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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 A DARING PLAN It was close on ten o’clock when they came back to earth once more.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading "Give me leave, Captain," added John Stich, who was busy rolling up his sleeves above his powerful arms, "give me leave, and I’ll make the rogue disgorge those letters in a trice."
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Give me leave, Captain," added John Stich, who was busy rolling up his sleeves above his powerful arms, "give me leave, and I’ll make the rogue disgorge those letters in a trice."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Bathurst rose to open, and there stood John Stich and Mistress Betty, both looking somewhat flurried and guilty, and both obviously brimming over with news.
arms
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From this reading "Give me leave, Captain," added John Stich, who was busy rolling up his sleeves above his powerful arms, "give me leave, and I’ll make the rogue disgorge those letters in a trice."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A peremptory knock at the door had roused them both from their dreams.
back
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From this reading A DARING PLAN It was close on ten o’clock when they came back to earth once more.
Bathurst
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Betty
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From this reading Bathurst rose to open, and there stood John Stich and Mistress Betty, both looking somewhat flurried and guilty, and both obviously brimming over with news.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading A peremptory knock at the door had roused them both from their dreams.
brimming
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From this reading Bathurst rose to open, and there stood John Stich and Mistress Betty, both looking somewhat flurried and guilty, and both obviously brimming over with news.
busy
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From this reading "Give me leave, Captain," added John Stich, who was busy rolling up his sleeves above his powerful arms, "give me leave, and I’ll make the rogue disgorge those letters in a trice."
came
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From this reading A DARING PLAN It was close on ten o’clock when they came back to earth once more.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Give me leave, Captain," added John Stich, who was busy rolling up his sleeves above his powerful arms, "give me leave, and I’ll make the rogue disgorge those letters in a trice."
caught
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From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
Challoner
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From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
close
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From this reading A DARING PLAN It was close on ten o’clock when they came back to earth once more.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
DARING
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From this reading A DARING PLAN It was close on ten o’clock when they came back to earth once more.
disgorge
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From this reading "Give me leave, Captain," added John Stich, who was busy rolling up his sleeves above his powerful arms, "give me leave, and I’ll make the rogue disgorge those letters in a trice."
door
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From this reading A peremptory knock at the door had roused them both from their dreams.
dreams
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From this reading A peremptory knock at the door had roused them both from their dreams.
earth
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From this reading A DARING PLAN It was close on ten o’clock when they came back to earth once more.
excitedly
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From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
eye
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From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
flurried
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From this reading Bathurst rose to open, and there stood John Stich and Mistress Betty, both looking somewhat flurried and guilty, and both obviously brimming over with news.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A peremptory knock at the door had roused them both from their dreams.
George
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From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
Give
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From this reading "Give me leave, Captain," added John Stich, who was busy rolling up his sleeves above his powerful arms, "give me leave, and I’ll make the rogue disgorge those letters in a trice."
green
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From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
guilty
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From this reading Bathurst rose to open, and there stood John Stich and Mistress Betty, both looking somewhat flurried and guilty, and both obviously brimming over with news.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A peremptory knock at the door had roused them both from their dreams.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Give me leave, Captain," added John Stich, who was busy rolling up his sleeves above his powerful arms, "give me leave, and I’ll make the rogue disgorge those letters in a trice."
Humphrey
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From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
I'll
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From this reading "Give me leave, Captain," added John Stich, who was busy rolling up his sleeves above his powerful arms, "give me leave, and I’ll make the rogue disgorge those letters in a trice."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Give me leave, Captain," added John Stich, who was busy rolling up his sleeves above his powerful arms, "give me leave, and I’ll make the rogue disgorge those letters in a trice."
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A DARING PLAN It was close on ten o’clock when they came back to earth once more.
John
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From this reading Bathurst rose to open, and there stood John Stich and Mistress Betty, both looking somewhat flurried and guilty, and both obviously brimming over with news.
just
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From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
knock
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From this reading A peremptory knock at the door had roused them both from their dreams.
lady
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From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
leave
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From this reading "Give me leave, Captain," added John Stich, who was busy rolling up his sleeves above his powerful arms, "give me leave, and I’ll make the rogue disgorge those letters in a trice."
letters
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From this reading "Give me leave, Captain," added John Stich, who was busy rolling up his sleeves above his powerful arms, "give me leave, and I’ll make the rogue disgorge those letters in a trice."
looking
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From this reading Bathurst rose to open, and there stood John Stich and Mistress Betty, both looking somewhat flurried and guilty, and both obviously brimming over with news.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Give me leave, Captain," added John Stich, who was busy rolling up his sleeves above his powerful arms, "give me leave, and I’ll make the rogue disgorge those letters in a trice."
