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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 Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading _Victims_ hang much about taverns in the outskirts of the town.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He is an honest man, believing every body to be as honest as himself.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He is an honest man, believing every body to be as honest as himself.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He is an honest man, believing every body to be as honest as himself.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The system of life pursued by _victims_ in general, is worthy of being inquired into.
believing
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From this reading He is an honest man, believing every body to be as honest as himself.
body
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From this reading He is an honest man, believing every body to be as honest as himself.
Brown
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From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The system of life pursued by _victims_ in general, is worthy of being inquired into.
Candlemaker
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From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
corduroy
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From this reading You may know the man by his corduroy spatterdashes, and the latchets of his shoes drawn through them by two pye-holes.
decent
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From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
drawn
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From this reading You may know the man by his corduroy spatterdashes, and the latchets of his shoes drawn through them by two pye-holes.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading He is an honest man, believing every body to be as honest as himself.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
general
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From this reading The system of life pursued by _victims_ in general, is worthy of being inquired into.
Gowans
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From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
Grassmarket
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From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
hang
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From this reading _Victims_ hang much about taverns in the outskirts of the town.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He is an honest man, believing every body to be as honest as himself.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He is an honest man, believing every body to be as honest as himself.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading You may know the man by his corduroy spatterdashes, and the latchets of his shoes drawn through them by two pye-holes.
honest
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From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
house
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From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The system of life pursued by _victims_ in general, is worthy of being inquired into.
inquired
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From this reading The system of life pursued by _victims_ in general, is worthy of being inquired into.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The system of life pursued by _victims_ in general, is worthy of being inquired into.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The system of life pursued by _victims_ in general, is worthy of being inquired into.
James
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From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
know
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From this reading You may know the man by his corduroy spatterdashes, and the latchets of his shoes drawn through them by two pye-holes.
latchets
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From this reading You may know the man by his corduroy spatterdashes, and the latchets of his shoes drawn through them by two pye-holes.
life
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From this reading The system of life pursued by _victims_ in general, is worthy of being inquired into.
man
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From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading You may know the man by his corduroy spatterdashes, and the latchets of his shoes drawn through them by two pye-holes.
migrates
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From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
much
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From this reading _Victims_ hang much about taverns in the outskirts of the town.
name
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From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The system of life pursued by _victims_ in general, is worthy of being inquired into.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
outskirts
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From this reading _Victims_ hang much about taverns in the outskirts of the town.
Pennycuik
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From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
Perhaps
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From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
public
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From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
pursued
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From this reading The system of life pursued by _victims_ in general, is worthy of being inquired into.
pye-holes
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From this reading You may know the man by his corduroy spatterdashes, and the latchets of his shoes drawn through them by two pye-holes.
Row
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From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
rustic
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From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
sets
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From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
shoes
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From this reading You may know the man by his corduroy spatterdashes, and the latchets of his shoes drawn through them by two pye-holes.
small
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From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
spatterdashes
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From this reading You may know the man by his corduroy spatterdashes, and the latchets of his shoes drawn through them by two pye-holes.
system
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From this reading The system of life pursued by _victims_ in general, is worthy of being inquired into.
taverns
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From this reading _Victims_ hang much about taverns in the outskirts of the town.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The system of life pursued by _victims_ in general, is worthy of being inquired into.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading You may know the man by his corduroy spatterdashes, and the latchets of his shoes drawn through them by two pye-holes.
throughprepositionUS /θruː/
from one end or side of something to the other
From this reading You may know the man by his corduroy spatterdashes, and the latchets of his shoes drawn through them by two pye-holes.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
town
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From this reading _Victims_ hang much about taverns in the outskirts of the town.
two
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From this reading You may know the man by his corduroy spatterdashes, and the latchets of his shoes drawn through them by two pye-holes.
up
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From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
victims
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From this reading The system of life pursued by _victims_ in general, is worthy of being inquired into.
Walter
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From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Perhaps a decent man from Pennycuik, with the honest rustic name of Walter Brown, or James Gowans, migrates to the Candlemaker Row, or the Grassmarket, and sets up a small public house.
worthyadjectiveUS /ˈwɜːr.ði/
Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.
From this reading The system of life pursued by _victims_ in general, is worthy of being inquired into.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You may know the man by his corduroy spatterdashes, and the latchets of his shoes drawn through them by two pye-holes.
