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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 There was Hinks, for instance, whom, though in anger he spoke of him as a bore, Alfred held in some genuine regard.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Hinks made perhaps a hundred a year out of a kind of writing which only certain publishers can get rid of and of this income he spent about a third on books.
acquaintances
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From this reading Of the acquaintances Yule had retained from his earlier years several were in the well-defined category of men with unpresentable wives.
ago
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From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
Alfred
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From this reading There was Hinks, for instance, whom, though in anger he spoke of him as a bore, Alfred held in some genuine regard.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Hinks made perhaps a hundred a year out of a kind of writing which only certain publishers can get rid of and of this income he spent about a third on books.
anger
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From this reading There was Hinks, for instance, whom, though in anger he spoke of him as a bore, Alfred held in some genuine regard.
AnothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Another pair were Mr and Mrs Gorbutt.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There was Hinks, for instance, whom, though in anger he spoke of him as a bore, Alfred held in some genuine regard.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading Hinks made perhaps a hundred a year out of a kind of writing which only certain publishers can get rid of and of this income he spent about a third on books.
bore
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From this reading There was Hinks, for instance, whom, though in anger he spoke of him as a bore, Alfred held in some genuine regard.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Hinks made perhaps a hundred a year out of a kind of writing which only certain publishers can get rid of and of this income he spent about a third on books.
category
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From this reading Of the acquaintances Yule had retained from his earlier years several were in the well-defined category of men with unpresentable wives.
certain
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From this reading Hinks made perhaps a hundred a year out of a kind of writing which only certain publishers can get rid of and of this income he spent about a third on books.
completenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
daughter
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From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
earlier
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From this reading Of the acquaintances Yule had retained from his earlier years several were in the well-defined category of men with unpresentable wives.
elder
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From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was Hinks, for instance, whom, though in anger he spoke of him as a bore, Alfred held in some genuine regard.
four
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From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Of the acquaintances Yule had retained from his earlier years several were in the well-defined category of men with unpresentable wives.
genuine
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From this reading There was Hinks, for instance, whom, though in anger he spoke of him as a bore, Alfred held in some genuine regard.
get
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From this reading Hinks made perhaps a hundred a year out of a kind of writing which only certain publishers can get rid of and of this income he spent about a third on books.
Gorbutt
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From this reading Another pair were Mr and Mrs Gorbutt.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Of the acquaintances Yule had retained from his earlier years several were in the well-defined category of men with unpresentable wives.
harmony
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From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was Hinks, for instance, whom, though in anger he spoke of him as a bore, Alfred held in some genuine regard.
held
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From this reading There was Hinks, for instance, whom, though in anger he spoke of him as a bore, Alfred held in some genuine regard.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There was Hinks, for instance, whom, though in anger he spoke of him as a bore, Alfred held in some genuine regard.
Hinks
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From this reading There was Hinks, for instance, whom, though in anger he spoke of him as a bore, Alfred held in some genuine regard.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Of the acquaintances Yule had retained from his earlier years several were in the well-defined category of men with unpresentable wives.
house
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From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
hundred
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From this reading Hinks made perhaps a hundred a year out of a kind of writing which only certain publishers can get rid of and of this income he spent about a third on books.
hunger
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From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
immitigable
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From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Of the acquaintances Yule had retained from his earlier years several were in the well-defined category of men with unpresentable wives.
income
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From this reading Hinks made perhaps a hundred a year out of a kind of writing which only certain publishers can get rid of and of this income he spent about a third on books.
instance
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From this reading There was Hinks, for instance, whom, though in anger he spoke of him as a bore, Alfred held in some genuine regard.
kind
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From this reading Hinks made perhaps a hundred a year out of a kind of writing which only certain publishers can get rid of and of this income he spent about a third on books.
laundress
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From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
lived
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From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
lodged
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From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
London
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From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
long-acquainted
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From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
made
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From this reading Hinks made perhaps a hundred a year out of a kind of writing which only certain publishers can get rid of and of this income he spent about a third on books.
men
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From this reading Of the acquaintances Yule had retained from his earlier years several were in the well-defined category of men with unpresentable wives.
Mr
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From this reading Another pair were Mr and Mrs Gorbutt.
