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add
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From this reading Robert Hooker wanted to add to his museum this precious gift of the old Chinese gods.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Three men of vast wealth competed for the prize, and the lucky purchaser was the eminent banker, John T. Sterling.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the various places where the vase had been exhibited, he had often been seen gazing covetously at it.
banker
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From this reading Three men of vast wealth competed for the prize, and the lucky purchaser was the eminent banker, John T. Sterling.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading At the various places where the vase had been exhibited, he had often been seen gazing covetously at it.
blossoms
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From this reading Their faces resembled the color of the wonderful blossoms on the hawthorn vase.
Chinese
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From this reading Robert Hooker wanted to add to his museum this precious gift of the old Chinese gods.
collection
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color
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From this reading Their faces resembled the color of the wonderful blossoms on the hawthorn vase.
competed
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covetously
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From this reading At the various places where the vase had been exhibited, he had often been seen gazing covetously at it.
discovered
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eminent
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exhibited
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From this reading At the various places where the vase had been exhibited, he had often been seen gazing covetously at it.
faces
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From this reading Their faces resembled the color of the wonderful blossoms on the hawthorn vase.
financiers
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From this reading Two financiers, known the world over, grew purple with jealousy when they first discovered that it was to go into the Sterling collection.
first
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Three men of vast wealth competed for the prize, and the lucky purchaser was the eminent banker, John T. Sterling.
gazing
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From this reading At the various places where the vase had been exhibited, he had often been seen gazing covetously at it.
gift
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From this reading Robert Hooker wanted to add to his museum this precious gift of the old Chinese gods.
go
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gods
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grew
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From this reading Two financiers, known the world over, grew purple with jealousy when they first discovered that it was to go into the Sterling collection.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At the various places where the vase had been exhibited, he had often been seen gazing covetously at it.
hawthorn
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From this reading Their faces resembled the color of the wonderful blossoms on the hawthorn vase.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At the various places where the vase had been exhibited, he had often been seen gazing covetously at it.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Robert Hooker wanted to add to his museum this precious gift of the old Chinese gods.
Hooker
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From this reading Robert Hooker wanted to add to his museum this precious gift of the old Chinese gods.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Two financiers, known the world over, grew purple with jealousy when they first discovered that it was to go into the Sterling collection.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Two financiers, known the world over, grew purple with jealousy when they first discovered that it was to go into the Sterling collection.
jealousy
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From this reading Two financiers, known the world over, grew purple with jealousy when they first discovered that it was to go into the Sterling collection.
John
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known
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lucky
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men
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From this reading Three men of vast wealth competed for the prize, and the lucky purchaser was the eminent banker, John T. Sterling.
museum
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From this reading Robert Hooker wanted to add to his museum this precious gift of the old Chinese gods.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Three men of vast wealth competed for the prize, and the lucky purchaser was the eminent banker, John T. Sterling.
often
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From this reading At the various places where the vase had been exhibited, he had often been seen gazing covetously at it.
old
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From this reading Robert Hooker wanted to add to his museum this precious gift of the old Chinese gods.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Their faces resembled the color of the wonderful blossoms on the hawthorn vase.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Two financiers, known the world over, grew purple with jealousy when they first discovered that it was to go into the Sterling collection.
places
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From this reading At the various places where the vase had been exhibited, he had often been seen gazing covetously at it.
preciousadjectiveUS /ˈpreʃəs/
rare and worth a great deal
From this reading Robert Hooker wanted to add to his museum this precious gift of the old Chinese gods.
prize
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From this reading Three men of vast wealth competed for the prize, and the lucky purchaser was the eminent banker, John T. Sterling.
purchaser
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From this reading Three men of vast wealth competed for the prize, and the lucky purchaser was the eminent banker, John T. Sterling.
purple
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From this reading Two financiers, known the world over, grew purple with jealousy when they first discovered that it was to go into the Sterling collection.
resembled
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From this reading Their faces resembled the color of the wonderful blossoms on the hawthorn vase.
Robert
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From this reading Robert Hooker wanted to add to his museum this precious gift of the old Chinese gods.
seen
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From this reading At the various places where the vase had been exhibited, he had often been seen gazing covetously at it.
Sterling
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T
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From this reading Three men of vast wealth competed for the prize, and the lucky purchaser was the eminent banker, John T. Sterling.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Two financiers, known the world over, grew purple with jealousy when they first discovered that it was to go into the Sterling collection.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Three men of vast wealth competed for the prize, and the lucky purchaser was the eminent banker, John T. Sterling.
TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their faces resembled the color of the wonderful blossoms on the hawthorn vase.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Two financiers, known the world over, grew purple with jealousy when they first discovered that it was to go into the Sterling collection.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Robert Hooker wanted to add to his museum this precious gift of the old Chinese gods.
Three
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From this reading Three men of vast wealth competed for the prize, and the lucky purchaser was the eminent banker, John T. Sterling.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Two financiers, known the world over, grew purple with jealousy when they first discovered that it was to go into the Sterling collection.
Two
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From this reading Two financiers, known the world over, grew purple with jealousy when they first discovered that it was to go into the Sterling collection.
various
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From this reading At the various places where the vase had been exhibited, he had often been seen gazing covetously at it.
vase
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From this reading Their faces resembled the color of the wonderful blossoms on the hawthorn vase.
vast
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From this reading Three men of vast wealth competed for the prize, and the lucky purchaser was the eminent banker, John T. Sterling.
wanted
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From this reading Robert Hooker wanted to add to his museum this precious gift of the old Chinese gods.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Three men of vast wealth competed for the prize, and the lucky purchaser was the eminent banker, John T. Sterling.
wealth
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From this reading Three men of vast wealth competed for the prize, and the lucky purchaser was the eminent banker, John T. Sterling.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Two financiers, known the world over, grew purple with jealousy when they first discovered that it was to go into the Sterling collection.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading At the various places where the vase had been exhibited, he had often been seen gazing covetously at it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Two financiers, known the world over, grew purple with jealousy when they first discovered that it was to go into the Sterling collection.
wonderful
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From this reading Their faces resembled the color of the wonderful blossoms on the hawthorn vase.
world
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From this reading Two financiers, known the world over, grew purple with jealousy when they first discovered that it was to go into the Sterling collection.
