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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 Lord L'Estrange threw himself on a sofa, and leaned his cheek on his hand thoughtfully.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading All about Egerton was so rigid, all about L'Estrange so easy.
All
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From this reading All about Egerton was so rigid, all about L'Estrange so easy.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lord L'Estrange threw himself on a sofa, and leaned his cheek on his hand thoughtfully.
arms
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From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The two men were as dissimilar in person as the reader will have divined that they were in character.
aspect
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From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
Audley
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From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
character
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From this reading The two men were as dissimilar in person as the reader will have divined that they were in character.
cheek
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From this reading Lord L'Estrange threw himself on a sofa, and leaned his cheek on his hand thoughtfully.
child
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From this reading In every posture of Harley's there was the unconscious grace of a child.
dissimilar
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From this reading The two men were as dissimilar in person as the reader will have divined that they were in character.
divined
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From this reading The two men were as dissimilar in person as the reader will have divined that they were in character.
easy
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From this reading All about Egerton was so rigid, all about L'Estrange so easy.
Egerton
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From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading In every posture of Harley's there was the unconscious grace of a child.
expression
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From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
face
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From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
features
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From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
firm
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From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
folded
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From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
friend's
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From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
gazed
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From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
grace
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From this reading In every posture of Harley's there was the unconscious grace of a child.
hand
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From this reading Lord L'Estrange threw himself on a sofa, and leaned his cheek on his hand thoughtfully.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
Harley's
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From this reading In every posture of Harley's there was the unconscious grace of a child.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The two men were as dissimilar in person as the reader will have divined that they were in character.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Lord L'Estrange threw himself on a sofa, and leaned his cheek on his hand thoughtfully.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Lord L'Estrange threw himself on a sofa, and leaned his cheek on his hand thoughtfully.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The two men were as dissimilar in person as the reader will have divined that they were in character.
L'Estrange
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From this reading Lord L'Estrange threw himself on a sofa, and leaned his cheek on his hand thoughtfully.
leaned
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From this reading Lord L'Estrange threw himself on a sofa, and leaned his cheek on his hand thoughtfully.
Lord
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From this reading Lord L'Estrange threw himself on a sofa, and leaned his cheek on his hand thoughtfully.
men
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From this reading The two men were as dissimilar in person as the reader will have divined that they were in character.
near
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From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Lord L'Estrange threw himself on a sofa, and leaned his cheek on his hand thoughtfully.
outline
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From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
person
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From this reading The two men were as dissimilar in person as the reader will have divined that they were in character.
posture
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From this reading In every posture of Harley's there was the unconscious grace of a child.
reader
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From this reading The two men were as dissimilar in person as the reader will have divined that they were in character.
rigid
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From this reading All about Egerton was so rigid, all about L'Estrange so easy.
sat
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From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading All about Egerton was so rigid, all about L'Estrange so easy.
sofa
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From this reading Lord L'Estrange threw himself on a sofa, and leaned his cheek on his hand thoughtfully.
soft
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From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The two men were as dissimilar in person as the reader will have divined that they were in character.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
there
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From this reading In every posture of Harley's there was the unconscious grace of a child.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The two men were as dissimilar in person as the reader will have divined that they were in character.
thoughtfully
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From this reading Lord L'Estrange threw himself on a sofa, and leaned his cheek on his hand thoughtfully.
threw
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From this reading Lord L'Estrange threw himself on a sofa, and leaned his cheek on his hand thoughtfully.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
two
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From this reading The two men were as dissimilar in person as the reader will have divined that they were in character.
unconscious
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From this reading In every posture of Harley's there was the unconscious grace of a child.
unusual
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From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
very
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From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The two men were as dissimilar in person as the reader will have divined that they were in character.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The two men were as dissimilar in person as the reader will have divined that they were in character.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Audley Egerton sat near him, with his arms folded, and gazed on his friend's face with a soft expression of aspect, which was very unusual to the firm outline of his handsome features.
