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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 I’ve rather a headache from the sun.”
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the dim hall of the Rectory she encountered Norris--who, of an afternoon, often haunted that vicinity--and said, as she handed her the flowers-- “Will you please fill the church vases?
air
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From this reading Mac vacated the seat with an air of injured deliberation, found another, and sighed as heavily as if he were a human being.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In the dim hall of the Rectory she encountered Norris--who, of an afternoon, often haunted that vicinity--and said, as she handed her the flowers-- “Will you please fill the church vases?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Mac vacated the seat with an air of injured deliberation, found another, and sighed as heavily as if he were a human being.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In the dim hall of the Rectory she encountered Norris--who, of an afternoon, often haunted that vicinity--and said, as she handed her the flowers-- “Will you please fill the church vases?
aunts
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From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
Aurea
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From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
AUREA'S
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From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
avoid
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From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Mac vacated the seat with an air of injured deliberation, found another, and sighed as heavily as if he were a human being.
bewilderednounUS /bewildered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The girl really did feel considerably dazed and bewildered, and passed into the drawing-room, where she ruthlessly dislodged Mac from her own particular pet chair.
bowling-green
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From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
chair
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From this reading The girl really did feel considerably dazed and bewildered, and passed into the drawing-room, where she ruthlessly dislodged Mac from her own particular pet chair.
church
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From this reading In the dim hall of the Rectory she encountered Norris--who, of an afternoon, often haunted that vicinity--and said, as she handed her the flowers-- “Will you please fill the church vases?
Claringbold's
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From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
considerably
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From this reading The girl really did feel considerably dazed and bewildered, and passed into the drawing-room, where she ruthlessly dislodged Mac from her own particular pet chair.
contrary
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From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
crossed
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From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
dazed
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From this reading The girl really did feel considerably dazed and bewildered, and passed into the drawing-room, where she ruthlessly dislodged Mac from her own particular pet chair.
deliberation
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From this reading Mac vacated the seat with an air of injured deliberation, found another, and sighed as heavily as if he were a human being.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The girl really did feel considerably dazed and bewildered, and passed into the drawing-room, where she ruthlessly dislodged Mac from her own particular pet chair.
dim
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From this reading In the dim hall of the Rectory she encountered Norris--who, of an afternoon, often haunted that vicinity--and said, as she handed her the flowers-- “Will you please fill the church vases?
dislodgednounUS /ˈdislodged/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The girl really did feel considerably dazed and bewildered, and passed into the drawing-room, where she ruthlessly dislodged Mac from her own particular pet chair.
drawing-room
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From this reading The girl really did feel considerably dazed and bewildered, and passed into the drawing-room, where she ruthlessly dislodged Mac from her own particular pet chair.
encountered
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From this reading In the dim hall of the Rectory she encountered Norris--who, of an afternoon, often haunted that vicinity--and said, as she handed her the flowers-- “Will you please fill the church vases?
Farm
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From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
feel
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From this reading The girl really did feel considerably dazed and bewildered, and passed into the drawing-room, where she ruthlessly dislodged Mac from her own particular pet chair.
fill
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From this reading In the dim hall of the Rectory she encountered Norris--who, of an afternoon, often haunted that vicinity--and said, as she handed her the flowers-- “Will you please fill the church vases?
flowers
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From this reading In the dim hall of the Rectory she encountered Norris--who, of an afternoon, often haunted that vicinity--and said, as she handed her the flowers-- “Will you please fill the church vases?
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mac vacated the seat with an air of injured deliberation, found another, and sighed as heavily as if he were a human being.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I’ve rather a headache from the sun.”
girl
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From this reading The girl really did feel considerably dazed and bewildered, and passed into the drawing-room, where she ruthlessly dislodged Mac from her own particular pet chair.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
hall
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From this reading In the dim hall of the Rectory she encountered Norris--who, of an afternoon, often haunted that vicinity--and said, as she handed her the flowers-- “Will you please fill the church vases?
handed
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From this reading In the dim hall of the Rectory she encountered Norris--who, of an afternoon, often haunted that vicinity--and said, as she handed her the flowers-- “Will you please fill the church vases?
haunted
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From this reading In the dim hall of the Rectory she encountered Norris--who, of an afternoon, often haunted that vicinity--and said, as she handed her the flowers-- “Will you please fill the church vases?
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mac vacated the seat with an air of injured deliberation, found another, and sighed as heavily as if he were a human being.
headache
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From this reading I’ve rather a headache from the sun.”
heavily
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From this reading Mac vacated the seat with an air of injured deliberation, found another, and sighed as heavily as if he were a human being.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
home
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From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
human
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From this reading Mac vacated the seat with an air of injured deliberation, found another, and sighed as heavily as if he were a human being.
