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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 BURSTING OF THE SPRINGS A year passed by and little happened to mark it.
advice
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From this reading In giving of advice, subtle personal satisfaction often lurks; yet sometimes the emotion belongs merely to that implicit sense of superiority felt by the critic over the criticized.
altogether
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From this reading It is to be recorded to the credit of Jarratt Weekes that, in the bitter difference which now happened between him and Daniel Brendon, he was not altogether at fault.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Nevertheless an underlying element of malignity mingled with his attitude.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BURSTING OF THE SPRINGS A year passed by and little happened to mark it.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then full store of incident fell upon the dwellers at Ruddyford Farm.
attitude
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From this reading Nevertheless an underlying element of malignity mingled with his attitude.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It is to be recorded to the credit of Jarratt Weekes that, in the bitter difference which now happened between him and Daniel Brendon, he was not altogether at fault.
belongs
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From this reading In giving of advice, subtle personal satisfaction often lurks; yet sometimes the emotion belongs merely to that implicit sense of superiority felt by the critic over the criticized.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading It is to be recorded to the credit of Jarratt Weekes that, in the bitter difference which now happened between him and Daniel Brendon, he was not altogether at fault.
bitter
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From this reading It is to be recorded to the credit of Jarratt Weekes that, in the bitter difference which now happened between him and Daniel Brendon, he was not altogether at fault.
Brendon
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From this reading It is to be recorded to the credit of Jarratt Weekes that, in the bitter difference which now happened between him and Daniel Brendon, he was not altogether at fault.
BURSTING
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From this reading BURSTING OF THE SPRINGS A year passed by and little happened to mark it.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading BURSTING OF THE SPRINGS A year passed by and little happened to mark it.
credit
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From this reading It is to be recorded to the credit of Jarratt Weekes that, in the bitter difference which now happened between him and Daniel Brendon, he was not altogether at fault.
critic
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From this reading In giving of advice, subtle personal satisfaction often lurks; yet sometimes the emotion belongs merely to that implicit sense of superiority felt by the critic over the criticized.
criticized
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From this reading In giving of advice, subtle personal satisfaction often lurks; yet sometimes the emotion belongs merely to that implicit sense of superiority felt by the critic over the criticized.
Daniel
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From this reading It is to be recorded to the credit of Jarratt Weekes that, in the bitter difference which now happened between him and Daniel Brendon, he was not altogether at fault.
difference
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From this reading It is to be recorded to the credit of Jarratt Weekes that, in the bitter difference which now happened between him and Daniel Brendon, he was not altogether at fault.
dwellers
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From this reading Then full store of incident fell upon the dwellers at Ruddyford Farm.
element
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From this reading Nevertheless an underlying element of malignity mingled with his attitude.
emotion
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From this reading In giving of advice, subtle personal satisfaction often lurks; yet sometimes the emotion belongs merely to that implicit sense of superiority felt by the critic over the criticized.
Farm
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From this reading Then full store of incident fell upon the dwellers at Ruddyford Farm.
fault
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From this reading It is to be recorded to the credit of Jarratt Weekes that, in the bitter difference which now happened between him and Daniel Brendon, he was not altogether at fault.
fell
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From this reading Then full store of incident fell upon the dwellers at Ruddyford Farm.
felt
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From this reading In giving of advice, subtle personal satisfaction often lurks; yet sometimes the emotion belongs merely to that implicit sense of superiority felt by the critic over the criticized.
full
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From this reading Then full store of incident fell upon the dwellers at Ruddyford Farm.
giving
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From this reading In giving of advice, subtle personal satisfaction often lurks; yet sometimes the emotion belongs merely to that implicit sense of superiority felt by the critic over the criticized.
happened
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From this reading BURSTING OF THE SPRINGS A year passed by and little happened to mark it.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It is to be recorded to the credit of Jarratt Weekes that, in the bitter difference which now happened between him and Daniel Brendon, he was not altogether at fault.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It is to be recorded to the credit of Jarratt Weekes that, in the bitter difference which now happened between him and Daniel Brendon, he was not altogether at fault.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Nevertheless an underlying element of malignity mingled with his attitude.
implicit
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From this reading In giving of advice, subtle personal satisfaction often lurks; yet sometimes the emotion belongs merely to that implicit sense of superiority felt by the critic over the criticized.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It is to be recorded to the credit of Jarratt Weekes that, in the bitter difference which now happened between him and Daniel Brendon, he was not altogether at fault.
incident
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From this reading Then full store of incident fell upon the dwellers at Ruddyford Farm.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is to be recorded to the credit of Jarratt Weekes that, in the bitter difference which now happened between him and Daniel Brendon, he was not altogether at fault.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading BURSTING OF THE SPRINGS A year passed by and little happened to mark it.
