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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 WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading But I have to confess myself unlike my brethren in this--I don't know all about women.
acquired
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From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
adventure
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From this reading She told me this (as I subsequently learned) within a very few hours of a side-slip at a few hundred feet that had fairly "put the wind up" Chummy Smith, her companion in this (by Philip) strictly forbidden adventure.
affection
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all
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From this reading But I have to confess myself unlike my brethren in this--I don't know all about women.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Indeed, twenty Philip Esdailes poking about twenty cellars are clearer to me than some of the mental processes of such a person as (say) Miss Joan Merrow.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She told me this (as I subsequently learned) within a very few hours of a side-slip at a few hundred feet that had fairly "put the wind up" Chummy Smith, her companion in this (by Philip) strictly forbidden adventure.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading For instance, she once told me that she would be terrified to go up in a machine.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
brethren
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From this reading But I have to confess myself unlike my brethren in this--I don't know all about women.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But I have to confess myself unlike my brethren in this--I don't know all about women.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She told me this (as I subsequently learned) within a very few hours of a side-slip at a few hundred feet that had fairly "put the wind up" Chummy Smith, her companion in this (by Philip) strictly forbidden adventure.
cellars
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From this reading Indeed, twenty Philip Esdailes poking about twenty cellars are clearer to me than some of the mental processes of such a person as (say) Miss Joan Merrow.
certain
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From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
Chummy
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From this reading She told me this (as I subsequently learned) within a very few hours of a side-slip at a few hundred feet that had fairly "put the wind up" Chummy Smith, her companion in this (by Philip) strictly forbidden adventure.
class
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clearer
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From this reading Indeed, twenty Philip Esdailes poking about twenty cellars are clearer to me than some of the mental processes of such a person as (say) Miss Joan Merrow.
companion
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From this reading She told me this (as I subsequently learned) within a very few hours of a side-slip at a few hundred feet that had fairly "put the wind up" Chummy Smith, her companion in this (by Philip) strictly forbidden adventure.
confess
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From this reading But I have to confess myself unlike my brethren in this--I don't know all about women.
DIDauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
don't
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From this reading But I have to confess myself unlike my brethren in this--I don't know all about women.
Esdailes
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From this reading Indeed, twenty Philip Esdailes poking about twenty cellars are clearer to me than some of the mental processes of such a person as (say) Miss Joan Merrow.
fairly
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From this reading She told me this (as I subsequently learned) within a very few hours of a side-slip at a few hundred feet that had fairly "put the wind up" Chummy Smith, her companion in this (by Philip) strictly forbidden adventure.
feet
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From this reading She told me this (as I subsequently learned) within a very few hours of a side-slip at a few hundred feet that had fairly "put the wind up" Chummy Smith, her companion in this (by Philip) strictly forbidden adventure.
few
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From this reading She told me this (as I subsequently learned) within a very few hours of a side-slip at a few hundred feet that had fairly "put the wind up" Chummy Smith, her companion in this (by Philip) strictly forbidden adventure.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
forbiddenadjectiveUS /fərˈbɪd.ən/
Not allowed; banned or prohibited by rule or law.
From this reading She told me this (as I subsequently learned) within a very few hours of a side-slip at a few hundred feet that had fairly "put the wind up" Chummy Smith, her companion in this (by Philip) strictly forbidden adventure.
go
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From this reading For instance, she once told me that she would be terrified to go up in a machine.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She told me this (as I subsequently learned) within a very few hours of a side-slip at a few hundred feet that had fairly "put the wind up" Chummy Smith, her companion in this (by Philip) strictly forbidden adventure.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She told me this (as I subsequently learned) within a very few hours of a side-slip at a few hundred feet that had fairly "put the wind up" Chummy Smith, her companion in this (by Philip) strictly forbidden adventure.
hours
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From this reading She told me this (as I subsequently learned) within a very few hours of a side-slip at a few hundred feet that had fairly "put the wind up" Chummy Smith, her companion in this (by Philip) strictly forbidden adventure.
hundred
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From this reading She told me this (as I subsequently learned) within a very few hours of a side-slip at a few hundred feet that had fairly "put the wind up" Chummy Smith, her companion in this (by Philip) strictly forbidden adventure.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But I have to confess myself unlike my brethren in this--I don't know all about women.
Indeed
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From this reading Indeed, twenty Philip Esdailes poking about twenty cellars are clearer to me than some of the mental processes of such a person as (say) Miss Joan Merrow.
innumerable
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From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
instance
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From this reading For instance, she once told me that she would be terrified to go up in a machine.
Joan
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From this reading Indeed, twenty Philip Esdailes poking about twenty cellars are clearer to me than some of the mental processes of such a person as (say) Miss Joan Merrow.
kind
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From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But I have to confess myself unlike my brethren in this--I don't know all about women.
learned
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From this reading She told me this (as I subsequently learned) within a very few hours of a side-slip at a few hundred feet that had fairly "put the wind up" Chummy Smith, her companion in this (by Philip) strictly forbidden adventure.
machine
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From this reading For instance, she once told me that she would be terrified to go up in a machine.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
mental
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From this reading Indeed, twenty Philip Esdailes poking about twenty cellars are clearer to me than some of the mental processes of such a person as (say) Miss Joan Merrow.
