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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 felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The voyage to the Cape was long and tedious.
away
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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.
board
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From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.
Cape
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From this reading The voyage to the Cape was long and tedious.
Cetewayo
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From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.
dared
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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.
entire
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From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.
evening
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From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.
eyes
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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.
fact
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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.
fellow
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From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.
felt
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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.
few
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From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.
friends
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From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.
fugitive's
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From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.
GOLDEN
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From this reading "GOLDEN JOYS."
Granville
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From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.
Guy
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From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.
hardly
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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.
JOYS
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From this reading "GOLDEN JOYS."
Kelmscott
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From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.
Kelmscott's
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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.
kind
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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The voyage to the Cape was long and tedious.
made
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From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.
meet
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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.
moral
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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.
out
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From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.
outcast
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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.
passagenounUS /ˈpassage/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.
passengers
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From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.
poisoned
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From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.
recognition
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From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.
shame
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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.
slunk
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From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.
talked
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From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.
tedious
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From this reading The voyage to the Cape was long and tedious.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The voyage to the Cape was long and tedious.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The voyage to the Cape was long and tedious.
unhappy
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From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.
very
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From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.
voyage
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From this reading The voyage to the Cape was long and tedious.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The voyage to the Cape was long and tedious.
way
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From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That unhappy recognition by Granville Kelmscott the evening he went on board the Cetewayo poisoned the fugitive's mind for the entire passage.
wheneverconjunctionUS /weˈnevər/
at any time that; every time that
From this reading He felt himself, in fact, a moral outcast; he slunk away from his kind; he hardly dared to meet Kelmscott's eyes for shame, whenever he passed him.
whole
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From this reading On the whole way out, Guy made but few friends, and talked very little to his fellow passengers.