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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 Now is Cupid like a child of conscience--he makes restitution.--SHAKESPEARE.
accountsnounUS /ˈaccounts/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Edward found him in his office, immersed among papers and accounts.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Edward found him in his office, immersed among papers and accounts.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Before him was a large bicker of oatmeal-porridge, and at the side thereof, a horn-spoon and a bottle of two-penny.
Bailie
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From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
BeforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Before him was a large bicker of oatmeal-porridge, and at the side thereof, a horn-spoon and a bottle of two-penny.
bicker
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From this reading Before him was a large bicker of oatmeal-porridge, and at the side thereof, a horn-spoon and a bottle of two-penny.
bottle
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From this reading Before him was a large bicker of oatmeal-porridge, and at the side thereof, a horn-spoon and a bottle of two-penny.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
capacious
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From this reading Eagerly running his eye over a voluminous law-paper, he from time to time shovelled an immense spoonful of these nutritive viands into his capacious mouth.
child
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From this reading Now is Cupid like a child of conscience--he makes restitution.--SHAKESPEARE.
Commissary
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From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
consciencenounUS /ˈkɑːnʃəns/
the inner sense of right and wrong
From this reading Now is Cupid like a child of conscience--he makes restitution.--SHAKESPEARE.
Cupid
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From this reading Now is Cupid like a child of conscience--he makes restitution.--SHAKESPEARE.
dignity
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From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
Duncan
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From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
Eagerly
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From this reading Eagerly running his eye over a voluminous law-paper, he from time to time shovelled an immense spoonful of these nutritive viands into his capacious mouth.
early
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From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
Edward
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From this reading Edward found him in his office, immersed among papers and accounts.
empty
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From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
enjoying
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From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
escaped
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From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
eye
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From this reading Eagerly running his eye over a voluminous law-paper, he from time to time shovelled an immense spoonful of these nutritive viands into his capacious mouth.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Edward found him in his office, immersed among papers and accounts.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Now is Cupid like a child of conscience--he makes restitution.--SHAKESPEARE.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Edward found him in his office, immersed among papers and accounts.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
horn-spoon
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From this reading Before him was a large bicker of oatmeal-porridge, and at the side thereof, a horn-spoon and a bottle of two-penny.
immense
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From this reading Eagerly running his eye over a voluminous law-paper, he from time to time shovelled an immense spoonful of these nutritive viands into his capacious mouth.
immersed
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From this reading Edward found him in his office, immersed among papers and accounts.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Edward found him in his office, immersed among papers and accounts.
insignificance
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From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
insurgent
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From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Eagerly running his eye over a voluminous law-paper, he from time to time shovelled an immense spoonful of these nutritive viands into his capacious mouth.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Now is Cupid like a child of conscience--he makes restitution.--SHAKESPEARE.
large
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From this reading Before him was a large bicker of oatmeal-porridge, and at the side thereof, a horn-spoon and a bottle of two-penny.
latter
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From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
law-paper
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From this reading Eagerly running his eye over a voluminous law-paper, he from time to time shovelled an immense spoonful of these nutritive viands into his capacious mouth.
like
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From this reading Now is Cupid like a child of conscience--he makes restitution.--SHAKESPEARE.
longer
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From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
Macwheeble
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From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
makes
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From this reading Now is Cupid like a child of conscience--he makes restitution.--SHAKESPEARE.
mouth
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From this reading Eagerly running his eye over a voluminous law-paper, he from time to time shovelled an immense spoonful of these nutritive viands into his capacious mouth.
Mr
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From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
Now
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From this reading Now is Cupid like a child of conscience--he makes restitution.--SHAKESPEARE.
nutritive
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From this reading Eagerly running his eye over a voluminous law-paper, he from time to time shovelled an immense spoonful of these nutritive viands into his capacious mouth.
oatmeal-porridge
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From this reading Before him was a large bicker of oatmeal-porridge, and at the side thereof, a horn-spoon and a bottle of two-penny.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Now is Cupid like a child of conscience--he makes restitution.--SHAKESPEARE.
office
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From this reading Edward found him in his office, immersed among papers and accounts.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Eagerly running his eye over a voluminous law-paper, he from time to time shovelled an immense spoonful of these nutritive viands into his capacious mouth.
papers
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From this reading Edward found him in his office, immersed among papers and accounts.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
proscription
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From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
restitution
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From this reading Now is Cupid like a child of conscience--he makes restitution.--SHAKESPEARE.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Eagerly running his eye over a voluminous law-paper, he from time to time shovelled an immense spoonful of these nutritive viands into his capacious mouth.
secession
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From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
SHAKESPEARE
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From this reading Now is Cupid like a child of conscience--he makes restitution.--SHAKESPEARE.
shovelled
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From this reading Eagerly running his eye over a voluminous law-paper, he from time to time shovelled an immense spoonful of these nutritive viands into his capacious mouth.
side
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From this reading Before him was a large bicker of oatmeal-porridge, and at the side thereof, a horn-spoon and a bottle of two-penny.
spoonful
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From this reading Eagerly running his eye over a voluminous law-paper, he from time to time shovelled an immense spoonful of these nutritive viands into his capacious mouth.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
thereof
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From this reading Before him was a large bicker of oatmeal-porridge, and at the side thereof, a horn-spoon and a bottle of two-penny.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Eagerly running his eye over a voluminous law-paper, he from time to time shovelled an immense spoonful of these nutritive viands into his capacious mouth.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Mr. Duncan Macwheeble, no longer Commissary or Bailie, though still enjoying the empty name of the latter dignity, had escaped proscription by an early secession from the insurgent party and by his insignificance.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Eagerly running his eye over a voluminous law-paper, he from time to time shovelled an immense spoonful of these nutritive viands into his capacious mouth.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Eagerly running his eye over a voluminous law-paper, he from time to time shovelled an immense spoonful of these nutritive viands into his capacious mouth.
two-penny
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From this reading Before him was a large bicker of oatmeal-porridge, and at the side thereof, a horn-spoon and a bottle of two-penny.
viands
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From this reading Eagerly running his eye over a voluminous law-paper, he from time to time shovelled an immense spoonful of these nutritive viands into his capacious mouth.
voluminous
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From this reading Eagerly running his eye over a voluminous law-paper, he from time to time shovelled an immense spoonful of these nutritive viands into his capacious mouth.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Before him was a large bicker of oatmeal-porridge, and at the side thereof, a horn-spoon and a bottle of two-penny.
