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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 "Upon my word," cries Jones, "thou art a very odd fellow, and I like thy humour extremely."--FIELDING.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Upon my word," cries Jones, "thou art a very odd fellow, and I like thy humour extremely."--FIELDING.
artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading "Upon my word," cries Jones, "thou art a very odd fellow, and I like thy humour extremely."--FIELDING.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The rumbling and jolting vehicle which conveyed Clarence to the metropolis stopped at the door of a tavern in Holborn.
beefsteaks
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From this reading While he was deliberating between the respective merits of mutton chops and beefsteaks, a man with a brown coat, brown breeches, and a brown wig, walked into the room; he cast a curious glance at Clarence and then turned to the waiter.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading While he was deliberating between the respective merits of mutton chops and beefsteaks, a man with a brown coat, brown breeches, and a brown wig, walked into the room; he cast a curious glance at Clarence and then turned to the waiter.
bill
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From this reading Linden was ushered into a close coffee-room and presented with a bill of fare.
breeches
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From this reading While he was deliberating between the respective merits of mutton chops and beefsteaks, a man with a brown coat, brown breeches, and a brown wig, walked into the room; he cast a curious glance at Clarence and then turned to the waiter.
brown
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From this reading While he was deliberating between the respective merits of mutton chops and beefsteaks, a man with a brown coat, brown breeches, and a brown wig, walked into the room; he cast a curious glance at Clarence and then turned to the waiter.
cast
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From this reading While he was deliberating between the respective merits of mutton chops and beefsteaks, a man with a brown coat, brown breeches, and a brown wig, walked into the room; he cast a curious glance at Clarence and then turned to the waiter.
chops
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From this reading While he was deliberating between the respective merits of mutton chops and beefsteaks, a man with a brown coat, brown breeches, and a brown wig, walked into the room; he cast a curious glance at Clarence and then turned to the waiter.
Clarence
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From this reading The rumbling and jolting vehicle which conveyed Clarence to the metropolis stopped at the door of a tavern in Holborn.
close
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From this reading Linden was ushered into a close coffee-room and presented with a bill of fare.
coat
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From this reading While he was deliberating between the respective merits of mutton chops and beefsteaks, a man with a brown coat, brown breeches, and a brown wig, walked into the room; he cast a curious glance at Clarence and then turned to the waiter.
coffee-room
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From this reading Linden was ushered into a close coffee-room and presented with a bill of fare.
conveyed
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From this reading The rumbling and jolting vehicle which conveyed Clarence to the metropolis stopped at the door of a tavern in Holborn.
cries
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From this reading "Upon my word," cries Jones, "thou art a very odd fellow, and I like thy humour extremely."--FIELDING.
curious
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From this reading While he was deliberating between the respective merits of mutton chops and beefsteaks, a man with a brown coat, brown breeches, and a brown wig, walked into the room; he cast a curious glance at Clarence and then turned to the waiter.
deliberating
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From this reading While he was deliberating between the respective merits of mutton chops and beefsteaks, a man with a brown coat, brown breeches, and a brown wig, walked into the room; he cast a curious glance at Clarence and then turned to the waiter.
door
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From this reading The rumbling and jolting vehicle which conveyed Clarence to the metropolis stopped at the door of a tavern in Holborn.
extremely
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From this reading "Upon my word," cries Jones, "thou art a very odd fellow, and I like thy humour extremely."--FIELDING.
fareverbUS /fer/
to do or succeed in a particular way
From this reading Linden was ushered into a close coffee-room and presented with a bill of fare.
fellow
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From this reading "Upon my word," cries Jones, "thou art a very odd fellow, and I like thy humour extremely."--FIELDING.
FIELDING
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From this reading "Upon my word," cries Jones, "thou art a very odd fellow, and I like thy humour extremely."--FIELDING.
glance
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From this reading While he was deliberating between the respective merits of mutton chops and beefsteaks, a man with a brown coat, brown breeches, and a brown wig, walked into the room; he cast a curious glance at Clarence and then turned to the waiter.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading While he was deliberating between the respective merits of mutton chops and beefsteaks, a man with a brown coat, brown breeches, and a brown wig, walked into the room; he cast a curious glance at Clarence and then turned to the waiter.
Holborn
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From this reading The rumbling and jolting vehicle which conveyed Clarence to the metropolis stopped at the door of a tavern in Holborn.
humour
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From this reading "Upon my word," cries Jones, "thou art a very odd fellow, and I like thy humour extremely."--FIELDING.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Upon my word," cries Jones, "thou art a very odd fellow, and I like thy humour extremely."--FIELDING.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The rumbling and jolting vehicle which conveyed Clarence to the metropolis stopped at the door of a tavern in Holborn.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Linden was ushered into a close coffee-room and presented with a bill of fare.
jolting
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From this reading The rumbling and jolting vehicle which conveyed Clarence to the metropolis stopped at the door of a tavern in Holborn.
Jones
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From this reading "Upon my word," cries Jones, "thou art a very odd fellow, and I like thy humour extremely."--FIELDING.
like
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From this reading "Upon my word," cries Jones, "thou art a very odd fellow, and I like thy humour extremely."--FIELDING.
