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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 Wharton was sitting in a secluded corner of the library of the House of Commons.
acquaintance
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From this reading He glanced curiously at Wharton, with whom he had a familiar House-of-Commons acquaintance.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An old county member, with a rugged face and eye-glasses, who had been in Parliament for a generation, came to the same corner to look up a speech.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had a number of loose sheets of paper on a chair beside him, and others in his hand and on his knee.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He glanced curiously at Wharton, with whom he had a familiar House-of-Commons acquaintance.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading An old county member, with a rugged face and eye-glasses, who had been in Parliament for a generation, came to the same corner to look up a speech.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading He had a number of loose sheets of paper on a chair beside him, and others in his hand and on his knee.
came
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From this reading An old county member, with a rugged face and eye-glasses, who had been in Parliament for a generation, came to the same corner to look up a speech.
chair
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From this reading He had a number of loose sheets of paper on a chair beside him, and others in his hand and on his knee.
Commons
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From this reading Wharton was sitting in a secluded corner of the library of the House of Commons.
corner
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From this reading Wharton was sitting in a secluded corner of the library of the House of Commons.
county
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From this reading An old county member, with a rugged face and eye-glasses, who had been in Parliament for a generation, came to the same corner to look up a speech.
curiously
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From this reading He glanced curiously at Wharton, with whom he had a familiar House-of-Commons acquaintance.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
eye-glasses
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From this reading An old county member, with a rugged face and eye-glasses, who had been in Parliament for a generation, came to the same corner to look up a speech.
face
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From this reading An old county member, with a rugged face and eye-glasses, who had been in Parliament for a generation, came to the same corner to look up a speech.
familiar
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From this reading He glanced curiously at Wharton, with whom he had a familiar House-of-Commons acquaintance.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
Friday
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From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
generation
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From this reading An old county member, with a rugged face and eye-glasses, who had been in Parliament for a generation, came to the same corner to look up a speech.
glanced
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From this reading He glanced curiously at Wharton, with whom he had a familiar House-of-Commons acquaintance.
going
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From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had a number of loose sheets of paper on a chair beside him, and others in his hand and on his knee.
hand
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From this reading He had a number of loose sheets of paper on a chair beside him, and others in his hand and on his knee.
Hansard
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From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had a number of loose sheets of paper on a chair beside him, and others in his hand and on his knee.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He had a number of loose sheets of paper on a chair beside him, and others in his hand and on his knee.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had a number of loose sheets of paper on a chair beside him, and others in his hand and on his knee.
House
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From this reading Wharton was sitting in a secluded corner of the library of the House of Commons.
House-of-Commons
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From this reading He glanced curiously at Wharton, with whom he had a familiar House-of-Commons acquaintance.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Wharton was sitting in a secluded corner of the library of the House of Commons.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
knee
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From this reading He had a number of loose sheets of paper on a chair beside him, and others in his hand and on his knee.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
lay
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From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
library
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From this reading Wharton was sitting in a secluded corner of the library of the House of Commons.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An old county member, with a rugged face and eye-glasses, who had been in Parliament for a generation, came to the same corner to look up a speech.
loose
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From this reading He had a number of loose sheets of paper on a chair beside him, and others in his hand and on his knee.
member
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From this reading An old county member, with a rugged face and eye-glasses, who had been in Parliament for a generation, came to the same corner to look up a speech.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
near
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From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
notes
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From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
now
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From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
number
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From this reading He had a number of loose sheets of paper on a chair beside him, and others in his hand and on his knee.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Wharton was sitting in a secluded corner of the library of the House of Commons.
old
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From this reading An old county member, with a rugged face and eye-glasses, who had been in Parliament for a generation, came to the same corner to look up a speech.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He had a number of loose sheets of paper on a chair beside him, and others in his hand and on his knee.
others
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From this reading He had a number of loose sheets of paper on a chair beside him, and others in his hand and on his knee.
paper
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From this reading He had a number of loose sheets of paper on a chair beside him, and others in his hand and on his knee.
Parliament
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From this reading An old county member, with a rugged face and eye-glasses, who had been in Parliament for a generation, came to the same corner to look up a speech.
pencilling
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From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
questions
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From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
quotation
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From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
rapidly
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From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
rugged
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From this reading An old county member, with a rugged face and eye-glasses, who had been in Parliament for a generation, came to the same corner to look up a speech.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An old county member, with a rugged face and eye-glasses, who had been in Parliament for a generation, came to the same corner to look up a speech.
secluded
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From this reading Wharton was sitting in a secluded corner of the library of the House of Commons.
sheets
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From this reading He had a number of loose sheets of paper on a chair beside him, and others in his hand and on his knee.
sitting
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From this reading Wharton was sitting in a secluded corner of the library of the House of Commons.
speech
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From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
taking
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From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Wharton was sitting in a secluded corner of the library of the House of Commons.
then
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From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
there
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From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading An old county member, with a rugged face and eye-glasses, who had been in Parliament for a generation, came to the same corner to look up a speech.
up
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From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
verify
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From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
volume
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From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Wharton was sitting in a secluded corner of the library of the House of Commons.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was Friday afternoon; questions were going on in the House; and he was running rapidly for the last time through the notes of his speech, pencilling here and there, and every now and then taking up a volume of Hansard that lay near that he might verify a quotation.
Wharton
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From this reading Wharton was sitting in a secluded corner of the library of the House of Commons.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading An old county member, with a rugged face and eye-glasses, who had been in Parliament for a generation, came to the same corner to look up a speech.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He glanced curiously at Wharton, with whom he had a familiar House-of-Commons acquaintance.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading An old county member, with a rugged face and eye-glasses, who had been in Parliament for a generation, came to the same corner to look up a speech.
