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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 In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Zounds!” he added, with another more emphatic oath, “this is most unfortunate.”
adding
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From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.
admonished
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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.
announcement
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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Zounds!” he added, with another more emphatic oath, “this is most unfortunate.”
Antony
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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
became
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From this reading In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.
bewilderednounUS /bewildered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
Blakeney
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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.
boy
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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
candles
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From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.
coffee-room
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From this reading In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.
confused
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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
confusion
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From this reading In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.
directions
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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
discomfort
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From this reading In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
emphatic
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From this reading Zounds!” he added, with another more emphatic oath, “this is most unfortunate.”
end
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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.
fashionable
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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
general
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From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.
giving
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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
goodness
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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Zounds!” he added, with another more emphatic oath, “this is most unfortunate.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
hitheradverbUS /ˈhɪðər/
an old word meaning “to this place”
From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.
hopeless
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From this reading In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.
hopping
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From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.
inn
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From this reading In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Zounds!” he added, with another more emphatic oath, “this is most unfortunate.”
Jellyband
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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
jumped
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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
keep
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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.
ladies
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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.
Lady
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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.
leg
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From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.
Lord
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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
lordship
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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.
made
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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
man
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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.
many
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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
momentnounUS /ˈmoʊmənt/
a particular point in time
From this reading In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.
more
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From this reading Zounds!” he added, with another more emphatic oath, “this is most unfortunate.”
most
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From this reading Zounds!” he added, with another more emphatic oath, “this is most unfortunate.”
now
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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
oak-raftered
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From this reading In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.
oath
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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
Quick
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From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.
ran
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From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.
sake
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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.
Sally
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From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.
scene
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From this reading In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.
seat
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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
shoutednounUS /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.
stable
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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
talking
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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In a moment the pleasant oak-raftered coffee-room of the inn became the scene of hopeless confusion and discomfort.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Zounds!” he added, with another more emphatic oath, “this is most unfortunate.”
thitheradverbUS /ˈðɪθɜːr/
an old word meaning “to that place”
From this reading “Quick, Sally! the candles!” shouted Jellyband, as hopping about from one leg to another, he ran hither and thither, adding to the general discomfort of everybody.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
try
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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.
unfortunate
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From this reading Zounds!” he added, with another more emphatic oath, “this is most unfortunate.”
up
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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
withdraw
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From this reading “For goodness’ sake, man,” admonished his lordship, “try to keep Lady Blakeney talking outside for a moment, while the ladies withdraw.
wits
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From this reading At the first announcement made by the stable boy, Lord Antony, with a fashionable oath, had jumped up from his seat and was now giving many and confused directions to poor bewildered Jellyband, who seemed at his wits’ end what to do.
Zounds
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From this reading Zounds!” he added, with another more emphatic oath, “this is most unfortunate.”