Merrow
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From this reading Indeed, twenty Philip Esdailes poking about twenty cellars are clearer to me than some of the mental processes of such a person as (say) Miss Joan Merrow.
Miss
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From this reading Indeed, twenty Philip Esdailes poking about twenty cellars are clearer to me than some of the mental processes of such a person as (say) Miss Joan Merrow.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading But I have to confess myself unlike my brethren in this--I don't know all about women.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading But I have to confess myself unlike my brethren in this--I don't know all about women.
novelists
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From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
number
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From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
once
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From this reading For instance, she once told me that she would be terrified to go up in a machine.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
passing
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past
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From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
person
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From this reading Indeed, twenty Philip Esdailes poking about twenty cellars are clearer to me than some of the mental processes of such a person as (say) Miss Joan Merrow.
Philip
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From this reading Indeed, twenty Philip Esdailes poking about twenty cellars are clearer to me than some of the mental processes of such a person as (say) Miss Joan Merrow.
poking
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From this reading Indeed, twenty Philip Esdailes poking about twenty cellars are clearer to me than some of the mental processes of such a person as (say) Miss Joan Merrow.
processes
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From this reading Indeed, twenty Philip Esdailes poking about twenty cellars are clearer to me than some of the mental processes of such a person as (say) Miss Joan Merrow.
put
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From this reading She told me this (as I subsequently learned) within a very few hours of a side-slip at a few hundred feet that had fairly "put the wind up" Chummy Smith, her companion in this (by Philip) strictly forbidden adventure.
reviewers
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From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
say
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From this reading Indeed, twenty Philip Esdailes poking about twenty cellars are clearer to me than some of the mental processes of such a person as (say) Miss Joan Merrow.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For instance, she once told me that she would be terrified to go up in a machine.
side-slip
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From this reading She told me this (as I subsequently learned) within a very few hours of a side-slip at a few hundred feet that had fairly "put the wind up" Chummy Smith, her companion in this (by Philip) strictly forbidden adventure.
Smith
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From this reading She told me this (as I subsequently learned) within a very few hours of a side-slip at a few hundred feet that had fairly "put the wind up" Chummy Smith, her companion in this (by Philip) strictly forbidden adventure.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
some
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From this reading Indeed, twenty Philip Esdailes poking about twenty cellars are clearer to me than some of the mental processes of such a person as (say) Miss Joan Merrow.
status
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strictly
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From this reading She told me this (as I subsequently learned) within a very few hours of a side-slip at a few hundred feet that had fairly "put the wind up" Chummy Smith, her companion in this (by Philip) strictly forbidden adventure.
subsequently
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From this reading She told me this (as I subsequently learned) within a very few hours of a side-slip at a few hundred feet that had fairly "put the wind up" Chummy Smith, her companion in this (by Philip) strictly forbidden adventure.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Indeed, twenty Philip Esdailes poking about twenty cellars are clearer to me than some of the mental processes of such a person as (say) Miss Joan Merrow.
terrifiedadjectiveUS /ˈterəfaɪd/
extremely frightened
From this reading For instance, she once told me that she would be terrified to go up in a machine.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Indeed, twenty Philip Esdailes poking about twenty cellars are clearer to me than some of the mental processes of such a person as (say) Miss Joan Merrow.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For instance, she once told me that she would be terrified to go up in a machine.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading But I have to confess myself unlike my brethren in this--I don't know all about women.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For instance, she once told me that she would be terrified to go up in a machine.
twenty
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From this reading Indeed, twenty Philip Esdailes poking about twenty cellars are clearer to me than some of the mental processes of such a person as (say) Miss Joan Merrow.
unlike
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From this reading But I have to confess myself unlike my brethren in this--I don't know all about women.
up
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very
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From this reading She told me this (as I subsequently learned) within a very few hours of a side-slip at a few hundred feet that had fairly "put the wind up" Chummy Smith, her companion in this (by Philip) strictly forbidden adventure.
WHATpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
windnounUS /wind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She told me this (as I subsequently learned) within a very few hours of a side-slip at a few hundred feet that had fairly "put the wind up" Chummy Smith, her companion in this (by Philip) strictly forbidden adventure.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading She told me this (as I subsequently learned) within a very few hours of a side-slip at a few hundred feet that had fairly "put the wind up" Chummy Smith, her companion in this (by Philip) strictly forbidden adventure.
WOMEN
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From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading For instance, she once told me that she would be terrified to go up in a machine.
years
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From this reading WHAT THE WOMEN DID I For a great number of years past, innumerable reviewers have been so kind as to class me as "one of the younger novelists," and with the passing of time I have acquired a certain affection for the status.
younger
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