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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 James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
afflicted
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From this reading Up and down the stone-paved courtyard he paced, much to the perturbation of the sentry at the gateway, who found the form of madness with which the Sahib must be afflicted difficult to classify.
altogether
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From this reading Gerrard was wrestling with himself and with the impulse to throw up political employment altogether and go back to the routine work of his profession.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE IDEAL AND THE REAL.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
Antony
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From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Up and down the stone-paved courtyard he paced, much to the perturbation of the sentry at the gateway, who found the form of madness with which the Sahib must be afflicted difficult to classify.
back
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From this reading Gerrard was wrestling with himself and with the impulse to throw up political employment altogether and go back to the routine work of his profession.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Up and down the stone-paved courtyard he paced, much to the perturbation of the sentry at the gateway, who found the form of madness with which the Sahib must be afflicted difficult to classify.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
called
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From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
came
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From this reading The secretary came in with his hands full of papers, and Gerrard left the office, hardly knowing whither he went.
cheroot
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From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
classify
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From this reading Up and down the stone-paved courtyard he paced, much to the perturbation of the sentry at the gateway, who found the form of madness with which the Sahib must be afflicted difficult to classify.
courtyardnounUS /ˈkɔːrtjɑːrd/
an open area surrounded by the walls of a building
From this reading Up and down the stone-paved courtyard he paced, much to the perturbation of the sentry at the gateway, who found the form of madness with which the Sahib must be afflicted difficult to classify.
difficult
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From this reading Up and down the stone-paved courtyard he paced, much to the perturbation of the sentry at the gateway, who found the form of madness with which the Sahib must be afflicted difficult to classify.
down
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From this reading Up and down the stone-paved courtyard he paced, much to the perturbation of the sentry at the gateway, who found the form of madness with which the Sahib must be afflicted difficult to classify.
employment
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From this reading Gerrard was wrestling with himself and with the impulse to throw up political employment altogether and go back to the routine work of his profession.
form
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From this reading Up and down the stone-paved courtyard he paced, much to the perturbation of the sentry at the gateway, who found the form of madness with which the Sahib must be afflicted difficult to classify.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Up and down the stone-paved courtyard he paced, much to the perturbation of the sentry at the gateway, who found the form of madness with which the Sahib must be afflicted difficult to classify.
full
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From this reading The secretary came in with his hands full of papers, and Gerrard left the office, hardly knowing whither he went.
gateway
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From this reading Up and down the stone-paved courtyard he paced, much to the perturbation of the sentry at the gateway, who found the form of madness with which the Sahib must be afflicted difficult to classify.
Gerrard
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From this reading The secretary came in with his hands full of papers, and Gerrard left the office, hardly knowing whither he went.
go
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From this reading Gerrard was wrestling with himself and with the impulse to throw up political employment altogether and go back to the routine work of his profession.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading The secretary came in with his hands full of papers, and Gerrard left the office, hardly knowing whither he went.
hardly
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From this reading The secretary came in with his hands full of papers, and Gerrard left the office, hardly knowing whither he went.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The secretary came in with his hands full of papers, and Gerrard left the office, hardly knowing whither he went.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Gerrard was wrestling with himself and with the impulse to throw up political employment altogether and go back to the routine work of his profession.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The secretary came in with his hands full of papers, and Gerrard left the office, hardly knowing whither he went.
huge
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From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
hurried
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From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
IDEAL
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From this reading THE IDEAL AND THE REAL.
impulsenounUS /ˈɪmpʌls/
a sudden strong desire to act
From this reading Gerrard was wrestling with himself and with the impulse to throw up political employment altogether and go back to the routine work of his profession.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The secretary came in with his hands full of papers, and Gerrard left the office, hardly knowing whither he went.
interruptednounUS /ˈinterrupted/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
James
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From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
knowing
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From this reading The secretary came in with his hands full of papers, and Gerrard left the office, hardly knowing whither he went.
labours
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From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The secretary came in with his hands full of papers, and Gerrard left the office, hardly knowing whither he went.
