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6,000
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From this reading On coining of age, he inherited L6,000, from his maternal grandfather.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I was somewhere about sixteen when, on going home for the holidays, I found my mother's brother settled among the household Lares.
affected
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From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
age
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From this reading On coining of age, he inherited L6,000, from his maternal grandfather.
all
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From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
always
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From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading I was somewhere about sixteen when, on going home for the holidays, I found my mother's brother settled among the household Lares.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
brother
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From this reading I was somewhere about sixteen when, on going home for the holidays, I found my mother's brother settled among the household Lares.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It seemed to him then that his fellow-creatures were sadly imposed upon by their tailors.
called
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From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
coining
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From this reading On coining of age, he inherited L6,000, from his maternal grandfather.
creatures
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From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
enthusiastic
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From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
familiarly
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From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
fellow
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From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
fellow-creatures
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From this reading It seemed to him then that his fellow-creatures were sadly imposed upon by their tailors.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I was somewhere about sixteen when, on going home for the holidays, I found my mother's brother settled among the household Lares.
fortunes
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From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I was somewhere about sixteen when, on going home for the holidays, I found my mother's brother settled among the household Lares.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading On coining of age, he inherited L6,000, from his maternal grandfather.
going
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From this reading I was somewhere about sixteen when, on going home for the holidays, I found my mother's brother settled among the household Lares.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
grandfather
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From this reading On coining of age, he inherited L6,000, from his maternal grandfather.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
heart
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From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It seemed to him then that his fellow-creatures were sadly imposed upon by their tailors.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
holidays
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From this reading I was somewhere about sixteen when, on going home for the holidays, I found my mother's brother settled among the household Lares.
home
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From this reading I was somewhere about sixteen when, on going home for the holidays, I found my mother's brother settled among the household Lares.
household
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From this reading I was somewhere about sixteen when, on going home for the holidays, I found my mother's brother settled among the household Lares.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I was somewhere about sixteen when, on going home for the holidays, I found my mother's brother settled among the household Lares.
imposed
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From this reading It seemed to him then that his fellow-creatures were sadly imposed upon by their tailors.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
inherited
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From this reading On coining of age, he inherited L6,000, from his maternal grandfather.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
Jack
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From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
L
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From this reading On coining of age, he inherited L6,000, from his maternal grandfather.
Lares
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From this reading I was somewhere about sixteen when, on going home for the holidays, I found my mother's brother settled among the household Lares.
large
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From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
light-hearted
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From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
maternal
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From this reading On coining of age, he inherited L6,000, from his maternal grandfather.
mother's
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From this reading I was somewhere about sixteen when, on going home for the holidays, I found my mother's brother settled among the household Lares.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I was somewhere about sixteen when, on going home for the holidays, I found my mother's brother settled among the household Lares.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I was somewhere about sixteen when, on going home for the holidays, I found my mother's brother settled among the household Lares.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
plausible
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From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
relied
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From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
sadly
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From this reading It seemed to him then that his fellow-creatures were sadly imposed upon by their tailors.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It seemed to him then that his fellow-creatures were sadly imposed upon by their tailors.
settled
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From this reading I was somewhere about sixteen when, on going home for the holidays, I found my mother's brother settled among the household Lares.
sixteen
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From this reading I was somewhere about sixteen when, on going home for the holidays, I found my mother's brother settled among the household Lares.
small
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From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
somewhere
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From this reading I was somewhere about sixteen when, on going home for the holidays, I found my mother's brother settled among the household Lares.
speculations
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From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
speculator
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From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
spent
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From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
tailors
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From this reading It seemed to him then that his fellow-creatures were sadly imposed upon by their tailors.
talkative
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From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I was somewhere about sixteen when, on going home for the holidays, I found my mother's brother settled among the household Lares.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading It seemed to him then that his fellow-creatures were sadly imposed upon by their tailors.
then
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From this reading It seemed to him then that his fellow-creatures were sadly imposed upon by their tailors.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
three
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From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
trying
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From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
Uncle
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From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
ungrateful
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From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I was somewhere about sixteen when, on going home for the holidays, I found my mother's brother settled among the household Lares.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It seemed to him then that his fellow-creatures were sadly imposed upon by their tailors.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading I was somewhere about sixteen when, on going home for the holidays, I found my mother's brother settled among the household Lares.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Uncle Jack, as he was familiarly called, was a light-hearted, plausible, enthusiastic, talkative fellow, who had spent three small fortunes in trying to make a large one.
world
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From this reading Uncle Jack was a great speculator; but in all his speculations he never affected to think of himself,--it was always the good of his fellow- creatures that he had at heart, and in this ungrateful world fellow- creatures are not to be relied upon!
