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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 But, in spite of his weariness, there was a queer gleam in the piercing eyes behind the powerful spectacles, which Harold knew from past experience to be the light of battle.
absorbing
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From this reading Some absorbing train of thought, whether started by Hanslet’s story of the previous evening or not, had taken possession of his brain.
all
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From this reading Harold, looking at him anxiously, guessed that he had hardly slept at all during the night.
anxiously
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From this reading Harold, looking at him anxiously, guessed that he had hardly slept at all during the night.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “I have some work for you to-day, my boy,” he said, as soon as the meal was over.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Harold, looking at him anxiously, guessed that he had hardly slept at all during the night.
battle
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From this reading But, in spite of his weariness, there was a queer gleam in the piercing eyes behind the powerful spectacles, which Harold knew from past experience to be the light of battle.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But, in spite of his weariness, there was a queer gleam in the piercing eyes behind the powerful spectacles, which Harold knew from past experience to be the light of battle.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading But, in spite of his weariness, there was a queer gleam in the piercing eyes behind the powerful spectacles, which Harold knew from past experience to be the light of battle.
boy
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From this reading “I have some work for you to-day, my boy,” he said, as soon as the meal was over.
brain
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From this reading Some absorbing train of thought, whether started by Hanslet’s story of the previous evening or not, had taken possession of his brain.
breakfast
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From this reading The Morlandson Trial The Professor came down to breakfast next morning looking even more weary than on the previous day.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, in spite of his weariness, there was a queer gleam in the piercing eyes behind the powerful spectacles, which Harold knew from past experience to be the light of battle.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Some absorbing train of thought, whether started by Hanslet’s story of the previous evening or not, had taken possession of his brain.
came
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From this reading The Morlandson Trial The Professor came down to breakfast next morning looking even more weary than on the previous day.
day
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From this reading The Morlandson Trial The Professor came down to breakfast next morning looking even more weary than on the previous day.
down
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From this reading The Morlandson Trial The Professor came down to breakfast next morning looking even more weary than on the previous day.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Harold, looking at him anxiously, guessed that he had hardly slept at all during the night.
even
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evening
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From this reading Some absorbing train of thought, whether started by Hanslet’s story of the previous evening or not, had taken possession of his brain.
experience
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From this reading But, in spite of his weariness, there was a queer gleam in the piercing eyes behind the powerful spectacles, which Harold knew from past experience to be the light of battle.
eyes
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From this reading But, in spite of his weariness, there was a queer gleam in the piercing eyes behind the powerful spectacles, which Harold knew from past experience to be the light of battle.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “I have some work for you to-day, my boy,” he said, as soon as the meal was over.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But, in spite of his weariness, there was a queer gleam in the piercing eyes behind the powerful spectacles, which Harold knew from past experience to be the light of battle.
gleam
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From this reading But, in spite of his weariness, there was a queer gleam in the piercing eyes behind the powerful spectacles, which Harold knew from past experience to be the light of battle.
guessed
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From this reading Harold, looking at him anxiously, guessed that he had hardly slept at all during the night.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Harold, looking at him anxiously, guessed that he had hardly slept at all during the night.
Hanslet's
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From this reading Some absorbing train of thought, whether started by Hanslet’s story of the previous evening or not, had taken possession of his brain.
hardly
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From this reading Harold, looking at him anxiously, guessed that he had hardly slept at all during the night.
Harold
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From this reading Harold, looking at him anxiously, guessed that he had hardly slept at all during the night.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I have some work for you to-day, my boy,” he said, as soon as the meal was over.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Harold, looking at him anxiously, guessed that he had hardly slept at all during the night.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Harold, looking at him anxiously, guessed that he had hardly slept at all during the night.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Some absorbing train of thought, whether started by Hanslet’s story of the previous evening or not, had taken possession of his brain.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I have some work for you to-day, my boy,” he said, as soon as the meal was over.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But, in spite of his weariness, there was a queer gleam in the piercing eyes behind the powerful spectacles, which Harold knew from past experience to be the light of battle.
knew
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From this reading But, in spite of his weariness, there was a queer gleam in the piercing eyes behind the powerful spectacles, which Harold knew from past experience to be the light of battle.
light
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From this reading But, in spite of his weariness, there was a queer gleam in the piercing eyes behind the powerful spectacles, which Harold knew from past experience to be the light of battle.
looking
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From this reading The Morlandson Trial The Professor came down to breakfast next morning looking even more weary than on the previous day.
meal
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From this reading “I have some work for you to-day, my boy,” he said, as soon as the meal was over.
more
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From this reading The Morlandson Trial The Professor came down to breakfast next morning looking even more weary than on the previous day.
