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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 Madam Esmond might have had twenty sons, and yet had a right to admire her young soldier.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She raved about him and praised him in all companies.
admire
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From this reading Madam Esmond might have had twenty sons, and yet had a right to admire her young soldier.
all
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From this reading She raved about him and praised him in all companies.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Surely no man can have better claims to sympathy than bravery, youth, good looks, and misfortune.
better
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From this reading Surely no man can have better claims to sympathy than bravery, youth, good looks, and misfortune.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading She more than ever pointed out his excellences to her sons, contrasting his sterling qualities with Harry's love of pleasure (the wild boy!) and George's listless musings over his books.
boy
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From this reading She more than ever pointed out his excellences to her sons, contrasting his sterling qualities with Harry's love of pleasure (the wild boy!) and George's listless musings over his books.
bravery
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From this reading Surely no man can have better claims to sympathy than bravery, youth, good looks, and misfortune.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading Surely no man can have better claims to sympathy than bravery, youth, good looks, and misfortune.
claims
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companies
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From this reading She raved about him and praised him in all companies.
contrasting
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From this reading She more than ever pointed out his excellences to her sons, contrasting his sterling qualities with Harry's love of pleasure (the wild boy!) and George's listless musings over his books.
Esmond
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From this reading Madam Esmond might have had twenty sons, and yet had a right to admire her young soldier.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Washington's room was more than ever Mr. Washington's room now.
excellences
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From this reading She more than ever pointed out his excellences to her sons, contrasting his sterling qualities with Harry's love of pleasure (the wild boy!) and George's listless musings over his books.
George's
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From this reading She more than ever pointed out his excellences to her sons, contrasting his sterling qualities with Harry's love of pleasure (the wild boy!) and George's listless musings over his books.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Surely no man can have better claims to sympathy than bravery, youth, good looks, and misfortune.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Madam Esmond might have had twenty sons, and yet had a right to admire her young soldier.
Harry's
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From this reading She more than ever pointed out his excellences to her sons, contrasting his sterling qualities with Harry's love of pleasure (the wild boy!) and George's listless musings over his books.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Surely no man can have better claims to sympathy than bravery, youth, good looks, and misfortune.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Madam Esmond might have had twenty sons, and yet had a right to admire her young soldier.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She raved about him and praised him in all companies.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She more than ever pointed out his excellences to her sons, contrasting his sterling qualities with Harry's love of pleasure (the wild boy!) and George's listless musings over his books.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She raved about him and praised him in all companies.
listless
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From this reading She more than ever pointed out his excellences to her sons, contrasting his sterling qualities with Harry's love of pleasure (the wild boy!) and George's listless musings over his books.
looks
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From this reading Surely no man can have better claims to sympathy than bravery, youth, good looks, and misfortune.
love
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From this reading She more than ever pointed out his excellences to her sons, contrasting his sterling qualities with Harry's love of pleasure (the wild boy!) and George's listless musings over his books.
Madam
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man
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mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Madam Esmond might have had twenty sons, and yet had a right to admire her young soldier.
misfortune
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more
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From this reading Mr. Washington's room was more than ever Mr. Washington's room now.
Mr
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musings
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From this reading She more than ever pointed out his excellences to her sons, contrasting his sterling qualities with Harry's love of pleasure (the wild boy!) and George's listless musings over his books.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Surely no man can have better claims to sympathy than bravery, youth, good looks, and misfortune.
now
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From this reading Mr. Washington's room was more than ever Mr. Washington's room now.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She more than ever pointed out his excellences to her sons, contrasting his sterling qualities with Harry's love of pleasure (the wild boy!) and George's listless musings over his books.
out
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From this reading She more than ever pointed out his excellences to her sons, contrasting his sterling qualities with Harry's love of pleasure (the wild boy!) and George's listless musings over his books.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading She more than ever pointed out his excellences to her sons, contrasting his sterling qualities with Harry's love of pleasure (the wild boy!) and George's listless musings over his books.
pleasure
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From this reading She more than ever pointed out his excellences to her sons, contrasting his sterling qualities with Harry's love of pleasure (the wild boy!) and George's listless musings over his books.
pointed
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From this reading She more than ever pointed out his excellences to her sons, contrasting his sterling qualities with Harry's love of pleasure (the wild boy!) and George's listless musings over his books.
praised
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From this reading She raved about him and praised him in all companies.
qualities
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From this reading She more than ever pointed out his excellences to her sons, contrasting his sterling qualities with Harry's love of pleasure (the wild boy!) and George's listless musings over his books.
raved
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From this reading She raved about him and praised him in all companies.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Madam Esmond might have had twenty sons, and yet had a right to admire her young soldier.
room
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From this reading Mr. Washington's room was more than ever Mr. Washington's room now.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She raved about him and praised him in all companies.
soldier
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From this reading Madam Esmond might have had twenty sons, and yet had a right to admire her young soldier.
sons
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sterling
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From this reading She more than ever pointed out his excellences to her sons, contrasting his sterling qualities with Harry's love of pleasure (the wild boy!) and George's listless musings over his books.
Surely
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From this reading Surely no man can have better claims to sympathy than bravery, youth, good looks, and misfortune.
sympathy
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From this reading Surely no man can have better claims to sympathy than bravery, youth, good looks, and misfortune.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Surely no man can have better claims to sympathy than bravery, youth, good looks, and misfortune.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She more than ever pointed out his excellences to her sons, contrasting his sterling qualities with Harry's love of pleasure (the wild boy!) and George's listless musings over his books.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Surely no man can have better claims to sympathy than bravery, youth, good looks, and misfortune.
twenty
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From this reading Madam Esmond might have had twenty sons, and yet had a right to admire her young soldier.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mr. Washington's room was more than ever Mr. Washington's room now.
Washington's
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From this reading Mr. Washington's room was more than ever Mr. Washington's room now.
wild
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From this reading She more than ever pointed out his excellences to her sons, contrasting his sterling qualities with Harry's love of pleasure (the wild boy!) and George's listless musings over his books.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She more than ever pointed out his excellences to her sons, contrasting his sterling qualities with Harry's love of pleasure (the wild boy!) and George's listless musings over his books.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Madam Esmond might have had twenty sons, and yet had a right to admire her young soldier.
young
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From this reading Madam Esmond might have had twenty sons, and yet had a right to admire her young soldier.
youth
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From this reading Surely no man can have better claims to sympathy than bravery, youth, good looks, and misfortune.
