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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 “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Granted,” replied Mat; “and now where's your _vis consequentiae?_” “Yes,” subjoined the other, “produce your _vis consequentiae_; but any one may know by a glance that the divil a much of it's about you.”
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
any
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From this reading “Granted,” replied Mat; “and now where's your _vis consequentiae?_” “Yes,” subjoined the other, “produce your _vis consequentiae_; but any one may know by a glance that the divil a much of it's about you.”
argument's
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From this reading “Ay,” says Mat, changing his tone, and taking the cue from his friend, whose learning he dreaded, “it's just for argument's sake, a hedge-school; and, what is more, I scorn to be ashamed of it.”
ashamedadjectiveUS /əˈʃeɪmd/
feeling guilt or embarrassment after doing something that causes embarrassment
From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
assemble
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From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
asses
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From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
Ay
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From this reading “Ay,” says Mat, changing his tone, and taking the cue from his friend, whose learning he dreaded, “it's just for argument's sake, a hedge-school; and, what is more, I scorn to be ashamed of it.”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading “And do you not teach occasionally under the hedge behind the house here?”
beings
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From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “Granted,” replied Mat; “and now where's your _vis consequentiae?_” “Yes,” subjoined the other, “produce your _vis consequentiae_; but any one may know by a glance that the divil a much of it's about you.”
changing
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From this reading “Ay,” says Mat, changing his tone, and taking the cue from his friend, whose learning he dreaded, “it's just for argument's sake, a hedge-school; and, what is more, I scorn to be ashamed of it.”
civilized
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From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
clusters
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From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
colts
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From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
consequentiae
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From this reading “Granted,” replied Mat; “and now where's your _vis consequentiae?_” “Yes,” subjoined the other, “produce your _vis consequentiae_; but any one may know by a glance that the divil a much of it's about you.”
cue
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From this reading “Ay,” says Mat, changing his tone, and taking the cue from his friend, whose learning he dreaded, “it's just for argument's sake, a hedge-school; and, what is more, I scorn to be ashamed of it.”
ditches
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From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
divil
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From this reading “Granted,” replied Mat; “and now where's your _vis consequentiae?_” “Yes,” subjoined the other, “produce your _vis consequentiae_; but any one may know by a glance that the divil a much of it's about you.”
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “And do you not teach occasionally under the hedge behind the house here?”
don't
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From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
dreaded
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From this reading “Ay,” says Mat, changing his tone, and taking the cue from his friend, whose learning he dreaded, “it's just for argument's sake, a hedge-school; and, what is more, I scorn to be ashamed of it.”
Englishman
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From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “Ay,” says Mat, changing his tone, and taking the cue from his friend, whose learning he dreaded, “it's just for argument's sake, a hedge-school; and, what is more, I scorn to be ashamed of it.”
friend
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From this reading “Ay,” says Mat, changing his tone, and taking the cue from his friend, whose learning he dreaded, “it's just for argument's sake, a hedge-school; and, what is more, I scorn to be ashamed of it.”
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Ay,” says Mat, changing his tone, and taking the cue from his friend, whose learning he dreaded, “it's just for argument's sake, a hedge-school; and, what is more, I scorn to be ashamed of it.”
gentlemennounUS /gentlemen/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
glance
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From this reading “Granted,” replied Mat; “and now where's your _vis consequentiae?_” “Yes,” subjoined the other, “produce your _vis consequentiae_; but any one may know by a glance that the divil a much of it's about you.”
Granted
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From this reading “Granted,” replied Mat; “and now where's your _vis consequentiae?_” “Yes,” subjoined the other, “produce your _vis consequentiae_; but any one may know by a glance that the divil a much of it's about you.”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
hedge
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From this reading “And do you not teach occasionally under the hedge behind the house here?”
hedge-school
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From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And do you not teach occasionally under the hedge behind the house here?”
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Ay,” says Mat, changing his tone, and taking the cue from his friend, whose learning he dreaded, “it's just for argument's sake, a hedge-school; and, what is more, I scorn to be ashamed of it.”
house
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From this reading “And do you not teach occasionally under the hedge behind the house here?”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Ay,” says Mat, changing his tone, and taking the cue from his friend, whose learning he dreaded, “it's just for argument's sake, a hedge-school; and, what is more, I scorn to be ashamed of it.”
I'd
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From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
ignoramus
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From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
it's
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From this reading “Ay,” says Mat, changing his tone, and taking the cue from his friend, whose learning he dreaded, “it's just for argument's sake, a hedge-school; and, what is more, I scorn to be ashamed of it.”
just
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From this reading “Ay,” says Mat, changing his tone, and taking the cue from his friend, whose learning he dreaded, “it's just for argument's sake, a hedge-school; and, what is more, I scorn to be ashamed of it.”
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Granted,” replied Mat; “and now where's your _vis consequentiae?_” “Yes,” subjoined the other, “produce your _vis consequentiae_; but any one may know by a glance that the divil a much of it's about you.”
learn
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From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
learning
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From this reading “Ay,” says Mat, changing his tone, and taking the cue from his friend, whose learning he dreaded, “it's just for argument's sake, a hedge-school; and, what is more, I scorn to be ashamed of it.”
