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4
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From this reading "THE GOLDEN MAIDEN" The theatrical criticism of the _Daily Wire_ was always printed on page 4; the more important news on page 6, over the leaf.
6
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From this reading "THE GOLDEN MAIDEN" The theatrical criticism of the _Daily Wire_ was always printed on page 4; the more important news on page 6, over the leaf.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading He had arrived at his office for a long day's work.
always
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From this reading "THE GOLDEN MAIDEN" The theatrical criticism of the _Daily Wire_ was always printed on page 4; the more important news on page 6, over the leaf.
AmongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Among his letters was one from a young man who, it appeared, had but lately arrived in the metropolis to fill a situation as clerk in a big mercantile house.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
appeared
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From this reading Among his letters was one from a young man who, it appeared, had but lately arrived in the metropolis to fill a situation as clerk in a big mercantile house.
arrived
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From this reading He had arrived at his office for a long day's work.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Among his letters was one from a young man who, it appeared, had but lately arrived in the metropolis to fill a situation as clerk in a big mercantile house.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He had arrived at his office for a long day's work.
big
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From this reading Among his letters was one from a young man who, it appeared, had but lately arrived in the metropolis to fill a situation as clerk in a big mercantile house.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Among his letters was one from a young man who, it appeared, had but lately arrived in the metropolis to fill a situation as clerk in a big mercantile house.
Christian
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From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
clerk
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From this reading Among his letters was one from a young man who, it appeared, had but lately arrived in the metropolis to fill a situation as clerk in a big mercantile house.
criticism
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From this reading "THE GOLDEN MAIDEN" The theatrical criticism of the _Daily Wire_ was always printed on page 4; the more important news on page 6, over the leaf.
Daily
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From this reading "THE GOLDEN MAIDEN" The theatrical criticism of the _Daily Wire_ was always printed on page 4; the more important news on page 6, over the leaf.
day's
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From this reading He had arrived at his office for a long day's work.
editor
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From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
events
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From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
extraordinary
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From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
feature
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From this reading Hampson had inaugurated a special feature in the paper.
fill
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From this reading Among his letters was one from a young man who, it appeared, had but lately arrived in the metropolis to fill a situation as clerk in a big mercantile house.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
Friend
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From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
GOLDEN
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From this reading "THE GOLDEN MAIDEN" The theatrical criticism of the _Daily Wire_ was always printed on page 4; the more important news on page 6, over the leaf.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had arrived at his office for a long day's work.
Hampson
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From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
happenings
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From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had arrived at his office for a long day's work.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He had arrived at his office for a long day's work.
house
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From this reading Among his letters was one from a young man who, it appeared, had but lately arrived in the metropolis to fill a situation as clerk in a big mercantile house.
important
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From this reading "THE GOLDEN MAIDEN" The theatrical criticism of the _Daily Wire_ was always printed on page 4; the more important news on page 6, over the leaf.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
inaugurated
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From this reading Hampson had inaugurated a special feature in the paper.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
lately
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From this reading Among his letters was one from a young man who, it appeared, had but lately arrived in the metropolis to fill a situation as clerk in a big mercantile house.
leaf
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From this reading "THE GOLDEN MAIDEN" The theatrical criticism of the _Daily Wire_ was always printed on page 4; the more important news on page 6, over the leaf.
letters
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From this reading Among his letters was one from a young man who, it appeared, had but lately arrived in the metropolis to fill a situation as clerk in a big mercantile house.
London
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From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had arrived at his office for a long day's work.
MAIDENnoun, literaryUS /ˈmeɪdən/
a young woman who is not married
From this reading "THE GOLDEN MAIDEN" The theatrical criticism of the _Daily Wire_ was always printed on page 4; the more important news on page 6, over the leaf.
man
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From this reading Among his letters was one from a young man who, it appeared, had but lately arrived in the metropolis to fill a situation as clerk in a big mercantile house.
mercantile
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From this reading Among his letters was one from a young man who, it appeared, had but lately arrived in the metropolis to fill a situation as clerk in a big mercantile house.
metropolis
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From this reading Among his letters was one from a young man who, it appeared, had but lately arrived in the metropolis to fill a situation as clerk in a big mercantile house.
more
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From this reading "THE GOLDEN MAIDEN" The theatrical criticism of the _Daily Wire_ was always printed on page 4; the more important news on page 6, over the leaf.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
news
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From this reading "THE GOLDEN MAIDEN" The theatrical criticism of the _Daily Wire_ was always printed on page 4; the more important news on page 6, over the leaf.
night
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From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "THE GOLDEN MAIDEN" The theatrical criticism of the _Daily Wire_ was always printed on page 4; the more important news on page 6, over the leaf.
office
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From this reading He had arrived at his office for a long day's work.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "THE GOLDEN MAIDEN" The theatrical criticism of the _Daily Wire_ was always printed on page 4; the more important news on page 6, over the leaf.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Among his letters was one from a young man who, it appeared, had but lately arrived in the metropolis to fill a situation as clerk in a big mercantile house.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "THE GOLDEN MAIDEN" The theatrical criticism of the _Daily Wire_ was always printed on page 4; the more important news on page 6, over the leaf.
page
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From this reading "THE GOLDEN MAIDEN" The theatrical criticism of the _Daily Wire_ was always printed on page 4; the more important news on page 6, over the leaf.
paper
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From this reading Hampson had inaugurated a special feature in the paper.
printednounUS /printed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "THE GOLDEN MAIDEN" The theatrical criticism of the _Daily Wire_ was always printed on page 4; the more important news on page 6, over the leaf.
realized
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From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
reason
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From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
saw
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From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
situation
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From this reading Among his letters was one from a young man who, it appeared, had but lately arrived in the metropolis to fill a situation as clerk in a big mercantile house.
special
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From this reading Hampson had inaugurated a special feature in the paper.
stupendous
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From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "THE GOLDEN MAIDEN" The theatrical criticism of the _Daily Wire_ was always printed on page 4; the more important news on page 6, over the leaf.
theatrical
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From this reading "THE GOLDEN MAIDEN" The theatrical criticism of the _Daily Wire_ was always printed on page 4; the more important news on page 6, over the leaf.
there
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From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Among his letters was one from a young man who, it appeared, had but lately arrived in the metropolis to fill a situation as clerk in a big mercantile house.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
Wales
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From this reading It was for this reason that Hampson, the editor of the _Christian Friend_, never saw the news from Wales, and realized nothing of the stupendous happenings there until the extraordinary events of the same night in London.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "THE GOLDEN MAIDEN" The theatrical criticism of the _Daily Wire_ was always printed on page 4; the more important news on page 6, over the leaf.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Among his letters was one from a young man who, it appeared, had but lately arrived in the metropolis to fill a situation as clerk in a big mercantile house.
Wire
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From this reading "THE GOLDEN MAIDEN" The theatrical criticism of the _Daily Wire_ was always printed on page 4; the more important news on page 6, over the leaf.
work
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From this reading He had arrived at his office for a long day's work.
young
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From this reading Among his letters was one from a young man who, it appeared, had but lately arrived in the metropolis to fill a situation as clerk in a big mercantile house.
