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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 I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
aggravating
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From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have been hanging back with it long enough, and I shall tell it at once.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Indeed there can be little doubting of the wisdom of anything that my father said in life, for he was a very learned man.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I have been hanging back with it long enough, and I shall tell it at once.
back
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From this reading I have been hanging back with it long enough, and I shall tell it at once.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading I had better be getting to the story of the duel.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I have been hanging back with it long enough, and I shall tell it at once.
best
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From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
better
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From this reading I had better be getting to the story of the duel.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading However, there can be no doubting of the wisdom of my father's remark.
creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
dawdle
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From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
decanters
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From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
doubting
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From this reading However, there can be no doubting of the wisdom of my father's remark.
duel
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enough
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From this reading I have been hanging back with it long enough, and I shall tell it at once.
father
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From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
father's
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Indeed there can be little doubting of the wisdom of anything that my father said in life, for he was a very learned man.
friends
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From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
getting
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From this reading I had better be getting to the story of the duel.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had better be getting to the story of the duel.
hanging
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From this reading I have been hanging back with it long enough, and I shall tell it at once.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have been hanging back with it long enough, and I shall tell it at once.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Indeed there can be little doubting of the wisdom of anything that my father said in life, for he was a very learned man.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
HoweveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading However, there can be no doubting of the wisdom of my father's remark.
hurl
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From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I had better be getting to the story of the duel.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
Indeed
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From this reading Indeed there can be little doubting of the wisdom of anything that my father said in life, for he was a very learned man.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I have been hanging back with it long enough, and I shall tell it at once.
keeping
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From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
learned
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From this reading Indeed there can be little doubting of the wisdom of anything that my father said in life, for he was a very learned man.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Indeed there can be little doubting of the wisdom of anything that my father said in life, for he was a very learned man.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have been hanging back with it long enough, and I shall tell it at once.
man
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From this reading Indeed there can be little doubting of the wisdom of anything that my father said in life, for he was a very learned man.
mere
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From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
most
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From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading However, there can be no doubting of the wisdom of my father's remark.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I had better be getting to the story of the duel.
once
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From this reading I have been hanging back with it long enough, and I shall tell it at once.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
reasonsnounUS /ˈreasons/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
remark
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From this reading However, there can be no doubting of the wisdom of my father's remark.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
said
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From this reading Indeed there can be little doubting of the wisdom of anything that my father said in life, for he was a very learned man.
saying
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From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
seen
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From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading I have been hanging back with it long enough, and I shall tell it at once.
story
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From this reading I had better be getting to the story of the duel.
tale
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From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have been hanging back with it long enough, and I shall tell it at once.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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there
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From this reading However, there can be no doubting of the wisdom of my father's remark.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I had better be getting to the story of the duel.
trickery
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From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
very
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From this reading Indeed there can be little doubting of the wisdom of anything that my father said in life, for he was a very learned man.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
wisdom
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From this reading However, there can be no doubting of the wisdom of my father's remark.
wished
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From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I have been hanging back with it long enough, and I shall tell it at once.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading I remember my father saying that the most aggravating creature in life was one who would be keeping back the best part of a story through mere reasons of trickery, although I have seen himself dawdle over a tale until his friends wished to hurl the decanters at him.
