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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 In the London lamplight that he loved so well, under a starry sky of an almost theatrical blue, he looked another man already.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I began to feel I had been wrong about Raffles after all, and that enhanced my mirth.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading I began to feel I had been wrong about Raffles after all, and that enhanced my mirth.
all
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From this reading I began to feel I had been wrong about Raffles after all, and that enhanced my mirth.
almost
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From this reading In the London lamplight that he loved so well, under a starry sky of an almost theatrical blue, he looked another man already.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the London lamplight that he loved so well, under a starry sky of an almost theatrical blue, he looked another man already.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In the London lamplight that he loved so well, under a starry sky of an almost theatrical blue, he looked another man already.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I began to feel I had been wrong about Raffles after all, and that enhanced my mirth.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the London lamplight that he loved so well, under a starry sky of an almost theatrical blue, he looked another man already.
appeared
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From this reading Surely this was the old gay rascal, and it was by some uncanny feat of his stupendous will that he had appeared so haggard on the platform.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading How we laughed as we turned into Whitehall!
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I began to feel I had been wrong about Raffles after all, and that enhanced my mirth.
beer
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From this reading If such a change was due to a few draughts of bitter beer and a few ounces of fillet steak, then I felt I was the brewers' friend and the vegetarians' foe for life.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I began to feel I had been wrong about Raffles after all, and that enhanced my mirth.
bitter
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From this reading If such a change was due to a few draughts of bitter beer and a few ounces of fillet steak, then I felt I was the brewers' friend and the vegetarians' foe for life.
blue
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From this reading In the London lamplight that he loved so well, under a starry sky of an almost theatrical blue, he looked another man already.
brewers
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From this reading If such a change was due to a few draughts of bitter beer and a few ounces of fillet steak, then I felt I was the brewers' friend and the vegetarians' foe for life.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Surely this was the old gay rascal, and it was by some uncanny feat of his stupendous will that he had appeared so haggard on the platform.
change
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From this reading If such a change was due to a few draughts of bitter beer and a few ounces of fillet steak, then I felt I was the brewers' friend and the vegetarians' foe for life.
draughts
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From this reading If such a change was due to a few draughts of bitter beer and a few ounces of fillet steak, then I felt I was the brewers' friend and the vegetarians' foe for life.
due
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From this reading If such a change was due to a few draughts of bitter beer and a few ounces of fillet steak, then I felt I was the brewers' friend and the vegetarians' foe for life.
enhanced
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From this reading I began to feel I had been wrong about Raffles after all, and that enhanced my mirth.
feat
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From this reading Surely this was the old gay rascal, and it was by some uncanny feat of his stupendous will that he had appeared so haggard on the platform.
feel
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From this reading I began to feel I had been wrong about Raffles after all, and that enhanced my mirth.
felt
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From this reading If such a change was due to a few draughts of bitter beer and a few ounces of fillet steak, then I felt I was the brewers' friend and the vegetarians' foe for life.
few
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From this reading If such a change was due to a few draughts of bitter beer and a few ounces of fillet steak, then I felt I was the brewers' friend and the vegetarians' foe for life.
fillet
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From this reading If such a change was due to a few draughts of bitter beer and a few ounces of fillet steak, then I felt I was the brewers' friend and the vegetarians' foe for life.
foe
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From this reading If such a change was due to a few draughts of bitter beer and a few ounces of fillet steak, then I felt I was the brewers' friend and the vegetarians' foe for life.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading If such a change was due to a few draughts of bitter beer and a few ounces of fillet steak, then I felt I was the brewers' friend and the vegetarians' foe for life.
friend
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From this reading If such a change was due to a few draughts of bitter beer and a few ounces of fillet steak, then I felt I was the brewers' friend and the vegetarians' foe for life.
gay
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From this reading Surely this was the old gay rascal, and it was by some uncanny feat of his stupendous will that he had appeared so haggard on the platform.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I began to feel I had been wrong about Raffles after all, and that enhanced my mirth.
haggard
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From this reading Surely this was the old gay rascal, and it was by some uncanny feat of his stupendous will that he had appeared so haggard on the platform.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Surely this was the old gay rascal, and it was by some uncanny feat of his stupendous will that he had appeared so haggard on the platform.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Surely this was the old gay rascal, and it was by some uncanny feat of his stupendous will that he had appeared so haggard on the platform.
How
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From this reading How we laughed as we turned into Whitehall!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I began to feel I had been wrong about Raffles after all, and that enhanced my mirth.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If such a change was due to a few draughts of bitter beer and a few ounces of fillet steak, then I felt I was the brewers' friend and the vegetarians' foe for life.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the London lamplight that he loved so well, under a starry sky of an almost theatrical blue, he looked another man already.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading How we laughed as we turned into Whitehall!
