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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 My father was the younger son of a Devonshire gentleman of moderate property; my eldest uncle succeeded to the estate of his forefathers, my second became an eminent attorney in London, and my father took orders.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I now come to the time in which I myself was mixed up with the people that I have been writing about.
account
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From this reading And to make you understand how I became connected with them, I must give you some little account of myself.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading My father was the younger son of a Devonshire gentleman of moderate property; my eldest uncle succeeded to the estate of his forefathers, my second became an eminent attorney in London, and my father took orders.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And to make you understand how I became connected with them, I must give you some little account of myself.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In this way I came to live in London, in my uncle’s house, not far from Gray’s Inn, and to be treated and esteemed as his son, and to labour with him in his office.
attorney
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From this reading My father was the younger son of a Devonshire gentleman of moderate property; my eldest uncle succeeded to the estate of his forefathers, my second became an eminent attorney in London, and my father took orders.
bachelor
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From this reading Like most poor clergymen, he had a large family; and I have no doubt was glad enough when my London uncle, who was a bachelor, offered to take charge of me, and bring me up to be his successor in business.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Like most poor clergymen, he had a large family; and I have no doubt was glad enough when my London uncle, who was a bachelor, offered to take charge of me, and bring me up to be his successor in business.
became
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From this reading And to make you understand how I became connected with them, I must give you some little account of myself.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I now come to the time in which I myself was mixed up with the people that I have been writing about.
bring
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From this reading Like most poor clergymen, he had a large family; and I have no doubt was glad enough when my London uncle, who was a bachelor, offered to take charge of me, and bring me up to be his successor in business.
business
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From this reading Like most poor clergymen, he had a large family; and I have no doubt was glad enough when my London uncle, who was a bachelor, offered to take charge of me, and bring me up to be his successor in business.
came
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From this reading In this way I came to live in London, in my uncle’s house, not far from Gray’s Inn, and to be treated and esteemed as his son, and to labour with him in his office.
charge
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From this reading Like most poor clergymen, he had a large family; and I have no doubt was glad enough when my London uncle, who was a bachelor, offered to take charge of me, and bring me up to be his successor in business.
clergymen
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From this reading Like most poor clergymen, he had a large family; and I have no doubt was glad enough when my London uncle, who was a bachelor, offered to take charge of me, and bring me up to be his successor in business.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I now come to the time in which I myself was mixed up with the people that I have been writing about.
connected
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From this reading And to make you understand how I became connected with them, I must give you some little account of myself.
Devonshire
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From this reading My father was the younger son of a Devonshire gentleman of moderate property; my eldest uncle succeeded to the estate of his forefathers, my second became an eminent attorney in London, and my father took orders.
doubt
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From this reading Like most poor clergymen, he had a large family; and I have no doubt was glad enough when my London uncle, who was a bachelor, offered to take charge of me, and bring me up to be his successor in business.
eldest
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From this reading My father was the younger son of a Devonshire gentleman of moderate property; my eldest uncle succeeded to the estate of his forefathers, my second became an eminent attorney in London, and my father took orders.
eminent
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From this reading My father was the younger son of a Devonshire gentleman of moderate property; my eldest uncle succeeded to the estate of his forefathers, my second became an eminent attorney in London, and my father took orders.
enough
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From this reading Like most poor clergymen, he had a large family; and I have no doubt was glad enough when my London uncle, who was a bachelor, offered to take charge of me, and bring me up to be his successor in business.
estate
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From this reading My father was the younger son of a Devonshire gentleman of moderate property; my eldest uncle succeeded to the estate of his forefathers, my second became an eminent attorney in London, and my father took orders.
esteemed
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From this reading In this way I came to live in London, in my uncle’s house, not far from Gray’s Inn, and to be treated and esteemed as his son, and to labour with him in his office.
family
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From this reading Like most poor clergymen, he had a large family; and I have no doubt was glad enough when my London uncle, who was a bachelor, offered to take charge of me, and bring me up to be his successor in business.
far
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From this reading In this way I came to live in London, in my uncle’s house, not far from Gray’s Inn, and to be treated and esteemed as his son, and to labour with him in his office.
father
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From this reading My father was the younger son of a Devonshire gentleman of moderate property; my eldest uncle succeeded to the estate of his forefathers, my second became an eminent attorney in London, and my father took orders.
forefathers
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From this reading My father was the younger son of a Devonshire gentleman of moderate property; my eldest uncle succeeded to the estate of his forefathers, my second became an eminent attorney in London, and my father took orders.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In this way I came to live in London, in my uncle’s house, not far from Gray’s Inn, and to be treated and esteemed as his son, and to labour with him in his office.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading My father was the younger son of a Devonshire gentleman of moderate property; my eldest uncle succeeded to the estate of his forefathers, my second became an eminent attorney in London, and my father took orders.
give
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From this reading And to make you understand how I became connected with them, I must give you some little account of myself.
glad
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From this reading Like most poor clergymen, he had a large family; and I have no doubt was glad enough when my London uncle, who was a bachelor, offered to take charge of me, and bring me up to be his successor in business.
