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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 All that day I went about with a strange lightness in my breast, so that I could scarce keep from laughing out.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading All that day I went about with a strange lightness in my breast, so that I could scarce keep from laughing out.
admonished
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From this reading And when my father admonished me, pretty roughly, for not having mended the fence of the fowl walk to his liking, I minded it no more than if it had been old Sugden the rat-catcher.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
afterwards
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From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
All
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From this reading All that day I went about with a strange lightness in my breast, so that I could scarce keep from laughing out.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
apprehension
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From this reading Once or twice during the dinner I caught my mother looking at me with a certain apprehension, as if she observed somewhat unusual in my behaviour.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading And when my father admonished me, pretty roughly, for not having mended the fence of the fowl walk to his liking, I minded it no more than if it had been old Sugden the rat-catcher.
behaviour
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From this reading Once or twice during the dinner I caught my mother looking at me with a certain apprehension, as if she observed somewhat unusual in my behaviour.
breakfast
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From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
breast
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From this reading All that day I went about with a strange lightness in my breast, so that I could scarce keep from laughing out.
caught
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From this reading Once or twice during the dinner I caught my mother looking at me with a certain apprehension, as if she observed somewhat unusual in my behaviour.
certain
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From this reading Once or twice during the dinner I caught my mother looking at me with a certain apprehension, as if she observed somewhat unusual in my behaviour.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading All that day I went about with a strange lightness in my breast, so that I could scarce keep from laughing out.
Cousin
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From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
crossed
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From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
day
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From this reading All that day I went about with a strange lightness in my breast, so that I could scarce keep from laughing out.
dinner
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From this reading Once or twice during the dinner I caught my mother looking at me with a certain apprehension, as if she observed somewhat unusual in my behaviour.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Once or twice during the dinner I caught my mother looking at me with a certain apprehension, as if she observed somewhat unusual in my behaviour.
Early
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From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
far
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From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
father
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From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
fence
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From this reading And when my father admonished me, pretty roughly, for not having mended the fence of the fowl walk to his liking, I minded it no more than if it had been old Sugden the rat-catcher.
ferry
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From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And when my father admonished me, pretty roughly, for not having mended the fence of the fowl walk to his liking, I minded it no more than if it had been old Sugden the rat-catcher.
fowl
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From this reading And when my father admonished me, pretty roughly, for not having mended the fence of the fowl walk to his liking, I minded it no more than if it had been old Sugden the rat-catcher.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading All that day I went about with a strange lightness in my breast, so that I could scarce keep from laughing out.
giving
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From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading And when my father admonished me, pretty roughly, for not having mended the fence of the fowl walk to his liking, I minded it no more than if it had been old Sugden the rat-catcher.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
horse
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From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading All that day I went about with a strange lightness in my breast, so that I could scarce keep from laughing out.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And when my father admonished me, pretty roughly, for not having mended the fence of the fowl walk to his liking, I minded it no more than if it had been old Sugden the rat-catcher.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
keep
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From this reading All that day I went about with a strange lightness in my breast, so that I could scarce keep from laughing out.
kept
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From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
laughing
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From this reading All that day I went about with a strange lightness in my breast, so that I could scarce keep from laughing out.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
lightness
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From this reading All that day I went about with a strange lightness in my breast, so that I could scarce keep from laughing out.
liking
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From this reading And when my father admonished me, pretty roughly, for not having mended the fence of the fowl walk to his liking, I minded it no more than if it had been old Sugden the rat-catcher.
looking
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From this reading Once or twice during the dinner I caught my mother looking at me with a certain apprehension, as if she observed somewhat unusual in my behaviour.