Jarratt
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From this reading It is to be recorded to the credit of Jarratt Weekes that, in the bitter difference which now happened between him and Daniel Brendon, he was not altogether at fault.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BURSTING OF THE SPRINGS A year passed by and little happened to mark it.
lurks
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From this reading In giving of advice, subtle personal satisfaction often lurks; yet sometimes the emotion belongs merely to that implicit sense of superiority felt by the critic over the criticized.
malignity
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From this reading Nevertheless an underlying element of malignity mingled with his attitude.
mark
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From this reading BURSTING OF THE SPRINGS A year passed by and little happened to mark it.
merely
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From this reading In giving of advice, subtle personal satisfaction often lurks; yet sometimes the emotion belongs merely to that implicit sense of superiority felt by the critic over the criticized.
mingled
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From this reading Nevertheless an underlying element of malignity mingled with his attitude.
NeverthelessadverbUS /ˌnevərðəˈles/
in spite of what has just been said
From this reading Nevertheless an underlying element of malignity mingled with his attitude.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It is to be recorded to the credit of Jarratt Weekes that, in the bitter difference which now happened between him and Daniel Brendon, he was not altogether at fault.
now
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From this reading It is to be recorded to the credit of Jarratt Weekes that, in the bitter difference which now happened between him and Daniel Brendon, he was not altogether at fault.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BURSTING OF THE SPRINGS A year passed by and little happened to mark it.
often
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From this reading In giving of advice, subtle personal satisfaction often lurks; yet sometimes the emotion belongs merely to that implicit sense of superiority felt by the critic over the criticized.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading In giving of advice, subtle personal satisfaction often lurks; yet sometimes the emotion belongs merely to that implicit sense of superiority felt by the critic over the criticized.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BURSTING OF THE SPRINGS A year passed by and little happened to mark it.
personal
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From this reading In giving of advice, subtle personal satisfaction often lurks; yet sometimes the emotion belongs merely to that implicit sense of superiority felt by the critic over the criticized.
recorded
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From this reading It is to be recorded to the credit of Jarratt Weekes that, in the bitter difference which now happened between him and Daniel Brendon, he was not altogether at fault.
Ruddyford
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From this reading Then full store of incident fell upon the dwellers at Ruddyford Farm.
satisfaction
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From this reading In giving of advice, subtle personal satisfaction often lurks; yet sometimes the emotion belongs merely to that implicit sense of superiority felt by the critic over the criticized.
sense
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From this reading In giving of advice, subtle personal satisfaction often lurks; yet sometimes the emotion belongs merely to that implicit sense of superiority felt by the critic over the criticized.
sometimes
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From this reading In giving of advice, subtle personal satisfaction often lurks; yet sometimes the emotion belongs merely to that implicit sense of superiority felt by the critic over the criticized.
SPRINGS
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From this reading BURSTING OF THE SPRINGS A year passed by and little happened to mark it.
store
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From this reading Then full store of incident fell upon the dwellers at Ruddyford Farm.
subtle
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From this reading In giving of advice, subtle personal satisfaction often lurks; yet sometimes the emotion belongs merely to that implicit sense of superiority felt by the critic over the criticized.
superiority
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From this reading In giving of advice, subtle personal satisfaction often lurks; yet sometimes the emotion belongs merely to that implicit sense of superiority felt by the critic over the criticized.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It is to be recorded to the credit of Jarratt Weekes that, in the bitter difference which now happened between him and Daniel Brendon, he was not altogether at fault.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BURSTING OF THE SPRINGS A year passed by and little happened to mark it.
Then
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From this reading Then full store of incident fell upon the dwellers at Ruddyford Farm.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BURSTING OF THE SPRINGS A year passed by and little happened to mark it.
underlying
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From this reading Nevertheless an underlying element of malignity mingled with his attitude.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Then full store of incident fell upon the dwellers at Ruddyford Farm.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is to be recorded to the credit of Jarratt Weekes that, in the bitter difference which now happened between him and Daniel Brendon, he was not altogether at fault.
Weekes
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From this reading It is to be recorded to the credit of Jarratt Weekes that, in the bitter difference which now happened between him and Daniel Brendon, he was not altogether at fault.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It is to be recorded to the credit of Jarratt Weekes that, in the bitter difference which now happened between him and Daniel Brendon, he was not altogether at fault.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Nevertheless an underlying element of malignity mingled with his attitude.
year
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From this reading BURSTING OF THE SPRINGS A year passed by and little happened to mark it.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading In giving of advice, subtle personal satisfaction often lurks; yet sometimes the emotion belongs merely to that implicit sense of superiority felt by the critic over the criticized.
