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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 I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
absence
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accustomed
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From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
August
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From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
awhile
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From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It seemed to me that nothing could be so fine and so romantic.
blue
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boot-tops
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braces
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From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
bully
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From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
chapter
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From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
cloudless
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From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
coat
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From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
concluded
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From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It seemed to me that nothing could be so fine and so romantic.
country
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From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
crammed
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curious
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From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
damaged
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From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
destruction
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From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
end
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From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
fascinated
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From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
felt
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From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
gloried
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From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
grown
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From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
hat
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From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
historian
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From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
Josephus
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From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It seemed to me that nothing could be so fine and so romantic.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
new
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From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading It seemed to me that nothing could be so fine and so romantic.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
off
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From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
pants
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From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
phrases
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From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
put
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From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
return
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From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
romantic
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From this reading It seemed to me that nothing could be so fine and so romantic.
rowdyish
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From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to me that nothing could be so fine and so romantic.
shirt
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From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
skies
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From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
slouch
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From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It seemed to me that nothing could be so fine and so romantic.
States
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From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
superb
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From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
Temple
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From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It seemed to me that nothing could be so fine and so romantic.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
three
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From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
two
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From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading I felt rowdyish and "bully," (as the historian Josephus phrases it, in his fine chapter upon the destruction of the Temple).
vest
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From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
wearing
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From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
weather
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From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
weeks
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From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
well
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From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was the end of August, and the skies were cloudless and the weather superb.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
wonderfully
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From this reading In two or three weeks I had grown wonderfully fascinated with the curious new country and concluded to put off my return to "the States" awhile.
woolen
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From this reading I had grown well accustomed to wearing a damaged slouch hat, blue woolen shirt, and pants crammed into boot-tops, and gloried in the absence of coat, vest and braces.
