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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 Mr. Treherne introduced me to his daughter, and Clovelly amiably drew the father into a discussion of communism as found in the South Sea Islands.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I went on deck again, and found Clovelly in the smoking-room.
alternated
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From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
amiably
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From this reading Mr. Treherne introduced me to his daughter, and Clovelly amiably drew the father into a discussion of communism as found in the South Sea Islands.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I went on deck again, and found Clovelly in the smoking-room.
appeals
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From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mr. Treherne introduced me to his daughter, and Clovelly amiably drew the father into a discussion of communism as found in the South Sea Islands.
associated
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From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
Blackburn
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From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
bookmaker
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bowl
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From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
brilliant
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From this reading I do not think my conversation with Miss Treherne was brilliant.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
came
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From this reading Clovelly came with me, and we joined Miss Treherne and her father.
Clovelly
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From this reading I went on deck again, and found Clovelly in the smoking-room.
comic
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From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
communism
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From this reading Mr. Treherne introduced me to his daughter, and Clovelly amiably drew the father into a discussion of communism as found in the South Sea Islands.
conversation
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From this reading I do not think my conversation with Miss Treherne was brilliant.
daughter
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From this reading Mr. Treherne introduced me to his daughter, and Clovelly amiably drew the father into a discussion of communism as found in the South Sea Islands.
deck
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From this reading I went on deck again, and found Clovelly in the smoking-room.
discussion
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From this reading Mr. Treherne introduced me to his daughter, and Clovelly amiably drew the father into a discussion of communism as found in the South Sea Islands.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading I do not think my conversation with Miss Treherne was brilliant.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Treherne introduced me to his daughter, and Clovelly amiably drew the father into a discussion of communism as found in the South Sea Islands.
electric
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From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
engaged
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From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
father
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From this reading Clovelly came with me, and we joined Miss Treherne and her father.
fill
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From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
flowing
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From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I went on deck again, and found Clovelly in the smoking-room.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Clovelly came with me, and we joined Miss Treherne and her father.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mr. Treherne introduced me to his daughter, and Clovelly amiably drew the father into a discussion of communism as found in the South Sea Islands.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I went on deck again, and found Clovelly in the smoking-room.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I went on deck again, and found Clovelly in the smoking-room.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Mr. Treherne introduced me to his daughter, and Clovelly amiably drew the father into a discussion of communism as found in the South Sea Islands.
introduced
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From this reading Mr. Treherne introduced me to his daughter, and Clovelly amiably drew the father into a discussion of communism as found in the South Sea Islands.
Islands
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From this reading Mr. Treherne introduced me to his daughter, and Clovelly amiably drew the father into a discussion of communism as found in the South Sea Islands.
joined
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From this reading Clovelly came with me, and we joined Miss Treherne and her father.
lasted
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From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Clovelly came with me, and we joined Miss Treherne and her father.
Miss
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From this reading Clovelly came with me, and we joined Miss Treherne and her father.
Mr
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From this reading Mr. Treherne introduced me to his daughter, and Clovelly amiably drew the father into a discussion of communism as found in the South Sea Islands.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I do not think my conversation with Miss Treherne was brilliant.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I do not think my conversation with Miss Treherne was brilliant.
occupation
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From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I went on deck again, and found Clovelly in the smoking-room.
Sea
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From this reading Mr. Treherne introduced me to his daughter, and Clovelly amiably drew the father into a discussion of communism as found in the South Sea Islands.
smoking-room
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From this reading I went on deck again, and found Clovelly in the smoking-room.
songs
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From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
South
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From this reading Mr. Treherne introduced me to his daughter, and Clovelly amiably drew the father into a discussion of communism as found in the South Sea Islands.
steward
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From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
tales
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From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
telling
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From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I went on deck again, and found Clovelly in the smoking-room.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I do not think my conversation with Miss Treherne was brilliant.
throughoutprepositionUS /θruːˈaʊt/
in every part of a place, or for the whole of a period
From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
Treherne
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From this reading Clovelly came with me, and we joined Miss Treherne and her father.
turf
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From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
voyage
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From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Clovelly came with me, and we joined Miss Treherne and her father.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I went on deck again, and found Clovelly in the smoking-room.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The bookmaker was engaged in telling tales of the turf, alternated with comic songs by Blackburn--an occupation which lasted throughout the voyage, and was associated with electric appeals to the steward to fill the flowing bowl.
