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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 If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
admirably
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From this reading If he had intended to sing comic songs from a punt at Henley Regatta, he would have been suitably, even admirably, attired.
allow
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From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
anyonepronounUS /ˈeniwʌn/
any person at all
From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But as a private gentleman he was a little on the bright side.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
attired
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From this reading If he had intended to sing comic songs from a punt at Henley Regatta, he would have been suitably, even admirably, attired.
banjo
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From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading One of these Sam had bought, and it had been a blunder on his part.
blunder
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From this reading One of these Sam had bought, and it had been a blunder on his part.
bought
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From this reading One of these Sam had bought, and it had been a blunder on his part.
bright
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From this reading But as a private gentleman he was a little on the bright side.
Bros
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From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But as a private gentleman he was a little on the bright side.
clients
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From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
clothes
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From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
Cohen
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From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
comic
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From this reading If he had intended to sing comic songs from a punt at Henley Regatta, he would have been suitably, even admirably, attired.
Covent
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From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
crimson
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From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
destined
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From this reading Fittings take place in a dimly lit interior, with the result that suits destined to make phlegmatic horses shy in the open street seem in the shop to possess merely a rather pleasing vivacity.
dimly
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From this reading Fittings take place in a dimly lit interior, with the result that suits destined to make phlegmatic horses shy in the open street seem in the shop to possess merely a rather pleasing vivacity.
even
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From this reading If he had intended to sing comic songs from a punt at Henley Regatta, he would have been suitably, even admirably, attired.
fault
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From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
Fittings
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From this reading Fittings take place in a dimly lit interior, with the result that suits destined to make phlegmatic horses shy in the open street seem in the shop to possess merely a rather pleasing vivacity.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading If he had intended to sing comic songs from a punt at Henley Regatta, he would have been suitably, even admirably, attired.
Garden
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From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
gentleman
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From this reading But as a private gentleman he was a little on the bright side.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading One of these Sam had bought, and it had been a blunder on his part.
hat
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From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If he had intended to sing comic songs from a punt at Henley Regatta, he would have been suitably, even admirably, attired.
Henley
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From this reading If he had intended to sing comic songs from a punt at Henley Regatta, he would have been suitably, even admirably, attired.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading One of these Sam had bought, and it had been a blunder on his part.
horses
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From this reading Fittings take place in a dimly lit interior, with the result that suits destined to make phlegmatic horses shy in the open street seem in the shop to possess merely a rather pleasing vivacity.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Fittings take place in a dimly lit interior, with the result that suits destined to make phlegmatic horses shy in the open street seem in the shop to possess merely a rather pleasing vivacity.
intended
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From this reading If he had intended to sing comic songs from a punt at Henley Regatta, he would have been suitably, even admirably, attired.
interior
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From this reading Fittings take place in a dimly lit interior, with the result that suits destined to make phlegmatic horses shy in the open street seem in the shop to possess merely a rather pleasing vivacity.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
lit
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From this reading Fittings take place in a dimly lit interior, with the result that suits destined to make phlegmatic horses shy in the open street seem in the shop to possess merely a rather pleasing vivacity.
little
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From this reading But as a private gentleman he was a little on the bright side.
make
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From this reading Fittings take place in a dimly lit interior, with the result that suits destined to make phlegmatic horses shy in the open street seem in the shop to possess merely a rather pleasing vivacity.
merely
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From this reading Fittings take place in a dimly lit interior, with the result that suits destined to make phlegmatic horses shy in the open street seem in the shop to possess merely a rather pleasing vivacity.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading One of these Sam had bought, and it had been a blunder on his part.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One of these Sam had bought, and it had been a blunder on his part.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Fittings take place in a dimly lit interior, with the result that suits destined to make phlegmatic horses shy in the open street seem in the shop to possess merely a rather pleasing vivacity.
part
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From this reading One of these Sam had bought, and it had been a blunder on his part.
