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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 Major Tifto Major Tifto had lately become a member of the Beargarden Club, under the auspices of his friend Lord Silverbridge.
able
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From this reading When, therefore, it was declared by someone that he was not a major at all, his friends were able to contradict the assertion, and to impute it to slander.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Had this gallant officer appeared as Colonel Tifto, perhaps less might have been said about it.
all
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From this reading When, therefore, it was declared by someone that he was not a major at all, his friends were able to contradict the assertion, and to impute it to slander.
amountverbUS /əˈmaʊnt/
to reach or total a particular quantity or value
From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When, therefore, it was declared by someone that he was not a major at all, his friends were able to contradict the assertion, and to impute it to slander.
any
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From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
appeared
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From this reading Had this gallant officer appeared as Colonel Tifto, perhaps less might have been said about it.
army
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From this reading It was believed, by those who had made some inquiry into the matter, that the Major had really served a campaign as a volunteer in the Carlist army in the north of Spain.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was believed, by those who had made some inquiry into the matter, that the Major had really served a campaign as a volunteer in the Carlist army in the north of Spain.
assertion
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From this reading When, therefore, it was declared by someone that he was not a major at all, his friends were able to contradict the assertion, and to impute it to slander.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When, therefore, it was declared by someone that he was not a major at all, his friends were able to contradict the assertion, and to impute it to slander.
auspices
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From this reading Major Tifto Major Tifto had lately become a member of the Beargarden Club, under the auspices of his friend Lord Silverbridge.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
Beargarden
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From this reading Major Tifto Major Tifto had lately become a member of the Beargarden Club, under the auspices of his friend Lord Silverbridge.
bearing
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From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
become
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From this reading Major Tifto Major Tifto had lately become a member of the Beargarden Club, under the auspices of his friend Lord Silverbridge.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Had this gallant officer appeared as Colonel Tifto, perhaps less might have been said about it.
believed
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From this reading It was believed, by those who had made some inquiry into the matter, that the Major had really served a campaign as a volunteer in the Carlist army in the north of Spain.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was believed, by those who had made some inquiry into the matter, that the Major had really served a campaign as a volunteer in the Carlist army in the north of Spain.
campaign
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From this reading It was believed, by those who had made some inquiry into the matter, that the Major had really served a campaign as a volunteer in the Carlist army in the north of Spain.
Carlist
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From this reading It was believed, by those who had made some inquiry into the matter, that the Major had really served a campaign as a volunteer in the Carlist army in the north of Spain.
Club
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From this reading Major Tifto Major Tifto had lately become a member of the Beargarden Club, under the auspices of his friend Lord Silverbridge.
colonel
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From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
contradict
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From this reading When, therefore, it was declared by someone that he was not a major at all, his friends were able to contradict the assertion, and to impute it to slander.
contradiction
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From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
declared
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From this reading When, therefore, it was declared by someone that he was not a major at all, his friends were able to contradict the assertion, and to impute it to slander.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
English
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From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
former
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From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
four
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From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
friend
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From this reading Major Tifto Major Tifto had lately become a member of the Beargarden Club, under the auspices of his friend Lord Silverbridge.
friends
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From this reading When, therefore, it was declared by someone that he was not a major at all, his friends were able to contradict the assertion, and to impute it to slander.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
gallant
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From this reading Had this gallant officer appeared as Colonel Tifto, perhaps less might have been said about it.
gentlemennounUS /gentlemen/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Major Tifto Major Tifto had lately become a member of the Beargarden Club, under the auspices of his friend Lord Silverbridge.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Had this gallant officer appeared as Colonel Tifto, perhaps less might have been said about it.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When, therefore, it was declared by someone that he was not a major at all, his friends were able to contradict the assertion, and to impute it to slander.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Major Tifto Major Tifto had lately become a member of the Beargarden Club, under the auspices of his friend Lord Silverbridge.
home
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From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
impute
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From this reading When, therefore, it was declared by someone that he was not a major at all, his friends were able to contradict the assertion, and to impute it to slander.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was believed, by those who had made some inquiry into the matter, that the Major had really served a campaign as a volunteer in the Carlist army in the north of Spain.
innumerable
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From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
inquiry
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From this reading It was believed, by those who had made some inquiry into the matter, that the Major had really served a campaign as a volunteer in the Carlist army in the north of Spain.
Instances
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From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It was believed, by those who had made some inquiry into the matter, that the Major had really served a campaign as a volunteer in the Carlist army in the north of Spain.
invidious
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From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was believed, by those who had made some inquiry into the matter, that the Major had really served a campaign as a volunteer in the Carlist army in the north of Spain.
lately
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From this reading Major Tifto Major Tifto had lately become a member of the Beargarden Club, under the auspices of his friend Lord Silverbridge.
less
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From this reading Had this gallant officer appeared as Colonel Tifto, perhaps less might have been said about it.