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
like
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From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
live
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From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
loss
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From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
master
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From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
Mat
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From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading “Granted,” replied Mat; “and now where's your _vis consequentiae?_” “Yes,” subjoined the other, “produce your _vis consequentiae_; but any one may know by a glance that the divil a much of it's about you.”
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
minutes
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From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
more
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From this reading “Ay,” says Mat, changing his tone, and taking the cue from his friend, whose learning he dreaded, “it's just for argument's sake, a hedge-school; and, what is more, I scorn to be ashamed of it.”
much
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From this reading “Granted,” replied Mat; “and now where's your _vis consequentiae?_” “Yes,” subjoined the other, “produce your _vis consequentiae_; but any one may know by a glance that the divil a much of it's about you.”
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “And do you not teach occasionally under the hedge behind the house here?”
now
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From this reading “Granted,” replied Mat; “and now where's your _vis consequentiae?_” “Yes,” subjoined the other, “produce your _vis consequentiae_; but any one may know by a glance that the divil a much of it's about you.”
occasionally
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From this reading “And do you not teach occasionally under the hedge behind the house here?”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Granted,” replied Mat; “and now where's your _vis consequentiae?_” “Yes,” subjoined the other, “produce your _vis consequentiae_; but any one may know by a glance that the divil a much of it's about you.”
other
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From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
pardon
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From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
perhaps
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From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
presence
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From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
produce
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From this reading “Granted,” replied Mat; “and now where's your _vis consequentiae?_” “Yes,” subjoined the other, “produce your _vis consequentiae_; but any one may know by a glance that the divil a much of it's about you.”
rather
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From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
repliednounUS /replied/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
sack
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From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
sake
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From this reading “Ay,” says Mat, changing his tone, and taking the cue from his friend, whose learning he dreaded, “it's just for argument's sake, a hedge-school; and, what is more, I scorn to be ashamed of it.”
says
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From this reading “Ay,” says Mat, changing his tone, and taking the cue from his friend, whose learning he dreaded, “it's just for argument's sake, a hedge-school; and, what is more, I scorn to be ashamed of it.”
scholarnounUS /ˈskɒl.ər/
A specialist in a particular branch of study; a distinguished student.
From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
scorn
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From this reading “Ay,” says Mat, changing his tone, and taking the cue from his friend, whose learning he dreaded, “it's just for argument's sake, a hedge-school; and, what is more, I scorn to be ashamed of it.”
silent
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From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
simile
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From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
Sir
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From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
subjoined
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From this reading “Granted,” replied Mat; “and now where's your _vis consequentiae?_” “Yes,” subjoined the other, “produce your _vis consequentiae_; but any one may know by a glance that the divil a much of it's about you.”
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
taking
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From this reading “Ay,” says Mat, changing his tone, and taking the cue from his friend, whose learning he dreaded, “it's just for argument's sake, a hedge-school; and, what is more, I scorn to be ashamed of it.”
teach
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From this reading “And do you not teach occasionally under the hedge behind the house here?”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
then
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From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
three
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From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
tone
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From this reading “Ay,” says Mat, changing his tone, and taking the cue from his friend, whose learning he dreaded, “it's just for argument's sake, a hedge-school; and, what is more, I scorn to be ashamed of it.”
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “And do you not teach occasionally under the hedge behind the house here?”
vis
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From this reading “Granted,” replied Mat; “and now where's your _vis consequentiae?_” “Yes,” subjoined the other, “produce your _vis consequentiae_; but any one may know by a glance that the divil a much of it's about you.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “Ay,” says Mat, changing his tone, and taking the cue from his friend, whose learning he dreaded, “it's just for argument's sake, a hedge-school; and, what is more, I scorn to be ashamed of it.”
where's
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From this reading “Granted,” replied Mat; “and now where's your _vis consequentiae?_” “Yes,” subjoined the other, “produce your _vis consequentiae_; but any one may know by a glance that the divil a much of it's about you.”
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading “Ay,” says Mat, changing his tone, and taking the cue from his friend, whose learning he dreaded, “it's just for argument's sake, a hedge-school; and, what is more, I scorn to be ashamed of it.”
Why
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From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
wild
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From this reading The Englishman himself was rather at a loss for the _vis consequentiae_, and replied, “Why don't you live, and learn, and teach like civilized beings, and not assemble like wild asses--pardon me, my friend, for the simile--at least like wild colts, in such clusters behind the ditches?”
wishing
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From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Sir,” replied the other master, who till then was silent, wishing, perhaps, to sack Mat in presence of the gentlemen, “it is a hedge-school; and he is no scholar, but an ignoramus, whom I'd sack in three minutes, that would be ashamed of a hedge-school.”
Yes
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From this reading “Granted,” replied Mat; “and now where's your _vis consequentiae?_” “Yes,” subjoined the other, “produce your _vis consequentiae_; but any one may know by a glance that the divil a much of it's about you.”
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “And do you not teach occasionally under the hedge behind the house here?”
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Granted,” replied Mat; “and now where's your _vis consequentiae?_” “Yes,” subjoined the other, “produce your _vis consequentiae_; but any one may know by a glance that the divil a much of it's about you.”
