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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 A few busy and eventful weeks, days never forgotten by Marcella in after years, passed quickly by.
according
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From this reading Ministers, according to universal expectation, found themselves confronted by a damaging amendment on the Address, and were defeated by a small majority.
active
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From this reading A dissolution and appeal to the country followed immediately, and the meetings and speech-makings, already active throughout the constituencies, were carried forward with redoubled energy.
Address
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From this reading Ministers, according to universal expectation, found themselves confronted by a damaging amendment on the Address, and were defeated by a small majority.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading A few busy and eventful weeks, days never forgotten by Marcella in after years, passed quickly by.
Aldous
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From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A dissolution and appeal to the country followed immediately, and the meetings and speech-makings, already active throughout the constituencies, were carried forward with redoubled energy.
amendment
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From this reading Ministers, according to universal expectation, found themselves confronted by a damaging amendment on the Address, and were defeated by a small majority.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A few busy and eventful weeks, days never forgotten by Marcella in after years, passed quickly by.
appeal
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From this reading A dissolution and appeal to the country followed immediately, and the meetings and speech-makings, already active throughout the constituencies, were carried forward with redoubled energy.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
busy
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From this reading A few busy and eventful weeks, days never forgotten by Marcella in after years, passed quickly by.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A few busy and eventful weeks, days never forgotten by Marcella in after years, passed quickly by.
carried
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From this reading A dissolution and appeal to the country followed immediately, and the meetings and speech-makings, already active throughout the constituencies, were carried forward with redoubled energy.
confronted
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From this reading Ministers, according to universal expectation, found themselves confronted by a damaging amendment on the Address, and were defeated by a small majority.
constituencies
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From this reading A dissolution and appeal to the country followed immediately, and the meetings and speech-makings, already active throughout the constituencies, were carried forward with redoubled energy.
country
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From this reading A dissolution and appeal to the country followed immediately, and the meetings and speech-makings, already active throughout the constituencies, were carried forward with redoubled energy.
country-gentleman
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From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
damaging
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From this reading Ministers, according to universal expectation, found themselves confronted by a damaging amendment on the Address, and were defeated by a small majority.
days
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From this reading A few busy and eventful weeks, days never forgotten by Marcella in after years, passed quickly by.
defeated
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From this reading Ministers, according to universal expectation, found themselves confronted by a damaging amendment on the Address, and were defeated by a small majority.
dissolution
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From this reading A dissolution and appeal to the country followed immediately, and the meetings and speech-makings, already active throughout the constituencies, were carried forward with redoubled energy.
division
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From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
End
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From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
energy
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From this reading A dissolution and appeal to the country followed immediately, and the meetings and speech-makings, already active throughout the constituencies, were carried forward with redoubled energy.
Eton
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From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
eventful
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From this reading A few busy and eventful weeks, days never forgotten by Marcella in after years, passed quickly by.
expectation
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From this reading Ministers, according to universal expectation, found themselves confronted by a damaging amendment on the Address, and were defeated by a small majority.
fag
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From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
few
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From this reading A few busy and eventful weeks, days never forgotten by Marcella in after years, passed quickly by.
fighting
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From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
fluency
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From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
followed
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From this reading A dissolution and appeal to the country followed immediately, and the meetings and speech-makings, already active throughout the constituencies, were carried forward with redoubled energy.
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading A few busy and eventful weeks, days never forgotten by Marcella in after years, passed quickly by.
former
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From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A dissolution and appeal to the country followed immediately, and the meetings and speech-makings, already active throughout the constituencies, were carried forward with redoubled energy.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ministers, according to universal expectation, found themselves confronted by a damaging amendment on the Address, and were defeated by a small majority.
gave
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From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
immediately
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From this reading A dissolution and appeal to the country followed immediately, and the meetings and speech-makings, already active throughout the constituencies, were carried forward with redoubled energy.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A few busy and eventful weeks, days never forgotten by Marcella in after years, passed quickly by.
indeed
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From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
January
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From this reading Parliament met in the third week of January.
majority
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From this reading Ministers, according to universal expectation, found themselves confronted by a damaging amendment on the Address, and were defeated by a small majority.
Marcella
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From this reading A few busy and eventful weeks, days never forgotten by Marcella in after years, passed quickly by.
meetings
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From this reading A dissolution and appeal to the country followed immediately, and the meetings and speech-makings, already active throughout the constituencies, were carried forward with redoubled energy.
met
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From this reading Parliament met in the third week of January.
Ministers
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From this reading Ministers, according to universal expectation, found themselves confronted by a damaging amendment on the Address, and were defeated by a small majority.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A few busy and eventful weeks, days never forgotten by Marcella in after years, passed quickly by.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Parliament met in the third week of January.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Ministers, according to universal expectation, found themselves confronted by a damaging amendment on the Address, and were defeated by a small majority.
opponent
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From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
Parliament
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From this reading Parliament met in the third week of January.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A few busy and eventful weeks, days never forgotten by Marcella in after years, passed quickly by.
plenty
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From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
quickly
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From this reading A few busy and eventful weeks, days never forgotten by Marcella in after years, passed quickly by.
Raeburn
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From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
redoubled
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From this reading A dissolution and appeal to the country followed immediately, and the meetings and speech-makings, already active throughout the constituencies, were carried forward with redoubled energy.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
small
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From this reading Ministers, according to universal expectation, found themselves confronted by a damaging amendment on the Address, and were defeated by a small majority.
somewhat
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From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
speech-makings
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From this reading A dissolution and appeal to the country followed immediately, and the meetings and speech-makings, already active throughout the constituencies, were carried forward with redoubled energy.
stock
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From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Parliament met in the third week of January.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Ministers, according to universal expectation, found themselves confronted by a damaging amendment on the Address, and were defeated by a small majority.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Parliament met in the third week of January.
throughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading A dissolution and appeal to the country followed immediately, and the meetings and speech-makings, already active throughout the constituencies, were carried forward with redoubled energy.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Ministers, according to universal expectation, found themselves confronted by a damaging amendment on the Address, and were defeated by a small majority.
Tudley
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From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
universal
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From this reading Ministers, according to universal expectation, found themselves confronted by a damaging amendment on the Address, and were defeated by a small majority.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
week
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From this reading Parliament met in the third week of January.
weeks
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From this reading A few busy and eventful weeks, days never forgotten by Marcella in after years, passed quickly by.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Ministers, according to universal expectation, found themselves confronted by a damaging amendment on the Address, and were defeated by a small majority.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A dissolution and appeal to the country followed immediately, and the meetings and speech-makings, already active throughout the constituencies, were carried forward with redoubled energy.
years
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From this reading A few busy and eventful weeks, days never forgotten by Marcella in after years, passed quickly by.
younger
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From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
zeal
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From this reading In the Tudley End division, Aldous Raeburn was fighting a somewhat younger opponent of the same country-gentleman stock--a former fag indeed of his at Eton--whose zeal and fluency gave him plenty to do.
