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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 MOLLIE WALTER It was a wet windy morning.
able
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From this reading Such a garden had to be kept 'tidy' at all costs, and Mollie was wondering how she should be able to manage it, when the autumn fall of leaves should begin in earnest.
all
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From this reading Such a garden had to be kept 'tidy' at all costs, and Mollie was wondering how she should be able to manage it, when the autumn fall of leaves should begin in earnest.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A great walnut tree overshadowed it, and the grass was already littered with twigs and leaves.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
autumn
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From this reading Such a garden had to be kept 'tidy' at all costs, and Mollie was wondering how she should be able to manage it, when the autumn fall of leaves should begin in earnest.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Such a garden had to be kept 'tidy' at all costs, and Mollie was wondering how she should be able to manage it, when the autumn fall of leaves should begin in earnest.
begin
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From this reading Such a garden had to be kept 'tidy' at all costs, and Mollie was wondering how she should be able to manage it, when the autumn fall of leaves should begin in earnest.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading It was a bright little tight little garden, with flower borders round a square lawn, and ground for vegetables beyond a privet hedge.
borders
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From this reading It was a bright little tight little garden, with flower borders round a square lawn, and ground for vegetables beyond a privet hedge.
bright
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From this reading It was a bright little tight little garden, with flower borders round a square lawn, and ground for vegetables beyond a privet hedge.
costs
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From this reading Such a garden had to be kept 'tidy' at all costs, and Mollie was wondering how she should be able to manage it, when the autumn fall of leaves should begin in earnest.
Cottage
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From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
disconsolately
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From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
drawing-room
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From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
earnest
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From this reading Such a garden had to be kept 'tidy' at all costs, and Mollie was wondering how she should be able to manage it, when the autumn fall of leaves should begin in earnest.
fall
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From this reading Such a garden had to be kept 'tidy' at all costs, and Mollie was wondering how she should be able to manage it, when the autumn fall of leaves should begin in earnest.
flower
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From this reading It was a bright little tight little garden, with flower borders round a square lawn, and ground for vegetables beyond a privet hedge.
flowers
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From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was a bright little tight little garden, with flower borders round a square lawn, and ground for vegetables beyond a privet hedge.
French
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From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
garden
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From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
grass
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From this reading A great walnut tree overshadowed it, and the grass was already littered with twigs and leaves.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A great walnut tree overshadowed it, and the grass was already littered with twigs and leaves.
ground
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From this reading It was a bright little tight little garden, with flower borders round a square lawn, and ground for vegetables beyond a privet hedge.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Such a garden had to be kept 'tidy' at all costs, and Mollie was wondering how she should be able to manage it, when the autumn fall of leaves should begin in earnest.
havoc
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From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
hedge
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From this reading It was a bright little tight little garden, with flower borders round a square lawn, and ground for vegetables beyond a privet hedge.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
how
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From this reading Such a garden had to be kept 'tidy' at all costs, and Mollie was wondering how she should be able to manage it, when the autumn fall of leaves should begin in earnest.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading MOLLIE WALTER It was a wet windy morning.
kept
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From this reading Such a garden had to be kept 'tidy' at all costs, and Mollie was wondering how she should be able to manage it, when the autumn fall of leaves should begin in earnest.
late
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From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
lawn
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From this reading It was a bright little tight little garden, with flower borders round a square lawn, and ground for vegetables beyond a privet hedge.
leaves
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From this reading A great walnut tree overshadowed it, and the grass was already littered with twigs and leaves.
littered
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From this reading A great walnut tree overshadowed it, and the grass was already littered with twigs and leaves.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
manage
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From this reading Such a garden had to be kept 'tidy' at all costs, and Mollie was wondering how she should be able to manage it, when the autumn fall of leaves should begin in earnest.
MOLLIE
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From this reading MOLLIE WALTER It was a wet windy morning.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MOLLIE WALTER It was a wet windy morning.
needlework
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From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
overshadowed
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From this reading A great walnut tree overshadowed it, and the grass was already littered with twigs and leaves.
privet
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From this reading It was a bright little tight little garden, with flower borders round a square lawn, and ground for vegetables beyond a privet hedge.
round
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From this reading It was a bright little tight little garden, with flower borders round a square lawn, and ground for vegetables beyond a privet hedge.
sat
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From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Such a garden had to be kept 'tidy' at all costs, and Mollie was wondering how she should be able to manage it, when the autumn fall of leaves should begin in earnest.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Such a garden had to be kept 'tidy' at all costs, and Mollie was wondering how she should be able to manage it, when the autumn fall of leaves should begin in earnest.
square
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From this reading It was a bright little tight little garden, with flower borders round a square lawn, and ground for vegetables beyond a privet hedge.
Stone
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From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such a garden had to be kept 'tidy' at all costs, and Mollie was wondering how she should be able to manage it, when the autumn fall of leaves should begin in earnest.
summer
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From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
tidy
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From this reading Such a garden had to be kept 'tidy' at all costs, and Mollie was wondering how she should be able to manage it, when the autumn fall of leaves should begin in earnest.
tight
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From this reading It was a bright little tight little garden, with flower borders round a square lawn, and ground for vegetables beyond a privet hedge.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Such a garden had to be kept 'tidy' at all costs, and Mollie was wondering how she should be able to manage it, when the autumn fall of leaves should begin in earnest.
tree
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From this reading A great walnut tree overshadowed it, and the grass was already littered with twigs and leaves.
twigs
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From this reading A great walnut tree overshadowed it, and the grass was already littered with twigs and leaves.
vegetables
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From this reading It was a bright little tight little garden, with flower borders round a square lawn, and ground for vegetables beyond a privet hedge.
walnut
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From this reading A great walnut tree overshadowed it, and the grass was already littered with twigs and leaves.
WALTER
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From this reading MOLLIE WALTER It was a wet windy morning.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MOLLIE WALTER It was a wet windy morning.
wet
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From this reading MOLLIE WALTER It was a wet windy morning.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Such a garden had to be kept 'tidy' at all costs, and Mollie was wondering how she should be able to manage it, when the autumn fall of leaves should begin in earnest.
window
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From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
windy
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From this reading MOLLIE WALTER It was a wet windy morning.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
wondering
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From this reading Such a garden had to be kept 'tidy' at all costs, and Mollie was wondering how she should be able to manage it, when the autumn fall of leaves should begin in earnest.
wrought
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From this reading Mollie Walter sat with her needlework in the little drawing-room of Stone Cottage, and looked disconsolately through the French window at the havoc that was being wrought among the late summer flowers in the garden.