Mrs
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From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
new
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From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
OfprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Of the acquaintances Yule had retained from his earlier years several were in the well-defined category of men with unpresentable wives.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Hinks made perhaps a hundred a year out of a kind of writing which only certain publishers can get rid of and of this income he spent about a third on books.
only
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From this reading Hinks made perhaps a hundred a year out of a kind of writing which only certain publishers can get rid of and of this income he spent about a third on books.
out
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From this reading Hinks made perhaps a hundred a year out of a kind of writing which only certain publishers can get rid of and of this income he spent about a third on books.
pair
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From this reading Another pair were Mr and Mrs Gorbutt.
perhaps
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From this reading Hinks made perhaps a hundred a year out of a kind of writing which only certain publishers can get rid of and of this income he spent about a third on books.
publishers
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From this reading Hinks made perhaps a hundred a year out of a kind of writing which only certain publishers can get rid of and of this income he spent about a third on books.
regard
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From this reading There was Hinks, for instance, whom, though in anger he spoke of him as a bore, Alfred held in some genuine regard.
retained
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From this reading Of the acquaintances Yule had retained from his earlier years several were in the well-defined category of men with unpresentable wives.
rid
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From this reading Hinks made perhaps a hundred a year out of a kind of writing which only certain publishers can get rid of and of this income he spent about a third on books.
several
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From this reading Of the acquaintances Yule had retained from his earlier years several were in the well-defined category of men with unpresentable wives.
some
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From this reading There was Hinks, for instance, whom, though in anger he spoke of him as a bore, Alfred held in some genuine regard.
spent
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From this reading Hinks made perhaps a hundred a year out of a kind of writing which only certain publishers can get rid of and of this income he spent about a third on books.
spoke
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From this reading There was Hinks, for instance, whom, though in anger he spoke of him as a bore, Alfred held in some genuine regard.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Of the acquaintances Yule had retained from his earlier years several were in the well-defined category of men with unpresentable wives.
There
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From this reading There was Hinks, for instance, whom, though in anger he spoke of him as a bore, Alfred held in some genuine regard.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hinks made perhaps a hundred a year out of a kind of writing which only certain publishers can get rid of and of this income he spent about a third on books.
thirty
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From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Hinks made perhaps a hundred a year out of a kind of writing which only certain publishers can get rid of and of this income he spent about a third on books.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading There was Hinks, for instance, whom, though in anger he spoke of him as a bore, Alfred held in some genuine regard.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
tonguenounUS /tongue/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
unmitigated
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From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
unpresentable
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From this reading Of the acquaintances Yule had retained from his earlier years several were in the well-defined category of men with unpresentable wives.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was Hinks, for instance, whom, though in anger he spoke of him as a bore, Alfred held in some genuine regard.
well-defined
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From this reading Of the acquaintances Yule had retained from his earlier years several were in the well-defined category of men with unpresentable wives.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Of the acquaintances Yule had retained from his earlier years several were in the well-defined category of men with unpresentable wives.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Hinks made perhaps a hundred a year out of a kind of writing which only certain publishers can get rid of and of this income he spent about a third on books.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There was Hinks, for instance, whom, though in anger he spoke of him as a bore, Alfred held in some genuine regard.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
wife
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From this reading His wife was the daughter of a laundress, in whose house he had lodged thirty years ago, when new to London but already long-acquainted with hunger; they lived in complete harmony, but Mrs Hinks, who was four years the elder, still spoke the laundress tongue, unmitigated and immitigable.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Of the acquaintances Yule had retained from his earlier years several were in the well-defined category of men with unpresentable wives.
wives
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From this reading Of the acquaintances Yule had retained from his earlier years several were in the well-defined category of men with unpresentable wives.
writing
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From this reading Hinks made perhaps a hundred a year out of a kind of writing which only certain publishers can get rid of and of this income he spent about a third on books.
year
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From this reading Hinks made perhaps a hundred a year out of a kind of writing which only certain publishers can get rid of and of this income he spent about a third on books.
years
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From this reading Of the acquaintances Yule had retained from his earlier years several were in the well-defined category of men with unpresentable wives.
Yule
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From this reading Of the acquaintances Yule had retained from his earlier years several were in the well-defined category of men with unpresentable wives.
