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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 So wrote Mr. Alexander Pope, whom Nicholas Wogan remembers as a bookish boy in the little Catholic colony of Windsor Forest.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The line might serve as a motto for the story which Mr. Wogan (now a one-armed retired colonel of Dillon's Irish Brigade in French Service) is about to tell.
Alexander
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From this reading So wrote Mr. Alexander Pope, whom Nicholas Wogan remembers as a bookish boy in the little Catholic colony of Windsor Forest.
all
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From this reading The beginnings of our whole mischancy business were trivial in themselves, and in all appearance unrelated to the future.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The beginnings of our whole mischancy business were trivial in themselves, and in all appearance unrelated to the future.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The beginnings of our whole mischancy business were trivial in themselves, and in all appearance unrelated to the future.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading So wrote Mr. Alexander Pope, whom Nicholas Wogan remembers as a bookish boy in the little Catholic colony of Windsor Forest.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE PARSON EXPRESSES IRREPROACHABLE SENTIMENTS AT THE MAZARIN PALACE "What mighty quarrels rise from trivial things!"
beginnings
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From this reading The beginnings of our whole mischancy business were trivial in themselves, and in all appearance unrelated to the future.
bookish
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From this reading So wrote Mr. Alexander Pope, whom Nicholas Wogan remembers as a bookish boy in the little Catholic colony of Windsor Forest.
boy
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From this reading So wrote Mr. Alexander Pope, whom Nicholas Wogan remembers as a bookish boy in the little Catholic colony of Windsor Forest.
Brigade
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business
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From this reading The beginnings of our whole mischancy business were trivial in themselves, and in all appearance unrelated to the future.
Catholic
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From this reading So wrote Mr. Alexander Pope, whom Nicholas Wogan remembers as a bookish boy in the little Catholic colony of Windsor Forest.
colonel
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colony
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From this reading So wrote Mr. Alexander Pope, whom Nicholas Wogan remembers as a bookish boy in the little Catholic colony of Windsor Forest.
company
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From this reading They were nothing more important than the purchase of a couple of small strong-boxes and the placing of Parson Kelly's patrimony in Mr. Law's company of the West.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading They were nothing more important than the purchase of a couple of small strong-boxes and the placing of Parson Kelly's patrimony in Mr. Law's company of the West.
Dillon's
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EXPRESSES
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From this reading THE PARSON EXPRESSES IRREPROACHABLE SENTIMENTS AT THE MAZARIN PALACE "What mighty quarrels rise from trivial things!"
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The line might serve as a motto for the story which Mr. Wogan (now a one-armed retired colonel of Dillon's Irish Brigade in French Service) is about to tell.
Forest
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From this reading So wrote Mr. Alexander Pope, whom Nicholas Wogan remembers as a bookish boy in the little Catholic colony of Windsor Forest.
French
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading THE PARSON EXPRESSES IRREPROACHABLE SENTIMENTS AT THE MAZARIN PALACE "What mighty quarrels rise from trivial things!"
future
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From this reading The beginnings of our whole mischancy business were trivial in themselves, and in all appearance unrelated to the future.
important
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From this reading They were nothing more important than the purchase of a couple of small strong-boxes and the placing of Parson Kelly's patrimony in Mr. Law's company of the West.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading So wrote Mr. Alexander Pope, whom Nicholas Wogan remembers as a bookish boy in the little Catholic colony of Windsor Forest.
Irish
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IRREPROACHABLE
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From this reading THE PARSON EXPRESSES IRREPROACHABLE SENTIMENTS AT THE MAZARIN PALACE "What mighty quarrels rise from trivial things!"
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The line might serve as a motto for the story which Mr. Wogan (now a one-armed retired colonel of Dillon's Irish Brigade in French Service) is about to tell.
Kelly's
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From this reading They were nothing more important than the purchase of a couple of small strong-boxes and the placing of Parson Kelly's patrimony in Mr. Law's company of the West.
