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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 Thus does a false ambition rule us, Thus pomp delude, and folly fool us.
accepted
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From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
Accordingly
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From this reading Accordingly, one raw winter's day, full of the hopes of the reviving influence of air and exercise, I found myself carefully packed up in three great coats, and on the high road to Garrett Park.
air
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From this reading Accordingly, one raw winter's day, full of the hopes of the reviving influence of air and exercise, I found myself carefully packed up in three great coats, and on the high road to Garrett Park.
ambition
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From this reading Thus does a false ambition rule us, Thus pomp delude, and folly fool us.
AndeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading An open house, haunted with great resort.--Bishop Hall's Satires.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Thus does a false ambition rule us, Thus pomp delude, and folly fool us.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
Bishop
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From this reading An open house, haunted with great resort.--Bishop Hall's Satires.
Cambridge
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From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
carefully
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From this reading Accordingly, one raw winter's day, full of the hopes of the reviving influence of air and exercise, I found myself carefully packed up in three great coats, and on the high road to Garrett Park.
coats
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From this reading Accordingly, one raw winter's day, full of the hopes of the reviving influence of air and exercise, I found myself carefully packed up in three great coats, and on the high road to Garrett Park.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
country
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From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
day
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From this reading Accordingly, one raw winter's day, full of the hopes of the reviving influence of air and exercise, I found myself carefully packed up in three great coats, and on the high road to Garrett Park.
delude
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From this reading Thus does a false ambition rule us, Thus pomp delude, and folly fool us.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Thus does a false ambition rule us, Thus pomp delude, and folly fool us.
exercise
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From this reading Accordingly, one raw winter's day, full of the hopes of the reviving influence of air and exercise, I found myself carefully packed up in three great coats, and on the high road to Garrett Park.
false
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From this reading Thus does a false ambition rule us, Thus pomp delude, and folly fool us.
follynounUS /ˈfɑːli/
an action or decision that shows a lack of good judgment
From this reading Thus does a false ambition rule us, Thus pomp delude, and folly fool us.
foolnounUS /fool/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thus does a false ambition rule us, Thus pomp delude, and folly fool us.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Accordingly, one raw winter's day, full of the hopes of the reviving influence of air and exercise, I found myself carefully packed up in three great coats, and on the high road to Garrett Park.
full
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From this reading Accordingly, one raw winter's day, full of the hopes of the reviving influence of air and exercise, I found myself carefully packed up in three great coats, and on the high road to Garrett Park.
Garrett
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From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading An open house, haunted with great resort.--Bishop Hall's Satires.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
Hall's
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From this reading An open house, haunted with great resort.--Bishop Hall's Satires.
haunted
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From this reading An open house, haunted with great resort.--Bishop Hall's Satires.
health
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From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
high
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From this reading Accordingly, one raw winter's day, full of the hopes of the reviving influence of air and exercise, I found myself carefully packed up in three great coats, and on the high road to Garrett Park.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
hopes
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From this reading Accordingly, one raw winter's day, full of the hopes of the reviving influence of air and exercise, I found myself carefully packed up in three great coats, and on the high road to Garrett Park.
house
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From this reading An open house, haunted with great resort.--Bishop Hall's Satires.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
influence
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From this reading Accordingly, one raw winter's day, full of the hopes of the reviving influence of air and exercise, I found myself carefully packed up in three great coats, and on the high road to Garrett Park.
invitation
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From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
Lionel
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From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
London
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From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Accordingly, one raw winter's day, full of the hopes of the reviving influence of air and exercise, I found myself carefully packed up in three great coats, and on the high road to Garrett Park.
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Accordingly, one raw winter's day, full of the hopes of the reviving influence of air and exercise, I found myself carefully packed up in three great coats, and on the high road to Garrett Park.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Accordingly, one raw winter's day, full of the hopes of the reviving influence of air and exercise, I found myself carefully packed up in three great coats, and on the high road to Garrett Park.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading An open house, haunted with great resort.--Bishop Hall's Satires.
packed
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From this reading Accordingly, one raw winter's day, full of the hopes of the reviving influence of air and exercise, I found myself carefully packed up in three great coats, and on the high road to Garrett Park.
Park
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From this reading Accordingly, one raw winter's day, full of the hopes of the reviving influence of air and exercise, I found myself carefully packed up in three great coats, and on the high road to Garrett Park.
pay
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From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
pomp
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From this reading Thus does a false ambition rule us, Thus pomp delude, and folly fool us.
raw
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From this reading Accordingly, one raw winter's day, full of the hopes of the reviving influence of air and exercise, I found myself carefully packed up in three great coats, and on the high road to Garrett Park.
resort
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From this reading An open house, haunted with great resort.--Bishop Hall's Satires.
reviving
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From this reading Accordingly, one raw winter's day, full of the hopes of the reviving influence of air and exercise, I found myself carefully packed up in three great coats, and on the high road to Garrett Park.
road
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From this reading Accordingly, one raw winter's day, full of the hopes of the reviving influence of air and exercise, I found myself carefully packed up in three great coats, and on the high road to Garrett Park.
rule
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From this reading Thus does a false ambition rule us, Thus pomp delude, and folly fool us.
Satires
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From this reading An open house, haunted with great resort.--Bishop Hall's Satires.
seat
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From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
Shenstone
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From this reading --Shenstone.
Sir
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From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
state
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From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
three
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From this reading Accordingly, one raw winter's day, full of the hopes of the reviving influence of air and exercise, I found myself carefully packed up in three great coats, and on the high road to Garrett Park.
Thus
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From this reading Thus does a false ambition rule us, Thus pomp delude, and folly fool us.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
up
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From this reading Accordingly, one raw winter's day, full of the hopes of the reviving influence of air and exercise, I found myself carefully packed up in three great coats, and on the high road to Garrett Park.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Thus does a false ambition rule us, Thus pomp delude, and folly fool us.
very
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From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
visit
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From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
weak
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From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
winter's
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From this reading Accordingly, one raw winter's day, full of the hopes of the reviving influence of air and exercise, I found myself carefully packed up in three great coats, and on the high road to Garrett Park.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading An open house, haunted with great resort.--Bishop Hall's Satires.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading I left Cambridge in a very weak state of health; and as nobody had yet come to London, I accepted the invitation of Sir Lionel Garrett to pay him a visit at his country seat.
