begun and continued, so to speak, along two parallel lines.
pledge
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From this reading Apart from the headache left by his overnight excess, he suffered from the recollection of the pledge extorted from him.
POWERS
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From this reading THE POWERS THAT BE WHEN Alistair woke up on the morning after his promise to Don Juan, he did not feel happy.
promise
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From this reading THE POWERS THAT BE WHEN Alistair woke up on the morning after his promise to Don Juan, he did not feel happy.
put
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From this reading He owed nothing whatever to Mendes, and yet it put a strain upon his sense of honour to ask a favour of the Brazilian.
recollection
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From this reading Apart from the headache left by his overnight excess, he suffered from the recollection of the pledge extorted from him.
sense
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From this reading He owed nothing whatever to Mendes, and yet it put a strain upon his sense of honour to ask a favour of the Brazilian.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Their acquaintance had begun and continued, so to speak, along two parallel lines.
speak
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From this reading Their acquaintance had begun and continued, so to speak, along two parallel lines.
strain
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From this reading He owed nothing whatever to Mendes, and yet it put a strain upon his sense of honour to ask a favour of the Brazilian.
suffered
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From this reading Apart from the headache left by his overnight excess, he suffered from the recollection of the pledge extorted from him.
THATconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE POWERS THAT BE WHEN Alistair woke up on the morning after his promise to Don Juan, he did not feel happy.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE POWERS THAT BE WHEN Alistair woke up on the morning after his promise to Don Juan, he did not feel happy.
TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their acquaintance had begun and continued, so to speak, along two parallel lines.
time
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From this reading Mendes and he had been friendly for a long time, without being friends.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE POWERS THAT BE WHEN Alistair woke up on the morning after his promise to Don Juan, he did not feel happy.
two
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From this reading Their acquaintance had begun and continued, so to speak, along two parallel lines.
up
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From this reading THE POWERS THAT BE WHEN Alistair woke up on the morning after his promise to Don Juan, he did not feel happy.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading He owed nothing whatever to Mendes, and yet it put a strain upon his sense of honour to ask a favour of the Brazilian.
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading He owed nothing whatever to Mendes, and yet it put a strain upon his sense of honour to ask a favour of the Brazilian.
WHENconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THE POWERS THAT BE WHEN Alistair woke up on the morning after his promise to Don Juan, he did not feel happy.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Mendes and he had been friendly for a long time, without being friends.
woke
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From this reading THE POWERS THAT BE WHEN Alistair woke up on the morning after his promise to Don Juan, he did not feel happy.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading He owed nothing whatever to Mendes, and yet it put a strain upon his sense of honour to ask a favour of the Brazilian.
