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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 ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
ALIMAÑAS
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From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
animals
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From this reading We reply that hardly any wild animals are harder to secure in fair contest or more capable of testing the venatic resource of the hunter.
any
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From this reading We reply that hardly any wild animals are harder to secure in fair contest or more capable of testing the venatic resource of the hunter.
applied
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From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We have preferred the expression "minor beasts of chase," though it may be objected that such are not, in fact, beasts of chase.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It might therefore be rendered as "vermin," but surely only in the benevolent sense--as it were, a term of endearment.
badgers
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From this reading The Spanish word _Alimañas_ includes the lynxes and wild-cats, foxes, mongoose, genets, badgers, otters, and such like.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It might therefore be rendered as "vermin," but surely only in the benevolent sense--as it were, a term of endearment.
BEASTS
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From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
belonging
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From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
benevolent
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From this reading It might therefore be rendered as "vermin," but surely only in the benevolent sense--as it were, a term of endearment.
British
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From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It might therefore be rendered as "vermin," but surely only in the benevolent sense--as it were, a term of endearment.
canine
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From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
capable
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From this reading We reply that hardly any wild animals are harder to secure in fair contest or more capable of testing the venatic resource of the hunter.
chapter
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From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
CHASE
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From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
chiefly
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From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
contest
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From this reading We reply that hardly any wild animals are harder to secure in fair contest or more capable of testing the venatic resource of the hunter.
creatures
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From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
deserve
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From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
endearment
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From this reading It might therefore be rendered as "vermin," but surely only in the benevolent sense--as it were, a term of endearment.
equivalent
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From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
expression
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From this reading We have preferred the expression "minor beasts of chase," though it may be objected that such are not, in fact, beasts of chase.
fact
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From this reading We have preferred the expression "minor beasts of chase," though it may be objected that such are not, in fact, beasts of chase.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We reply that hardly any wild animals are harder to secure in fair contest or more capable of testing the venatic resource of the hunter.
families
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From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
feline
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From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
foxes
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From this reading The Spanish word _Alimañas_ includes the lynxes and wild-cats, foxes, mongoose, genets, badgers, otters, and such like.
generic
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From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
genets
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From this reading The Spanish word _Alimañas_ includes the lynxes and wild-cats, foxes, mongoose, genets, badgers, otters, and such like.
group
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From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
harder
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From this reading We reply that hardly any wild animals are harder to secure in fair contest or more capable of testing the venatic resource of the hunter.
hardly
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From this reading We reply that hardly any wild animals are harder to secure in fair contest or more capable of testing the venatic resource of the hunter.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
hunter
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From this reading We reply that hardly any wild animals are harder to secure in fair contest or more capable of testing the venatic resource of the hunter.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
includes
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From this reading The Spanish word _Alimañas_ includes the lynxes and wild-cats, foxes, mongoose, genets, badgers, otters, and such like.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It might therefore be rendered as "vermin," but surely only in the benevolent sense--as it were, a term of endearment.
like
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From this reading The Spanish word _Alimañas_ includes the lynxes and wild-cats, foxes, mongoose, genets, badgers, otters, and such like.
lynxes
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From this reading The Spanish word _Alimañas_ includes the lynxes and wild-cats, foxes, mongoose, genets, badgers, otters, and such like.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading We have preferred the expression "minor beasts of chase," though it may be objected that such are not, in fact, beasts of chase.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading It might therefore be rendered as "vermin," but surely only in the benevolent sense--as it were, a term of endearment.
MINOR
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From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
mongoose
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From this reading The Spanish word _Alimañas_ includes the lynxes and wild-cats, foxes, mongoose, genets, badgers, otters, and such like.
more
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From this reading We reply that hardly any wild animals are harder to secure in fair contest or more capable of testing the venatic resource of the hunter.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading We have preferred the expression "minor beasts of chase," though it may be objected that such are not, in fact, beasts of chase.
objected
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From this reading We have preferred the expression "minor beasts of chase," though it may be objected that such are not, in fact, beasts of chase.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
only
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From this reading It might therefore be rendered as "vermin," but surely only in the benevolent sense--as it were, a term of endearment.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading We reply that hardly any wild animals are harder to secure in fair contest or more capable of testing the venatic resource of the hunter.
otters
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From this reading The Spanish word _Alimañas_ includes the lynxes and wild-cats, foxes, mongoose, genets, badgers, otters, and such like.
preferred
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From this reading We have preferred the expression "minor beasts of chase," though it may be objected that such are not, in fact, beasts of chase.
rendered
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From this reading It might therefore be rendered as "vermin," but surely only in the benevolent sense--as it were, a term of endearment.
reply
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From this reading We reply that hardly any wild animals are harder to secure in fair contest or more capable of testing the venatic resource of the hunter.
resource
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From this reading We reply that hardly any wild animals are harder to secure in fair contest or more capable of testing the venatic resource of the hunter.
secure
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From this reading We reply that hardly any wild animals are harder to secure in fair contest or more capable of testing the venatic resource of the hunter.
sense
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From this reading It might therefore be rendered as "vermin," but surely only in the benevolent sense--as it were, a term of endearment.
Spain
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From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
Spanish
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From this reading The Spanish word _Alimañas_ includes the lynxes and wild-cats, foxes, mongoose, genets, badgers, otters, and such like.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The Spanish word _Alimañas_ includes the lynxes and wild-cats, foxes, mongoose, genets, badgers, otters, and such like.
surely
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From this reading It might therefore be rendered as "vermin," but surely only in the benevolent sense--as it were, a term of endearment.
term
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From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
testing
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From this reading We reply that hardly any wild animals are harder to secure in fair contest or more capable of testing the venatic resource of the hunter.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading It might therefore be rendered as "vermin," but surely only in the benevolent sense--as it were, a term of endearment.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading We have preferred the expression "minor beasts of chase," though it may be objected that such are not, in fact, beasts of chase.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
venatic
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From this reading We reply that hardly any wild animals are harder to secure in fair contest or more capable of testing the venatic resource of the hunter.
vermin
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From this reading It might therefore be rendered as "vermin," but surely only in the benevolent sense--as it were, a term of endearment.
viverrine
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From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading ALIMAÑAS THE MINOR BEASTS OF CHASE We have no British equivalent for this generic term, applied in Spain to a group of creatures, chiefly belonging to the canine, feline, and viverrine families, that deserve a chapter to themselves.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It might therefore be rendered as "vermin," but surely only in the benevolent sense--as it were, a term of endearment.
wild
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From this reading We reply that hardly any wild animals are harder to secure in fair contest or more capable of testing the venatic resource of the hunter.
wild-cats
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From this reading The Spanish word _Alimañas_ includes the lynxes and wild-cats, foxes, mongoose, genets, badgers, otters, and such like.
word
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From this reading The Spanish word _Alimañas_ includes the lynxes and wild-cats, foxes, mongoose, genets, badgers, otters, and such like.
