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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 The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
actors
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From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was Woodward as "The Fine Gentleman," with the inimitable rake-hell in which the heroes of Wycherly and Congreve and Farquhar live again.
age
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From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the smoke-reek, and the gas glare of it!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
Augustan
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From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
back
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From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
Betterton
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From this reading There was Betterton, in wig and gown,--as Cato, moralizing on the soul's eternity, and halting between Plato and the dagger.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading There was Betterton, in wig and gown,--as Cato, moralizing on the soul's eternity, and halting between Plato and the dagger.
Cato
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From this reading There was Betterton, in wig and gown,--as Cato, moralizing on the soul's eternity, and halting between Plato and the dagger.
Congreve
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From this reading There was Woodward as "The Fine Gentleman," with the inimitable rake-hell in which the heroes of Wycherly and Congreve and Farquhar live again.
daggernounUS /ˈdæɡ.ər/
A short knife with a pointed and edged blade, used as a stealth weapon.
From this reading There was Betterton, in wig and gown,--as Cato, moralizing on the soul's eternity, and halting between Plato and the dagger.
era
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From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
eternity
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From this reading There was Betterton, in wig and gown,--as Cato, moralizing on the soul's eternity, and halting between Plato and the dagger.
far
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From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
Farquhar
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From this reading There was Woodward as "The Fine Gentleman," with the inimitable rake-hell in which the heroes of Wycherly and Congreve and Farquhar live again.
FinenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was Woodward as "The Fine Gentleman," with the inimitable rake-hell in which the heroes of Wycherly and Congreve and Farquhar live again.
gas
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From this reading And the smoke-reek, and the gas glare of it!
GentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was Woodward as "The Fine Gentleman," with the inimitable rake-hell in which the heroes of Wycherly and Congreve and Farquhar live again.
glarenounUS /glare/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And the smoke-reek, and the gas glare of it!
gown
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From this reading There was Betterton, in wig and gown,--as Cato, moralizing on the soul's eternity, and halting between Plato and the dagger.
halting
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From this reading There was Betterton, in wig and gown,--as Cato, moralizing on the soul's eternity, and halting between Plato and the dagger.
heroes
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From this reading There was Woodward as "The Fine Gentleman," with the inimitable rake-hell in which the heroes of Wycherly and Congreve and Farquhar live again.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
influence
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From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
inimitable
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From this reading There was Woodward as "The Fine Gentleman," with the inimitable rake-hell in which the heroes of Wycherly and Congreve and Farquhar live again.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And the smoke-reek, and the gas glare of it!
live
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From this reading There was Woodward as "The Fine Gentleman," with the inimitable rake-hell in which the heroes of Wycherly and Congreve and Farquhar live again.
living
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From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
lost
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From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
manners
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From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
mime-robes
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From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
moralizing
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From this reading There was Betterton, in wig and gown,--as Cato, moralizing on the soul's eternity, and halting between Plato and the dagger.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And the smoke-reek, and the gas glare of it!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
own
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From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
Plato
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From this reading There was Betterton, in wig and gown,--as Cato, moralizing on the soul's eternity, and halting between Plato and the dagger.
postures
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From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
prints
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From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
rake-hell
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From this reading There was Woodward as "The Fine Gentleman," with the inimitable rake-hell in which the heroes of Wycherly and Congreve and Farquhar live again.
real
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From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
Room
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From this reading The Room!
smoke-reek
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From this reading And the smoke-reek, and the gas glare of it!
soul's
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From this reading There was Betterton, in wig and gown,--as Cato, moralizing on the soul's eternity, and halting between Plato and the dagger.
stage
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From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Room!
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
There
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From this reading There was Betterton, in wig and gown,--as Cato, moralizing on the soul's eternity, and halting between Plato and the dagger.
thereon
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From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
walls
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From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was Woodward as "The Fine Gentleman," with the inimitable rake-hell in which the heroes of Wycherly and Congreve and Farquhar live again.
whitewash
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From this reading The whitewash of the walls, and the prints thereon of the actors in their mime-robes, and stage postures,--actors as far back as their own lost Augustan era, when the stage was a real living influence on the manners and the age!
wig
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From this reading There was Betterton, in wig and gown,--as Cato, moralizing on the soul's eternity, and halting between Plato and the dagger.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was Woodward as "The Fine Gentleman," with the inimitable rake-hell in which the heroes of Wycherly and Congreve and Farquhar live again.
Woodward
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From this reading There was Woodward as "The Fine Gentleman," with the inimitable rake-hell in which the heroes of Wycherly and Congreve and Farquhar live again.
Wycherly
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From this reading There was Woodward as "The Fine Gentleman," with the inimitable rake-hell in which the heroes of Wycherly and Congreve and Farquhar live again.