Lord
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From this reading Major Tifto Major Tifto had lately become a member of the Beargarden Club, under the auspices of his friend Lord Silverbridge.
made
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From this reading It was believed, by those who had made some inquiry into the matter, that the Major had really served a campaign as a volunteer in the Carlist army in the north of Spain.
Major
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From this reading Major Tifto Major Tifto had lately become a member of the Beargarden Club, under the auspices of his friend Lord Silverbridge.
matter
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From this reading It was believed, by those who had made some inquiry into the matter, that the Major had really served a campaign as a volunteer in the Carlist army in the north of Spain.
member
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From this reading Major Tifto Major Tifto had lately become a member of the Beargarden Club, under the auspices of his friend Lord Silverbridge.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Had this gallant officer appeared as Colonel Tifto, perhaps less might have been said about it.
north
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From this reading It was believed, by those who had made some inquiry into the matter, that the Major had really served a campaign as a volunteer in the Carlist army in the north of Spain.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading When, therefore, it was declared by someone that he was not a major at all, his friends were able to contradict the assertion, and to impute it to slander.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Major Tifto Major Tifto had lately become a member of the Beargarden Club, under the auspices of his friend Lord Silverbridge.
officer
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From this reading Had this gallant officer appeared as Colonel Tifto, perhaps less might have been said about it.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
perhaps
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From this reading Had this gallant officer appeared as Colonel Tifto, perhaps less might have been said about it.
really
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From this reading It was believed, by those who had made some inquiry into the matter, that the Major had really served a campaign as a volunteer in the Carlist army in the north of Spain.
remark
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From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
said
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From this reading Had this gallant officer appeared as Colonel Tifto, perhaps less might have been said about it.
served
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From this reading It was believed, by those who had made some inquiry into the matter, that the Major had really served a campaign as a volunteer in the Carlist army in the north of Spain.
Silverbridge
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From this reading Major Tifto Major Tifto had lately become a member of the Beargarden Club, under the auspices of his friend Lord Silverbridge.
slander
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From this reading When, therefore, it was declared by someone that he was not a major at all, his friends were able to contradict the assertion, and to impute it to slander.
some
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From this reading It was believed, by those who had made some inquiry into the matter, that the Major had really served a campaign as a volunteer in the Carlist army in the north of Spain.
someonepronounUS /ˈsʌmwʌn/
a person, without saying who
From this reading When, therefore, it was declared by someone that he was not a major at all, his friends were able to contradict the assertion, and to impute it to slander.
Spain
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From this reading It was believed, by those who had made some inquiry into the matter, that the Major had really served a campaign as a volunteer in the Carlist army in the north of Spain.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was believed, by those who had made some inquiry into the matter, that the Major had really served a campaign as a volunteer in the Carlist army in the north of Spain.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Major Tifto Major Tifto had lately become a member of the Beargarden Club, under the auspices of his friend Lord Silverbridge.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading When, therefore, it was declared by someone that he was not a major at all, his friends were able to contradict the assertion, and to impute it to slander.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Had this gallant officer appeared as Colonel Tifto, perhaps less might have been said about it.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading It was believed, by those who had made some inquiry into the matter, that the Major had really served a campaign as a volunteer in the Carlist army in the north of Spain.
three
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From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
Tifto
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From this reading Major Tifto Major Tifto had lately become a member of the Beargarden Club, under the auspices of his friend Lord Silverbridge.
title
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From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When, therefore, it was declared by someone that he was not a major at all, his friends were able to contradict the assertion, and to impute it to slander.
truth
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From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Major Tifto Major Tifto had lately become a member of the Beargarden Club, under the auspices of his friend Lord Silverbridge.
up
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From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
volunteer
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From this reading It was believed, by those who had made some inquiry into the matter, that the Major had really served a campaign as a volunteer in the Carlist army in the north of Spain.
war
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From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was believed, by those who had made some inquiry into the matter, that the Major had really served a campaign as a volunteer in the Carlist army in the north of Spain.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading When, therefore, it was declared by someone that he was not a major at all, his friends were able to contradict the assertion, and to impute it to slander.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When, therefore, it was declared by someone that he was not a major at all, his friends were able to contradict the assertion, and to impute it to slander.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading It was believed, by those who had made some inquiry into the matter, that the Major had really served a campaign as a volunteer in the Carlist army in the north of Spain.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Instances were brought up,--declared by these friends to be innumerable, but which did, in truth, amount to three or four,--of English gentlemen who had come home from a former Carlist war, bearing the title of colonel, without any contradiction or invidious remark.