Law's
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From this reading They were nothing more important than the purchase of a couple of small strong-boxes and the placing of Parson Kelly's patrimony in Mr. Law's company of the West.
line
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From this reading The line might serve as a motto for the story which Mr. Wogan (now a one-armed retired colonel of Dillon's Irish Brigade in French Service) is about to tell.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So wrote Mr. Alexander Pope, whom Nicholas Wogan remembers as a bookish boy in the little Catholic colony of Windsor Forest.
MAZARIN
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From this reading THE PARSON EXPRESSES IRREPROACHABLE SENTIMENTS AT THE MAZARIN PALACE "What mighty quarrels rise from trivial things!"
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The line might serve as a motto for the story which Mr. Wogan (now a one-armed retired colonel of Dillon's Irish Brigade in French Service) is about to tell.
mighty
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From this reading THE PARSON EXPRESSES IRREPROACHABLE SENTIMENTS AT THE MAZARIN PALACE "What mighty quarrels rise from trivial things!"
mischancy
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From this reading The beginnings of our whole mischancy business were trivial in themselves, and in all appearance unrelated to the future.
more
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From this reading They were nothing more important than the purchase of a couple of small strong-boxes and the placing of Parson Kelly's patrimony in Mr. Law's company of the West.
motto
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Mr
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From this reading So wrote Mr. Alexander Pope, whom Nicholas Wogan remembers as a bookish boy in the little Catholic colony of Windsor Forest.
Nicholas
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From this reading So wrote Mr. Alexander Pope, whom Nicholas Wogan remembers as a bookish boy in the little Catholic colony of Windsor Forest.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading They were nothing more important than the purchase of a couple of small strong-boxes and the placing of Parson Kelly's patrimony in Mr. Law's company of the West.
now
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From this reading The line might serve as a motto for the story which Mr. Wogan (now a one-armed retired colonel of Dillon's Irish Brigade in French Service) is about to tell.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading So wrote Mr. Alexander Pope, whom Nicholas Wogan remembers as a bookish boy in the little Catholic colony of Windsor Forest.
one-armed
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From this reading The line might serve as a motto for the story which Mr. Wogan (now a one-armed retired colonel of Dillon's Irish Brigade in French Service) is about to tell.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The beginnings of our whole mischancy business were trivial in themselves, and in all appearance unrelated to the future.
PALACE
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From this reading THE PARSON EXPRESSES IRREPROACHABLE SENTIMENTS AT THE MAZARIN PALACE "What mighty quarrels rise from trivial things!"
PARSON
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From this reading THE PARSON EXPRESSES IRREPROACHABLE SENTIMENTS AT THE MAZARIN PALACE "What mighty quarrels rise from trivial things!"
patrimony
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From this reading They were nothing more important than the purchase of a couple of small strong-boxes and the placing of Parson Kelly's patrimony in Mr. Law's company of the West.
placing
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From this reading They were nothing more important than the purchase of a couple of small strong-boxes and the placing of Parson Kelly's patrimony in Mr. Law's company of the West.
Pope
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From this reading So wrote Mr. Alexander Pope, whom Nicholas Wogan remembers as a bookish boy in the little Catholic colony of Windsor Forest.
purchase
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From this reading They were nothing more important than the purchase of a couple of small strong-boxes and the placing of Parson Kelly's patrimony in Mr. Law's company of the West.
quarrels
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From this reading THE PARSON EXPRESSES IRREPROACHABLE SENTIMENTS AT THE MAZARIN PALACE "What mighty quarrels rise from trivial things!"
remembers
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From this reading So wrote Mr. Alexander Pope, whom Nicholas Wogan remembers as a bookish boy in the little Catholic colony of Windsor Forest.
retiredverbUS /rɪˈtaɪərd/
went away to a private place
From this reading The line might serve as a motto for the story which Mr. Wogan (now a one-armed retired colonel of Dillon's Irish Brigade in French Service) is about to tell.
rise
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From this reading THE PARSON EXPRESSES IRREPROACHABLE SENTIMENTS AT THE MAZARIN PALACE "What mighty quarrels rise from trivial things!"
