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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 A well-matched pair--Harry awakes--New characters--Introduction--Breakfast--A trifle happier--His new life.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
all
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From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mr Blewcome and his wife, Mrs Blewcome, were great travellers.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
awakes
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From this reading A well-matched pair--Harry awakes--New characters--Introduction--Breakfast--A trifle happier--His new life.
beastesses
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From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
Blewcome
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From this reading Mr Blewcome and his wife, Mrs Blewcome, were great travellers.
BLEWCOME'S
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From this reading BLEWCOME'S ROYAL MENAGERIE.
Breakfast
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From this reading A well-matched pair--Harry awakes--New characters--Introduction--Breakfast--A trifle happier--His new life.
characters
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From this reading A well-matched pair--Harry awakes--New characters--Introduction--Breakfast--A trifle happier--His new life.
distinguished
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From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
England
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From this reading There were few places, large and small, in England, where the forms of Mr and Mrs Blewcome were unknown.
far
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From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
few
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From this reading There were few places, large and small, in England, where the forms of Mr and Mrs Blewcome were unknown.
forms
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From this reading There were few places, large and small, in England, where the forms of Mr and Mrs Blewcome were unknown.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr Blewcome and his wife, Mrs Blewcome, were great travellers.
happier
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From this reading A well-matched pair--Harry awakes--New characters--Introduction--Breakfast--A trifle happier--His new life.
Harry
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From this reading A well-matched pair--Harry awakes--New characters--Introduction--Breakfast--A trifle happier--His new life.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A well-matched pair--Harry awakes--New characters--Introduction--Breakfast--A trifle happier--His new life.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There were few places, large and small, in England, where the forms of Mr and Mrs Blewcome were unknown.
informed
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From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
Introduction
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From this reading A well-matched pair--Harry awakes--New characters--Introduction--Breakfast--A trifle happier--His new life.
large
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From this reading There were few places, large and small, in England, where the forms of Mr and Mrs Blewcome were unknown.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A well-matched pair--Harry awakes--New characters--Introduction--Breakfast--A trifle happier--His new life.
man
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From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
MENAGERIE
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From this reading BLEWCOME'S ROYAL MENAGERIE.
met
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From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
Mr
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From this reading Mr Blewcome and his wife, Mrs Blewcome, were great travellers.
Mrs
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From this reading Mr Blewcome and his wife, Mrs Blewcome, were great travellers.
New
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From this reading A well-matched pair--Harry awakes--New characters--Introduction--Breakfast--A trifle happier--His new life.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There were few places, large and small, in England, where the forms of Mr and Mrs Blewcome were unknown.
ordinary
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From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
own
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From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
pair
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From this reading A well-matched pair--Harry awakes--New characters--Introduction--Breakfast--A trifle happier--His new life.
personage
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From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
places
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From this reading There were few places, large and small, in England, where the forms of Mr and Mrs Blewcome were unknown.
proprietor
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From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
proprietors
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From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
ROYAL
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From this reading BLEWCOME'S ROYAL MENAGERIE.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
small
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From this reading There were few places, large and small, in England, where the forms of Mr and Mrs Blewcome were unknown.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There were few places, large and small, in England, where the forms of Mr and Mrs Blewcome were unknown.
There
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From this reading There were few places, large and small, in England, where the forms of Mr and Mrs Blewcome were unknown.
travellers
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From this reading Mr Blewcome and his wife, Mrs Blewcome, were great travellers.
travelling
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From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
triflenounUS /ˈtraɪfəl/
something that needs very little effort
From this reading A well-matched pair--Harry awakes--New characters--Introduction--Breakfast--A trifle happier--His new life.
unknown
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From this reading There were few places, large and small, in England, where the forms of Mr and Mrs Blewcome were unknown.
very
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From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
way
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From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
well-matched
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From this reading A well-matched pair--Harry awakes--New characters--Introduction--Breakfast--A trifle happier--His new life.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Mr Blewcome and his wife, Mrs Blewcome, were great travellers.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading There were few places, large and small, in England, where the forms of Mr and Mrs Blewcome were unknown.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
wife
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From this reading Mr Blewcome and his wife, Mrs Blewcome, were great travellers.
wild
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From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Mr Blewcome was the proprietor of a travelling menagerie, and was a very distinguished personage in his own way, a man with a mind far above your ordinary proprietors of "wild beastesses," as Mrs Blewcome informed all whom she met.