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Surely this was the old gay rascal, and it was by some uncanny feat of his stupendous will that he had appeared so haggard on the platform.
lamplight
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From this reading In the London lamplight that he loved so well, under a starry sky of an almost theatrical blue, he looked another man already.
laughed
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From this reading How we laughed as we turned into Whitehall!
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If such a change was due to a few draughts of bitter beer and a few ounces of fillet steak, then I felt I was the brewers' friend and the vegetarians' foe for life.
London
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From this reading In the London lamplight that he loved so well, under a starry sky of an almost theatrical blue, he looked another man already.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the London lamplight that he loved so well, under a starry sky of an almost theatrical blue, he looked another man already.
loved
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From this reading In the London lamplight that he loved so well, under a starry sky of an almost theatrical blue, he looked another man already.
man
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From this reading In the London lamplight that he loved so well, under a starry sky of an almost theatrical blue, he looked another man already.
mirth
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From this reading I began to feel I had been wrong about Raffles after all, and that enhanced my mirth.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I began to feel I had been wrong about Raffles after all, and that enhanced my mirth.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Surely this was the old gay rascal, and it was by some uncanny feat of his stupendous will that he had appeared so haggard on the platform.
old
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From this reading Surely this was the old gay rascal, and it was by some uncanny feat of his stupendous will that he had appeared so haggard on the platform.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Surely this was the old gay rascal, and it was by some uncanny feat of his stupendous will that he had appeared so haggard on the platform.
ounces
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From this reading If such a change was due to a few draughts of bitter beer and a few ounces of fillet steak, then I felt I was the brewers' friend and the vegetarians' foe for life.
platform
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From this reading Surely this was the old gay rascal, and it was by some uncanny feat of his stupendous will that he had appeared so haggard on the platform.
Raffles
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From this reading I began to feel I had been wrong about Raffles after all, and that enhanced my mirth.
rascal
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From this reading Surely this was the old gay rascal, and it was by some uncanny feat of his stupendous will that he had appeared so haggard on the platform.
sky
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From this reading In the London lamplight that he loved so well, under a starry sky of an almost theatrical blue, he looked another man already.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Surely this was the old gay rascal, and it was by some uncanny feat of his stupendous will that he had appeared so haggard on the platform.
some
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From this reading Surely this was the old gay rascal, and it was by some uncanny feat of his stupendous will that he had appeared so haggard on the platform.
starry
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From this reading In the London lamplight that he loved so well, under a starry sky of an almost theatrical blue, he looked another man already.
steak
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From this reading If such a change was due to a few draughts of bitter beer and a few ounces of fillet steak, then I felt I was the brewers' friend and the vegetarians' foe for life.
stupendous
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From this reading Surely this was the old gay rascal, and it was by some uncanny feat of his stupendous will that he had appeared so haggard on the platform.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading If such a change was due to a few draughts of bitter beer and a few ounces of fillet steak, then I felt I was the brewers' friend and the vegetarians' foe for life.
Surely
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From this reading Surely this was the old gay rascal, and it was by some uncanny feat of his stupendous will that he had appeared so haggard on the platform.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I began to feel I had been wrong about Raffles after all, and that enhanced my mirth.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Surely this was the old gay rascal, and it was by some uncanny feat of his stupendous will that he had appeared so haggard on the platform.
theatrical
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From this reading In the London lamplight that he loved so well, under a starry sky of an almost theatrical blue, he looked another man already.
then
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From this reading If such a change was due to a few draughts of bitter beer and a few ounces of fillet steak, then I felt I was the brewers' friend and the vegetarians' foe for life.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Surely this was the old gay rascal, and it was by some uncanny feat of his stupendous will that he had appeared so haggard on the platform.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I began to feel I had been wrong about Raffles after all, and that enhanced my mirth.
turned
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From this reading How we laughed as we turned into Whitehall!
uncanny
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From this reading Surely this was the old gay rascal, and it was by some uncanny feat of his stupendous will that he had appeared so haggard on the platform.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading In the London lamplight that he loved so well, under a starry sky of an almost theatrical blue, he looked another man already.
vegetarians
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From this reading If such a change was due to a few draughts of bitter beer and a few ounces of fillet steak, then I felt I was the brewers' friend and the vegetarians' foe for life.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Surely this was the old gay rascal, and it was by some uncanny feat of his stupendous will that he had appeared so haggard on the platform.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading How we laughed as we turned into Whitehall!
well
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From this reading In the London lamplight that he loved so well, under a starry sky of an almost theatrical blue, he looked another man already.
Whitehall
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From this reading How we laughed as we turned into Whitehall!
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Surely this was the old gay rascal, and it was by some uncanny feat of his stupendous will that he had appeared so haggard on the platform.
wrong
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From this reading I began to feel I had been wrong about Raffles after all, and that enhanced my mirth.
