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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 The pupil's parent is really the very greatest bane of all the banes that beset a poor harassed overdriven schoolmaster's unfortunate existence!'
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Do you know, I positively see Mr. Blenkinsopp, father of that odious boy Blenkinsopp major, distinctly visible to the naked eye, walking across the front lawn--on the grass too--to our doorway.
alarm
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all
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andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading 'My dear,' said Dr. Greatrex, looking up in alarm from the lunch table one morning, in the third term of Ernest Le Breton's stay at Pilbury, 'what an awful apparition!
apparition
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atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading 'My dear,' said Dr. Greatrex, looking up in alarm from the lunch table one morning, in the third term of Ernest Le Breton's stay at Pilbury, 'what an awful apparition!
awful
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bane
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From this reading The pupil's parent is really the very greatest bane of all the banes that beset a poor harassed overdriven schoolmaster's unfortunate existence!'
banes
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beset
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Blenkinsopp
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boy
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Breton's
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dear
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distinctly
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Doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Do you know, I positively see Mr. Blenkinsopp, father of that odious boy Blenkinsopp major, distinctly visible to the naked eye, walking across the front lawn--on the grass too--to our doorway.
doorway
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Dr
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Ernest
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existence
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eye
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father
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading 'My dear,' said Dr. Greatrex, looking up in alarm from the lunch table one morning, in the third term of Ernest Le Breton's stay at Pilbury, 'what an awful apparition!
front
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grass
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greatest
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Greatrex
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harassed
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From this reading The pupil's parent is really the very greatest bane of all the banes that beset a poor harassed overdriven schoolmaster's unfortunate existence!'
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Do you know, I positively see Mr. Blenkinsopp, father of that odious boy Blenkinsopp major, distinctly visible to the naked eye, walking across the front lawn--on the grass too--to our doorway.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'My dear,' said Dr. Greatrex, looking up in alarm from the lunch table one morning, in the third term of Ernest Le Breton's stay at Pilbury, 'what an awful apparition!
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The pupil's parent is really the very greatest bane of all the banes that beset a poor harassed overdriven schoolmaster's unfortunate existence!'
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Do you know, I positively see Mr. Blenkinsopp, father of that odious boy Blenkinsopp major, distinctly visible to the naked eye, walking across the front lawn--on the grass too--to our doorway.
lawn
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Le
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looking
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lunch
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major
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morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'My dear,' said Dr. Greatrex, looking up in alarm from the lunch table one morning, in the third term of Ernest Le Breton's stay at Pilbury, 'what an awful apparition!
Mr
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MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading 'My dear,' said Dr. Greatrex, looking up in alarm from the lunch table one morning, in the third term of Ernest Le Breton's stay at Pilbury, 'what an awful apparition!
naked
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odious
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 'My dear,' said Dr. Greatrex, looking up in alarm from the lunch table one morning, in the third term of Ernest Le Breton's stay at Pilbury, 'what an awful apparition!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Do you know, I positively see Mr. Blenkinsopp, father of that odious boy Blenkinsopp major, distinctly visible to the naked eye, walking across the front lawn--on the grass too--to our doorway.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading 'My dear,' said Dr. Greatrex, looking up in alarm from the lunch table one morning, in the third term of Ernest Le Breton's stay at Pilbury, 'what an awful apparition!
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Do you know, I positively see Mr. Blenkinsopp, father of that odious boy Blenkinsopp major, distinctly visible to the naked eye, walking across the front lawn--on the grass too--to our doorway.
overdriven
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From this reading The pupil's parent is really the very greatest bane of all the banes that beset a poor harassed overdriven schoolmaster's unfortunate existence!'
parent
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PHILISTINES
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From this reading THE PHILISTINES TRIUMPH.
Pilbury
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From this reading 'My dear,' said Dr. Greatrex, looking up in alarm from the lunch table one morning, in the third term of Ernest Le Breton's stay at Pilbury, 'what an awful apparition!
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The pupil's parent is really the very greatest bane of all the banes that beset a poor harassed overdriven schoolmaster's unfortunate existence!'
positively
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pupil's
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From this reading The pupil's parent is really the very greatest bane of all the banes that beset a poor harassed overdriven schoolmaster's unfortunate existence!'
really
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From this reading The pupil's parent is really the very greatest bane of all the banes that beset a poor harassed overdriven schoolmaster's unfortunate existence!'
said
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schoolmaster's
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see
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stay
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table
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term
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Do you know, I positively see Mr. Blenkinsopp, father of that odious boy Blenkinsopp major, distinctly visible to the naked eye, walking across the front lawn--on the grass too--to our doorway.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE PHILISTINES TRIUMPH.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'My dear,' said Dr. Greatrex, looking up in alarm from the lunch table one morning, in the third term of Ernest Le Breton's stay at Pilbury, 'what an awful apparition!
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Do you know, I positively see Mr. Blenkinsopp, father of that odious boy Blenkinsopp major, distinctly visible to the naked eye, walking across the front lawn--on the grass too--to our doorway.
too
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TRIUMPH
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From this reading THE PHILISTINES TRIUMPH.
unfortunate
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up
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very
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visible
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walking
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whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading 'My dear,' said Dr. Greatrex, looking up in alarm from the lunch table one morning, in the third term of Ernest Le Breton's stay at Pilbury, 'what an awful apparition!
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Do you know, I positively see Mr. Blenkinsopp, father of that odious boy Blenkinsopp major, distinctly visible to the naked eye, walking across the front lawn--on the grass too--to our doorway.
