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advent
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From this reading "Step by step, I trod backward the path of his history, since his advent in W----, gathering my information from many sources.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading "From the moment when I appeared among you as Brooks, my work was double.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I was bent upon posting myself thoroughly in regard to Jasper Lamotte, and day by day I became more interested in the career of this remarkable man.
anxious
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From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
appeared
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From this reading "From the moment when I appeared among you as Brooks, my work was double.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "From the moment when I appeared among you as Brooks, my work was double.
backward
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From this reading "Step by step, I trod backward the path of his history, since his advent in W----, gathering my information from many sources.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
beating
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From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
became
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become
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From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
bent
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From this reading I was bent upon posting myself thoroughly in regard to Jasper Lamotte, and day by day I became more interested in the career of this remarkable man.
Brooks
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From this reading "From the moment when I appeared among you as Brooks, my work was double.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I was bent upon posting myself thoroughly in regard to Jasper Lamotte, and day by day I became more interested in the career of this remarkable man.
career
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From this reading I was bent upon posting myself thoroughly in regard to Jasper Lamotte, and day by day I became more interested in the career of this remarkable man.
day
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From this reading I was bent upon posting myself thoroughly in regard to Jasper Lamotte, and day by day I became more interested in the career of this remarkable man.
detailsnounUS /ˈdetails/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
double
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From this reading "From the moment when I appeared among you as Brooks, my work was double.
enter
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From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
familiar
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From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "From the moment when I appeared among you as Brooks, my work was double.
gathering
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From this reading "Step by step, I trod backward the path of his history, since his advent in W----, gathering my information from many sources.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Step by step, I trod backward the path of his history, since his advent in W----, gathering my information from many sources.
history
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From this reading "Step by step, I trod backward the path of his history, since his advent in W----, gathering my information from many sources.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "From the moment when I appeared among you as Brooks, my work was double.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I was bent upon posting myself thoroughly in regard to Jasper Lamotte, and day by day I became more interested in the career of this remarkable man.
information
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From this reading "Step by step, I trod backward the path of his history, since his advent in W----, gathering my information from many sources.
interested
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From this reading I was bent upon posting myself thoroughly in regard to Jasper Lamotte, and day by day I became more interested in the career of this remarkable man.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
Jasper
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From this reading I was bent upon posting myself thoroughly in regard to Jasper Lamotte, and day by day I became more interested in the career of this remarkable man.
JIM
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From this reading THE STORY OF LUCKY JIM.
Lamotte
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From this reading I was bent upon posting myself thoroughly in regard to Jasper Lamotte, and day by day I became more interested in the career of this remarkable man.
LUCKY
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From this reading THE STORY OF LUCKY JIM.
man
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From this reading I was bent upon posting myself thoroughly in regard to Jasper Lamotte, and day by day I became more interested in the career of this remarkable man.
many
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From this reading "Step by step, I trod backward the path of his history, since his advent in W----, gathering my information from many sources.
moment
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From this reading "From the moment when I appeared among you as Brooks, my work was double.
more
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From this reading I was bent upon posting myself thoroughly in regard to Jasper Lamotte, and day by day I became more interested in the career of this remarkable man.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "From the moment when I appeared among you as Brooks, my work was double.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I was bent upon posting myself thoroughly in regard to Jasper Lamotte, and day by day I became more interested in the career of this remarkable man.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE STORY OF LUCKY JIM.
others
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From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
past
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From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
path
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From this reading "Step by step, I trod backward the path of his history, since his advent in W----, gathering my information from many sources.
posting
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From this reading I was bent upon posting myself thoroughly in regard to Jasper Lamotte, and day by day I became more interested in the career of this remarkable man.
regard
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From this reading I was bent upon posting myself thoroughly in regard to Jasper Lamotte, and day by day I became more interested in the career of this remarkable man.
remarkablenounUS /ˈremarkable/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I was bent upon posting myself thoroughly in regard to Jasper Lamotte, and day by day I became more interested in the career of this remarkable man.
research
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From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
say
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From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading "Step by step, I trod backward the path of his history, since his advent in W----, gathering my information from many sources.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
sources
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From this reading "Step by step, I trod backward the path of his history, since his advent in W----, gathering my information from many sources.
StepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Step by step, I trod backward the path of his history, since his advent in W----, gathering my information from many sources.
STORY
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From this reading THE STORY OF LUCKY JIM.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
suffice
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From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
tedious
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From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STORY OF LUCKY JIM.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I was bent upon posting myself thoroughly in regard to Jasper Lamotte, and day by day I became more interested in the career of this remarkable man.
thoroughly
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From this reading I was bent upon posting myself thoroughly in regard to Jasper Lamotte, and day by day I became more interested in the career of this remarkable man.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I was bent upon posting myself thoroughly in regard to Jasper Lamotte, and day by day I became more interested in the career of this remarkable man.
trained
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From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
trod
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From this reading "Step by step, I trod backward the path of his history, since his advent in W----, gathering my information from many sources.
two
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From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
up
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From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading I was bent upon posting myself thoroughly in regard to Jasper Lamotte, and day by day I became more interested in the career of this remarkable man.
W
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From this reading "Step by step, I trod backward the path of his history, since his advent in W----, gathering my information from many sources.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "From the moment when I appeared among you as Brooks, my work was double.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "From the moment when I appeared among you as Brooks, my work was double.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
work
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From this reading "From the moment when I appeared among you as Brooks, my work was double.
worked
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From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "It would be tedious to enter into details; suffice it to say that while I worked here, two others, trained to such research, were beating up the past I was so anxious to become familiar with.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "From the moment when I appeared among you as Brooks, my work was double.
