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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 When Mr. Penton in the dog-cart was heard coming down the steep path to the open gates there was a universal rush to door and window to receive him.
AFFAIRS
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From this reading THE NEW STATE OF AFFAIRS.
Ally
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From this reading The delay in his coming had held the household in a high state of tension, which the arrival of the carriage with Ally and the young visitor increased.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When Mr. Penton in the dog-cart was heard coming down the steep path to the open gates there was a universal rush to door and window to receive him.
anxiously
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From this reading Ally took her mother anxiously aside to explain.
arrival
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From this reading The delay in his coming had held the household in a high state of tension, which the arrival of the carriage with Ally and the young visitor increased.
aside
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From this reading Ally took her mother anxiously aside to explain.
away
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From this reading The girls could give no information except that Sir Walter was very ill, and that Mr. Russell Penton himself had put them into the carriage and sanctioned their coming away.
carriage
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From this reading The delay in his coming had held the household in a high state of tension, which the arrival of the carriage with Ally and the young visitor increased.
coming
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From this reading When Mr. Penton in the dog-cart was heard coming down the steep path to the open gates there was a universal rush to door and window to receive him.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The girls could give no information except that Sir Walter was very ill, and that Mr. Russell Penton himself had put them into the carriage and sanctioned their coming away.
delay
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From this reading The delay in his coming had held the household in a high state of tension, which the arrival of the carriage with Ally and the young visitor increased.
dog-cart
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From this reading When Mr. Penton in the dog-cart was heard coming down the steep path to the open gates there was a universal rush to door and window to receive him.
door
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From this reading When Mr. Penton in the dog-cart was heard coming down the steep path to the open gates there was a universal rush to door and window to receive him.
down
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From this reading When Mr. Penton in the dog-cart was heard coming down the steep path to the open gates there was a universal rush to door and window to receive him.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading The girls could give no information except that Sir Walter was very ill, and that Mr. Russell Penton himself had put them into the carriage and sanctioned their coming away.
explain
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From this reading Ally took her mother anxiously aside to explain.
gates
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From this reading When Mr. Penton in the dog-cart was heard coming down the steep path to the open gates there was a universal rush to door and window to receive him.
girls
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From this reading The girls could give no information except that Sir Walter was very ill, and that Mr. Russell Penton himself had put them into the carriage and sanctioned their coming away.
give
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From this reading The girls could give no information except that Sir Walter was very ill, and that Mr. Russell Penton himself had put them into the carriage and sanctioned their coming away.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The delay in his coming had held the household in a high state of tension, which the arrival of the carriage with Ally and the young visitor increased.
heard
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From this reading When Mr. Penton in the dog-cart was heard coming down the steep path to the open gates there was a universal rush to door and window to receive him.
held
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From this reading The delay in his coming had held the household in a high state of tension, which the arrival of the carriage with Ally and the young visitor increased.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Ally took her mother anxiously aside to explain.
high
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From this reading The delay in his coming had held the household in a high state of tension, which the arrival of the carriage with Ally and the young visitor increased.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When Mr. Penton in the dog-cart was heard coming down the steep path to the open gates there was a universal rush to door and window to receive him.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The girls could give no information except that Sir Walter was very ill, and that Mr. Russell Penton himself had put them into the carriage and sanctioned their coming away.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The delay in his coming had held the household in a high state of tension, which the arrival of the carriage with Ally and the young visitor increased.
household
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From this reading The delay in his coming had held the household in a high state of tension, which the arrival of the carriage with Ally and the young visitor increased.
ill
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From this reading The girls could give no information except that Sir Walter was very ill, and that Mr. Russell Penton himself had put them into the carriage and sanctioned their coming away.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When Mr. Penton in the dog-cart was heard coming down the steep path to the open gates there was a universal rush to door and window to receive him.
increased
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From this reading The delay in his coming had held the household in a high state of tension, which the arrival of the carriage with Ally and the young visitor increased.
information
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From this reading The girls could give no information except that Sir Walter was very ill, and that Mr. Russell Penton himself had put them into the carriage and sanctioned their coming away.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The girls could give no information except that Sir Walter was very ill, and that Mr. Russell Penton himself had put them into the carriage and sanctioned their coming away.
mother
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From this reading Ally took her mother anxiously aside to explain.
