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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 “Well, sir, how have you slept?” said his son, approaching the bedside, and taking a chair; “have you rested well?”
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading They were capering about the whole night, and made such a noise trying to steal off with one of my shoes.”
all
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From this reading The place is like a vault, and the rats have it all their own way.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Well, sir, how have you slept?” said his son, approaching the bedside, and taking a chair; “have you rested well?”
approaching
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From this reading “Well, sir, how have you slept?” said his son, approaching the bedside, and taking a chair; “have you rested well?”
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
awoke
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From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
bedside
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From this reading “Well, sir, how have you slept?” said his son, approaching the bedside, and taking a chair; “have you rested well?”
Bob
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From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
capering
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From this reading They were capering about the whole night, and made such a noise trying to steal off with one of my shoes.”
chair
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From this reading “Well, sir, how have you slept?” said his son, approaching the bedside, and taking a chair; “have you rested well?”
come
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From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
Dr
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From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
first
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From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
following
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From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “Well, sir, how have you slept?” said his son, approaching the bedside, and taking a chair; “have you rested well?”
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
Hickman
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From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Well, sir, how have you slept?” said his son, approaching the bedside, and taking a chair; “have you rested well?”
how
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From this reading “Well, sir, how have you slept?” said his son, approaching the bedside, and taking a chair; “have you rested well?”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The place is like a vault, and the rats have it all their own way.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The place is like a vault, and the rats have it all their own way.
like
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From this reading The place is like a vault, and the rats have it all their own way.
made
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From this reading They were capering about the whole night, and made such a noise trying to steal off with one of my shoes.”
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
mean
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From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
Middling
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From this reading “Middling,-only middling, Bob.
Mister
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From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
morning
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From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
Mr
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From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading They were capering about the whole night, and made such a noise trying to steal off with one of my shoes.”
night
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From this reading They were capering about the whole night, and made such a noise trying to steal off with one of my shoes.”
noise
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From this reading They were capering about the whole night, and made such a noise trying to steal off with one of my shoes.”
O'Reilly
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From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
off
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From this reading They were capering about the whole night, and made such a noise trying to steal off with one of my shoes.”
old
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From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading They were capering about the whole night, and made such a noise trying to steal off with one of my shoes.”
only
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From this reading “Middling,-only middling, Bob.
own
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From this reading The place is like a vault, and the rats have it all their own way.
place
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From this reading The place is like a vault, and the rats have it all their own way.
rats
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From this reading The place is like a vault, and the rats have it all their own way.
rested
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From this reading “Well, sir, how have you slept?” said his son, approaching the bedside, and taking a chair; “have you rested well?”
said
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From this reading “Well, sir, how have you slept?” said his son, approaching the bedside, and taking a chair; “have you rested well?”
shoes
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From this reading They were capering about the whole night, and made such a noise trying to steal off with one of my shoes.”
sir
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From this reading “Well, sir, how have you slept?” said his son, approaching the bedside, and taking a chair; “have you rested well?”
slept
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From this reading “Well, sir, how have you slept?” said his son, approaching the bedside, and taking a chair; “have you rested well?”
son
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From this reading “Well, sir, how have you slept?” said his son, approaching the bedside, and taking a chair; “have you rested well?”
steal
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From this reading They were capering about the whole night, and made such a noise trying to steal off with one of my shoes.”
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading They were capering about the whole night, and made such a noise trying to steal off with one of my shoes.”
taking
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From this reading “Well, sir, how have you slept?” said his son, approaching the bedside, and taking a chair; “have you rested well?”
Tell
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From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The place is like a vault, and the rats have it all their own way.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were capering about the whole night, and made such a noise trying to steal off with one of my shoes.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
trying
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From this reading They were capering about the whole night, and made such a noise trying to steal off with one of my shoes.”
vaultnounUS /vɔːlt/
a stone room, often below a church, used for burial
From this reading The place is like a vault, and the rats have it all their own way.
way
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From this reading The place is like a vault, and the rats have it all their own way.
Well
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From this reading “Well, sir, how have you slept?” said his son, approaching the bedside, and taking a chair; “have you rested well?”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
whole
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From this reading They were capering about the whole night, and made such a noise trying to steal off with one of my shoes.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They were capering about the whole night, and made such a noise trying to steal off with one of my shoes.”
words
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From this reading “Tell Mister Bob--Mr. O'Reilly I mean--to come to me,” were the first words of old Dr. Hickman, as he awoke on the following morning.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Well, sir, how have you slept?” said his son, approaching the bedside, and taking a chair; “have you rested well?”
