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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 _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy received a letter from his mother, dated from Hardy Place.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
Angler
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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy received a letter from his mother, dated from Hardy Place.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
back
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From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
become
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From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
certainty
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From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
CompletenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy received a letter from his mother, dated from Hardy Place.
dated
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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy received a letter from his mother, dated from Hardy Place.
daughter
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From this reading He writes, so I hear, that the 'governor' is sweet on a parson's daughter in Denmark.
dearest
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From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
Denmark
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From this reading He writes, so I hear, that the 'governor' is sweet on a parson's daughter in Denmark.
doubt
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From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
friends
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From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy received a letter from his mother, dated from Hardy Place.
Garth's
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From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
governor
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From this reading He writes, so I hear, that the 'governor' is sweet on a parson's daughter in Denmark.
happy
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From this reading "Oh, how happy here's our leisure!
Hardy
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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy received a letter from his mother, dated from Hardy Place.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He writes, so I hear, that the 'governor' is sweet on a parson's daughter in Denmark.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He writes, so I hear, that the 'governor' is sweet on a parson's daughter in Denmark.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
here's
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From this reading "Oh, how happy here's our leisure!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy received a letter from his mother, dated from Hardy Place.
how
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From this reading "Oh, how happy here's our leisure!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He writes, so I hear, that the 'governor' is sweet on a parson's daughter in Denmark.
innocent
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From this reading Oh, how innocent our pleasure!"
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He writes, so I hear, that the 'governor' is sweet on a parson's daughter in Denmark.
John
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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy received a letter from his mother, dated from Hardy Place.
keeping
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From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
leisure
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From this reading "Oh, how happy here's our leisure!
letter
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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy received a letter from his mother, dated from Hardy Place.
letters
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From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
lines
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From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
made
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From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
mother
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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy received a letter from his mother, dated from Hardy Place.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
Oh
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From this reading "Oh, how happy here's our leisure!
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He writes, so I hear, that the 'governor' is sweet on a parson's daughter in Denmark.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading "Oh, how happy here's our leisure!
parson's
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From this reading He writes, so I hear, that the 'governor' is sweet on a parson's daughter in Denmark.
Place
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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy received a letter from his mother, dated from Hardy Place.
pleasure
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From this reading Oh, how innocent our pleasure!"
read
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From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
received
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From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy received a letter from his mother, dated from Hardy Place.
Robert
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From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
shorter
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From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He writes, so I hear, that the 'governor' is sweet on a parson's daughter in Denmark.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
sweet
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From this reading He writes, so I hear, that the 'governor' is sweet on a parson's daughter in Denmark.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The Complete Angler._ John Hardy received a letter from his mother, dated from Hardy Place.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
weekly
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From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
writes
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From this reading He writes, so I hear, that the 'governor' is sweet on a parson's daughter in Denmark.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
YourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "My dearest John, "Your weekly letters have become shorter, and I have read between the lines that you are keeping back something from your mother; but this doubt has been made a certainty from a letter of Robert Garth's to his friends here.
