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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 Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
all
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From this reading It was delightful to me at all times and seasons, but especially in the wild commotion of a rough sea-breeze, and in the brilliant freshness of a summer morning.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the sea was my delight; and I would often gladly pierce the town to obtain the pleasure of a walk beside it, whether with the pupils, or alone with my mother during the vacations.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In one of the largest of these habitations dwelt my mother and I, with such young ladies as our friends and the public chose to commit to our charge.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was delightful to me at all times and seasons, but especially in the wild commotion of a rough sea-breeze, and in the brilliant freshness of a summer morning.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading But the sea was my delight; and I would often gladly pierce the town to obtain the pleasure of a walk beside it, whether with the pupils, or alone with my mother during the vacations.
blinds
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
brass-handled
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
brilliant
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From this reading It was delightful to me at all times and seasons, but especially in the wild commotion of a rough sea-breeze, and in the brilliant freshness of a summer morning.
broad
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the sea was my delight; and I would often gladly pierce the town to obtain the pleasure of a walk beside it, whether with the pupils, or alone with my mother during the vacations.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Consequently, we were a considerable distance from the sea, and divided from it by a labyrinth of streets and houses.
charge
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From this reading In one of the largest of these habitations dwelt my mother and I, with such young ladies as our friends and the public chose to commit to our charge.
chose
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From this reading In one of the largest of these habitations dwelt my mother and I, with such young ladies as our friends and the public chose to commit to our charge.
commit
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From this reading In one of the largest of these habitations dwelt my mother and I, with such young ladies as our friends and the public chose to commit to our charge.
commotion
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From this reading It was delightful to me at all times and seasons, but especially in the wild commotion of a rough sea-breeze, and in the brilliant freshness of a summer morning.
Consequently
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From this reading Consequently, we were a considerable distance from the sea, and divided from it by a labyrinth of streets and houses.
considerable
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From this reading Consequently, we were a considerable distance from the sea, and divided from it by a labyrinth of streets and houses.
delight
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From this reading But the sea was my delight; and I would often gladly pierce the town to obtain the pleasure of a walk beside it, whether with the pupils, or alone with my mother during the vacations.
delightful
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From this reading It was delightful to me at all times and seasons, but especially in the wild commotion of a rough sea-breeze, and in the brilliant freshness of a summer morning.
distance
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From this reading Consequently, we were a considerable distance from the sea, and divided from it by a labyrinth of streets and houses.
dividednounUS /ˈdivided/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Consequently, we were a considerable distance from the sea, and divided from it by a labyrinth of streets and houses.
door
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading But the sea was my delight; and I would often gladly pierce the town to obtain the pleasure of a walk beside it, whether with the pupils, or alone with my mother during the vacations.
dwelt
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From this reading In one of the largest of these habitations dwelt my mother and I, with such young ladies as our friends and the public chose to commit to our charge.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
entering
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
especially
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From this reading It was delightful to me at all times and seasons, but especially in the wild commotion of a rough sea-breeze, and in the brilliant freshness of a summer morning.
flight
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
freshness
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From this reading It was delightful to me at all times and seasons, but especially in the wild commotion of a rough sea-breeze, and in the brilliant freshness of a summer morning.
friends
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From this reading In one of the largest of these habitations dwelt my mother and I, with such young ladies as our friends and the public chose to commit to our charge.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
garden-ground
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
gladly
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From this reading But the sea was my delight; and I would often gladly pierce the town to obtain the pleasure of a walk beside it, whether with the pupils, or alone with my mother during the vacations.
habitations
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From this reading In one of the largest of these habitations dwelt my mother and I, with such young ladies as our friends and the public chose to commit to our charge.
heart
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
houses
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading In one of the largest of these habitations dwelt my mother and I, with such young ladies as our friends and the public chose to commit to our charge.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Consequently, we were a considerable distance from the sea, and divided from it by a labyrinth of streets and houses.
labyrinth
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From this reading Consequently, we were a considerable distance from the sea, and divided from it by a labyrinth of streets and houses.
ladies
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From this reading In one of the largest of these habitations dwelt my mother and I, with such young ladies as our friends and the public chose to commit to our charge.
largest
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From this reading In one of the largest of these habitations dwelt my mother and I, with such young ladies as our friends and the public chose to commit to our charge.
leading
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was delightful to me at all times and seasons, but especially in the wild commotion of a rough sea-breeze, and in the brilliant freshness of a summer morning.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was delightful to me at all times and seasons, but especially in the wild commotion of a rough sea-breeze, and in the brilliant freshness of a summer morning.