Gray's
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From this reading In this way I came to live in London, in my uncle’s house, not far from Gray’s Inn, and to be treated and esteemed as his son, and to labour with him in his office.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Like most poor clergymen, he had a large family; and I have no doubt was glad enough when my London uncle, who was a bachelor, offered to take charge of me, and bring me up to be his successor in business.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I now come to the time in which I myself was mixed up with the people that I have been writing about.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Like most poor clergymen, he had a large family; and I have no doubt was glad enough when my London uncle, who was a bachelor, offered to take charge of me, and bring me up to be his successor in business.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In this way I came to live in London, in my uncle’s house, not far from Gray’s Inn, and to be treated and esteemed as his son, and to labour with him in his office.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading My father was the younger son of a Devonshire gentleman of moderate property; my eldest uncle succeeded to the estate of his forefathers, my second became an eminent attorney in London, and my father took orders.
house
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From this reading In this way I came to live in London, in my uncle’s house, not far from Gray’s Inn, and to be treated and esteemed as his son, and to labour with him in his office.
how
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From this reading And to make you understand how I became connected with them, I must give you some little account of myself.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I now come to the time in which I myself was mixed up with the people that I have been writing about.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I now come to the time in which I myself was mixed up with the people that I have been writing about.
Inn
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From this reading In this way I came to live in London, in my uncle’s house, not far from Gray’s Inn, and to be treated and esteemed as his son, and to labour with him in his office.
labour
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From this reading In this way I came to live in London, in my uncle’s house, not far from Gray’s Inn, and to be treated and esteemed as his son, and to labour with him in his office.
large
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From this reading Like most poor clergymen, he had a large family; and I have no doubt was glad enough when my London uncle, who was a bachelor, offered to take charge of me, and bring me up to be his successor in business.
Like
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From this reading Like most poor clergymen, he had a large family; and I have no doubt was glad enough when my London uncle, who was a bachelor, offered to take charge of me, and bring me up to be his successor in business.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And to make you understand how I became connected with them, I must give you some little account of myself.
live
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From this reading In this way I came to live in London, in my uncle’s house, not far from Gray’s Inn, and to be treated and esteemed as his son, and to labour with him in his office.
London
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From this reading My father was the younger son of a Devonshire gentleman of moderate property; my eldest uncle succeeded to the estate of his forefathers, my second became an eminent attorney in London, and my father took orders.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And to make you understand how I became connected with them, I must give you some little account of myself.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Like most poor clergymen, he had a large family; and I have no doubt was glad enough when my London uncle, who was a bachelor, offered to take charge of me, and bring me up to be his successor in business.
mixedverbUS /mɪkst/
involved with or connected to
From this reading I now come to the time in which I myself was mixed up with the people that I have been writing about.
moderate
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From this reading My father was the younger son of a Devonshire gentleman of moderate property; my eldest uncle succeeded to the estate of his forefathers, my second became an eminent attorney in London, and my father took orders.
most
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From this reading Like most poor clergymen, he had a large family; and I have no doubt was glad enough when my London uncle, who was a bachelor, offered to take charge of me, and bring me up to be his successor in business.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading And to make you understand how I became connected with them, I must give you some little account of myself.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My father was the younger son of a Devonshire gentleman of moderate property; my eldest uncle succeeded to the estate of his forefathers, my second became an eminent attorney in London, and my father took orders.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I now come to the time in which I myself was mixed up with the people that I have been writing about.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Like most poor clergymen, he had a large family; and I have no doubt was glad enough when my London uncle, who was a bachelor, offered to take charge of me, and bring me up to be his successor in business.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading In this way I came to live in London, in my uncle’s house, not far from Gray’s Inn, and to be treated and esteemed as his son, and to labour with him in his office.
