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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 A RUINED CAREER Sir Julien Portel stood in the middle of his bedroom, dressed in shirt and trousers only.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "Bring the rest of the tweed traveling suit like the trousers I have on, and then see about packing some clothes."
almost
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From this reading The sofa and chairs around him were littered with portions of the brilliant uniform which he had torn from his person a few minutes before with almost feverish haste.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A RUINED CAREER Sir Julien Portel stood in the middle of his bedroom, dressed in shirt and trousers only.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading His perplexed servant, who had only just arrived, was doing his best to restore the room to some appearance of order.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading The sofa and chairs around him were littered with portions of the brilliant uniform which he had torn from his person a few minutes before with almost feverish haste.
arrived
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From this reading His perplexed servant, who had only just arrived, was doing his best to restore the room to some appearance of order.
bedroom
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From this reading A RUINED CAREER Sir Julien Portel stood in the middle of his bedroom, dressed in shirt and trousers only.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The sofa and chairs around him were littered with portions of the brilliant uniform which he had torn from his person a few minutes before with almost feverish haste.
best
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brilliant
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From this reading The sofa and chairs around him were littered with portions of the brilliant uniform which he had torn from his person a few minutes before with almost feverish haste.
Bring
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From this reading "Bring the rest of the tweed traveling suit like the trousers I have on, and then see about packing some clothes."
CAREER
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From this reading A RUINED CAREER Sir Julien Portel stood in the middle of his bedroom, dressed in shirt and trousers only.
chairs
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From this reading The sofa and chairs around him were littered with portions of the brilliant uniform which he had torn from his person a few minutes before with almost feverish haste.
clothes
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doing
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dressed
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From this reading A RUINED CAREER Sir Julien Portel stood in the middle of his bedroom, dressed in shirt and trousers only.
feverish
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From this reading The sofa and chairs around him were littered with portions of the brilliant uniform which he had torn from his person a few minutes before with almost feverish haste.
few
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From this reading The sofa and chairs around him were littered with portions of the brilliant uniform which he had torn from his person a few minutes before with almost feverish haste.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "You needn't mind those wretched things for the present, Richards," his master ordered sharply.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The sofa and chairs around him were littered with portions of the brilliant uniform which he had torn from his person a few minutes before with almost feverish haste.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The sofa and chairs around him were littered with portions of the brilliant uniform which he had torn from his person a few minutes before with almost feverish haste.
haste
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From this reading The sofa and chairs around him were littered with portions of the brilliant uniform which he had torn from his person a few minutes before with almost feverish haste.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Bring the rest of the tweed traveling suit like the trousers I have on, and then see about packing some clothes."
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The sofa and chairs around him were littered with portions of the brilliant uniform which he had torn from his person a few minutes before with almost feverish haste.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The sofa and chairs around him were littered with portions of the brilliant uniform which he had torn from his person a few minutes before with almost feverish haste.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A RUINED CAREER Sir Julien Portel stood in the middle of his bedroom, dressed in shirt and trousers only.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Bring the rest of the tweed traveling suit like the trousers I have on, and then see about packing some clothes."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A RUINED CAREER Sir Julien Portel stood in the middle of his bedroom, dressed in shirt and trousers only.
Julien
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From this reading A RUINED CAREER Sir Julien Portel stood in the middle of his bedroom, dressed in shirt and trousers only.
just
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like
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littered
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From this reading The sofa and chairs around him were littered with portions of the brilliant uniform which he had torn from his person a few minutes before with almost feverish haste.
master
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From this reading "You needn't mind those wretched things for the present, Richards," his master ordered sharply.
middle
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From this reading A RUINED CAREER Sir Julien Portel stood in the middle of his bedroom, dressed in shirt and trousers only.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You needn't mind those wretched things for the present, Richards," his master ordered sharply.
minutes
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From this reading The sofa and chairs around him were littered with portions of the brilliant uniform which he had torn from his person a few minutes before with almost feverish haste.
needn't
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From this reading "You needn't mind those wretched things for the present, Richards," his master ordered sharply.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A RUINED CAREER Sir Julien Portel stood in the middle of his bedroom, dressed in shirt and trousers only.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "Bring the rest of the tweed traveling suit like the trousers I have on, and then see about packing some clothes."
only
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From this reading A RUINED CAREER Sir Julien Portel stood in the middle of his bedroom, dressed in shirt and trousers only.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His perplexed servant, who had only just arrived, was doing his best to restore the room to some appearance of order.
ordered
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From this reading "You needn't mind those wretched things for the present, Richards," his master ordered sharply.
packing
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From this reading "Bring the rest of the tweed traveling suit like the trousers I have on, and then see about packing some clothes."
perplexed
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From this reading His perplexed servant, who had only just arrived, was doing his best to restore the room to some appearance of order.
person
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From this reading The sofa and chairs around him were littered with portions of the brilliant uniform which he had torn from his person a few minutes before with almost feverish haste.
