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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 series of strange, mysterious, dreadful events to occur, wholly destructive of a person's happiness.
agent
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From this reading He to impute them to various persons and causes, but ultimately finds that he is himself the sole agent.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He to impute them to various persons and causes, but ultimately finds that he is himself the sole agent.
attired
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From this reading The strange incident in the court of Charles IX. of France: he and five other maskers being attired in coats of linen covered with pitch and bestuck with flax to represent hairy savages.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The strange incident in the court of Charles IX. of France: he and five other maskers being attired in coats of linen covered with pitch and bestuck with flax to represent hairy savages.
bestuck
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From this reading The strange incident in the court of Charles IX. of France: he and five other maskers being attired in coats of linen covered with pitch and bestuck with flax to represent hairy savages.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He to impute them to various persons and causes, but ultimately finds that he is himself the sole agent.
causes
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From this reading He to impute them to various persons and causes, but ultimately finds that he is himself the sole agent.
Charles
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From this reading The strange incident in the court of Charles IX. of France: he and five other maskers being attired in coats of linen covered with pitch and bestuck with flax to represent hairy savages.
coats
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From this reading The strange incident in the court of Charles IX. of France: he and five other maskers being attired in coats of linen covered with pitch and bestuck with flax to represent hairy savages.
court
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From this reading The strange incident in the court of Charles IX. of France: he and five other maskers being attired in coats of linen covered with pitch and bestuck with flax to represent hairy savages.
covered
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From this reading The strange incident in the court of Charles IX. of France: he and five other maskers being attired in coats of linen covered with pitch and bestuck with flax to represent hairy savages.
dancing
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From this reading They entered the hall dancing, the five being fastened together, and the king in front.
depends
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From this reading Moral, that our welfare depends on ourselves.
destructive
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From this reading A series of strange, mysterious, dreadful events to occur, wholly destructive of a person's happiness.
dreadfuladjectiveUS /ˈdrɛdfəl/
extremely frightening or unpleasant
From this reading A series of strange, mysterious, dreadful events to occur, wholly destructive of a person's happiness.
entered
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From this reading They entered the hall dancing, the five being fastened together, and the king in front.
events
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From this reading A series of strange, mysterious, dreadful events to occur, wholly destructive of a person's happiness.
fastened
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From this reading They entered the hall dancing, the five being fastened together, and the king in front.
finds
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From this reading He to impute them to various persons and causes, but ultimately finds that he is himself the sole agent.
five
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From this reading The strange incident in the court of Charles IX. of France: he and five other maskers being attired in coats of linen covered with pitch and bestuck with flax to represent hairy savages.
flax
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From this reading The strange incident in the court of Charles IX. of France: he and five other maskers being attired in coats of linen covered with pitch and bestuck with flax to represent hairy savages.
France
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From this reading The strange incident in the court of Charles IX. of France: he and five other maskers being attired in coats of linen covered with pitch and bestuck with flax to represent hairy savages.
front
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From this reading They entered the hall dancing, the five being fastened together, and the king in front.
hairy
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From this reading The strange incident in the court of Charles IX. of France: he and five other maskers being attired in coats of linen covered with pitch and bestuck with flax to represent hairy savages.
hall
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From this reading They entered the hall dancing, the five being fastened together, and the king in front.
happiness
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From this reading A series of strange, mysterious, dreadful events to occur, wholly destructive of a person's happiness.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He to impute them to various persons and causes, but ultimately finds that he is himself the sole agent.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He to impute them to various persons and causes, but ultimately finds that he is himself the sole agent.
impute
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From this reading He to impute them to various persons and causes, but ultimately finds that he is himself the sole agent.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The strange incident in the court of Charles IX. of France: he and five other maskers being attired in coats of linen covered with pitch and bestuck with flax to represent hairy savages.
incident
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From this reading The strange incident in the court of Charles IX. of France: he and five other maskers being attired in coats of linen covered with pitch and bestuck with flax to represent hairy savages.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He to impute them to various persons and causes, but ultimately finds that he is himself the sole agent.
IX
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From this reading The strange incident in the court of Charles IX. of France: he and five other maskers being attired in coats of linen covered with pitch and bestuck with flax to represent hairy savages.
king
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From this reading They entered the hall dancing, the five being fastened together, and the king in front.
linen
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From this reading The strange incident in the court of Charles IX. of France: he and five other maskers being attired in coats of linen covered with pitch and bestuck with flax to represent hairy savages.
maskers
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From this reading The strange incident in the court of Charles IX. of France: he and five other maskers being attired in coats of linen covered with pitch and bestuck with flax to represent hairy savages.
Moral
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From this reading Moral, that our welfare depends on ourselves.
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading A series of strange, mysterious, dreadful events to occur, wholly destructive of a person's happiness.
occur
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From this reading A series of strange, mysterious, dreadful events to occur, wholly destructive of a person's happiness.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A series of strange, mysterious, dreadful events to occur, wholly destructive of a person's happiness.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Moral, that our welfare depends on ourselves.
other
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From this reading The strange incident in the court of Charles IX. of France: he and five other maskers being attired in coats of linen covered with pitch and bestuck with flax to represent hairy savages.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Moral, that our welfare depends on ourselves.
ourselvespronounUS /aʊərˈselvz/
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading Moral, that our welfare depends on ourselves.
person's
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From this reading A series of strange, mysterious, dreadful events to occur, wholly destructive of a person's happiness.
persons
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From this reading He to impute them to various persons and causes, but ultimately finds that he is himself the sole agent.
pitch
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From this reading The strange incident in the court of Charles IX. of France: he and five other maskers being attired in coats of linen covered with pitch and bestuck with flax to represent hairy savages.
represent
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From this reading The strange incident in the court of Charles IX. of France: he and five other maskers being attired in coats of linen covered with pitch and bestuck with flax to represent hairy savages.
savages
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From this reading The strange incident in the court of Charles IX. of France: he and five other maskers being attired in coats of linen covered with pitch and bestuck with flax to represent hairy savages.
series
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From this reading A series of strange, mysterious, dreadful events to occur, wholly destructive of a person's happiness.
sole
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From this reading He to impute them to various persons and causes, but ultimately finds that he is himself the sole agent.
strange
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From this reading A series of strange, mysterious, dreadful events to occur, wholly destructive of a person's happiness.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading He to impute them to various persons and causes, but ultimately finds that he is himself the sole agent.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He to impute them to various persons and causes, but ultimately finds that he is himself the sole agent.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He to impute them to various persons and causes, but ultimately finds that he is himself the sole agent.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They entered the hall dancing, the five being fastened together, and the king in front.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A series of strange, mysterious, dreadful events to occur, wholly destructive of a person's happiness.
together
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From this reading They entered the hall dancing, the five being fastened together, and the king in front.
ultimately
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From this reading He to impute them to various persons and causes, but ultimately finds that he is himself the sole agent.
various
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From this reading He to impute them to various persons and causes, but ultimately finds that he is himself the sole agent.
welfare
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From this reading Moral, that our welfare depends on ourselves.
wholly
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From this reading A series of strange, mysterious, dreadful events to occur, wholly destructive of a person's happiness.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The strange incident in the court of Charles IX. of France: he and five other maskers being attired in coats of linen covered with pitch and bestuck with flax to represent hairy savages.
