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1711
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From this reading CHELSEA, _April_ 28, 1711.
205
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From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
28
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From this reading CHELSEA, _April_ 28, 1711.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I say at night, because I finished my twenty-first this morning here, and put it into the post-office my own self, like a good boy.
Abercorn
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From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I think I am a little before you now, young women: I am writing my twenty-second, and have received your thirteenth.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I say at night, because I finished my twenty-first this morning here, and put it into the post-office my own self, like a good boy.
April
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From this reading CHELSEA, _April_ 28, 1711.
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT night.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading I say at night, because I finished my twenty-first this morning here, and put it into the post-office my own self, like a good boy.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading I think I am a little before you now, young women: I am writing my twenty-second, and have received your thirteenth.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
boy
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From this reading I say at night, because I finished my twenty-first this morning here, and put it into the post-office my own self, like a good boy.
CHELSEA
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From this reading CHELSEA, _April_ 28, 1711.
dined
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From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
finished
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From this reading I say at night, because I finished my twenty-first this morning here, and put it into the post-office my own self, like a good boy.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I say at night, because I finished my twenty-first this morning here, and put it into the post-office my own self, like a good boy.
got
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From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
gown
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From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I think I am a little before you now, young women: I am writing my twenty-second, and have received your thirteenth.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I say at night, because I finished my twenty-first this morning here, and put it into the post-office my own self, like a good boy.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I say at night, because I finished my twenty-first this morning here, and put it into the post-office my own self, like a good boy.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading I say at night, because I finished my twenty-first this morning here, and put it into the post-office my own self, like a good boy.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I say at night, because I finished my twenty-first this morning here, and put it into the post-office my own self, like a good boy.
like
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From this reading I say at night, because I finished my twenty-first this morning here, and put it into the post-office my own self, like a good boy.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think I am a little before you now, young women: I am writing my twenty-second, and have received your thirteenth.
Lord
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From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
marriage
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From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I say at night, because I finished my twenty-first this morning here, and put it into the post-office my own self, like a good boy.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I say at night, because I finished my twenty-first this morning here, and put it into the post-office my own self, like a good boy.
new
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From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
night
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From this reading AT night.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
now
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From this reading I think I am a little before you now, young women: I am writing my twenty-second, and have received your thirteenth.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
own
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From this reading I say at night, because I finished my twenty-first this morning here, and put it into the post-office my own self, like a good boy.
Peasley
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From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
periwig
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From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
post-office
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From this reading I say at night, because I finished my twenty-first this morning here, and put it into the post-office my own self, like a good boy.
pounds
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From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
put
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From this reading I say at night, because I finished my twenty-first this morning here, and put it into the post-office my own self, like a good boy.
received
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From this reading I think I am a little before you now, young women: I am writing my twenty-second, and have received your thirteenth.
say
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From this reading I say at night, because I finished my twenty-first this morning here, and put it into the post-office my own self, like a good boy.
self
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From this reading I say at night, because I finished my twenty-first this morning here, and put it into the post-office my own self, like a good boy.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
son
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From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
ten
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From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I say at night, because I finished my twenty-first this morning here, and put it into the post-office my own self, like a good boy.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I think I am a little before you now, young women: I am writing my twenty-second, and have received your thirteenth.
thirteenthadjectiveUS /ˈθɜːr.tiːnθ/
Constituting number thirteen in a sequence.
From this reading I think I am a little before you now, young women: I am writing my twenty-second, and have received your thirteenth.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I say at night, because I finished my twenty-first this morning here, and put it into the post-office my own self, like a good boy.
thousand
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From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
town
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From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
twelve
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From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
twenty-first
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From this reading I say at night, because I finished my twenty-first this morning here, and put it into the post-office my own self, like a good boy.
twenty-second
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From this reading I think I am a little before you now, young women: I am writing my twenty-second, and have received your thirteenth.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
wife
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From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I got to town between twelve and one, and put on my new gown and periwig, and dined with Lord Abercorn, where I had not been since the marriage of his son Lord Peasley, {205a} who has got ten thousand pounds with a wife.
women
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From this reading I think I am a little before you now, young women: I am writing my twenty-second, and have received your thirteenth.
writing
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From this reading I think I am a little before you now, young women: I am writing my twenty-second, and have received your thirteenth.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I think I am a little before you now, young women: I am writing my twenty-second, and have received your thirteenth.
young
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From this reading I think I am a little before you now, young women: I am writing my twenty-second, and have received your thirteenth.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I think I am a little before you now, young women: I am writing my twenty-second, and have received your thirteenth.
