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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 His preparations consisted in ransacking his “box” for a pen.
all-the-time
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From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
any
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From this reading The English people manufacture steel pens for nineteen-twentieths of the globe, but they never use any themselves.
Arrived
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From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
Berkeley
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From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
bottle
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From this reading There was a plenty of steel pens on his table with the ink bottle, but he was English.
box
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From this reading His preparations consisted in ransacking his “box” for a pen.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There was a plenty of steel pens on his table with the ink bottle, but he was English.
consisted
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From this reading His preparations consisted in ransacking his “box” for a pen.
date
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From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
diary
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From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
down
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From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
dutynounUS /ˈduːti/
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
English
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From this reading There was a plenty of steel pens on his table with the ink bottle, but he was English.
Englishman
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From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
exclusively
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From this reading They use exclusively the pre-historic quill.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
globe
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From this reading The English people manufacture steel pens for nineteen-twentieths of the globe, but they never use any themselves.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was a plenty of steel pens on his table with the ink bottle, but he was English.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
impressions
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From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
ink
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From this reading There was a plenty of steel pens on his table with the ink bottle, but he was English.
jotting
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From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
Lord
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From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
made
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From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
manufacture
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From this reading The English people manufacture steel pens for nineteen-twentieths of the globe, but they never use any themselves.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The English people manufacture steel pens for nineteen-twentieths of the globe, but they never use any themselves.
nineteen-twentieths
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From this reading The English people manufacture steel pens for nineteen-twentieths of the globe, but they never use any themselves.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was a plenty of steel pens on his table with the ink bottle, but he was English.
pen
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From this reading His preparations consisted in ransacking his “box” for a pen.
pens
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From this reading There was a plenty of steel pens on his table with the ink bottle, but he was English.
people
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From this reading The English people manufacture steel pens for nineteen-twentieths of the globe, but they never use any themselves.
plenty
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From this reading There was a plenty of steel pens on his table with the ink bottle, but he was English.
pre-historic
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From this reading They use exclusively the pre-historic quill.
preparations
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From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
quill
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From this reading They use exclusively the pre-historic quill.
ransacking
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From this reading His preparations consisted in ransacking his “box” for a pen.
room
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From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
steel
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From this reading There was a plenty of steel pens on his table with the ink bottle, but he was English.
table
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From this reading There was a plenty of steel pens on his table with the ink bottle, but he was English.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The English people manufacture steel pens for nineteen-twentieths of the globe, but they never use any themselves.
There
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From this reading There was a plenty of steel pens on his table with the ink bottle, but he was English.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The English people manufacture steel pens for nineteen-twentieths of the globe, but they never use any themselves.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
use
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From this reading The English people manufacture steel pens for nineteen-twentieths of the globe, but they never use any themselves.
visiting
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From this reading Arrived in his room Lord Berkeley made preparations for that first and last and all-the-time duty of the visiting Englishman—the jotting down in his diary of his “impressions” to date.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a plenty of steel pens on his table with the ink bottle, but he was English.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was a plenty of steel pens on his table with the ink bottle, but he was English.
