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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 He was possessed of some little money evidently, because he bought a plot of ground, and had a pair of ugly yellow brick cottages run up very cheaply.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading He had come to settle there under circumstances not at all mysterious--he used to be very communicative about them at the time--but extremely morbid and unreasonable.
all
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From this reading He had come to settle there under circumstances not at all mysterious--he used to be very communicative about them at the time--but extremely morbid and unreasonable.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He had come to settle there under circumstances not at all mysterious--he used to be very communicative about them at the time--but extremely morbid and unreasonable.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He occupied one of them himself and let the other to Josiah Carvil--blind Carvil, the retired boat-builder--a man of evil repute as a domestic tyrant.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He had come to settle there under circumstances not at all mysterious--he used to be very communicative about them at the time--but extremely morbid and unreasonable.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading He had come to settle there under circumstances not at all mysterious--he used to be very communicative about them at the time--but extremely morbid and unreasonable.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading He was possessed of some little money evidently, because he bought a plot of ground, and had a pair of ugly yellow brick cottages run up very cheaply.
belong
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From this reading He did not belong to the place.
blind
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From this reading He occupied one of them himself and let the other to Josiah Carvil--blind Carvil, the retired boat-builder--a man of evil repute as a domestic tyrant.
boat-builder
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From this reading He occupied one of them himself and let the other to Josiah Carvil--blind Carvil, the retired boat-builder--a man of evil repute as a domestic tyrant.
bought
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From this reading He was possessed of some little money evidently, because he bought a plot of ground, and had a pair of ugly yellow brick cottages run up very cheaply.
brick
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From this reading He was possessed of some little money evidently, because he bought a plot of ground, and had a pair of ugly yellow brick cottages run up very cheaply.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He had come to settle there under circumstances not at all mysterious--he used to be very communicative about them at the time--but extremely morbid and unreasonable.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading What was known of Captain Hagberd in the little seaport of Colebrook was not exactly in his favour.
Carvil
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From this reading He occupied one of them himself and let the other to Josiah Carvil--blind Carvil, the retired boat-builder--a man of evil repute as a domestic tyrant.
cheaply
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From this reading He was possessed of some little money evidently, because he bought a plot of ground, and had a pair of ugly yellow brick cottages run up very cheaply.
circumstances
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From this reading He had come to settle there under circumstances not at all mysterious--he used to be very communicative about them at the time--but extremely morbid and unreasonable.
Colebrook
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From this reading What was known of Captain Hagberd in the little seaport of Colebrook was not exactly in his favour.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had come to settle there under circumstances not at all mysterious--he used to be very communicative about them at the time--but extremely morbid and unreasonable.
communicative
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From this reading He had come to settle there under circumstances not at all mysterious--he used to be very communicative about them at the time--but extremely morbid and unreasonable.
cottages
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From this reading He was possessed of some little money evidently, because he bought a plot of ground, and had a pair of ugly yellow brick cottages run up very cheaply.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading He did not belong to the place.
domestic
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From this reading He occupied one of them himself and let the other to Josiah Carvil--blind Carvil, the retired boat-builder--a man of evil repute as a domestic tyrant.
evidently
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From this reading He was possessed of some little money evidently, because he bought a plot of ground, and had a pair of ugly yellow brick cottages run up very cheaply.
evil
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From this reading He occupied one of them himself and let the other to Josiah Carvil--blind Carvil, the retired boat-builder--a man of evil repute as a domestic tyrant.
exactly
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From this reading What was known of Captain Hagberd in the little seaport of Colebrook was not exactly in his favour.
extremely
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From this reading He had come to settle there under circumstances not at all mysterious--he used to be very communicative about them at the time--but extremely morbid and unreasonable.
favour
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From this reading What was known of Captain Hagberd in the little seaport of Colebrook was not exactly in his favour.
ground
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From this reading He was possessed of some little money evidently, because he bought a plot of ground, and had a pair of ugly yellow brick cottages run up very cheaply.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had come to settle there under circumstances not at all mysterious--he used to be very communicative about them at the time--but extremely morbid and unreasonable.
Hagberd
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From this reading What was known of Captain Hagberd in the little seaport of Colebrook was not exactly in his favour.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He did not belong to the place.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He occupied one of them himself and let the other to Josiah Carvil--blind Carvil, the retired boat-builder--a man of evil repute as a domestic tyrant.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading What was known of Captain Hagberd in the little seaport of Colebrook was not exactly in his favour.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading What was known of Captain Hagberd in the little seaport of Colebrook was not exactly in his favour.
