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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading I cannot tell you all that Mrs. Mordaunt said about it, but it was something of this kind:-- "The Saviour was sitting on a little strip of level land by the side of the Sea of Galilee.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I cannot tell you all that Mrs. Mordaunt said about it, but it was something of this kind:-- "The Saviour was sitting on a little strip of level land by the side of the Sea of Galilee.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
all
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From this reading I cannot tell you all that Mrs. Mordaunt said about it, but it was something of this kind:-- "The Saviour was sitting on a little strip of level land by the side of the Sea of Galilee.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
ashamedadjectiveUS /əˈʃeɪmd/
feeling guilt or embarrassment after doing something that causes embarrassment
From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
ATprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading AT SCHOOL.
attention
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From this reading However, it was too late to repair the fault, so Kitty resolved to give her very best attention to the chapter they were going to read.
back
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From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
best
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From this reading However, it was too late to repair the fault, so Kitty resolved to give her very best attention to the chapter they were going to read.
book
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From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading I cannot tell you all that Mrs. Mordaunt said about it, but it was something of this kind:-- "The Saviour was sitting on a little strip of level land by the side of the Sea of Galilee.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading I cannot tell you all that Mrs. Mordaunt said about it, but it was something of this kind:-- "The Saviour was sitting on a little strip of level land by the side of the Sea of Galilee.
cannot
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From this reading I cannot tell you all that Mrs. Mordaunt said about it, but it was something of this kind:-- "The Saviour was sitting on a little strip of level land by the side of the Sea of Galilee.
carelessly
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From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
chapter
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From this reading However, it was too late to repair the fault, so Kitty resolved to give her very best attention to the chapter they were going to read.
children
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From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
fault
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From this reading However, it was too late to repair the fault, so Kitty resolved to give her very best attention to the chapter they were going to read.
felt
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From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
Galilee
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From this reading I cannot tell you all that Mrs. Mordaunt said about it, but it was something of this kind:-- "The Saviour was sitting on a little strip of level land by the side of the Sea of Galilee.
gave
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From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
give
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From this reading However, it was too late to repair the fault, so Kitty resolved to give her very best attention to the chapter they were going to read.
going
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From this reading However, it was too late to repair the fault, so Kitty resolved to give her very best attention to the chapter they were going to read.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
HoweveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading However, it was too late to repair the fault, so Kitty resolved to give her very best attention to the chapter they were going to read.
hymn
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From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was the parable of the sower and the seed, in the thirteenth of St. Matthew.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading However, it was too late to repair the fault, so Kitty resolved to give her very best attention to the chapter they were going to read.
kind
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From this reading I cannot tell you all that Mrs. Mordaunt said about it, but it was something of this kind:-- "The Saviour was sitting on a little strip of level land by the side of the Sea of Galilee.
Kitty
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From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
land
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From this reading I cannot tell you all that Mrs. Mordaunt said about it, but it was something of this kind:-- "The Saviour was sitting on a little strip of level land by the side of the Sea of Galilee.
late
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From this reading However, it was too late to repair the fault, so Kitty resolved to give her very best attention to the chapter they were going to read.
learned
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From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
lesson
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From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
level
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From this reading I cannot tell you all that Mrs. Mordaunt said about it, but it was something of this kind:-- "The Saviour was sitting on a little strip of level land by the side of the Sea of Galilee.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I cannot tell you all that Mrs. Mordaunt said about it, but it was something of this kind:-- "The Saviour was sitting on a little strip of level land by the side of the Sea of Galilee.
Matthew
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From this reading It was the parable of the sower and the seed, in the thirteenth of St. Matthew.
Mordaunt
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From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
Mrs
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From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
much
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From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was the parable of the sower and the seed, in the thirteenth of St. Matthew.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I cannot tell you all that Mrs. Mordaunt said about it, but it was something of this kind:-- "The Saviour was sitting on a little strip of level land by the side of the Sea of Galilee.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
parable
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From this reading It was the parable of the sower and the seed, in the thirteenth of St. Matthew.
rather
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From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
reached
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From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
read
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From this reading However, it was too late to repair the fault, so Kitty resolved to give her very best attention to the chapter they were going to read.
repair
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From this reading However, it was too late to repair the fault, so Kitty resolved to give her very best attention to the chapter they were going to read.
resolved
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From this reading However, it was too late to repair the fault, so Kitty resolved to give her very best attention to the chapter they were going to read.
said
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From this reading I cannot tell you all that Mrs. Mordaunt said about it, but it was something of this kind:-- "The Saviour was sitting on a little strip of level land by the side of the Sea of Galilee.
Saviour
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From this reading I cannot tell you all that Mrs. Mordaunt said about it, but it was something of this kind:-- "The Saviour was sitting on a little strip of level land by the side of the Sea of Galilee.
saying
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From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
SCHOOL
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From this reading AT SCHOOL.
Sea
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From this reading I cannot tell you all that Mrs. Mordaunt said about it, but it was something of this kind:-- "The Saviour was sitting on a little strip of level land by the side of the Sea of Galilee.
seed
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From this reading It was the parable of the sower and the seed, in the thirteenth of St. Matthew.
side
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From this reading I cannot tell you all that Mrs. Mordaunt said about it, but it was something of this kind:-- "The Saviour was sitting on a little strip of level land by the side of the Sea of Galilee.
sitting
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From this reading I cannot tell you all that Mrs. Mordaunt said about it, but it was something of this kind:-- "The Saviour was sitting on a little strip of level land by the side of the Sea of Galilee.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I cannot tell you all that Mrs. Mordaunt said about it, but it was something of this kind:-- "The Saviour was sitting on a little strip of level land by the side of the Sea of Galilee.
sower
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From this reading It was the parable of the sower and the seed, in the thirteenth of St. Matthew.
St
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From this reading It was the parable of the sower and the seed, in the thirteenth of St. Matthew.
stammering
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From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
strip
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From this reading I cannot tell you all that Mrs. Mordaunt said about it, but it was something of this kind:-- "The Saviour was sitting on a little strip of level land by the side of the Sea of Galilee.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I cannot tell you all that Mrs. Mordaunt said about it, but it was something of this kind:-- "The Saviour was sitting on a little strip of level land by the side of the Sea of Galilee.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I cannot tell you all that Mrs. Mordaunt said about it, but it was something of this kind:-- "The Saviour was sitting on a little strip of level land by the side of the Sea of Galilee.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading However, it was too late to repair the fault, so Kitty resolved to give her very best attention to the chapter they were going to read.
thirteenthadjectiveUS /ˈθɜːr.tiːnθ/
Constituting number thirteen in a sequence.
From this reading It was the parable of the sower and the seed, in the thirteenth of St. Matthew.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
three
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From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading However, it was too late to repair the fault, so Kitty resolved to give her very best attention to the chapter they were going to read.
too
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From this reading However, it was too late to repair the fault, so Kitty resolved to give her very best attention to the chapter they were going to read.
verses
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From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
very
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From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading However, it was too late to repair the fault, so Kitty resolved to give her very best attention to the chapter they were going to read.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading At length the children reached the school before the hymn was learned, and Kitty felt very much ashamed when, after stammering through three verses, Mrs. Mordaunt gave her back the book, saying, "I would rather have no lesson from you, Kitty, than one learned so carelessly as this."