mother
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From this reading In one of the largest of these habitations dwelt my mother and I, with such young ladies as our friends and the public chose to commit to our charge.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading In one of the largest of these habitations dwelt my mother and I, with such young ladies as our friends and the public chose to commit to our charge.
narrow
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
north-west
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
obtainverbUS /əbˈteɪn/
to get something, especially through effort
From this reading But the sea was my delight; and I would often gladly pierce the town to obtain the pleasure of a walk beside it, whether with the pupils, or alone with my mother during the vacations.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
often
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From this reading But the sea was my delight; and I would often gladly pierce the town to obtain the pleasure of a walk beside it, whether with the pupils, or alone with my mother during the vacations.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In one of the largest of these habitations dwelt my mother and I, with such young ladies as our friends and the public chose to commit to our charge.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading But the sea was my delight; and I would often gladly pierce the town to obtain the pleasure of a walk beside it, whether with the pupils, or alone with my mother during the vacations.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
pierce
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From this reading But the sea was my delight; and I would often gladly pierce the town to obtain the pleasure of a walk beside it, whether with the pupils, or alone with my mother during the vacations.
pleasure
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From this reading But the sea was my delight; and I would often gladly pierce the town to obtain the pleasure of a walk beside it, whether with the pupils, or alone with my mother during the vacations.
public
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From this reading In one of the largest of these habitations dwelt my mother and I, with such young ladies as our friends and the public chose to commit to our charge.
pupils
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From this reading But the sea was my delight; and I would often gladly pierce the town to obtain the pleasure of a walk beside it, whether with the pupils, or alone with my mother during the vacations.
respectable-looking
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
road
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
rough
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From this reading It was delightful to me at all times and seasons, but especially in the wild commotion of a rough sea-breeze, and in the brilliant freshness of a summer morning.
row
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
school
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
sea
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From this reading Consequently, we were a considerable distance from the sea, and divided from it by a labyrinth of streets and houses.
sea-breeze
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From this reading It was delightful to me at all times and seasons, but especially in the wild commotion of a rough sea-breeze, and in the brilliant freshness of a summer morning.
seasons
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From this reading It was delightful to me at all times and seasons, but especially in the wild commotion of a rough sea-breeze, and in the brilliant freshness of a summer morning.
side
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
situated
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
slips
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
steps
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
streets
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From this reading Consequently, we were a considerable distance from the sea, and divided from it by a labyrinth of streets and houses.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading In one of the largest of these habitations dwelt my mother and I, with such young ladies as our friends and the public chose to commit to our charge.
summer
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From this reading It was delightful to me at all times and seasons, but especially in the wild commotion of a rough sea-breeze, and in the brilliant freshness of a summer morning.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
there
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading In one of the largest of these habitations dwelt my mother and I, with such young ladies as our friends and the public chose to commit to our charge.
times
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From this reading It was delightful to me at all times and seasons, but especially in the wild commotion of a rough sea-breeze, and in the brilliant freshness of a summer morning.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
town
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
trim
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
vacations
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From this reading But the sea was my delight; and I would often gladly pierce the town to obtain the pleasure of a walk beside it, whether with the pupils, or alone with my mother during the vacations.
Venetian
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
walk
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From this reading But the sea was my delight; and I would often gladly pierce the town to obtain the pleasure of a walk beside it, whether with the pupils, or alone with my mother during the vacations.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Consequently, we were a considerable distance from the sea, and divided from it by a labyrinth of streets and houses.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Consequently, we were a considerable distance from the sea, and divided from it by a labyrinth of streets and houses.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading But the sea was my delight; and I would often gladly pierce the town to obtain the pleasure of a walk beside it, whether with the pupils, or alone with my mother during the vacations.
white
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
wild
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From this reading It was delightful to me at all times and seasons, but especially in the wild commotion of a rough sea-breeze, and in the brilliant freshness of a summer morning.
windows
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From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Our school was not situated in the heart of the town: on entering A—— from the north-west there is a row of respectable-looking houses, on each side of the broad, white road, with narrow slips of garden-ground before them, Venetian blinds to the windows, and a flight of steps leading to each trim, brass-handled door.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But the sea was my delight; and I would often gladly pierce the town to obtain the pleasure of a walk beside it, whether with the pupils, or alone with my mother during the vacations.
young
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From this reading In one of the largest of these habitations dwelt my mother and I, with such young ladies as our friends and the public chose to commit to our charge.
