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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 “And about his shelves, A beggarly account of empty boxes, Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “And about his shelves, A beggarly account of empty boxes, Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds.
account
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From this reading “And about his shelves, A beggarly account of empty boxes, Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “And about his shelves, A beggarly account of empty boxes, Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds.
assuredly
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From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
beggarly
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From this reading “And about his shelves, A beggarly account of empty boxes, Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds.
bladders
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From this reading “And about his shelves, A beggarly account of empty boxes, Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds.
boxes
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From this reading “And about his shelves, A beggarly account of empty boxes, Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds.
cakes
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From this reading Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses, Were thinly scattered to make up a show.”
commonly
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From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
DoctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
earthen
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From this reading “And about his shelves, A beggarly account of empty boxes, Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds.
Elnathan
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From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
empty
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From this reading “And about his shelves, A beggarly account of empty boxes, Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds.
endowments
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From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
exactly
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From this reading In height he measured, without his shoes, exactly six feet and four inches.
feet
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From this reading In height he measured, without his shoes, exactly six feet and four inches.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
four
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From this reading In height he measured, without his shoes, exactly six feet and four inches.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
Green
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From this reading “And about his shelves, A beggarly account of empty boxes, Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
height
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From this reading In height he measured, without his shoes, exactly six feet and four inches.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “And about his shelves, A beggarly account of empty boxes, Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In height he measured, without his shoes, exactly six feet and four inches.
inches
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From this reading In height he measured, without his shoes, exactly six feet and four inches.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses, Were thinly scattered to make up a show.”
man
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From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
measured
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From this reading In height he measured, without his shoes, exactly six feet and four inches.
mental
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From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
musty
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From this reading “And about his shelves, A beggarly account of empty boxes, Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “And about his shelves, A beggarly account of empty boxes, Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds.
old
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From this reading Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses, Were thinly scattered to make up a show.”
packthread
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From this reading Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses, Were thinly scattered to make up a show.”
personal
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From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
physic
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From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
pots
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From this reading “And about his shelves, A beggarly account of empty boxes, Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds.
proportions
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From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
rare
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From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
Remnants
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From this reading Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses, Were thinly scattered to make up a show.”
roses
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From this reading Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses, Were thinly scattered to make up a show.”
scattered
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From this reading Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses, Were thinly scattered to make up a show.”
seeds
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From this reading “And about his shelves, A beggarly account of empty boxes, Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds.
settlers
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From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
Shakespeare
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From this reading --Shakespeare.
shelvesnounUS /ʃelvz/
Plural of shelf; the vast wooden or stone structures holding archives.
From this reading “And about his shelves, A beggarly account of empty boxes, Green earthen pots, bladders, and musty seeds.
shoes
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From this reading In height he measured, without his shoes, exactly six feet and four inches.
show
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From this reading Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses, Were thinly scattered to make up a show.”
six
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From this reading In height he measured, without his shoes, exactly six feet and four inches.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
thinly
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From this reading Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses, Were thinly scattered to make up a show.”
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses, Were thinly scattered to make up a show.”
Todd
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From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
up
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From this reading Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses, Were thinly scattered to make up a show.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Doctor Elnathan Todd, for such was the name of the man of physic, was commonly thought to be, among the settlers, a gentleman of great mental endowments, and he was assuredly of rare personal proportions.
Wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Remnants of packthread, and old cakes of roses, Were thinly scattered to make up a show.”
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading In height he measured, without his shoes, exactly six feet and four inches.