madness
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From this reading Up and down the stone-paved courtyard he paced, much to the perturbation of the sentry at the gateway, who found the form of madness with which the Sahib must be afflicted difficult to classify.
mouth
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From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
much
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From this reading Up and down the stone-paved courtyard he paced, much to the perturbation of the sentry at the gateway, who found the form of madness with which the Sahib must be afflicted difficult to classify.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Up and down the stone-paved courtyard he paced, much to the perturbation of the sentry at the gateway, who found the form of madness with which the Sahib must be afflicted difficult to classify.
mutteredverbUS /ˈmʌtərd/
spoke in a low voice that was difficult to hear
From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The secretary came in with his hands full of papers, and Gerrard left the office, hardly knowing whither he went.
office
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From this reading The secretary came in with his hands full of papers, and Gerrard left the office, hardly knowing whither he went.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
out
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From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
paced
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From this reading Up and down the stone-paved courtyard he paced, much to the perturbation of the sentry at the gateway, who found the form of madness with which the Sahib must be afflicted difficult to classify.
papers
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From this reading The secretary came in with his hands full of papers, and Gerrard left the office, hardly knowing whither he went.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
perturbation
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From this reading Up and down the stone-paved courtyard he paced, much to the perturbation of the sentry at the gateway, who found the form of madness with which the Sahib must be afflicted difficult to classify.
political
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From this reading Gerrard was wrestling with himself and with the impulse to throw up political employment altogether and go back to the routine work of his profession.
profession
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From this reading Gerrard was wrestling with himself and with the impulse to throw up political employment altogether and go back to the routine work of his profession.
REAL
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From this reading THE IDEAL AND THE REAL.
records
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From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
room
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From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
routine
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From this reading Gerrard was wrestling with himself and with the impulse to throw up political employment altogether and go back to the routine work of his profession.
Sahib
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From this reading Up and down the stone-paved courtyard he paced, much to the perturbation of the sentry at the gateway, who found the form of madness with which the Sahib must be afflicted difficult to classify.
secretary
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From this reading The secretary came in with his hands full of papers, and Gerrard left the office, hardly knowing whither he went.
sentry
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From this reading Up and down the stone-paved courtyard he paced, much to the perturbation of the sentry at the gateway, who found the form of madness with which the Sahib must be afflicted difficult to classify.
shirt-sleeves
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From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
sitting
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From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
stone-paved
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From this reading Up and down the stone-paved courtyard he paced, much to the perturbation of the sentry at the gateway, who found the form of madness with which the Sahib must be afflicted difficult to classify.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE IDEAL AND THE REAL.
throw
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From this reading Gerrard was wrestling with himself and with the impulse to throw up political employment altogether and go back to the routine work of his profession.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
unintelligible
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From this reading James Antony, sitting in his shirt-sleeves among the records of his interrupted labours in another room, took a huge cheroot out of his mouth and called to him as he passed, but he muttered something unintelligible and hurried on.
Up
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From this reading Up and down the stone-paved courtyard he paced, much to the perturbation of the sentry at the gateway, who found the form of madness with which the Sahib must be afflicted difficult to classify.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Gerrard was wrestling with himself and with the impulse to throw up political employment altogether and go back to the routine work of his profession.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The secretary came in with his hands full of papers, and Gerrard left the office, hardly knowing whither he went.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Up and down the stone-paved courtyard he paced, much to the perturbation of the sentry at the gateway, who found the form of madness with which the Sahib must be afflicted difficult to classify.
whitheradverbUS /ˈwɪðər/
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading The secretary came in with his hands full of papers, and Gerrard left the office, hardly knowing whither he went.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Up and down the stone-paved courtyard he paced, much to the perturbation of the sentry at the gateway, who found the form of madness with which the Sahib must be afflicted difficult to classify.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The secretary came in with his hands full of papers, and Gerrard left the office, hardly knowing whither he went.
work
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From this reading Gerrard was wrestling with himself and with the impulse to throw up political employment altogether and go back to the routine work of his profession.
wrestling
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From this reading Gerrard was wrestling with himself and with the impulse to throw up political employment altogether and go back to the routine work of his profession.
