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afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Nor did he, as was his wont after some such sigh, mechanically take up that dear comforter the pipe.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Nor did he, as was his wont after some such sigh, mechanically take up that dear comforter the pipe.
bad
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From this reading "It must be bad news indeed!" thought Jackeymo, and desisted from his work.
balustrade
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From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "It must be bad news indeed!" thought Jackeymo, and desisted from his work.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
brows
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From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
caress
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From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
childlike
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From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
comforter
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From this reading Nor did he, as was his wont after some such sigh, mechanically take up that dear comforter the pipe.
customary
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From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
dear
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From this reading Nor did he, as was his wont after some such sigh, mechanically take up that dear comforter the pipe.
desisted
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From this reading "It must be bad news indeed!" thought Jackeymo, and desisted from his work.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Nor did he, as was his wont after some such sigh, mechanically take up that dear comforter the pipe.
doctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The doctor sighed heavily.
eyes
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From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
fixed
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From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "It must be bad news indeed!" thought Jackeymo, and desisted from his work.
gone
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From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
ground
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From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
heavily
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From this reading The doctor sighed heavily.
heeded
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From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
indeed
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From this reading "It must be bad news indeed!" thought Jackeymo, and desisted from his work.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It must be bad news indeed!" thought Jackeymo, and desisted from his work.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
Jackeymo
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From this reading "It must be bad news indeed!" thought Jackeymo, and desisted from his work.
knees
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From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
laid
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From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
lap
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From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
lay
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From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
leaves
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From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
letter
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From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
lifting
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From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
lingered
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From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
lips
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From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
master
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From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
mechanically
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From this reading Nor did he, as was his wont after some such sigh, mechanically take up that dear comforter the pipe.
melancholy
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From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading "It must be bad news indeed!" thought Jackeymo, and desisted from his work.
near
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From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
news
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From this reading "It must be bad news indeed!" thought Jackeymo, and desisted from his work.
NorconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Nor did he, as was his wont after some such sigh, mechanically take up that dear comforter the pipe.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
orange-trees
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From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
other
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From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
peered
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From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
pipe
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From this reading Nor did he, as was his wont after some such sigh, mechanically take up that dear comforter the pipe.
pretence
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From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
Riccabocca's
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From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
saw
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From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
servant
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From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
side
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From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
sigh
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From this reading Nor did he, as was his wont after some such sigh, mechanically take up that dear comforter the pipe.
sighed
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From this reading The doctor sighed heavily.
silently
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From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
some
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From this reading Nor did he, as was his wont after some such sigh, mechanically take up that dear comforter the pipe.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Nor did he, as was his wont after some such sigh, mechanically take up that dear comforter the pipe.
sunny
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From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
syringing
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From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nor did he, as was his wont after some such sigh, mechanically take up that dear comforter the pipe.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "It must be bad news indeed!" thought Jackeymo, and desisted from his work.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
tobacco-pouch
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From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
up
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From this reading Nor did he, as was his wont after some such sigh, mechanically take up that dear comforter the pipe.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
wall
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From this reading But though the tobacco-pouch lay by his side on the balustrade, and the pipe stood against the wall between his knees, childlike lifting up its lips to the customary caress, he heeded neither the one nor the other, but laid the letter silently on his lap, and fixed his eyes upon the ground.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Nor did he, as was his wont after some such sigh, mechanically take up that dear comforter the pipe.
wont
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From this reading Nor did he, as was his wont after some such sigh, mechanically take up that dear comforter the pipe.
work
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From this reading "It must be bad news indeed!" thought Jackeymo, and desisted from his work.
wrong
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From this reading The servant saw that something had gone wrong, and, under pretence of syringing the orange-trees, he lingered near his master, and peered through the sunny leaves upon Riccabocca's melancholy brows.