phlegmatic
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From this reading Fittings take place in a dimly lit interior, with the result that suits destined to make phlegmatic horses shy in the open street seem in the shop to possess merely a rather pleasing vivacity.
place
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From this reading Fittings take place in a dimly lit interior, with the result that suits destined to make phlegmatic horses shy in the open street seem in the shop to possess merely a rather pleasing vivacity.
pleasing
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From this reading Fittings take place in a dimly lit interior, with the result that suits destined to make phlegmatic horses shy in the open street seem in the shop to possess merely a rather pleasing vivacity.
possess
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From this reading Fittings take place in a dimly lit interior, with the result that suits destined to make phlegmatic horses shy in the open street seem in the shop to possess merely a rather pleasing vivacity.
prismatic
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From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
private
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From this reading But as a private gentleman he was a little on the bright side.
punt
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From this reading If he had intended to sing comic songs from a punt at Henley Regatta, he would have been suitably, even admirably, attired.
purchasing
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From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
rather
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From this reading Fittings take place in a dimly lit interior, with the result that suits destined to make phlegmatic horses shy in the open street seem in the shop to possess merely a rather pleasing vivacity.
Regatta
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From this reading If he had intended to sing comic songs from a punt at Henley Regatta, he would have been suitably, even admirably, attired.
result
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From this reading Fittings take place in a dimly lit interior, with the result that suits destined to make phlegmatic horses shy in the open street seem in the shop to possess merely a rather pleasing vivacity.
ribbon
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From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
Sam
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From this reading One of these Sam had bought, and it had been a blunder on his part.
sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/
Identical; not different.
From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
seem
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From this reading Fittings take place in a dimly lit interior, with the result that suits destined to make phlegmatic horses shy in the open street seem in the shop to possess merely a rather pleasing vivacity.
select
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From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
shade
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From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
shop
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From this reading Fittings take place in a dimly lit interior, with the result that suits destined to make phlegmatic horses shy in the open street seem in the shop to possess merely a rather pleasing vivacity.
shy
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From this reading Fittings take place in a dimly lit interior, with the result that suits destined to make phlegmatic horses shy in the open street seem in the shop to possess merely a rather pleasing vivacity.
side
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From this reading But as a private gentleman he was a little on the bright side.
sing
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From this reading If he had intended to sing comic songs from a punt at Henley Regatta, he would have been suitably, even admirably, attired.
sometimes
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From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
songs
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From this reading If he had intended to sing comic songs from a punt at Henley Regatta, he would have been suitably, even admirably, attired.
straw
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From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
street
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From this reading Fittings take place in a dimly lit interior, with the result that suits destined to make phlegmatic horses shy in the open street seem in the shop to possess merely a rather pleasing vivacity.
suitably
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From this reading If he had intended to sing comic songs from a punt at Henley Regatta, he would have been suitably, even admirably, attired.
suits
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From this reading Fittings take place in a dimly lit interior, with the result that suits destined to make phlegmatic horses shy in the open street seem in the shop to possess merely a rather pleasing vivacity.
take
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From this reading Fittings take place in a dimly lit interior, with the result that suits destined to make phlegmatic horses shy in the open street seem in the shop to possess merely a rather pleasing vivacity.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading One of these Sam had bought, and it had been a blunder on his part.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
time
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From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
too
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From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
vivacity
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From this reading Fittings take place in a dimly lit interior, with the result that suits destined to make phlegmatic horses shy in the open street seem in the shop to possess merely a rather pleasing vivacity.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But as a private gentleman he was a little on the bright side.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading If the Cohen Bros., of Covent Garden, have a fault, it is that they sometimes allow their clients to select clothes that are a shade too prismatic for anyone who is not at the same time purchasing a banjo and a straw hat with a crimson ribbon.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If he had intended to sing comic songs from a punt at Henley Regatta, he would have been suitably, even admirably, attired.