Lynn
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From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
mended
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From this reading And when my father admonished me, pretty roughly, for not having mended the fence of the fowl walk to his liking, I minded it no more than if it had been old Sugden the rat-catcher.
minded
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From this reading And when my father admonished me, pretty roughly, for not having mended the fence of the fowl walk to his liking, I minded it no more than if it had been old Sugden the rat-catcher.
more
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From this reading And when my father admonished me, pretty roughly, for not having mended the fence of the fowl walk to his liking, I minded it no more than if it had been old Sugden the rat-catcher.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
mother
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From this reading Once or twice during the dinner I caught my mother looking at me with a certain apprehension, as if she observed somewhat unusual in my behaviour.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading All that day I went about with a strange lightness in my breast, so that I could scarce keep from laughing out.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading And when my father admonished me, pretty roughly, for not having mended the fence of the fowl walk to his liking, I minded it no more than if it had been old Sugden the rat-catcher.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading And when my father admonished me, pretty roughly, for not having mended the fence of the fowl walk to his liking, I minded it no more than if it had been old Sugden the rat-catcher.
observed
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From this reading Once or twice during the dinner I caught my mother looking at me with a certain apprehension, as if she observed somewhat unusual in my behaviour.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
old
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From this reading And when my father admonished me, pretty roughly, for not having mended the fence of the fowl walk to his liking, I minded it no more than if it had been old Sugden the rat-catcher.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
Once
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From this reading Once or twice during the dinner I caught my mother looking at me with a certain apprehension, as if she observed somewhat unusual in my behaviour.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Once or twice during the dinner I caught my mother looking at me with a certain apprehension, as if she observed somewhat unusual in my behaviour.
out
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From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
pretty
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From this reading And when my father admonished me, pretty roughly, for not having mended the fence of the fowl walk to his liking, I minded it no more than if it had been old Sugden the rat-catcher.
promised
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From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
rat-catcher
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From this reading And when my father admonished me, pretty roughly, for not having mended the fence of the fowl walk to his liking, I minded it no more than if it had been old Sugden the rat-catcher.
Raynham
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From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
river
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From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
road
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From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
rode
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From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
roughly
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From this reading And when my father admonished me, pretty roughly, for not having mended the fence of the fowl walk to his liking, I minded it no more than if it had been old Sugden the rat-catcher.
Rupert
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From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
scarceadjectiveUS /skɛrs/
hard to find or in short supply
From this reading All that day I went about with a strange lightness in my breast, so that I could scarce keep from laughing out.
see
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From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Once or twice during the dinner I caught my mother looking at me with a certain apprehension, as if she observed somewhat unusual in my behaviour.
skirting
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From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
somewhat
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From this reading Once or twice during the dinner I caught my mother looking at me with a certain apprehension, as if she observed somewhat unusual in my behaviour.
strange
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From this reading All that day I went about with a strange lightness in my breast, so that I could scarce keep from laughing out.
Sugden
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From this reading And when my father admonished me, pretty roughly, for not having mended the fence of the fowl walk to his liking, I minded it no more than if it had been old Sugden the rat-catcher.
TAVERN
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From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading And when my father admonished me, pretty roughly, for not having mended the fence of the fowl walk to his liking, I minded it no more than if it had been old Sugden the rat-catcher.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
there
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From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
THREE-DECKER
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From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
turned
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From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
twice
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From this reading Once or twice during the dinner I caught my mother looking at me with a certain apprehension, as if she observed somewhat unusual in my behaviour.
unusual
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From this reading Once or twice during the dinner I caught my mother looking at me with a certain apprehension, as if she observed somewhat unusual in my behaviour.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
village
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From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
walk
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From this reading And when my father admonished me, pretty roughly, for not having mended the fence of the fowl walk to his liking, I minded it no more than if it had been old Sugden the rat-catcher.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
way
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From this reading _THE TAVERN OF THE "THREE-DECKER"_ Early in the morning after breakfast Cousin Rupert left us, giving out, as he had promised, that he was on the way to see his father at Lynn.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading All that day I went about with a strange lightness in my breast, so that I could scarce keep from laughing out.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading All that day I went about with a strange lightness in my breast, so that I could scarce keep from laughing out.
Yarmouth
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From this reading And as he told me afterwards, he kept his horse on that road till he had passed through the village, when he turned, and skirting the river as far as Raynham ferry, crossed it there, and so rode into Yarmouth.
