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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 Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
able
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From this reading Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
country
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From this reading He had passed many years in England, and most of his time there was spent in a hard riding country, where everyone, including the parson, followed the hounds.
cry
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From this reading To Osgood, therefore, there was no sport like hunting, and no music like the inspiriting cry of the pack.
deny
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From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
devoted
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From this reading Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
England
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From this reading He had passed many years in England, and most of his time there was spent in a hard riding country, where everyone, including the parson, followed the hounds.
everyonepronounUS /ˈevriwʌn/
every person
From this reading He had passed many years in England, and most of his time there was spent in a hard riding country, where everyone, including the parson, followed the hounds.
extent
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From this reading Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
facetiously
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From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
followed
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From this reading He had passed many years in England, and most of his time there was spent in a hard riding country, where everyone, including the parson, followed the hounds.
fond
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From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
fortunenounUS /ˈfortune/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
friends
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From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
fullest
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From this reading Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
hard
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From this reading He had passed many years in England, and most of his time there was spent in a hard riding country, where everyone, including the parson, followed the hounds.
Harry
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From this reading Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
home
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From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
horses
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From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
hounds
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From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
hunting
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From this reading To Osgood, therefore, there was no sport like hunting, and no music like the inspiriting cry of the pack.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I WILL LAUGH, TOO."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
including
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From this reading He had passed many years in England, and most of his time there was spent in a hard riding country, where everyone, including the parson, followed the hounds.
indulge
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From this reading Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
inherited
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From this reading Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
inspiriting
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From this reading To Osgood, therefore, there was no sport like hunting, and no music like the inspiriting cry of the pack.
kennels
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From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
knew
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From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
large
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From this reading Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
LAUGH
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From this reading "I WILL LAUGH, TOO."
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
like
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From this reading To Osgood, therefore, there was no sport like hunting, and no music like the inspiriting cry of the pack.
man
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From this reading Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
many
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From this reading He had passed many years in England, and most of his time there was spent in a hard riding country, where everyone, including the parson, followed the hounds.
more
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From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
most
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From this reading He had passed many years in England, and most of his time there was spent in a hard riding country, where everyone, including the parson, followed the hounds.
music
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From this reading To Osgood, therefore, there was no sport like hunting, and no music like the inspiriting cry of the pack.
named
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From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
Osgood
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From this reading Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
pack
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From this reading To Osgood, therefore, there was no sport like hunting, and no music like the inspiriting cry of the pack.
parson
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From this reading He had passed many years in England, and most of his time there was spent in a hard riding country, where everyone, including the parson, followed the hounds.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had passed many years in England, and most of his time there was spent in a hard riding country, where everyone, including the parson, followed the hounds.
riding
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From this reading He had passed many years in England, and most of his time there was spent in a hard riding country, where everyone, including the parson, followed the hounds.
said
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From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
Some
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From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
spent
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From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
sport
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From this reading Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
stables
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From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
tastes
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From this reading Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
there
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From this reading He had passed many years in England, and most of his time there was spent in a hard riding country, where everyone, including the parson, followed the hounds.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading To Osgood, therefore, there was no sport like hunting, and no music like the inspiriting cry of the pack.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had passed many years in England, and most of his time there was spent in a hard riding country, where everyone, including the parson, followed the hounds.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
TOO
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From this reading "I WILL LAUGH, TOO."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
well
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From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading He had passed many years in England, and most of his time there was spent in a hard riding country, where everyone, including the parson, followed the hounds.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Harry Osgood was a man whose life was devoted to sport, and as he had inherited a large fortune, he was able to indulge his tastes to the fullest extent.
wife
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From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
WILLmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "I WILL LAUGH, TOO."
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Some one of his friends had said facetiously, that he was fond of horses, hounds, and his wife, in the order named, and no one who knew him well would deny that more of his life was spent in his stables and kennels than in his home.
years
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From this reading He had passed many years in England, and most of his time there was spent in a hard riding country, where everyone, including the parson, followed the hounds.
