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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 “This is the finest glass of seventy I've drunk for a long time, and this new fellow I've sent you down--Parkins--tells me there's any quantity of it.”
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Something ought to be done about those.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “This is the finest glass of seventy I've drunk for a long time, and this new fellow I've sent you down--Parkins--tells me there's any quantity of it.”
any
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From this reading “This is the finest glass of seventy I've drunk for a long time, and this new fellow I've sent you down--Parkins--tells me there's any quantity of it.”
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Something ought to be done about those.”
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading “I was looking through the cellar-book before dinner,” the lawyer went on, “and I see that you still have forty-seven and forty-eight, and a small quantity of two older vintages.
cellar-book
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From this reading “I was looking through the cellar-book before dinner,” the lawyer went on, “and I see that you still have forty-seven and forty-eight, and a small quantity of two older vintages.
cellars
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From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
certainly
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From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
congratulations
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From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
dinner
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From this reading “I was looking through the cellar-book before dinner,” the lawyer went on, “and I see that you still have forty-seven and forty-eight, and a small quantity of two older vintages.
Dominey
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From this reading “It has had a pretty long rest,” Dominey observed.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Something ought to be done about those.”
down
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From this reading “This is the finest glass of seventy I've drunk for a long time, and this new fellow I've sent you down--Parkins--tells me there's any quantity of it.”
drunk
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From this reading “This is the finest glass of seventy I've drunk for a long time, and this new fellow I've sent you down--Parkins--tells me there's any quantity of it.”
evening
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From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
Everard
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From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
fellow
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From this reading “This is the finest glass of seventy I've drunk for a long time, and this new fellow I've sent you down--Parkins--tells me there's any quantity of it.”
finest
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From this reading “This is the finest glass of seventy I've drunk for a long time, and this new fellow I've sent you down--Parkins--tells me there's any quantity of it.”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “This is the finest glass of seventy I've drunk for a long time, and this new fellow I've sent you down--Parkins--tells me there's any quantity of it.”
forty-eight
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From this reading “I was looking through the cellar-book before dinner,” the lawyer went on, “and I see that you still have forty-seven and forty-eight, and a small quantity of two older vintages.
forty-seven
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From this reading “I was looking through the cellar-book before dinner,” the lawyer went on, “and I see that you still have forty-seven and forty-eight, and a small quantity of two older vintages.
glass
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From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
guest
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From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “It has had a pretty long rest,” Dominey observed.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “It has had a pretty long rest,” Dominey observed.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I was looking through the cellar-book before dinner,” the lawyer went on, “and I see that you still have forty-seven and forty-eight, and a small quantity of two older vintages.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
heartiest
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From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
I've
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From this reading “This is the finest glass of seventy I've drunk for a long time, and this new fellow I've sent you down--Parkins--tells me there's any quantity of it.”
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “This is the finest glass of seventy I've drunk for a long time, and this new fellow I've sent you down--Parkins--tells me there's any quantity of it.”
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “This is the finest glass of seventy I've drunk for a long time, and this new fellow I've sent you down--Parkins--tells me there's any quantity of it.”
lawyer
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From this reading “I was looking through the cellar-book before dinner,” the lawyer went on, “and I see that you still have forty-seven and forty-eight, and a small quantity of two older vintages.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “This is the finest glass of seventy I've drunk for a long time, and this new fellow I've sent you down--Parkins--tells me there's any quantity of it.”
looking
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From this reading “I was looking through the cellar-book before dinner,” the lawyer went on, “and I see that you still have forty-seven and forty-eight, and a small quantity of two older vintages.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “This is the finest glass of seventy I've drunk for a long time, and this new fellow I've sent you down--Parkins--tells me there's any quantity of it.”
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
new
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From this reading “This is the finest glass of seventy I've drunk for a long time, and this new fellow I've sent you down--Parkins--tells me there's any quantity of it.”
observed
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From this reading “It has had a pretty long rest,” Dominey observed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
offer
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From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
older
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From this reading “I was looking through the cellar-book before dinner,” the lawyer went on, “and I see that you still have forty-seven and forty-eight, and a small quantity of two older vintages.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “I was looking through the cellar-book before dinner,” the lawyer went on, “and I see that you still have forty-seven and forty-eight, and a small quantity of two older vintages.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading Something ought to be done about those.”
Parkins
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From this reading “This is the finest glass of seventy I've drunk for a long time, and this new fellow I've sent you down--Parkins--tells me there's any quantity of it.”
port
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From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
pretty
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From this reading “It has had a pretty long rest,” Dominey observed.
quantity
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From this reading “This is the finest glass of seventy I've drunk for a long time, and this new fellow I've sent you down--Parkins--tells me there's any quantity of it.”
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It has had a pretty long rest,” Dominey observed.
said
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From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
see
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From this reading “I was looking through the cellar-book before dinner,” the lawyer went on, “and I see that you still have forty-seven and forty-eight, and a small quantity of two older vintages.
sent
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From this reading “This is the finest glass of seventy I've drunk for a long time, and this new fellow I've sent you down--Parkins--tells me there's any quantity of it.”
seventy
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From this reading “This is the finest glass of seventy I've drunk for a long time, and this new fellow I've sent you down--Parkins--tells me there's any quantity of it.”
sipped
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From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
Sir
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From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
small
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From this reading “I was looking through the cellar-book before dinner,” the lawyer went on, “and I see that you still have forty-seven and forty-eight, and a small quantity of two older vintages.
SomethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Something ought to be done about those.”
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I was looking through the cellar-book before dinner,” the lawyer went on, “and I see that you still have forty-seven and forty-eight, and a small quantity of two older vintages.
tells
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From this reading “This is the finest glass of seventy I've drunk for a long time, and this new fellow I've sent you down--Parkins--tells me there's any quantity of it.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “This is the finest glass of seventy I've drunk for a long time, and this new fellow I've sent you down--Parkins--tells me there's any quantity of it.”
there's
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From this reading “This is the finest glass of seventy I've drunk for a long time, and this new fellow I've sent you down--Parkins--tells me there's any quantity of it.”
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “This is the finest glass of seventy I've drunk for a long time, and this new fellow I've sent you down--Parkins--tells me there's any quantity of it.”
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Something ought to be done about those.”
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I was looking through the cellar-book before dinner,” the lawyer went on, “and I see that you still have forty-seven and forty-eight, and a small quantity of two older vintages.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “This is the finest glass of seventy I've drunk for a long time, and this new fellow I've sent you down--Parkins--tells me there's any quantity of it.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Something ought to be done about those.”
two
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From this reading “I was looking through the cellar-book before dinner,” the lawyer went on, “and I see that you still have forty-seven and forty-eight, and a small quantity of two older vintages.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
vintages
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From this reading “I was looking through the cellar-book before dinner,” the lawyer went on, “and I see that you still have forty-seven and forty-eight, and a small quantity of two older vintages.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “I was looking through the cellar-book before dinner,” the lawyer went on, “and I see that you still have forty-seven and forty-eight, and a small quantity of two older vintages.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I was looking through the cellar-book before dinner,” the lawyer went on, “and I see that you still have forty-seven and forty-eight, and a small quantity of two older vintages.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I certainly offer you my heartiest congratulations upon your cellars, Sir Everard,” his guest said, as he sipped his third glass of port that evening.