Morlandson
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morning
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mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I have some work for you to-day, my boy,” he said, as soon as the meal was over.
next
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From this reading The Morlandson Trial The Professor came down to breakfast next morning looking even more weary than on the previous day.
night
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From this reading Harold, looking at him anxiously, guessed that he had hardly slept at all during the night.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Some absorbing train of thought, whether started by Hanslet’s story of the previous evening or not, had taken possession of his brain.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Some absorbing train of thought, whether started by Hanslet’s story of the previous evening or not, had taken possession of his brain.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Morlandson Trial The Professor came down to breakfast next morning looking even more weary than on the previous day.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Some absorbing train of thought, whether started by Hanslet’s story of the previous evening or not, had taken possession of his brain.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “I have some work for you to-day, my boy,” he said, as soon as the meal was over.
past
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From this reading But, in spite of his weariness, there was a queer gleam in the piercing eyes behind the powerful spectacles, which Harold knew from past experience to be the light of battle.
piercing
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From this reading But, in spite of his weariness, there was a queer gleam in the piercing eyes behind the powerful spectacles, which Harold knew from past experience to be the light of battle.
possession
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From this reading Some absorbing train of thought, whether started by Hanslet’s story of the previous evening or not, had taken possession of his brain.
powerful
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From this reading But, in spite of his weariness, there was a queer gleam in the piercing eyes behind the powerful spectacles, which Harold knew from past experience to be the light of battle.
previous
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From this reading The Morlandson Trial The Professor came down to breakfast next morning looking even more weary than on the previous day.
Professor
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queer
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From this reading But, in spite of his weariness, there was a queer gleam in the piercing eyes behind the powerful spectacles, which Harold knew from past experience to be the light of battle.
said
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From this reading “I have some work for you to-day, my boy,” he said, as soon as the meal was over.
slept
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From this reading Harold, looking at him anxiously, guessed that he had hardly slept at all during the night.
Some
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From this reading Some absorbing train of thought, whether started by Hanslet’s story of the previous evening or not, had taken possession of his brain.
soon
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From this reading “I have some work for you to-day, my boy,” he said, as soon as the meal was over.
spectacles
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From this reading But, in spite of his weariness, there was a queer gleam in the piercing eyes behind the powerful spectacles, which Harold knew from past experience to be the light of battle.
spite
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From this reading But, in spite of his weariness, there was a queer gleam in the piercing eyes behind the powerful spectacles, which Harold knew from past experience to be the light of battle.
started
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From this reading Some absorbing train of thought, whether started by Hanslet’s story of the previous evening or not, had taken possession of his brain.
story
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From this reading Some absorbing train of thought, whether started by Hanslet’s story of the previous evening or not, had taken possession of his brain.
taken
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From this reading Some absorbing train of thought, whether started by Hanslet’s story of the previous evening or not, had taken possession of his brain.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The Morlandson Trial The Professor came down to breakfast next morning looking even more weary than on the previous day.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Harold, looking at him anxiously, guessed that he had hardly slept at all during the night.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Morlandson Trial The Professor came down to breakfast next morning looking even more weary than on the previous day.
there
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From this reading But, in spite of his weariness, there was a queer gleam in the piercing eyes behind the powerful spectacles, which Harold knew from past experience to be the light of battle.
thought
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From this reading Some absorbing train of thought, whether started by Hanslet’s story of the previous evening or not, had taken possession of his brain.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Morlandson Trial The Professor came down to breakfast next morning looking even more weary than on the previous day.
to-day
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From this reading “I have some work for you to-day, my boy,” he said, as soon as the meal was over.
train
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From this reading Some absorbing train of thought, whether started by Hanslet’s story of the previous evening or not, had taken possession of his brain.
Trial
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From this reading The Morlandson Trial The Professor came down to breakfast next morning looking even more weary than on the previous day.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But, in spite of his weariness, there was a queer gleam in the piercing eyes behind the powerful spectacles, which Harold knew from past experience to be the light of battle.
weariness
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From this reading But, in spite of his weariness, there was a queer gleam in the piercing eyes behind the powerful spectacles, which Harold knew from past experience to be the light of battle.
weary
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From this reading The Morlandson Trial The Professor came down to breakfast next morning looking even more weary than on the previous day.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading Some absorbing train of thought, whether started by Hanslet’s story of the previous evening or not, had taken possession of his brain.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But, in spite of his weariness, there was a queer gleam in the piercing eyes behind the powerful spectacles, which Harold knew from past experience to be the light of battle.
work
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From this reading “I have some work for you to-day, my boy,” he said, as soon as the meal was over.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I have some work for you to-day, my boy,” he said, as soon as the meal was over.