Portel
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From this reading A RUINED CAREER Sir Julien Portel stood in the middle of his bedroom, dressed in shirt and trousers only.
portions
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From this reading The sofa and chairs around him were littered with portions of the brilliant uniform which he had torn from his person a few minutes before with almost feverish haste.
present
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From this reading "You needn't mind those wretched things for the present, Richards," his master ordered sharply.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Bring the rest of the tweed traveling suit like the trousers I have on, and then see about packing some clothes."
restore
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From this reading His perplexed servant, who had only just arrived, was doing his best to restore the room to some appearance of order.
Richards
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From this reading "You needn't mind those wretched things for the present, Richards," his master ordered sharply.
room
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From this reading His perplexed servant, who had only just arrived, was doing his best to restore the room to some appearance of order.
RUINED
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From this reading A RUINED CAREER Sir Julien Portel stood in the middle of his bedroom, dressed in shirt and trousers only.
see
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From this reading "Bring the rest of the tweed traveling suit like the trousers I have on, and then see about packing some clothes."
servant
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From this reading His perplexed servant, who had only just arrived, was doing his best to restore the room to some appearance of order.
sharplynounUS /ˈsharply/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "You needn't mind those wretched things for the present, Richards," his master ordered sharply.
shirt
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From this reading A RUINED CAREER Sir Julien Portel stood in the middle of his bedroom, dressed in shirt and trousers only.
Sir
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From this reading A RUINED CAREER Sir Julien Portel stood in the middle of his bedroom, dressed in shirt and trousers only.
sofa
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From this reading The sofa and chairs around him were littered with portions of the brilliant uniform which he had torn from his person a few minutes before with almost feverish haste.
some
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From this reading His perplexed servant, who had only just arrived, was doing his best to restore the room to some appearance of order.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A RUINED CAREER Sir Julien Portel stood in the middle of his bedroom, dressed in shirt and trousers only.
suit
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From this reading "Bring the rest of the tweed traveling suit like the trousers I have on, and then see about packing some clothes."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A RUINED CAREER Sir Julien Portel stood in the middle of his bedroom, dressed in shirt and trousers only.
then
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From this reading "Bring the rest of the tweed traveling suit like the trousers I have on, and then see about packing some clothes."
things
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From this reading "You needn't mind those wretched things for the present, Richards," his master ordered sharply.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "You needn't mind those wretched things for the present, Richards," his master ordered sharply.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading His perplexed servant, who had only just arrived, was doing his best to restore the room to some appearance of order.
torn
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From this reading The sofa and chairs around him were littered with portions of the brilliant uniform which he had torn from his person a few minutes before with almost feverish haste.
traveling
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From this reading "Bring the rest of the tweed traveling suit like the trousers I have on, and then see about packing some clothes."
trousers
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From this reading A RUINED CAREER Sir Julien Portel stood in the middle of his bedroom, dressed in shirt and trousers only.
tweed
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From this reading "Bring the rest of the tweed traveling suit like the trousers I have on, and then see about packing some clothes."
uniform
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From this reading The sofa and chairs around him were littered with portions of the brilliant uniform which he had torn from his person a few minutes before with almost feverish haste.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His perplexed servant, who had only just arrived, was doing his best to restore the room to some appearance of order.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The sofa and chairs around him were littered with portions of the brilliant uniform which he had torn from his person a few minutes before with almost feverish haste.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The sofa and chairs around him were littered with portions of the brilliant uniform which he had torn from his person a few minutes before with almost feverish haste.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading His perplexed servant, who had only just arrived, was doing his best to restore the room to some appearance of order.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The sofa and chairs around him were littered with portions of the brilliant uniform which he had torn from his person a few minutes before with almost feverish haste.
wretched
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From this reading "You needn't mind those wretched things for the present, Richards," his master ordered sharply.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You needn't mind those wretched things for the present, Richards," his master ordered sharply.
