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1.20
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From this reading (By mail, $1.35) _Net_, $1.20 There are as many social degrees in the peerage as there are in the middle and lower classes.
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From this reading (By mail, $1.35) _Net_, $1.20 There are as many social degrees in the peerage as there are in the middle and lower classes.
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From this reading The Story of a Great Conspiracy 12^o.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The Story of a Great Conspiracy 12^o.
all
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From this reading When, however, a man is a duke in England, his state is so lofty, he is so inevitably apart from every one else that these remarks hardly apply at all.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading (By mail, $1.35) _Net_, $1.20 There are as many social degrees in the peerage as there are in the middle and lower classes.
apart
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apply
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From this reading When, however, a man is a duke in England, his state is so lofty, he is so inevitably apart from every one else that these remarks hardly apply at all.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading (By mail, $1.35) _Net_, $1.20 There are as many social degrees in the peerage as there are in the middle and lower classes.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading (By mail, $1.35) _Net_, $1.20 There are as many social degrees in the peerage as there are in the middle and lower classes.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When, however, a man is a duke in England, his state is so lofty, he is so inevitably apart from every one else that these remarks hardly apply at all.
barons
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From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading (By mail, $1.35) _Net_, $1.20 There are as many social degrees in the peerage as there are in the middle and lower classes.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
celebrity
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From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
classes
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From this reading (By mail, $1.35) _Net_, $1.20 There are as many social degrees in the peerage as there are in the middle and lower classes.
Conspiracy
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From this reading The Story of a Great Conspiracy 12^o.
creation
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From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
date
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From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
degrees
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From this reading (By mail, $1.35) _Net_, $1.20 There are as many social degrees in the peerage as there are in the middle and lower classes.
duke
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dukedoms
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From this reading Yet even in dukedoms one recognises there are degrees.
earls
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From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
else
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From this reading When, however, a man is a duke in England, his state is so lofty, he is so inevitably apart from every one else that these remarks hardly apply at all.
England
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enter
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From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet even in dukedoms one recognises there are degrees.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading When, however, a man is a duke in England, his state is so lofty, he is so inevitably apart from every one else that these remarks hardly apply at all.
family
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From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When, however, a man is a duke in England, his state is so lofty, he is so inevitably apart from every one else that these remarks hardly apply at all.
GreatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Story of a Great Conspiracy 12^o.
greater
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From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
hardly
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From this reading When, however, a man is a duke in England, his state is so lofty, he is so inevitably apart from every one else that these remarks hardly apply at all.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When, however, a man is a duke in England, his state is so lofty, he is so inevitably apart from every one else that these remarks hardly apply at all.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When, however, a man is a duke in England, his state is so lofty, he is so inevitably apart from every one else that these remarks hardly apply at all.
hope
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From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading When, however, a man is a duke in England, his state is so lofty, he is so inevitably apart from every one else that these remarks hardly apply at all.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading (By mail, $1.35) _Net_, $1.20 There are as many social degrees in the peerage as there are in the middle and lower classes.
inevitably
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From this reading When, however, a man is a duke in England, his state is so lofty, he is so inevitably apart from every one else that these remarks hardly apply at all.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
lofty
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From this reading When, however, a man is a duke in England, his state is so lofty, he is so inevitably apart from every one else that these remarks hardly apply at all.
lower
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From this reading (By mail, $1.35) _Net_, $1.20 There are as many social degrees in the peerage as there are in the middle and lower classes.
mail
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man
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many
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From this reading (By mail, $1.35) _Net_, $1.20 There are as many social degrees in the peerage as there are in the middle and lower classes.
marquises
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From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
middle
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Net
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nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
noblemen
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From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
o
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From this reading The Story of a Great Conspiracy 12^o.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Story of a Great Conspiracy 12^o.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading When, however, a man is a duke in England, his state is so lofty, he is so inevitably apart from every one else that these remarks hardly apply at all.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
peerage
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From this reading (By mail, $1.35) _Net_, $1.20 There are as many social degrees in the peerage as there are in the middle and lower classes.
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
recognises
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From this reading Yet even in dukedoms one recognises there are degrees.
relationships
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From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
remarks
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From this reading When, however, a man is a duke in England, his state is so lofty, he is so inevitably apart from every one else that these remarks hardly apply at all.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading When, however, a man is a duke in England, his state is so lofty, he is so inevitably apart from every one else that these remarks hardly apply at all.
social
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From this reading (By mail, $1.35) _Net_, $1.20 There are as many social degrees in the peerage as there are in the middle and lower classes.
society
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From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
some
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From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
state
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From this reading When, however, a man is a duke in England, his state is so lofty, he is so inevitably apart from every one else that these remarks hardly apply at all.
Story
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From this reading The Story of a Great Conspiracy 12^o.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Story of a Great Conspiracy 12^o.
There
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From this reading (By mail, $1.35) _Net_, $1.20 There are as many social degrees in the peerage as there are in the middle and lower classes.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading When, however, a man is a duke in England, his state is so lofty, he is so inevitably apart from every one else that these remarks hardly apply at all.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
viscounts
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From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
wealth
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From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
welcomed
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From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When, however, a man is a duke in England, his state is so lofty, he is so inevitably apart from every one else that these remarks hardly apply at all.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading There are barons who are greater noblemen than earls, viscounts who are welcomed in a society that some marquises can never hope to enter--it is a question not of wealth or celebrity, but of family relationships and date of creation.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet even in dukedoms one recognises there are degrees.
