(sentence connectors) because of the reason given
From this reading The Naturalist Algernon de Breton Lomas-Coper was one of the genial Algys made famous by Mr. P. G. Wodehouse, and accordingly he often ejaculated “What?
Algernon
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Algys
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From this reading The Naturalist Algernon de Breton Lomas-Coper was one of the genial Algys made famous by Mr. P. G. Wodehouse, and accordingly he often ejaculated “What?
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Naturalist Algernon de Breton Lomas-Coper was one of the genial Algys made famous by Mr. P. G. Wodehouse, and accordingly he often ejaculated “What?
accept as true; take to be true
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BretonnounUS /ˈbretən/
a native or inhabitant of Brittany (especially one who speaks the Breton language)
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brilliancenounUS /ˈbrɪljəns/
a light within the field of vision that is brighter than the brightness to which the eyes are adapted
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used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
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showing who or what does the action
From this reading The Naturalist Algernon de Breton Lomas-Coper was one of the genial Algys made famous by Mr. P. G. Wodehouse, and accordingly he often ejaculated “What?
the act of drawing spatially closer to something
From this reading “And he’s coming to lunch.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
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a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies
From this reading The Naturalist Algernon de Breton Lomas-Coper was one of the genial Algys made famous by Mr. P. G. Wodehouse, and accordingly he often ejaculated “What?
plural of “ear” — the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium
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ejaculated
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widely known and esteemed
From this reading The Naturalist Algernon de Breton Lomas-Coper was one of the genial Algys made famous by Mr. P. G. Wodehouse, and accordingly he often ejaculated “What?
a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram
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genialadjectiveUS /ˈdʒiːnjəl/
diffusing warmth and friendliness
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only a very short time before
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a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
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he's
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belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
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It's
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From this reading “It’s perfectly true,” said Patricia.
Lomas-Coper
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take the midday meal
From this reading “And he’s coming to lunch.”
produced by a manufacturing process
From this reading The Naturalist Algernon de Breton Lomas-Coper was one of the genial Algys made famous by Mr. P. G. Wodehouse, and accordingly he often ejaculated “What?
a form of address for a man
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NaturalistnounUS /ˈnætʃərələst/
an advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms
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in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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many times at short intervals
From this reading The Naturalist Algernon de Breton Lomas-Coper was one of the genial Algys made famous by Mr. P. G. Wodehouse, and accordingly he often ejaculated “What?
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
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have ownership or possession of
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a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
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Patricia
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completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
From this reading “It’s perfectly true,” said Patricia.
being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
From this reading “It’s perfectly true,” said Patricia.
give an exhibition of to an interested audience
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used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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consistent with fact or reality; not false
From this reading “It’s perfectly true,” said Patricia.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Naturalist Algernon de Breton Lomas-Coper was one of the genial Algys made famous by Mr. P. G. Wodehouse, and accordingly he often ejaculated “What?
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The Naturalist Algernon de Breton Lomas-Coper was one of the genial Algys made famous by Mr. P. G. Wodehouse, and accordingly he often ejaculated “What?
WodehousenounUS /ˈwʊdhaʊs/
English writer known for his humorous novels and stories (1881-1975)
From this reading The Naturalist Algernon de Breton Lomas-Coper was one of the genial Algys made famous by Mr. P. G. Wodehouse, and accordingly he often ejaculated “What?