SENTIMENTS
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serve
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From this reading The line might serve as a motto for the story which Mr. Wogan (now a one-armed retired colonel of Dillon's Irish Brigade in French Service) is about to tell.
Service
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From this reading The line might serve as a motto for the story which Mr. Wogan (now a one-armed retired colonel of Dillon's Irish Brigade in French Service) is about to tell.
small
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From this reading They were nothing more important than the purchase of a couple of small strong-boxes and the placing of Parson Kelly's patrimony in Mr. Law's company of the West.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So wrote Mr. Alexander Pope, whom Nicholas Wogan remembers as a bookish boy in the little Catholic colony of Windsor Forest.
story
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From this reading The line might serve as a motto for the story which Mr. Wogan (now a one-armed retired colonel of Dillon's Irish Brigade in French Service) is about to tell.
strong-boxes
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From this reading They were nothing more important than the purchase of a couple of small strong-boxes and the placing of Parson Kelly's patrimony in Mr. Law's company of the West.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The line might serve as a motto for the story which Mr. Wogan (now a one-armed retired colonel of Dillon's Irish Brigade in French Service) is about to tell.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading They were nothing more important than the purchase of a couple of small strong-boxes and the placing of Parson Kelly's patrimony in Mr. Law's company of the West.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PARSON EXPRESSES IRREPROACHABLE SENTIMENTS AT THE MAZARIN PALACE "What mighty quarrels rise from trivial things!"
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The beginnings of our whole mischancy business were trivial in themselves, and in all appearance unrelated to the future.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were nothing more important than the purchase of a couple of small strong-boxes and the placing of Parson Kelly's patrimony in Mr. Law's company of the West.
things
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From this reading THE PARSON EXPRESSES IRREPROACHABLE SENTIMENTS AT THE MAZARIN PALACE "What mighty quarrels rise from trivial things!"
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The line might serve as a motto for the story which Mr. Wogan (now a one-armed retired colonel of Dillon's Irish Brigade in French Service) is about to tell.
trivial
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From this reading THE PARSON EXPRESSES IRREPROACHABLE SENTIMENTS AT THE MAZARIN PALACE "What mighty quarrels rise from trivial things!"
unrelated
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From this reading The beginnings of our whole mischancy business were trivial in themselves, and in all appearance unrelated to the future.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The beginnings of our whole mischancy business were trivial in themselves, and in all appearance unrelated to the future.
West
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From this reading They were nothing more important than the purchase of a couple of small strong-boxes and the placing of Parson Kelly's patrimony in Mr. Law's company of the West.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading THE PARSON EXPRESSES IRREPROACHABLE SENTIMENTS AT THE MAZARIN PALACE "What mighty quarrels rise from trivial things!"
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The line might serve as a motto for the story which Mr. Wogan (now a one-armed retired colonel of Dillon's Irish Brigade in French Service) is about to tell.
whole
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From this reading The beginnings of our whole mischancy business were trivial in themselves, and in all appearance unrelated to the future.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading So wrote Mr. Alexander Pope, whom Nicholas Wogan remembers as a bookish boy in the little Catholic colony of Windsor Forest.
Windsor
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From this reading So wrote Mr. Alexander Pope, whom Nicholas Wogan remembers as a bookish boy in the little Catholic colony of Windsor Forest.
Wogan
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From this reading So wrote Mr. Alexander Pope, whom Nicholas Wogan remembers as a bookish boy in the little Catholic colony of Windsor Forest.
wrote
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From this reading So wrote Mr. Alexander Pope, whom Nicholas Wogan remembers as a bookish boy in the little Catholic colony of Windsor Forest.
