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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 With a long, low bow, and paper in hand, he stepped softly into the room.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He was a lean, long, yellow man, with a small head, bald over the top, and tufted at the back and about the ears.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With a long, low bow, and paper in hand, he stepped softly into the room.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
appeared
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From this reading The Lord Chamberlain At noon the lord chamberlain appeared.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Lord Chamberlain At noon the lord chamberlain appeared.
back
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From this reading He was a lean, long, yellow man, with a small head, bald over the top, and tufted at the back and about the ears.
bald
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From this reading He was a lean, long, yellow man, with a small head, bald over the top, and tufted at the back and about the ears.
bow
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From this reading With a long, low bow, and paper in hand, he stepped softly into the room.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
came
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From this reading He had a very thin, prominent, hooked nose, and a quantity of loose skin under his chin and about the throat, which came craning up out of his neckcloth.
certain
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From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
Chamberlain
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From this reading The Lord Chamberlain At noon the lord chamberlain appeared.
chin
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From this reading He had a very thin, prominent, hooked nose, and a quantity of loose skin under his chin and about the throat, which came craning up out of his neckcloth.
congratulating
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From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
craning
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From this reading He had a very thin, prominent, hooked nose, and a quantity of loose skin under his chin and about the throat, which came craning up out of his neckcloth.
declared
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From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
doubtfully
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From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
ears
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From this reading He was a lean, long, yellow man, with a small head, bald over the top, and tufted at the back and about the ears.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
evident
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From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
Greeting
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From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
hand
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From this reading With a long, low bow, and paper in hand, he stepped softly into the room.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With a long, low bow, and paper in hand, he stepped softly into the room.
head
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From this reading He was a lean, long, yellow man, with a small head, bald over the top, and tufted at the back and about the ears.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
hooked
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From this reading He had a very thin, prominent, hooked nose, and a quantity of loose skin under his chin and about the throat, which came craning up out of his neckcloth.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading With a long, low bow, and paper in hand, he stepped softly into the room.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading With a long, low bow, and paper in hand, he stepped softly into the room.
king
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From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
lay
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From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
lean
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From this reading He was a lean, long, yellow man, with a small head, bald over the top, and tufted at the back and about the ears.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With a long, low bow, and paper in hand, he stepped softly into the room.
looking
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From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
loose
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From this reading He had a very thin, prominent, hooked nose, and a quantity of loose skin under his chin and about the throat, which came craning up out of his neckcloth.
Lord
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From this reading The Lord Chamberlain At noon the lord chamberlain appeared.
low
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From this reading With a long, low bow, and paper in hand, he stepped softly into the room.
made
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From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
Majesty
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From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
man
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From this reading He was a lean, long, yellow man, with a small head, bald over the top, and tufted at the back and about the ears.
nearer
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From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
neckcloth
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From this reading He had a very thin, prominent, hooked nose, and a quantity of loose skin under his chin and about the throat, which came craning up out of his neckcloth.
noon
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From this reading The Lord Chamberlain At noon the lord chamberlain appeared.
nose
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From this reading He had a very thin, prominent, hooked nose, and a quantity of loose skin under his chin and about the throat, which came craning up out of his neckcloth.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
out
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From this reading He had a very thin, prominent, hooked nose, and a quantity of loose skin under his chin and about the throat, which came craning up out of his neckcloth.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He was a lean, long, yellow man, with a small head, bald over the top, and tufted at the back and about the ears.
paper
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From this reading With a long, low bow, and paper in hand, he stepped softly into the room.
papers
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From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
profoundest
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From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
progress
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From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
prominent
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From this reading He had a very thin, prominent, hooked nose, and a quantity of loose skin under his chin and about the throat, which came craning up out of his neckcloth.
quantity
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From this reading He had a very thin, prominent, hooked nose, and a quantity of loose skin under his chin and about the throat, which came craning up out of his neckcloth.
requirednounUS /required/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
respect
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From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
room
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From this reading With a long, low bow, and paper in hand, he stepped softly into the room.
said
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From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
signature
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From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
skin
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From this reading He had a very thin, prominent, hooked nose, and a quantity of loose skin under his chin and about the throat, which came craning up out of his neckcloth.
small
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From this reading He was a lean, long, yellow man, with a small head, bald over the top, and tufted at the back and about the ears.
softly
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From this reading With a long, low bow, and paper in hand, he stepped softly into the room.
sorry
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From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
stepped
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From this reading With a long, low bow, and paper in hand, he stepped softly into the room.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Lord Chamberlain At noon the lord chamberlain appeared.
there
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From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
therewith
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From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading He had a very thin, prominent, hooked nose, and a quantity of loose skin under his chin and about the throat, which came craning up out of his neckcloth.
throatnounUS /θroʊt/
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading He had a very thin, prominent, hooked nose, and a quantity of loose skin under his chin and about the throat, which came craning up out of his neckcloth.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
top
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From this reading He was a lean, long, yellow man, with a small head, bald over the top, and tufted at the back and about the ears.
trouble
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From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
tufted
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From this reading He was a lean, long, yellow man, with a small head, bald over the top, and tufted at the back and about the ears.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading He had a very thin, prominent, hooked nose, and a quantity of loose skin under his chin and about the throat, which came craning up out of his neckcloth.
up
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From this reading He had a very thin, prominent, hooked nose, and a quantity of loose skin under his chin and about the throat, which came craning up out of his neckcloth.
very
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From this reading He had a very thin, prominent, hooked nose, and a quantity of loose skin under his chin and about the throat, which came craning up out of his neckcloth.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was a lean, long, yellow man, with a small head, bald over the top, and tufted at the back and about the ears.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Greeting His Majesty with every appearance of the profoundest respect, and congratulating him on the evident progress he had made, he declared himself sorry to trouble him, but there were certain papers, he said, which required his signature--and therewith drew nearer to the king, who lay looking at him doubtfully.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With a long, low bow, and paper in hand, he stepped softly into the room.
yellow
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From this reading He was a lean, long, yellow man, with a small head, bald over the top, and tufted at the back and about the ears.