Josiah
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From this reading He occupied one of them himself and let the other to Josiah Carvil--blind Carvil, the retired boat-builder--a man of evil repute as a domestic tyrant.
known
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From this reading What was known of Captain Hagberd in the little seaport of Colebrook was not exactly in his favour.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading He occupied one of them himself and let the other to Josiah Carvil--blind Carvil, the retired boat-builder--a man of evil repute as a domestic tyrant.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What was known of Captain Hagberd in the little seaport of Colebrook was not exactly in his favour.
man
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From this reading He occupied one of them himself and let the other to Josiah Carvil--blind Carvil, the retired boat-builder--a man of evil repute as a domestic tyrant.
money
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From this reading He was possessed of some little money evidently, because he bought a plot of ground, and had a pair of ugly yellow brick cottages run up very cheaply.
morbid
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From this reading He had come to settle there under circumstances not at all mysterious--he used to be very communicative about them at the time--but extremely morbid and unreasonable.
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading He had come to settle there under circumstances not at all mysterious--he used to be very communicative about them at the time--but extremely morbid and unreasonable.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading What was known of Captain Hagberd in the little seaport of Colebrook was not exactly in his favour.
occupied
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From this reading He occupied one of them himself and let the other to Josiah Carvil--blind Carvil, the retired boat-builder--a man of evil repute as a domestic tyrant.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What was known of Captain Hagberd in the little seaport of Colebrook was not exactly in his favour.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He occupied one of them himself and let the other to Josiah Carvil--blind Carvil, the retired boat-builder--a man of evil repute as a domestic tyrant.
other
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From this reading He occupied one of them himself and let the other to Josiah Carvil--blind Carvil, the retired boat-builder--a man of evil repute as a domestic tyrant.
pair
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From this reading He was possessed of some little money evidently, because he bought a plot of ground, and had a pair of ugly yellow brick cottages run up very cheaply.
place
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From this reading He did not belong to the place.
plot
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From this reading He was possessed of some little money evidently, because he bought a plot of ground, and had a pair of ugly yellow brick cottages run up very cheaply.
possessed
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From this reading He was possessed of some little money evidently, because he bought a plot of ground, and had a pair of ugly yellow brick cottages run up very cheaply.
repute
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From this reading He occupied one of them himself and let the other to Josiah Carvil--blind Carvil, the retired boat-builder--a man of evil repute as a domestic tyrant.
retiredverbUS /rɪˈtaɪərd/
went away to a private place
From this reading He occupied one of them himself and let the other to Josiah Carvil--blind Carvil, the retired boat-builder--a man of evil repute as a domestic tyrant.
run
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From this reading He was possessed of some little money evidently, because he bought a plot of ground, and had a pair of ugly yellow brick cottages run up very cheaply.
seaport
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From this reading What was known of Captain Hagberd in the little seaport of Colebrook was not exactly in his favour.
settle
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From this reading He had come to settle there under circumstances not at all mysterious--he used to be very communicative about them at the time--but extremely morbid and unreasonable.
some
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From this reading He was possessed of some little money evidently, because he bought a plot of ground, and had a pair of ugly yellow brick cottages run up very cheaply.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading What was known of Captain Hagberd in the little seaport of Colebrook was not exactly in his favour.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He had come to settle there under circumstances not at all mysterious--he used to be very communicative about them at the time--but extremely morbid and unreasonable.
there
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From this reading He had come to settle there under circumstances not at all mysterious--he used to be very communicative about them at the time--but extremely morbid and unreasonable.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had come to settle there under circumstances not at all mysterious--he used to be very communicative about them at the time--but extremely morbid and unreasonable.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He did not belong to the place.
tyrant
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From this reading He occupied one of them himself and let the other to Josiah Carvil--blind Carvil, the retired boat-builder--a man of evil repute as a domestic tyrant.
ugly
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From this reading He was possessed of some little money evidently, because he bought a plot of ground, and had a pair of ugly yellow brick cottages run up very cheaply.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading He had come to settle there under circumstances not at all mysterious--he used to be very communicative about them at the time--but extremely morbid and unreasonable.
unreasonable
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From this reading He had come to settle there under circumstances not at all mysterious--he used to be very communicative about them at the time--but extremely morbid and unreasonable.
up
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From this reading He was possessed of some little money evidently, because he bought a plot of ground, and had a pair of ugly yellow brick cottages run up very cheaply.
used
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From this reading He had come to settle there under circumstances not at all mysterious--he used to be very communicative about them at the time--but extremely morbid and unreasonable.
very
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From this reading He had come to settle there under circumstances not at all mysterious--he used to be very communicative about them at the time--but extremely morbid and unreasonable.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What was known of Captain Hagberd in the little seaport of Colebrook was not exactly in his favour.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What was known of Captain Hagberd in the little seaport of Colebrook was not exactly in his favour.
yellow
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From this reading He was possessed of some little money evidently, because he bought a plot of ground, and had a pair of ugly yellow brick cottages run up very cheaply.
