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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 A third from New York brings a briefer pedigree, but more gilded.
all
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From this reading Since no human memory can retain the great-grandmothers of three cities, we are practically as well off as if we had no great-grandmothers at all.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Their claims are incompatible; but there is no common standard, and so neither can have precedence.
anywhere
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From this reading All the world over, one is occasionally reminded of the French officer's verdict on the garrison town where he was quartered, that the good society was no better than the good society anywhere else, but the bad society was capital.
apt
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areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Their claims are incompatible; but there is no common standard, and so neither can have precedence.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Since no human memory can retain the great-grandmothers of three cities, we are practically as well off as if we had no great-grandmothers at all.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Since no human memory can retain the great-grandmothers of three cities, we are practically as well off as if we had no great-grandmothers at all.
bad
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From this reading All the world over, one is occasionally reminded of the French officer's verdict on the garrison town where he was quartered, that the good society was no better than the good society anywhere else, but the bad society was capital.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
better
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From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
boat-builders
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briefer
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From this reading A third from New York brings a briefer pedigree, but more gilded.
brings
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From this reading A third from New York brings a briefer pedigree, but more gilded.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A third from New York brings a briefer pedigree, but more gilded.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Their claims are incompatible; but there is no common standard, and so neither can have precedence.
capital
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From this reading All the world over, one is occasionally reminded of the French officer's verdict on the garrison town where he was quartered, that the good society was no better than the good society anywhere else, but the bad society was capital.
cities
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From this reading Since no human memory can retain the great-grandmothers of three cities, we are practically as well off as if we had no great-grandmothers at all.
claims
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From this reading Their claims are incompatible; but there is no common standard, and so neither can have precedence.
common
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From this reading Their claims are incompatible; but there is no common standard, and so neither can have precedence.
conversation
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From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
else
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From this reading All the world over, one is occasionally reminded of the French officer's verdict on the garrison town where he was quartered, that the good society was no better than the good society anywhere else, but the bad society was capital.
elsewhere
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From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
family
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From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
French
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From this reading All the world over, one is occasionally reminded of the French officer's verdict on the garrison town where he was quartered, that the good society was no better than the good society anywhere else, but the bad society was capital.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A third from New York brings a briefer pedigree, but more gilded.
garrisonnounUS /ˈɡærəsən/
a group stationed to defend a place
From this reading All the world over, one is occasionally reminded of the French officer's verdict on the garrison town where he was quartered, that the good society was no better than the good society anywhere else, but the bad society was capital.
gilded
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From this reading A third from New York brings a briefer pedigree, but more gilded.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All the world over, one is occasionally reminded of the French officer's verdict on the garrison town where he was quartered, that the good society was no better than the good society anywhere else, but the bad society was capital.
grand
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From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
great-grandmothers
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From this reading Since no human memory can retain the great-grandmothers of three cities, we are practically as well off as if we had no great-grandmothers at all.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Since no human memory can retain the great-grandmothers of three cities, we are practically as well off as if we had no great-grandmothers at all.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Their claims are incompatible; but there is no common standard, and so neither can have precedence.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All the world over, one is occasionally reminded of the French officer's verdict on the garrison town where he was quartered, that the good society was no better than the good society anywhere else, but the bad society was capital.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
human
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From this reading Since no human memory can retain the great-grandmothers of three cities, we are practically as well off as if we had no great-grandmothers at all.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Since no human memory can retain the great-grandmothers of three cities, we are practically as well off as if we had no great-grandmothers at all.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
income-tax
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From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
incompatible
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From this reading Their claims are incompatible; but there is no common standard, and so neither can have precedence.
inverse
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From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Their claims are incompatible; but there is no common standard, and so neither can have precedence.
LongnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
made
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From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Since no human memory can retain the great-grandmothers of three cities, we are practically as well off as if we had no great-grandmothers at all.
more
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From this reading A third from New York brings a briefer pedigree, but more gilded.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Their claims are incompatible; but there is no common standard, and so neither can have precedence.
