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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 The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
able
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From this reading He looked sufficiently like a king, but he was ill able to feel like one.
accomplish
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From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
acquit
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From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
addresses
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From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
ambassadors
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From this reading The next day the foreign ambassadors came, with their gorgeous trains; and Tom, throned in awful state, received them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The next day the foreign ambassadors came, with their gorgeous trains; and Tom, throned in awful state, received them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
audience
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From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
awful
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From this reading The next day the foreign ambassadors came, with their gorgeous trains; and Tom, throned in awful state, received them.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
by-and-by
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From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
came
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From this reading The next day the foreign ambassadors came, with their gorgeous trains; and Tom, throned in awful state, received them.
ceremony
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From this reading He was cordially glad when the ceremony was ended.
cordially
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From this reading He was cordially glad when the ceremony was ended.
day
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From this reading The next day the foreign ambassadors came, with their gorgeous trains; and Tom, throned in awful state, received them.
delighted
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From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
dreary
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From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
ease
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From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
ended
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From this reading He was cordially glad when the ceremony was ended.
eye
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From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
feel
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From this reading He looked sufficiently like a king, but he was ill able to feel like one.
fired
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From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
foreign
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From this reading The next day the foreign ambassadors came, with their gorgeous trains; and Tom, throned in awful state, received them.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
glad
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From this reading He was cordially glad when the ceremony was ended.
gorgeous
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From this reading The next day the foreign ambassadors came, with their gorgeous trains; and Tom, throned in awful state, received them.
grew
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From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
hard
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From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
Hertford
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From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
home-sickness
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From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
ill
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From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
imagination
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From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The next day the foreign ambassadors came, with their gorgeous trains; and Tom, throned in awful state, received them.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
king
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From this reading He looked sufficiently like a king, but he was ill able to feel like one.
like
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From this reading He looked sufficiently like a king, but he was ill able to feel like one.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He looked sufficiently like a king, but he was ill able to feel like one.
more
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From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
most
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From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
mouth
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From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
new
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From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day the foreign ambassadors came, with their gorgeous trains; and Tom, throned in awful state, received them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He looked sufficiently like a king, but he was ill able to feel like one.
pleasure
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From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
put
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From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
received
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From this reading The next day the foreign ambassadors came, with their gorgeous trains; and Tom, throned in awful state, received them.
said
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From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
satisfactorily
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From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
scene
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From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
splendours
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From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
state
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From this reading The next day the foreign ambassadors came, with their gorgeous trains; and Tom, throned in awful state, received them.
success
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From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
sufficiently
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From this reading He looked sufficiently like a king, but he was ill able to feel like one.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next day the foreign ambassadors came, with their gorgeous trains; and Tom, throned in awful state, received them.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The next day the foreign ambassadors came, with their gorgeous trains; and Tom, throned in awful state, received them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The next day the foreign ambassadors came, with their gorgeous trains; and Tom, throned in awful state, received them.
things
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From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
throned
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From this reading The next day the foreign ambassadors came, with their gorgeous trains; and Tom, throned in awful state, received them.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
tolerable
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From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
Tom
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From this reading The next day the foreign ambassadors came, with their gorgeous trains; and Tom, throned in awful state, received them.
too
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From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
trains
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From this reading The next day the foreign ambassadors came, with their gorgeous trains; and Tom, throned in awful state, received them.
tried
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From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
weariness
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From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He was cordially glad when the ceremony was ended.
whereforeadverbUS /werˈfɔːr/
an old word meaning “why” or “for that reason”
From this reading The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses --wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The next day the foreign ambassadors came, with their gorgeous trains; and Tom, throned in awful state, received them.
words
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From this reading Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success.
