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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 company at Mrs. Gilson’s, impressed by the appearance of a gentleman of Captain Clyne’s position, scarce gave a second thought to the doctor’s retreat.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading He was a vain, ill-conditioned man, who among choice spirits would have boasted of his philandering.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But to Tyson, striding homewards through the mud and darkness, the insult he had suffered and the feeble part he had played filled the world.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The company at Mrs. Gilson’s, impressed by the appearance of a gentleman of Captain Clyne’s position, scarce gave a second thought to the doctor’s retreat.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The company at Mrs. Gilson’s, impressed by the appearance of a gentleman of Captain Clyne’s position, scarce gave a second thought to the doctor’s retreat.
boasted
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From this reading He was a vain, ill-conditioned man, who among choice spirits would have boasted of his philandering.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But to Tyson, striding homewards through the mud and darkness, the insult he had suffered and the feeble part he had played filled the world.
butt
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From this reading He saw himself the butt of the evening, the butt of many evenings.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The company at Mrs. Gilson’s, impressed by the appearance of a gentleman of Captain Clyne’s position, scarce gave a second thought to the doctor’s retreat.
cackled
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From this reading For him the inn-parlour still cackled at his expense.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The company at Mrs. Gilson’s, impressed by the appearance of a gentleman of Captain Clyne’s position, scarce gave a second thought to the doctor’s retreat.
choice
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From this reading He was a vain, ill-conditioned man, who among choice spirits would have boasted of his philandering.
Clyne's
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From this reading The company at Mrs. Gilson’s, impressed by the appearance of a gentleman of Captain Clyne’s position, scarce gave a second thought to the doctor’s retreat.
company
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From this reading The company at Mrs. Gilson’s, impressed by the appearance of a gentleman of Captain Clyne’s position, scarce gave a second thought to the doctor’s retreat.
darkness
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From this reading But to Tyson, striding homewards through the mud and darkness, the insult he had suffered and the feeble part he had played filled the world.
doctor's
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From this reading The company at Mrs. Gilson’s, impressed by the appearance of a gentleman of Captain Clyne’s position, scarce gave a second thought to the doctor’s retreat.
evening
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From this reading He saw himself the butt of the evening, the butt of many evenings.
evenings
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From this reading He saw himself the butt of the evening, the butt of many evenings.
expense
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From this reading For him the inn-parlour still cackled at his expense.
feeble
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From this reading But to Tyson, striding homewards through the mud and darkness, the insult he had suffered and the feeble part he had played filled the world.
filled
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From this reading But to Tyson, striding homewards through the mud and darkness, the insult he had suffered and the feeble part he had played filled the world.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For him the inn-parlour still cackled at his expense.
gave
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From this reading The company at Mrs. Gilson’s, impressed by the appearance of a gentleman of Captain Clyne’s position, scarce gave a second thought to the doctor’s retreat.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The company at Mrs. Gilson’s, impressed by the appearance of a gentleman of Captain Clyne’s position, scarce gave a second thought to the doctor’s retreat.
Gilson's
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From this reading The company at Mrs. Gilson’s, impressed by the appearance of a gentleman of Captain Clyne’s position, scarce gave a second thought to the doctor’s retreat.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But to Tyson, striding homewards through the mud and darkness, the insult he had suffered and the feeble part he had played filled the world.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He was a vain, ill-conditioned man, who among choice spirits would have boasted of his philandering.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But to Tyson, striding homewards through the mud and darkness, the insult he had suffered and the feeble part he had played filled the world.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading For him the inn-parlour still cackled at his expense.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He saw himself the butt of the evening, the butt of many evenings.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading For him the inn-parlour still cackled at his expense.
homewards
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From this reading But to Tyson, striding homewards through the mud and darkness, the insult he had suffered and the feeble part he had played filled the world.
ill-conditioned
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From this reading He was a vain, ill-conditioned man, who among choice spirits would have boasted of his philandering.
