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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 She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
abominably
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From this reading "Look here, Hester, I behaved abominably about the hire of those bandies for your _protégées_.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
accomplished
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From this reading She wondered how he would receive the disclosure that the day at Ennore was an accomplished fact.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
air
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From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She wondered how he would receive the disclosure that the day at Ennore was an accomplished fact.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She wondered how he would receive the disclosure that the day at Ennore was an accomplished fact.
awaited
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From this reading Hester awaited her husband's return home with some uneasiness.
bandies
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From this reading "Look here, Hester, I behaved abominably about the hire of those bandies for your _protégées_.
banyan
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From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
behaved
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From this reading "Look here, Hester, I behaved abominably about the hire of those bandies for your _protégées_.
Beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
carriages
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From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
courage
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From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
day
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From this reading She wondered how he would receive the disclosure that the day at Ennore was an accomplished fact.
disclosure
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From this reading She wondered how he would receive the disclosure that the day at Ennore was an accomplished fact.
early
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From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
Ennore
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From this reading She wondered how he would receive the disclosure that the day at Ennore was an accomplished fact.
expedition
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From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
explained
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From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
fact
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From this reading She wondered how he would receive the disclosure that the day at Ennore was an accomplished fact.
felt
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From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She wondered how he would receive the disclosure that the day at Ennore was an accomplished fact.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Hester awaited her husband's return home with some uneasiness.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Look here, Hester, I behaved abominably about the hire of those bandies for your _protégées_.
Hester
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From this reading Hester awaited her husband's return home with some uneasiness.
hire
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From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
home
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From this reading Hester awaited her husband's return home with some uneasiness.
how
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From this reading She wondered how he would receive the disclosure that the day at Ennore was an accomplished fact.
husband's
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From this reading Hester awaited her husband's return home with some uneasiness.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Look here, Hester, I behaved abominably about the hire of those bandies for your _protégées_.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
LooknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Look here, Hester, I behaved abominably about the hire of those bandies for your _protégées_.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
Mr
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From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
much
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From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
negotiate
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From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
obliged
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From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
paid
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From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
penitent
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From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
pleasantly
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From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
preferred
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From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
previous
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From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
protégées
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From this reading "Look here, Hester, I behaved abominably about the hire of those bandies for your _protégées_.
Rayner's
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From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
receive
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From this reading She wondered how he would receive the disclosure that the day at Ennore was an accomplished fact.
return
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From this reading Hester awaited her husband's return home with some uneasiness.
sat
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From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
saying
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From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
secretive
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From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
shade
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From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She wondered how he would receive the disclosure that the day at Ennore was an accomplished fact.
some
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From this reading Hester awaited her husband's return home with some uneasiness.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
surprise
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From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
taken
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From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
tea
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From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She wondered how he would receive the disclosure that the day at Ennore was an accomplished fact.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She wondered how he would receive the disclosure that the day at Ennore was an accomplished fact.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "Look here, Hester, I behaved abominably about the hire of those bandies for your _protégées_.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
together
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From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
tree
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From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
turned
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From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
uneasiness
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From this reading Hester awaited her husband's return home with some uneasiness.
wanting
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From this reading Being neither secretive nor wanting in courage, she would have much preferred to have explained previous to the expedition that she had felt obliged to negotiate about the carriages, and had already paid for their hire.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She wondered how he would receive the disclosure that the day at Ennore was an accomplished fact.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She was therefore pleasantly taken by surprise on the morning after Mr. Rayner's return, when they sat together at early tea under the shade of the banyan tree, when he suddenly turned to her with a penitent air, saying:
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Hester awaited her husband's return home with some uneasiness.
wonderednounUS /wondered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She wondered how he would receive the disclosure that the day at Ennore was an accomplished fact.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She wondered how he would receive the disclosure that the day at Ennore was an accomplished fact.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Look here, Hester, I behaved abominably about the hire of those bandies for your _protégées_.
