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afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Already two lads had gone forth from Bothwell's house, after six months' training, and had done well at Woolwich.
AlreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Already two lads had gone forth from Bothwell's house, after six months' training, and had done well at Woolwich.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
Bengal
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From this reading Other lads were coming to him--sons of men he had known in Bengal.
Bothwell
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From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
Bothwell's
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From this reading Already two lads had gone forth from Bothwell's house, after six months' training, and had done well at Woolwich.
brown
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From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
CIRCE
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From this reading "WHO KNOWS NOT CIRCE?"
coming
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From this reading Other lads were coming to him--sons of men he had known in Bengal.
Cornish
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From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
dark
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From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
death
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From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Already two lads had gone forth from Bothwell's house, after six months' training, and had done well at Woolwich.
embryo
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From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
Engineer
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From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
established
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From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
foreheads
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From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
forth
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From this reading Already two lads had gone forth from Bothwell's house, after six months' training, and had done well at Woolwich.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Already two lads had gone forth from Bothwell's house, after six months' training, and had done well at Woolwich.
gone
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From this reading Already two lads had gone forth from Bothwell's house, after six months' training, and had done well at Woolwich.
Grahame
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From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Already two lads had gone forth from Bothwell's house, after six months' training, and had done well at Woolwich.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Other lads were coming to him--sons of men he had known in Bengal.
high
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From this reading He was on the high road to reputation.
hills
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From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Other lads were coming to him--sons of men he had known in Bengal.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
house
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From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
instructor
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From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
Julian
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From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
just
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From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
known
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From this reading Other lads were coming to him--sons of men he had known in Bengal.
KNOWS
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From this reading "WHO KNOWS NOT CIRCE?"
lads
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From this reading Already two lads had gone forth from Bothwell's house, after six months' training, and had done well at Woolwich.
men
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From this reading Other lads were coming to him--sons of men he had known in Bengal.
months
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From this reading Already two lads had gone forth from Bothwell's house, after six months' training, and had done well at Woolwich.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
NOTadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "WHO KNOWS NOT CIRCE?"
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
older
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From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He was on the high road to reputation.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
Other
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From this reading Other lads were coming to him--sons of men he had known in Bengal.
reputation
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From this reading He was on the high road to reputation.
road
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From this reading He was on the high road to reputation.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
six
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From this reading Already two lads had gone forth from Bothwell's house, after six months' training, and had done well at Woolwich.
sons
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From this reading Other lads were coming to him--sons of men he had known in Bengal.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Other lads were coming to him--sons of men he had known in Bengal.
tors
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From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
training
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From this reading Already two lads had gone forth from Bothwell's house, after six months' training, and had done well at Woolwich.
Trevena
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From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
two
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From this reading Already two lads had gone forth from Bothwell's house, after six months' training, and had done well at Woolwich.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
well
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From this reading Already two lads had gone forth from Bothwell's house, after six months' training, and had done well at Woolwich.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
WHOpronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading "WHO KNOWS NOT CIRCE?"
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
wild
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From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
Woolwich
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From this reading Already two lads had gone forth from Bothwell's house, after six months' training, and had done well at Woolwich.
wrinkles
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From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
writes
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From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
Wyllard's
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From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
year
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From this reading The Cornish tors, those wild brown hills upon whose dark foreheads time writes no wrinkles, were just one year older since Julian Wyllard's death, and Bothwell Grahame was established in his house at Trevena as an instructor of the embryo Engineer.
