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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 UNDERNEATH THE BOUGH The kind-hearted Miss Kent had decreed a holiday for Howard.
abstraction
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From this reading Howard showed hilarious approval of the plan, and Forbes aroused himself from his melancholy abstraction sufficiently to agree, whereupon Agatha fell to making sandwiches, giving directions to Phemie as she worked.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
Agatha
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From this reading Howard showed hilarious approval of the plan, and Forbes aroused himself from his melancholy abstraction sufficiently to agree, whereupon Agatha fell to making sandwiches, giving directions to Phemie as she worked.
agree
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From this reading Howard showed hilarious approval of the plan, and Forbes aroused himself from his melancholy abstraction sufficiently to agree, whereupon Agatha fell to making sandwiches, giving directions to Phemie as she worked.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
appeal
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From this reading Nature in the raw did not appeal to Miss Finch.
approval
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From this reading Howard showed hilarious approval of the plan, and Forbes aroused himself from his melancholy abstraction sufficiently to agree, whereupon Agatha fell to making sandwiches, giving directions to Phemie as she worked.
aroused
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From this reading Howard showed hilarious approval of the plan, and Forbes aroused himself from his melancholy abstraction sufficiently to agree, whereupon Agatha fell to making sandwiches, giving directions to Phemie as she worked.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Howard showed hilarious approval of the plan, and Forbes aroused himself from his melancholy abstraction sufficiently to agree, whereupon Agatha fell to making sandwiches, giving directions to Phemie as she worked.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
BOUGH
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From this reading UNDERNEATH THE BOUGH The kind-hearted Miss Kent had decreed a holiday for Howard.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
characteristic
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From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
convenient
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From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
decreed
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From this reading UNDERNEATH THE BOUGH The kind-hearted Miss Kent had decreed a holiday for Howard.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Nature in the raw did not appeal to Miss Finch.
dinner
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From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
directions
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From this reading Howard showed hilarious approval of the plan, and Forbes aroused himself from his melancholy abstraction sufficiently to agree, whereupon Agatha fell to making sandwiches, giving directions to Phemie as she worked.
fell
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From this reading Howard showed hilarious approval of the plan, and Forbes aroused himself from his melancholy abstraction sufficiently to agree, whereupon Agatha fell to making sandwiches, giving directions to Phemie as she worked.
fill
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From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
Finch
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From this reading Nature in the raw did not appeal to Miss Finch.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading UNDERNEATH THE BOUGH The kind-hearted Miss Kent had decreed a holiday for Howard.
Forbes
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From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Howard showed hilarious approval of the plan, and Forbes aroused himself from his melancholy abstraction sufficiently to agree, whereupon Agatha fell to making sandwiches, giving directions to Phemie as she worked.
giving
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From this reading Howard showed hilarious approval of the plan, and Forbes aroused himself from his melancholy abstraction sufficiently to agree, whereupon Agatha fell to making sandwiches, giving directions to Phemie as she worked.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading UNDERNEATH THE BOUGH The kind-hearted Miss Kent had decreed a holiday for Howard.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
hated
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From this reading She hated long walks.
hilarious
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From this reading Howard showed hilarious approval of the plan, and Forbes aroused himself from his melancholy abstraction sufficiently to agree, whereupon Agatha fell to making sandwiches, giving directions to Phemie as she worked.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Howard showed hilarious approval of the plan, and Forbes aroused himself from his melancholy abstraction sufficiently to agree, whereupon Agatha fell to making sandwiches, giving directions to Phemie as she worked.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
holiday
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From this reading UNDERNEATH THE BOUGH The kind-hearted Miss Kent had decreed a holiday for Howard.
hour
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From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
Howard
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From this reading UNDERNEATH THE BOUGH The kind-hearted Miss Kent had decreed a holiday for Howard.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
Kent
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From this reading UNDERNEATH THE BOUGH The kind-hearted Miss Kent had decreed a holiday for Howard.
kind-hearted
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From this reading UNDERNEATH THE BOUGH The kind-hearted Miss Kent had decreed a holiday for Howard.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
lunch
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From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
making
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From this reading Howard showed hilarious approval of the plan, and Forbes aroused himself from his melancholy abstraction sufficiently to agree, whereupon Agatha fell to making sandwiches, giving directions to Phemie as she worked.
melancholy
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From this reading Howard showed hilarious approval of the plan, and Forbes aroused himself from his melancholy abstraction sufficiently to agree, whereupon Agatha fell to making sandwiches, giving directions to Phemie as she worked.
Miss
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From this reading UNDERNEATH THE BOUGH The kind-hearted Miss Kent had decreed a holiday for Howard.
Nature
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From this reading Nature in the raw did not appeal to Miss Finch.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Nature in the raw did not appeal to Miss Finch.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Howard showed hilarious approval of the plan, and Forbes aroused himself from his melancholy abstraction sufficiently to agree, whereupon Agatha fell to making sandwiches, giving directions to Phemie as she worked.
off
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From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
Phemie
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From this reading Howard showed hilarious approval of the plan, and Forbes aroused himself from his melancholy abstraction sufficiently to agree, whereupon Agatha fell to making sandwiches, giving directions to Phemie as she worked.
picnic
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From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
place
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From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
plan
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From this reading Howard showed hilarious approval of the plan, and Forbes aroused himself from his melancholy abstraction sufficiently to agree, whereupon Agatha fell to making sandwiches, giving directions to Phemie as she worked.
postponed
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From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
raw
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From this reading Nature in the raw did not appeal to Miss Finch.
return
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From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
sandwiches
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From this reading Howard showed hilarious approval of the plan, and Forbes aroused himself from his melancholy abstraction sufficiently to agree, whereupon Agatha fell to making sandwiches, giving directions to Phemie as she worked.
shady
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From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
showed
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From this reading Howard showed hilarious approval of the plan, and Forbes aroused himself from his melancholy abstraction sufficiently to agree, whereupon Agatha fell to making sandwiches, giving directions to Phemie as she worked.
some
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From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
sufficiently
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From this reading Howard showed hilarious approval of the plan, and Forbes aroused himself from his melancholy abstraction sufficiently to agree, whereupon Agatha fell to making sandwiches, giving directions to Phemie as she worked.
suggested
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From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading UNDERNEATH THE BOUGH The kind-hearted Miss Kent had decreed a holiday for Howard.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
thoughtfulness
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From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
UNDERNEATHprepositionUS /ˌʌndərˈniːθ/
directly under, often hidden by what is above
From this reading UNDERNEATH THE BOUGH The kind-hearted Miss Kent had decreed a holiday for Howard.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
volunteered
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From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
walk
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From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
walks
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From this reading She hated long walks.
whereupon
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From this reading Howard showed hilarious approval of the plan, and Forbes aroused himself from his melancholy abstraction sufficiently to agree, whereupon Agatha fell to making sandwiches, giving directions to Phemie as she worked.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading With characteristic thoughtfulness she had volunteered to take Forbes off his hands, and suggested they fill in the time by a long walk with a picnic lunch in some shady place, dinner to be postponed until a convenient hour after their return.
worked
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From this reading Howard showed hilarious approval of the plan, and Forbes aroused himself from his melancholy abstraction sufficiently to agree, whereupon Agatha fell to making sandwiches, giving directions to Phemie as she worked.
