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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 The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
admiring
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From this reading The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Three years have passed since Isabelle ran gayly over the fields to greet her mother and to receive the first money she had ever earned in her life.
appliances
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
articles
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Miss Joanna had been as good as her word.
assortment
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
balancenounUS /ˈbalance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
Beckwith
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From this reading The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
best
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
bric-à-brac
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
brushes
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
canvases
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
care
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
chamois
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
check
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
colors
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
completenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
concerning
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From this reading The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
daughter
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From this reading The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
decorations
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From this reading The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
decorator's
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From this reading The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
dinner-party
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From this reading The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
dusters
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
earned
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From this reading Three years have passed since Isabelle ran gayly over the fields to greet her mother and to receive the first money she had ever earned in her life.
ears
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From this reading The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
elder
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From this reading The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
end
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From this reading The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Three years have passed since Isabelle ran gayly over the fields to greet her mother and to receive the first money she had ever earned in her life.
expended
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
falling
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From this reading The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
fields
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From this reading Three years have passed since Isabelle ran gayly over the fields to greet her mother and to receive the first money she had ever earned in her life.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Three years have passed since Isabelle ran gayly over the fields to greet her mother and to receive the first money she had ever earned in her life.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
gayly
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From this reading Three years have passed since Isabelle ran gayly over the fields to greet her mother and to receive the first money she had ever earned in her life.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Joanna had been as good as her word.
graceful
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From this reading The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
grateful
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From this reading The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
greet
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From this reading Three years have passed since Isabelle ran gayly over the fields to greet her mother and to receive the first money she had ever earned in her life.
guests
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From this reading The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Three years have passed since Isabelle ran gayly over the fields to greet her mother and to receive the first money she had ever earned in her life.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Three years have passed since Isabelle ran gayly over the fields to greet her mother and to receive the first money she had ever earned in her life.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Three years have passed since Isabelle ran gayly over the fields to greet her mother and to receive the first money she had ever earned in her life.
house
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From this reading The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Three years have passed since Isabelle ran gayly over the fields to greet her mother and to receive the first money she had ever earned in her life.
Isabelle
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From this reading Three years have passed since Isabelle ran gayly over the fields to greet her mother and to receive the first money she had ever earned in her life.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
Joanna
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From this reading Miss Joanna had been as good as her word.
LATER
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From this reading THREE YEARS LATER.--THE RESULT.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Three years have passed since Isabelle ran gayly over the fields to greet her mother and to receive the first money she had ever earned in her life.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
made
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
Miss
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From this reading Miss Joanna had been as good as her word.
money
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From this reading Three years have passed since Isabelle ran gayly over the fields to greet her mother and to receive the first money she had ever earned in her life.
mother
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From this reading Three years have passed since Isabelle ran gayly over the fields to greet her mother and to receive the first money she had ever earned in her life.
mother's
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
Mrs
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From this reading The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
old
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From this reading The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
out
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Three years have passed since Isabelle ran gayly over the fields to greet her mother and to receive the first money she had ever earned in her life.
painter
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
panel
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Three years have passed since Isabelle ran gayly over the fields to greet her mother and to receive the first money she had ever earned in her life.
phrases
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From this reading The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
possessor
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
ran
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From this reading Three years have passed since Isabelle ran gayly over the fields to greet her mother and to receive the first money she had ever earned in her life.
receive
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From this reading Three years have passed since Isabelle ran gayly over the fields to greet her mother and to receive the first money she had ever earned in her life.
RESULT
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From this reading THREE YEARS LATER.--THE RESULT.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Three years have passed since Isabelle ran gayly over the fields to greet her mother and to receive the first money she had ever earned in her life.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Three years have passed since Isabelle ran gayly over the fields to greet her mother and to receive the first money she had ever earned in her life.
success
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From this reading The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
supply
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THREE YEARS LATER.--THE RESULT.
THREE
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From this reading THREE YEARS LATER.--THE RESULT.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Three years have passed since Isabelle ran gayly over the fields to greet her mother and to receive the first money she had ever earned in her life.
unknown
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The dinner-party had been a complete success, with Mrs. Beckwith and her elder daughter among the guests, and with no end of admiring phrases concerning the graceful decorations of the old house falling upon the decorator’s grateful ears.
used
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
virtu
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
Wistaria
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From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The little check made out in her mother’s name for “the unknown painter of the Wistaria panel” had been used to supply its possessor with an assortment of the best dusters, brushes, and chamois appliances for the care of bric-à-brac and articles of virtu, and the balance had been expended in colors and canvases.
word
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From this reading Miss Joanna had been as good as her word.
YEARS
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From this reading THREE YEARS LATER.--THE RESULT.