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Give me leave, Captain," added John Stich, who was busy rolling up his sleeves above his powerful arms, "give me leave, and I’ll make the rogue disgorge those letters in a trice."
Mistress
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From this reading Bathurst rose to open, and there stood John Stich and Mistress Betty, both looking somewhat flurried and guilty, and both obviously brimming over with news.
mistress's
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From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
more
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From this reading A DARING PLAN It was close on ten o’clock when they came back to earth once more.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
news
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From this reading Bathurst rose to open, and there stood John Stich and Mistress Betty, both looking somewhat flurried and guilty, and both obviously brimming over with news.
o'clock
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From this reading A DARING PLAN It was close on ten o’clock when they came back to earth once more.
obviously
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From this reading Bathurst rose to open, and there stood John Stich and Mistress Betty, both looking somewhat flurried and guilty, and both obviously brimming over with news.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A DARING PLAN It was close on ten o’clock when they came back to earth once more.
once
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From this reading A DARING PLAN It was close on ten o’clock when they came back to earth once more.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Bathurst rose to open, and there stood John Stich and Mistress Betty, both looking somewhat flurried and guilty, and both obviously brimming over with news.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Bathurst rose to open, and there stood John Stich and Mistress Betty, both looking somewhat flurried and guilty, and both obviously brimming over with news.
peremptory
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From this reading A peremptory knock at the door had roused them both from their dreams.
PLAN
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From this reading A DARING PLAN It was close on ten o’clock when they came back to earth once more.
powerful
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From this reading "Give me leave, Captain," added John Stich, who was busy rolling up his sleeves above his powerful arms, "give me leave, and I’ll make the rogue disgorge those letters in a trice."
rogue
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From this reading "Give me leave, Captain," added John Stich, who was busy rolling up his sleeves above his powerful arms, "give me leave, and I’ll make the rogue disgorge those letters in a trice."
rolling
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From this reading "Give me leave, Captain," added John Stich, who was busy rolling up his sleeves above his powerful arms, "give me leave, and I’ll make the rogue disgorge those letters in a trice."
rose
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roused
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From this reading A peremptory knock at the door had roused them both from their dreams.
Royal
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From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
Sir
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From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
sleeves
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From this reading "Give me leave, Captain," added John Stich, who was busy rolling up his sleeves above his powerful arms, "give me leave, and I’ll make the rogue disgorge those letters in a trice."
somewhat
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From this reading Bathurst rose to open, and there stood John Stich and Mistress Betty, both looking somewhat flurried and guilty, and both obviously brimming over with news.
soon
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From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
spied
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From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
Stich
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From this reading Bathurst rose to open, and there stood John Stich and Mistress Betty, both looking somewhat flurried and guilty, and both obviously brimming over with news.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Bathurst rose to open, and there stood John Stich and Mistress Betty, both looking somewhat flurried and guilty, and both obviously brimming over with news.
ten
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From this reading A DARING PLAN It was close on ten o’clock when they came back to earth once more.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A peremptory knock at the door had roused them both from their dreams.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A peremptory knock at the door had roused them both from their dreams.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading A peremptory knock at the door had roused them both from their dreams.
there
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From this reading Bathurst rose to open, and there stood John Stich and Mistress Betty, both looking somewhat flurried and guilty, and both obviously brimming over with news.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A DARING PLAN It was close on ten o’clock when they came back to earth once more.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "Give me leave, Captain," added John Stich, who was busy rolling up his sleeves above his powerful arms, "give me leave, and I’ll make the rogue disgorge those letters in a trice."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A DARING PLAN It was close on ten o’clock when they came back to earth once more.
trice
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From this reading "Give me leave, Captain," added John Stich, who was busy rolling up his sleeves above his powerful arms, "give me leave, and I’ll make the rogue disgorge those letters in a trice."
up
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From this reading "Give me leave, Captain," added John Stich, who was busy rolling up his sleeves above his powerful arms, "give me leave, and I’ll make the rogue disgorge those letters in a trice."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A DARING PLAN It was close on ten o’clock when they came back to earth once more.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading A DARING PLAN It was close on ten o’clock when they came back to earth once more.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading "Give me leave, Captain," added John Stich, who was busy rolling up his sleeves above his powerful arms, "give me leave, and I’ll make the rogue disgorge those letters in a trice."
window
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From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Bathurst rose to open, and there stood John Stich and Mistress Betty, both looking somewhat flurried and guilty, and both obviously brimming over with news.
yonder
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From this reading "My lady! my lady!" cried Betty, excitedly, as soon as she caught her mistress’s eye, "I have just spied Sir Humphrey Challoner at the window of the Royal George, just over the green yonder."