I've
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From this reading I’ve rather a headache from the sun.”
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Mac vacated the seat with an air of injured deliberation, found another, and sighed as heavily as if he were a human being.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
injured
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From this reading Mac vacated the seat with an air of injured deliberation, found another, and sighed as heavily as if he were a human being.
intention
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From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The girl really did feel considerably dazed and bewildered, and passed into the drawing-room, where she ruthlessly dislodged Mac from her own particular pet chair.
led
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From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
Mac
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From this reading The girl really did feel considerably dazed and bewildered, and passed into the drawing-room, where she ruthlessly dislodged Mac from her own particular pet chair.
Manor
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From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
meadows
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From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
Norris
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From this reading In the dim hall of the Rectory she encountered Norris--who, of an afternoon, often haunted that vicinity--and said, as she handed her the flowers-- “Will you please fill the church vases?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
often
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From this reading In the dim hall of the Rectory she encountered Norris--who, of an afternoon, often haunted that vicinity--and said, as she handed her the flowers-- “Will you please fill the church vases?
old
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From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
own
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From this reading The girl really did feel considerably dazed and bewildered, and passed into the drawing-room, where she ruthlessly dislodged Mac from her own particular pet chair.
particular
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From this reading The girl really did feel considerably dazed and bewildered, and passed into the drawing-room, where she ruthlessly dislodged Mac from her own particular pet chair.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The girl really did feel considerably dazed and bewildered, and passed into the drawing-room, where she ruthlessly dislodged Mac from her own particular pet chair.
pet
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From this reading The girl really did feel considerably dazed and bewildered, and passed into the drawing-room, where she ruthlessly dislodged Mac from her own particular pet chair.
please
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From this reading In the dim hall of the Rectory she encountered Norris--who, of an afternoon, often haunted that vicinity--and said, as she handed her the flowers-- “Will you please fill the church vases?
rather
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From this reading I’ve rather a headache from the sun.”
really
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From this reading The girl really did feel considerably dazed and bewildered, and passed into the drawing-room, where she ruthlessly dislodged Mac from her own particular pet chair.
Rectory
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From this reading In the dim hall of the Rectory she encountered Norris--who, of an afternoon, often haunted that vicinity--and said, as she handed her the flowers-- “Will you please fill the church vases?
REFLECTIONS
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From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
ruthlessly
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From this reading The girl really did feel considerably dazed and bewildered, and passed into the drawing-room, where she ruthlessly dislodged Mac from her own particular pet chair.
said
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From this reading In the dim hall of the Rectory she encountered Norris--who, of an afternoon, often haunted that vicinity--and said, as she handed her the flowers-- “Will you please fill the church vases?
seat
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From this reading Mac vacated the seat with an air of injured deliberation, found another, and sighed as heavily as if he were a human being.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
sighed
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From this reading Mac vacated the seat with an air of injured deliberation, found another, and sighed as heavily as if he were a human being.
sun
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From this reading I’ve rather a headache from the sun.”
telling
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From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AUREA’S REFLECTIONS But Aurea had no intention of “telling her aunts”; on the contrary, she crossed the old bowling-green in order to avoid the Manor, and returned home across the meadows that led by Claringbold’s Farm.
vacated
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From this reading Mac vacated the seat with an air of injured deliberation, found another, and sighed as heavily as if he were a human being.
vases
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From this reading In the dim hall of the Rectory she encountered Norris--who, of an afternoon, often haunted that vicinity--and said, as she handed her the flowers-- “Will you please fill the church vases?
vicinity
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From this reading In the dim hall of the Rectory she encountered Norris--who, of an afternoon, often haunted that vicinity--and said, as she handed her the flowers-- “Will you please fill the church vases?
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Mac vacated the seat with an air of injured deliberation, found another, and sighed as heavily as if he were a human being.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The girl really did feel considerably dazed and bewildered, and passed into the drawing-room, where she ruthlessly dislodged Mac from her own particular pet chair.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading In the dim hall of the Rectory she encountered Norris--who, of an afternoon, often haunted that vicinity--and said, as she handed her the flowers-- “Will you please fill the church vases?
Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading In the dim hall of the Rectory she encountered Norris--who, of an afternoon, often haunted that vicinity--and said, as she handed her the flowers-- “Will you please fill the church vases?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mac vacated the seat with an air of injured deliberation, found another, and sighed as heavily as if he were a human being.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading In the dim hall of the Rectory she encountered Norris--who, of an afternoon, often haunted that vicinity--and said, as she handed her the flowers-- “Will you please fill the church vases?
