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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 He rowed in the Trial Eights, but as he was not heavy enough to fill any place but bow in a University boat, a place which was adequately filled already, he did not get his Blue.
adequately
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From this reading He rowed in the Trial Eights, but as he was not heavy enough to fill any place but bow in a University boat, a place which was adequately filled already, he did not get his Blue.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He rowed in the Trial Eights, but as he was not heavy enough to fill any place but bow in a University boat, a place which was adequately filled already, he did not get his Blue.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had been popular at school and he was very much liked at the University.
any
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From this reading He rowed in the Trial Eights, but as he was not heavy enough to fill any place but bow in a University boat, a place which was adequately filled already, he did not get his Blue.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He rowed in the Trial Eights, but as he was not heavy enough to fill any place but bow in a University boat, a place which was adequately filled already, he did not get his Blue.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading HIGGINBOTHAM Lucius Binney enjoyed his first year at Cambridge exceedingly.
authorities
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From this reading He did enough work to enable him to avoid friction with the authorities and passed both parts of his Littlego in his first term.
avoid
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From this reading He did enough work to enable him to avoid friction with the authorities and passed both parts of his Littlego in his first term.
BEauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading NO HELP TO BE GAINED FROM MRS.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He had been popular at school and he was very much liked at the University.
Binney
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From this reading HIGGINBOTHAM Lucius Binney enjoyed his first year at Cambridge exceedingly.
Blue
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From this reading He rowed in the Trial Eights, but as he was not heavy enough to fill any place but bow in a University boat, a place which was adequately filled already, he did not get his Blue.
boat
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From this reading He rowed in the Trial Eights, but as he was not heavy enough to fill any place but bow in a University boat, a place which was adequately filled already, he did not get his Blue.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading He did enough work to enable him to avoid friction with the authorities and passed both parts of his Littlego in his first term.
bow
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From this reading He rowed in the Trial Eights, but as he was not heavy enough to fill any place but bow in a University boat, a place which was adequately filled already, he did not get his Blue.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He rowed in the Trial Eights, but as he was not heavy enough to fill any place but bow in a University boat, a place which was adequately filled already, he did not get his Blue.
Cambridge
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From this reading HIGGINBOTHAM Lucius Binney enjoyed his first year at Cambridge exceedingly.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He did enough work to enable him to avoid friction with the authorities and passed both parts of his Littlego in his first term.
Eights
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From this reading He rowed in the Trial Eights, but as he was not heavy enough to fill any place but bow in a University boat, a place which was adequately filled already, he did not get his Blue.
enable
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From this reading He did enough work to enable him to avoid friction with the authorities and passed both parts of his Littlego in his first term.
enjoyed
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From this reading HIGGINBOTHAM Lucius Binney enjoyed his first year at Cambridge exceedingly.
enough
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From this reading He did enough work to enable him to avoid friction with the authorities and passed both parts of his Littlego in his first term.
exceedingly
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From this reading HIGGINBOTHAM Lucius Binney enjoyed his first year at Cambridge exceedingly.
fill
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From this reading He rowed in the Trial Eights, but as he was not heavy enough to fill any place but bow in a University boat, a place which was adequately filled already, he did not get his Blue.
filled
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From this reading He rowed in the Trial Eights, but as he was not heavy enough to fill any place but bow in a University boat, a place which was adequately filled already, he did not get his Blue.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading HIGGINBOTHAM Lucius Binney enjoyed his first year at Cambridge exceedingly.
friction
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From this reading He did enough work to enable him to avoid friction with the authorities and passed both parts of his Littlego in his first term.
FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading NO HELP TO BE GAINED FROM MRS.
GAINED
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From this reading NO HELP TO BE GAINED FROM MRS.
get
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From this reading He rowed in the Trial Eights, but as he was not heavy enough to fill any place but bow in a University boat, a place which was adequately filled already, he did not get his Blue.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had been popular at school and he was very much liked at the University.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had been popular at school and he was very much liked at the University.
heavy
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From this reading He rowed in the Trial Eights, but as he was not heavy enough to fill any place but bow in a University boat, a place which was adequately filled already, he did not get his Blue.
HELPnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading NO HELP TO BE GAINED FROM MRS.
HIGGINBOTHAM
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From this reading HIGGINBOTHAM Lucius Binney enjoyed his first year at Cambridge exceedingly.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He did enough work to enable him to avoid friction with the authorities and passed both parts of his Littlego in his first term.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading HIGGINBOTHAM Lucius Binney enjoyed his first year at Cambridge exceedingly.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He did enough work to enable him to avoid friction with the authorities and passed both parts of his Littlego in his first term.
liked
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From this reading He had been popular at school and he was very much liked at the University.
Littlego
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From this reading He did enough work to enable him to avoid friction with the authorities and passed both parts of his Littlego in his first term.
Lucius
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From this reading HIGGINBOTHAM Lucius Binney enjoyed his first year at Cambridge exceedingly.
MRS
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From this reading NO HELP TO BE GAINED FROM MRS.
much
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From this reading He had been popular at school and he was very much liked at the University.
NOdeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading NO HELP TO BE GAINED FROM MRS.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He rowed in the Trial Eights, but as he was not heavy enough to fill any place but bow in a University boat, a place which was adequately filled already, he did not get his Blue.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He did enough work to enable him to avoid friction with the authorities and passed both parts of his Littlego in his first term.
parts
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From this reading He did enough work to enable him to avoid friction with the authorities and passed both parts of his Littlego in his first term.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He did enough work to enable him to avoid friction with the authorities and passed both parts of his Littlego in his first term.
place
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From this reading He rowed in the Trial Eights, but as he was not heavy enough to fill any place but bow in a University boat, a place which was adequately filled already, he did not get his Blue.
popular
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From this reading He had been popular at school and he was very much liked at the University.
rowed
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From this reading He rowed in the Trial Eights, but as he was not heavy enough to fill any place but bow in a University boat, a place which was adequately filled already, he did not get his Blue.
school
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From this reading He had been popular at school and he was very much liked at the University.
term
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From this reading He did enough work to enable him to avoid friction with the authorities and passed both parts of his Littlego in his first term.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He had been popular at school and he was very much liked at the University.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading NO HELP TO BE GAINED FROM MRS.
Trial
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From this reading He rowed in the Trial Eights, but as he was not heavy enough to fill any place but bow in a University boat, a place which was adequately filled already, he did not get his Blue.
University
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From this reading He had been popular at school and he was very much liked at the University.
very
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From this reading He had been popular at school and he was very much liked at the University.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He had been popular at school and he was very much liked at the University.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He rowed in the Trial Eights, but as he was not heavy enough to fill any place but bow in a University boat, a place which was adequately filled already, he did not get his Blue.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He did enough work to enable him to avoid friction with the authorities and passed both parts of his Littlego in his first term.
work
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From this reading He did enough work to enable him to avoid friction with the authorities and passed both parts of his Littlego in his first term.
year
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From this reading HIGGINBOTHAM Lucius Binney enjoyed his first year at Cambridge exceedingly.