impressed
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From this reading The company at Mrs. Gilson’s, impressed by the appearance of a gentleman of Captain Clyne’s position, scarce gave a second thought to the doctor’s retreat.
inn-parlour
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From this reading For him the inn-parlour still cackled at his expense.
insult
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From this reading But to Tyson, striding homewards through the mud and darkness, the insult he had suffered and the feeble part he had played filled the world.
man
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From this reading He was a vain, ill-conditioned man, who among choice spirits would have boasted of his philandering.
many
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From this reading He saw himself the butt of the evening, the butt of many evenings.
Mrs
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From this reading The company at Mrs. Gilson’s, impressed by the appearance of a gentleman of Captain Clyne’s position, scarce gave a second thought to the doctor’s retreat.
mud
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From this reading But to Tyson, striding homewards through the mud and darkness, the insult he had suffered and the feeble part he had played filled the world.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The company at Mrs. Gilson’s, impressed by the appearance of a gentleman of Captain Clyne’s position, scarce gave a second thought to the doctor’s retreat.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But to Tyson, striding homewards through the mud and darkness, the insult he had suffered and the feeble part he had played filled the world.
philandering
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From this reading He was a vain, ill-conditioned man, who among choice spirits would have boasted of his philandering.
played
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From this reading But to Tyson, striding homewards through the mud and darkness, the insult he had suffered and the feeble part he had played filled the world.
position
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From this reading The company at Mrs. Gilson’s, impressed by the appearance of a gentleman of Captain Clyne’s position, scarce gave a second thought to the doctor’s retreat.
retreat
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From this reading The company at Mrs. Gilson’s, impressed by the appearance of a gentleman of Captain Clyne’s position, scarce gave a second thought to the doctor’s retreat.
saw
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From this reading He saw himself the butt of the evening, the butt of many evenings.
scarceadjectiveUS /skɛrs/
hard to find or in short supply
From this reading The company at Mrs. Gilson’s, impressed by the appearance of a gentleman of Captain Clyne’s position, scarce gave a second thought to the doctor’s retreat.
second
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From this reading The company at Mrs. Gilson’s, impressed by the appearance of a gentleman of Captain Clyne’s position, scarce gave a second thought to the doctor’s retreat.
spirits
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From this reading He was a vain, ill-conditioned man, who among choice spirits would have boasted of his philandering.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For him the inn-parlour still cackled at his expense.
striding
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From this reading But to Tyson, striding homewards through the mud and darkness, the insult he had suffered and the feeble part he had played filled the world.
suffered
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From this reading But to Tyson, striding homewards through the mud and darkness, the insult he had suffered and the feeble part he had played filled the world.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The company at Mrs. Gilson’s, impressed by the appearance of a gentleman of Captain Clyne’s position, scarce gave a second thought to the doctor’s retreat.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The company at Mrs. Gilson’s, impressed by the appearance of a gentleman of Captain Clyne’s position, scarce gave a second thought to the doctor’s retreat.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But to Tyson, striding homewards through the mud and darkness, the insult he had suffered and the feeble part he had played filled the world.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The company at Mrs. Gilson’s, impressed by the appearance of a gentleman of Captain Clyne’s position, scarce gave a second thought to the doctor’s retreat.
Tyson
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From this reading But to Tyson, striding homewards through the mud and darkness, the insult he had suffered and the feeble part he had played filled the world.
vain
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From this reading He was a vain, ill-conditioned man, who among choice spirits would have boasted of his philandering.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was a vain, ill-conditioned man, who among choice spirits would have boasted of his philandering.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading He was a vain, ill-conditioned man, who among choice spirits would have boasted of his philandering.
world
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From this reading But to Tyson, striding homewards through the mud and darkness, the insult he had suffered and the feeble part he had played filled the world.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading He was a vain, ill-conditioned man, who among choice spirits would have boasted of his philandering.
