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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 There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
able
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From this reading He was able to put off the departure for several years, but with the passage of time the letters that admonished and threatened not only ceased to come, but the necessary remittances stopped also.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
admonished
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From this reading He was able to put off the departure for several years, but with the passage of time the letters that admonished and threatened not only ceased to come, but the necessary remittances stopped also.
all
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From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
also
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From this reading He was able to put off the departure for several years, but with the passage of time the letters that admonished and threatened not only ceased to come, but the necessary remittances stopped also.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Years before, letters and cablegrams not unsimilar to those that now poured in upon her friends came persistently across the water to the father of Sunny.
Barrowes
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From this reading Then there was no Professor Barrowes to govern and lay down the law to the infatuated man.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Years before, letters and cablegrams not unsimilar to those that now poured in upon her friends came persistently across the water to the father of Sunny.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Sunny's father found himself in the novel position of being what he termed "broke" in a strange land.
birth
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From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
broke
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From this reading Sunny's father found himself in the novel position of being what he termed "broke" in a strange land.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He was able to put off the departure for several years, but with the passage of time the letters that admonished and threatened not only ceased to come, but the necessary remittances stopped also.
cablegrams
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From this reading Years before, letters and cablegrams not unsimilar to those that now poured in upon her friends came persistently across the water to the father of Sunny.
came
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From this reading Years before, letters and cablegrams not unsimilar to those that now poured in upon her friends came persistently across the water to the father of Sunny.
ceased
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From this reading He was able to put off the departure for several years, but with the passage of time the letters that admonished and threatened not only ceased to come, but the necessary remittances stopped also.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was able to put off the departure for several years, but with the passage of time the letters that admonished and threatened not only ceased to come, but the necessary remittances stopped also.
comes
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From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
departure
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From this reading He was able to put off the departure for several years, but with the passage of time the letters that admonished and threatened not only ceased to come, but the necessary remittances stopped also.
down
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From this reading Then there was no Professor Barrowes to govern and lay down the law to the infatuated man.
father
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From this reading Years before, letters and cablegrams not unsimilar to those that now poured in upon her friends came persistently across the water to the father of Sunny.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He was able to put off the departure for several years, but with the passage of time the letters that admonished and threatened not only ceased to come, but the necessary remittances stopped also.
foreign
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From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sunny's father found himself in the novel position of being what he termed "broke" in a strange land.
friends
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From this reading Years before, letters and cablegrams not unsimilar to those that now poured in upon her friends came persistently across the water to the father of Sunny.
govern
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From this reading Then there was no Professor Barrowes to govern and lay down the law to the infatuated man.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was able to put off the departure for several years, but with the passage of time the letters that admonished and threatened not only ceased to come, but the necessary remittances stopped also.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Years before, letters and cablegrams not unsimilar to those that now poured in upon her friends came persistently across the water to the father of Sunny.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Sunny's father found himself in the novel position of being what he termed "broke" in a strange land.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
infatuated
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From this reading Then there was no Professor Barrowes to govern and lay down the law to the infatuated man.
land
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From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
lands
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From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
law
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From this reading Then there was no Professor Barrowes to govern and lay down the law to the infatuated man.
lay
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From this reading Then there was no Professor Barrowes to govern and lay down the law to the infatuated man.
letters
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From this reading Years before, letters and cablegrams not unsimilar to those that now poured in upon her friends came persistently across the water to the father of Sunny.
lives
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From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
man
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From this reading Then there was no Professor Barrowes to govern and lay down the law to the infatuated man.
men
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From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
necessary
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From this reading He was able to put off the departure for several years, but with the passage of time the letters that admonished and threatened not only ceased to come, but the necessary remittances stopped also.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Then there was no Professor Barrowes to govern and lay down the law to the infatuated man.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Years before, letters and cablegrams not unsimilar to those that now poured in upon her friends came persistently across the water to the father of Sunny.
novel
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From this reading Sunny's father found himself in the novel position of being what he termed "broke" in a strange land.
now
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From this reading Years before, letters and cablegrams not unsimilar to those that now poured in upon her friends came persistently across the water to the father of Sunny.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
off
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From this reading He was able to put off the departure for several years, but with the passage of time the letters that admonished and threatened not only ceased to come, but the necessary remittances stopped also.
only
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From this reading He was able to put off the departure for several years, but with the passage of time the letters that admonished and threatened not only ceased to come, but the necessary remittances stopped also.
passagenounUS /ˈpassage/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was able to put off the departure for several years, but with the passage of time the letters that admonished and threatened not only ceased to come, but the necessary remittances stopped also.
persistently
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From this reading Years before, letters and cablegrams not unsimilar to those that now poured in upon her friends came persistently across the water to the father of Sunny.
position
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From this reading Sunny's father found himself in the novel position of being what he termed "broke" in a strange land.
poured
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From this reading Years before, letters and cablegrams not unsimilar to those that now poured in upon her friends came persistently across the water to the father of Sunny.
powersnounUS /powers/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
Professor
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From this reading Then there was no Professor Barrowes to govern and lay down the law to the infatuated man.
put
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From this reading He was able to put off the departure for several years, but with the passage of time the letters that admonished and threatened not only ceased to come, but the necessary remittances stopped also.
remittances
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From this reading He was able to put off the departure for several years, but with the passage of time the letters that admonished and threatened not only ceased to come, but the necessary remittances stopped also.
return
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From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
several
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From this reading He was able to put off the departure for several years, but with the passage of time the letters that admonished and threatened not only ceased to come, but the necessary remittances stopped also.
sojourning
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From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was able to put off the departure for several years, but with the passage of time the letters that admonished and threatened not only ceased to come, but the necessary remittances stopped also.
strange
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From this reading Sunny's father found himself in the novel position of being what he termed "broke" in a strange land.
summon
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From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
Sunny
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From this reading Years before, letters and cablegrams not unsimilar to those that now poured in upon her friends came persistently across the water to the father of Sunny.
Sunny's
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From this reading Sunny's father found himself in the novel position of being what he termed "broke" in a strange land.
termed
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From this reading Sunny's father found himself in the novel position of being what he termed "broke" in a strange land.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
Then
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From this reading Then there was no Professor Barrowes to govern and lay down the law to the infatuated man.
There
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From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Years before, letters and cablegrams not unsimilar to those that now poured in upon her friends came persistently across the water to the father of Sunny.
threatened
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From this reading He was able to put off the departure for several years, but with the passage of time the letters that admonished and threatened not only ceased to come, but the necessary remittances stopped also.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
unsimilar
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From this reading Years before, letters and cablegrams not unsimilar to those that now poured in upon her friends came persistently across the water to the father of Sunny.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Years before, letters and cablegrams not unsimilar to those that now poured in upon her friends came persistently across the water to the father of Sunny.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then there was no Professor Barrowes to govern and lay down the law to the infatuated man.
water
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From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Sunny's father found himself in the novel position of being what he termed "broke" in a strange land.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was able to put off the departure for several years, but with the passage of time the letters that admonished and threatened not only ceased to come, but the necessary remittances stopped also.
Years
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From this reading Years before, letters and cablegrams not unsimilar to those that now poured in upon her friends came persistently across the water to the father of Sunny.
young
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From this reading There comes a time in the lives of all young men sojourning in foreign lands when the powers that be across the water summon them to return to the land of their birth.