Linden
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From this reading Linden was ushered into a close coffee-room and presented with a bill of fare.
man
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From this reading While he was deliberating between the respective merits of mutton chops and beefsteaks, a man with a brown coat, brown breeches, and a brown wig, walked into the room; he cast a curious glance at Clarence and then turned to the waiter.
merits
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From this reading While he was deliberating between the respective merits of mutton chops and beefsteaks, a man with a brown coat, brown breeches, and a brown wig, walked into the room; he cast a curious glance at Clarence and then turned to the waiter.
metropolis
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From this reading The rumbling and jolting vehicle which conveyed Clarence to the metropolis stopped at the door of a tavern in Holborn.
mutton
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From this reading While he was deliberating between the respective merits of mutton chops and beefsteaks, a man with a brown coat, brown breeches, and a brown wig, walked into the room; he cast a curious glance at Clarence and then turned to the waiter.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Upon my word," cries Jones, "thou art a very odd fellow, and I like thy humour extremely."--FIELDING.
odd
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From this reading "Upon my word," cries Jones, "thou art a very odd fellow, and I like thy humour extremely."--FIELDING.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The rumbling and jolting vehicle which conveyed Clarence to the metropolis stopped at the door of a tavern in Holborn.
pair
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From this reading "A pair of slippers!"
presented
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From this reading Linden was ushered into a close coffee-room and presented with a bill of fare.
respective
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From this reading While he was deliberating between the respective merits of mutton chops and beefsteaks, a man with a brown coat, brown breeches, and a brown wig, walked into the room; he cast a curious glance at Clarence and then turned to the waiter.
room
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From this reading While he was deliberating between the respective merits of mutton chops and beefsteaks, a man with a brown coat, brown breeches, and a brown wig, walked into the room; he cast a curious glance at Clarence and then turned to the waiter.
rumbling
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From this reading The rumbling and jolting vehicle which conveyed Clarence to the metropolis stopped at the door of a tavern in Holborn.
slippers
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From this reading "A pair of slippers!"
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The rumbling and jolting vehicle which conveyed Clarence to the metropolis stopped at the door of a tavern in Holborn.
tavern
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From this reading The rumbling and jolting vehicle which conveyed Clarence to the metropolis stopped at the door of a tavern in Holborn.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The rumbling and jolting vehicle which conveyed Clarence to the metropolis stopped at the door of a tavern in Holborn.
then
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From this reading While he was deliberating between the respective merits of mutton chops and beefsteaks, a man with a brown coat, brown breeches, and a brown wig, walked into the room; he cast a curious glance at Clarence and then turned to the waiter.
thoupronounUS /ðaʊ/
an old word for “you”, as the subject, speaking to one person
From this reading "Upon my word," cries Jones, "thou art a very odd fellow, and I like thy humour extremely."--FIELDING.
thydeterminerUS /ðaɪ/
an old word for “your”, speaking to one person
From this reading "Upon my word," cries Jones, "thou art a very odd fellow, and I like thy humour extremely."--FIELDING.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The rumbling and jolting vehicle which conveyed Clarence to the metropolis stopped at the door of a tavern in Holborn.
turned
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From this reading While he was deliberating between the respective merits of mutton chops and beefsteaks, a man with a brown coat, brown breeches, and a brown wig, walked into the room; he cast a curious glance at Clarence and then turned to the waiter.
UponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "Upon my word," cries Jones, "thou art a very odd fellow, and I like thy humour extremely."--FIELDING.
ushered
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From this reading Linden was ushered into a close coffee-room and presented with a bill of fare.
vehicle
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From this reading The rumbling and jolting vehicle which conveyed Clarence to the metropolis stopped at the door of a tavern in Holborn.
very
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From this reading "Upon my word," cries Jones, "thou art a very odd fellow, and I like thy humour extremely."--FIELDING.
waiter
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From this reading While he was deliberating between the respective merits of mutton chops and beefsteaks, a man with a brown coat, brown breeches, and a brown wig, walked into the room; he cast a curious glance at Clarence and then turned to the waiter.
walked
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From this reading While he was deliberating between the respective merits of mutton chops and beefsteaks, a man with a brown coat, brown breeches, and a brown wig, walked into the room; he cast a curious glance at Clarence and then turned to the waiter.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Linden was ushered into a close coffee-room and presented with a bill of fare.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The rumbling and jolting vehicle which conveyed Clarence to the metropolis stopped at the door of a tavern in Holborn.
WhileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading While he was deliberating between the respective merits of mutton chops and beefsteaks, a man with a brown coat, brown breeches, and a brown wig, walked into the room; he cast a curious glance at Clarence and then turned to the waiter.
wig
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From this reading While he was deliberating between the respective merits of mutton chops and beefsteaks, a man with a brown coat, brown breeches, and a brown wig, walked into the room; he cast a curious glance at Clarence and then turned to the waiter.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Linden was ushered into a close coffee-room and presented with a bill of fare.
word
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From this reading "Upon my word," cries Jones, "thou art a very odd fellow, and I like thy humour extremely."--FIELDING.