New
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From this reading A third from New York brings a briefer pedigree, but more gilded.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Their claims are incompatible; but there is no common standard, and so neither can have precedence.
occasionally
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From this reading All the world over, one is occasionally reminded of the French officer's verdict on the garrison town where he was quartered, that the good society was no better than the good society anywhere else, but the bad society was capital.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Since no human memory can retain the great-grandmothers of three cities, we are practically as well off as if we had no great-grandmothers at all.
off
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From this reading Since no human memory can retain the great-grandmothers of three cities, we are practically as well off as if we had no great-grandmothers at all.
officer's
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From this reading All the world over, one is occasionally reminded of the French officer's verdict on the garrison town where he was quartered, that the good society was no better than the good society anywhere else, but the bad society was capital.
Oldport
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From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading All the world over, one is occasionally reminded of the French officer's verdict on the garrison town where he was quartered, that the good society was no better than the good society anywhere else, but the bad society was capital.
pedigree
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From this reading A third from New York brings a briefer pedigree, but more gilded.
practically
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From this reading Since no human memory can retain the great-grandmothers of three cities, we are practically as well off as if we had no great-grandmothers at all.
precedence
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From this reading Their claims are incompatible; but there is no common standard, and so neither can have precedence.
quartered
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From this reading All the world over, one is occasionally reminded of the French officer's verdict on the garrison town where he was quartered, that the good society was no better than the good society anywhere else, but the bad society was capital.
ratio
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From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
reminded
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From this reading All the world over, one is occasionally reminded of the French officer's verdict on the garrison town where he was quartered, that the good society was no better than the good society anywhere else, but the bad society was capital.
repartees
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From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
retain
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From this reading Since no human memory can retain the great-grandmothers of three cities, we are practically as well off as if we had no great-grandmothers at all.
shops
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From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
SinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Since no human memory can retain the great-grandmothers of three cities, we are practically as well off as if we had no great-grandmothers at all.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Their claims are incompatible; but there is no common standard, and so neither can have precedence.
society
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From this reading All the world over, one is occasionally reminded of the French officer's verdict on the garrison town where he was quartered, that the good society was no better than the good society anywhere else, but the bad society was capital.
spice
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From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
standard
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From this reading Their claims are incompatible; but there is no common standard, and so neither can have precedence.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All the world over, one is occasionally reminded of the French officer's verdict on the garrison town where he was quartered, that the good society was no better than the good society anywhere else, but the bad society was capital.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Since no human memory can retain the great-grandmothers of three cities, we are practically as well off as if we had no great-grandmothers at all.
TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their claims are incompatible; but there is no common standard, and so neither can have precedence.
there
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From this reading Their claims are incompatible; but there is no common standard, and so neither can have precedence.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A third from New York brings a briefer pedigree, but more gilded.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
three
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From this reading Since no human memory can retain the great-grandmothers of three cities, we are practically as well off as if we had no great-grandmothers at all.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
tour
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From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
town
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From this reading All the world over, one is occasionally reminded of the French officer's verdict on the garrison town where he was quartered, that the good society was no better than the good society anywhere else, but the bad society was capital.
tree
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From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
verdict
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From this reading All the world over, one is occasionally reminded of the French officer's verdict on the garrison town where he was quartered, that the good society was no better than the good society anywhere else, but the bad society was capital.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All the world over, one is occasionally reminded of the French officer's verdict on the garrison town where he was quartered, that the good society was no better than the good society anywhere else, but the bad society was capital.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Since no human memory can retain the great-grandmothers of three cities, we are practically as well off as if we had no great-grandmothers at all.
well
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From this reading Since no human memory can retain the great-grandmothers of three cities, we are practically as well off as if we had no great-grandmothers at all.
Wharf
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From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading All the world over, one is occasionally reminded of the French officer's verdict on the garrison town where he was quartered, that the good society was no better than the good society anywhere else, but the bad society was capital.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading But in Oldport, as elsewhere, the spice of conversation is apt to be in inverse ratio to family tree and income-tax, and one can hear better repartees among the boat-builders' shops on Long Wharf than among those who have made the grand tour.
world
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From this reading All the world over, one is occasionally reminded of the French officer's verdict on the garrison town where he was quartered, that the good society was no better than the good society anywhere else, but the bad society was capital.
York
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From this reading A third from New York brings a briefer pedigree, but more gilded.
