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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 As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
address
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From this reading He went to the old address, and learned the new one.
Alice
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From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
Arthur
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From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
best
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From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
came
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From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
cared
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From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
conceal
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From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
day
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From this reading The next day he told his father he would like to have a holiday.
days
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From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
employing
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From this reading He knew the street where the firm employing Arthur used to have its offices; but it had removed to other quarters.
father
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From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
fellow
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From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
find
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From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
firm
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From this reading He knew the street where the firm employing Arthur used to have its offices; but it had removed to other quarters.
flashed
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From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
forget
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From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He knew the street where the firm employing Arthur used to have its offices; but it had removed to other quarters.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
holiday
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From this reading The next day he told his father he would like to have a holiday.
how
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From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading He knew the street where the firm employing Arthur used to have its offices; but it had removed to other quarters.
knew
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From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
learned
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From this reading He went to the old address, and learned the new one.
like
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From this reading The next day he told his father he would like to have a holiday.
made
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From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
mother
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From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
new
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From this reading He went to the old address, and learned the new one.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day he told his father he would like to have a holiday.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
offices
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From this reading He knew the street where the firm employing Arthur used to have its offices; but it had removed to other quarters.
old
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From this reading He went to the old address, and learned the new one.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He went to the old address, and learned the new one.
other
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From this reading He knew the street where the firm employing Arthur used to have its offices; but it had removed to other quarters.
quarters
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From this reading He knew the street where the firm employing Arthur used to have its offices; but it had removed to other quarters.
removed
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From this reading He knew the street where the firm employing Arthur used to have its offices; but it had removed to other quarters.
reward
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From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
Richard
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From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
scarceadjectiveUS /skɛrs/
hard to find or in short supply
From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
selfish
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From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
street
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From this reading He knew the street where the firm employing Arthur used to have its offices; but it had removed to other quarters.
succeeded
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From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
suffered
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From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
suffering
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From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
thus
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From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day he told his father he would like to have a holiday.
trouble
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From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
unselfishness
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From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
used
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From this reading He knew the street where the firm employing Arthur used to have its offices; but it had removed to other quarters.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading As if in reward for this unselfishness, it flashed into his mind what a selfish fellow he was: his trouble had made him forget Alice and Arthur! he must find them!
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading He knew the street where the firm employing Arthur used to have its offices; but it had removed to other quarters.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
wonderfully
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From this reading But while thus Richard suffered, scarce knew, and cared nothing, how the days went and came, he did his best to conceal his suffering from his father and mother, and succeeded wonderfully.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The next day he told his father he would like to have a holiday.