Mr
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From this reading When Mr. Penton in the dog-cart was heard coming down the steep path to the open gates there was a universal rush to door and window to receive him.
NEW
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From this reading THE NEW STATE OF AFFAIRS.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The girls could give no information except that Sir Walter was very ill, and that Mr. Russell Penton himself had put them into the carriage and sanctioned their coming away.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE NEW STATE OF AFFAIRS.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading When Mr. Penton in the dog-cart was heard coming down the steep path to the open gates there was a universal rush to door and window to receive him.
path
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From this reading When Mr. Penton in the dog-cart was heard coming down the steep path to the open gates there was a universal rush to door and window to receive him.
Penton
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From this reading When Mr. Penton in the dog-cart was heard coming down the steep path to the open gates there was a universal rush to door and window to receive him.
put
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From this reading The girls could give no information except that Sir Walter was very ill, and that Mr. Russell Penton himself had put them into the carriage and sanctioned their coming away.
receive
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From this reading When Mr. Penton in the dog-cart was heard coming down the steep path to the open gates there was a universal rush to door and window to receive him.
rush
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From this reading When Mr. Penton in the dog-cart was heard coming down the steep path to the open gates there was a universal rush to door and window to receive him.
Russell
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From this reading The girls could give no information except that Sir Walter was very ill, and that Mr. Russell Penton himself had put them into the carriage and sanctioned their coming away.
sanctioned
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From this reading The girls could give no information except that Sir Walter was very ill, and that Mr. Russell Penton himself had put them into the carriage and sanctioned their coming away.
Sir
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From this reading The girls could give no information except that Sir Walter was very ill, and that Mr. Russell Penton himself had put them into the carriage and sanctioned their coming away.
STATE
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From this reading THE NEW STATE OF AFFAIRS.
steep
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From this reading When Mr. Penton in the dog-cart was heard coming down the steep path to the open gates there was a universal rush to door and window to receive him.
tension
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From this reading The delay in his coming had held the household in a high state of tension, which the arrival of the carriage with Ally and the young visitor increased.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The girls could give no information except that Sir Walter was very ill, and that Mr. Russell Penton himself had put them into the carriage and sanctioned their coming away.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE NEW STATE OF AFFAIRS.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The girls could give no information except that Sir Walter was very ill, and that Mr. Russell Penton himself had put them into the carriage and sanctioned their coming away.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The girls could give no information except that Sir Walter was very ill, and that Mr. Russell Penton himself had put them into the carriage and sanctioned their coming away.
there
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From this reading When Mr. Penton in the dog-cart was heard coming down the steep path to the open gates there was a universal rush to door and window to receive him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When Mr. Penton in the dog-cart was heard coming down the steep path to the open gates there was a universal rush to door and window to receive him.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ally took her mother anxiously aside to explain.
universal
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From this reading When Mr. Penton in the dog-cart was heard coming down the steep path to the open gates there was a universal rush to door and window to receive him.
very
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From this reading The girls could give no information except that Sir Walter was very ill, and that Mr. Russell Penton himself had put them into the carriage and sanctioned their coming away.
visitor
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From this reading The delay in his coming had held the household in a high state of tension, which the arrival of the carriage with Ally and the young visitor increased.
Walter
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From this reading The girls could give no information except that Sir Walter was very ill, and that Mr. Russell Penton himself had put them into the carriage and sanctioned their coming away.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When Mr. Penton in the dog-cart was heard coming down the steep path to the open gates there was a universal rush to door and window to receive him.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When Mr. Penton in the dog-cart was heard coming down the steep path to the open gates there was a universal rush to door and window to receive him.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The delay in his coming had held the household in a high state of tension, which the arrival of the carriage with Ally and the young visitor increased.
window
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From this reading When Mr. Penton in the dog-cart was heard coming down the steep path to the open gates there was a universal rush to door and window to receive him.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The delay in his coming had held the household in a high state of tension, which the arrival of the carriage with Ally and the young visitor increased.
young
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From this reading The delay in his coming had held the household in a high state of tension, which the arrival of the carriage with Ally and the young visitor increased.