now
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From this reading I now come to the time in which I myself was mixed up with the people that I have been writing about.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And to make you understand how I became connected with them, I must give you some little account of myself.
offered
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From this reading Like most poor clergymen, he had a large family; and I have no doubt was glad enough when my London uncle, who was a bachelor, offered to take charge of me, and bring me up to be his successor in business.
office
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From this reading In this way I came to live in London, in my uncle’s house, not far from Gray’s Inn, and to be treated and esteemed as his son, and to labour with him in his office.
orders
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From this reading My father was the younger son of a Devonshire gentleman of moderate property; my eldest uncle succeeded to the estate of his forefathers, my second became an eminent attorney in London, and my father took orders.
people
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From this reading I now come to the time in which I myself was mixed up with the people that I have been writing about.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Like most poor clergymen, he had a large family; and I have no doubt was glad enough when my London uncle, who was a bachelor, offered to take charge of me, and bring me up to be his successor in business.
property
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From this reading My father was the younger son of a Devonshire gentleman of moderate property; my eldest uncle succeeded to the estate of his forefathers, my second became an eminent attorney in London, and my father took orders.
second
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From this reading My father was the younger son of a Devonshire gentleman of moderate property; my eldest uncle succeeded to the estate of his forefathers, my second became an eminent attorney in London, and my father took orders.
some
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From this reading And to make you understand how I became connected with them, I must give you some little account of myself.
son
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From this reading My father was the younger son of a Devonshire gentleman of moderate property; my eldest uncle succeeded to the estate of his forefathers, my second became an eminent attorney in London, and my father took orders.
succeeded
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From this reading My father was the younger son of a Devonshire gentleman of moderate property; my eldest uncle succeeded to the estate of his forefathers, my second became an eminent attorney in London, and my father took orders.
successor
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From this reading Like most poor clergymen, he had a large family; and I have no doubt was glad enough when my London uncle, who was a bachelor, offered to take charge of me, and bring me up to be his successor in business.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Like most poor clergymen, he had a large family; and I have no doubt was glad enough when my London uncle, who was a bachelor, offered to take charge of me, and bring me up to be his successor in business.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I now come to the time in which I myself was mixed up with the people that I have been writing about.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I now come to the time in which I myself was mixed up with the people that I have been writing about.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading And to make you understand how I became connected with them, I must give you some little account of myself.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In this way I came to live in London, in my uncle’s house, not far from Gray’s Inn, and to be treated and esteemed as his son, and to labour with him in his office.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I now come to the time in which I myself was mixed up with the people that I have been writing about.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I now come to the time in which I myself was mixed up with the people that I have been writing about.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My father was the younger son of a Devonshire gentleman of moderate property; my eldest uncle succeeded to the estate of his forefathers, my second became an eminent attorney in London, and my father took orders.
treated
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From this reading In this way I came to live in London, in my uncle’s house, not far from Gray’s Inn, and to be treated and esteemed as his son, and to labour with him in his office.
uncle
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From this reading My father was the younger son of a Devonshire gentleman of moderate property; my eldest uncle succeeded to the estate of his forefathers, my second became an eminent attorney in London, and my father took orders.
uncle's
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From this reading In this way I came to live in London, in my uncle’s house, not far from Gray’s Inn, and to be treated and esteemed as his son, and to labour with him in his office.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And to make you understand how I became connected with them, I must give you some little account of myself.
up
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From this reading I now come to the time in which I myself was mixed up with the people that I have been writing about.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I now come to the time in which I myself was mixed up with the people that I have been writing about.
way
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From this reading In this way I came to live in London, in my uncle’s house, not far from Gray’s Inn, and to be treated and esteemed as his son, and to labour with him in his office.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Like most poor clergymen, he had a large family; and I have no doubt was glad enough when my London uncle, who was a bachelor, offered to take charge of me, and bring me up to be his successor in business.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I now come to the time in which I myself was mixed up with the people that I have been writing about.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Like most poor clergymen, he had a large family; and I have no doubt was glad enough when my London uncle, who was a bachelor, offered to take charge of me, and bring me up to be his successor in business.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I now come to the time in which I myself was mixed up with the people that I have been writing about.
writing
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From this reading I now come to the time in which I myself was mixed up with the people that I have been writing about.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading And to make you understand how I became connected with them, I must give you some little account of myself.
younger
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From this reading My father was the younger son of a Devonshire gentleman of moderate property; my eldest uncle succeeded to the estate of his forefathers, my second became an eminent attorney in London, and my father took orders.
