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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 justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
absorbed
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From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
achieved
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From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
add
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From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Colonel Pompley with his own sonorous voice ordered the joints, and with his own heroic hands dispensed the stores.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
bills
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From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
care
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From this reading For Colonel Pompley did not leave that domestic care to his lady,--perhaps she was too grand for it.
Colonel
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From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
conveying
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From this reading I should despair of conveying to you an idea of the extent to which Colonel Pompley made his income go.
days
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From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
despair
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From this reading I should despair of conveying to you an idea of the extent to which Colonel Pompley made his income go.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading For Colonel Pompley did not leave that domestic care to his lady,--perhaps she was too grand for it.
difficult
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From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
dispensed
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From this reading Colonel Pompley with his own sonorous voice ordered the joints, and with his own heroic hands dispensed the stores.
domestic
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From this reading For Colonel Pompley did not leave that domestic care to his lady,--perhaps she was too grand for it.
economy
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From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
extent
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From this reading I should despair of conveying to you an idea of the extent to which Colonel Pompley made his income go.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For Colonel Pompley did not leave that domestic care to his lady,--perhaps she was too grand for it.
garden
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From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
go
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From this reading I should despair of conveying to you an idea of the extent to which Colonel Pompley made his income go.
grand
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From this reading For Colonel Pompley did not leave that domestic care to his lady,--perhaps she was too grand for it.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading Colonel Pompley with his own sonorous voice ordered the joints, and with his own heroic hands dispensed the stores.
heroic
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From this reading Colonel Pompley with his own sonorous voice ordered the joints, and with his own heroic hands dispensed the stores.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
house
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From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
idea
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From this reading I should despair of conveying to you an idea of the extent to which Colonel Pompley made his income go.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
income
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From this reading I should despair of conveying to you an idea of the extent to which Colonel Pompley made his income go.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For Colonel Pompley did not leave that domestic care to his lady,--perhaps she was too grand for it.
joints
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From this reading Colonel Pompley with his own sonorous voice ordered the joints, and with his own heroic hands dispensed the stores.
justice
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From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
lady
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From this reading For Colonel Pompley did not leave that domestic care to his lady,--perhaps she was too grand for it.
leave
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From this reading For Colonel Pompley did not leave that domestic care to his lady,--perhaps she was too grand for it.
made
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From this reading I should despair of conveying to you an idea of the extent to which Colonel Pompley made his income go.
managed
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From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
memorable
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From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading For Colonel Pompley did not leave that domestic care to his lady,--perhaps she was too grand for it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
offence
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From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
old-fashioned
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From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
opened
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From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
ordered
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From this reading Colonel Pompley with his own sonorous voice ordered the joints, and with his own heroic hands dispensed the stores.
own
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From this reading Colonel Pompley with his own sonorous voice ordered the joints, and with his own heroic hands dispensed the stores.
perhaps
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From this reading For Colonel Pompley did not leave that domestic care to his lady,--perhaps she was too grand for it.
pleasantly
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From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
Pompley
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From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
Pompleys
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From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
risk
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From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
sat
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From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
Screwstown
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From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
sex
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From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For Colonel Pompley did not leave that domestic care to his lady,--perhaps she was too grand for it.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I should despair of conveying to you an idea of the extent to which Colonel Pompley made his income go.
show
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From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
soiree
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From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
Some
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From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
sonorous
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From this reading Colonel Pompley with his own sonorous voice ordered the joints, and with his own heroic hands dispensed the stores.
stores
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From this reading Colonel Pompley with his own sonorous voice ordered the joints, and with his own heroic hands dispensed the stores.
study
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From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
successfully
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From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For Colonel Pompley did not leave that domestic care to his lady,--perhaps she was too grand for it.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
there
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From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For Colonel Pompley did not leave that domestic care to his lady,--perhaps she was too grand for it.
too
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From this reading For Colonel Pompley did not leave that domestic care to his lady,--perhaps she was too grand for it.
uniting
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From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
voice
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From this reading Colonel Pompley with his own sonorous voice ordered the joints, and with his own heroic hands dispensed the stores.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For Colonel Pompley did not leave that domestic care to his lady,--perhaps she was too grand for it.
well
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From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading In justice to the colonel, I must add--at whatever risk of offence to the fair sex--that there was not a house at Screwstown so well managed as the Pompleys'; none which so successfully achieved the difficult art of uniting economy with show.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Some days after this memorable /soiree/, Colonel Pompley sat alone in his study (which opened pleasantly on an old-fashioned garden), absorbed in the house bills.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Colonel Pompley with his own sonorous voice ordered the joints, and with his own heroic hands dispensed the stores.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I should despair of conveying to you an idea of the extent to which Colonel Pompley made his income go.
