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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 Agnes was the eldest daughter of a very prosaic pair, born in a very prosaic household, and how it was that the ideal had caught her in its tenacious grip nobody knew.
abode
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From this reading When Agnes Burchell encountered Oswald Meredith, as has been recorded, she had but recently taken up her abode at the ‘House.’
actuated
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From this reading She had gone there much against the will of her family, actuated by that discontent which many generations may have felt, but only the present generation has confessed and justified.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading She had gone there much against the will of her family, actuated by that discontent which many generations may have felt, but only the present generation has confessed and justified.
Agnes
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From this reading When Agnes Burchell encountered Oswald Meredith, as has been recorded, she had but recently taken up her abode at the ‘House.’
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN IDEALIST.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had gone there much against the will of her family, actuated by that discontent which many generations may have felt, but only the present generation has confessed and justified.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading When Agnes Burchell encountered Oswald Meredith, as has been recorded, she had but recently taken up her abode at the ‘House.’
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When Agnes Burchell encountered Oswald Meredith, as has been recorded, she had but recently taken up her abode at the ‘House.’
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading When Agnes Burchell encountered Oswald Meredith, as has been recorded, she had but recently taken up her abode at the ‘House.’
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Agnes was the eldest daughter of a very prosaic pair, born in a very prosaic household, and how it was that the ideal had caught her in its tenacious grip nobody knew.
bread
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From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
Burchell
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From this reading When Agnes Burchell encountered Oswald Meredith, as has been recorded, she had but recently taken up her abode at the ‘House.’
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading When Agnes Burchell encountered Oswald Meredith, as has been recorded, she had but recently taken up her abode at the ‘House.’
butter
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From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She had gone there much against the will of her family, actuated by that discontent which many generations may have felt, but only the present generation has confessed and justified.
caught
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From this reading Agnes was the eldest daughter of a very prosaic pair, born in a very prosaic household, and how it was that the ideal had caught her in its tenacious grip nobody knew.
children
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From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
confessed
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From this reading She had gone there much against the will of her family, actuated by that discontent which many generations may have felt, but only the present generation has confessed and justified.
conscious
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From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
daughter
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From this reading Agnes was the eldest daughter of a very prosaic pair, born in a very prosaic household, and how it was that the ideal had caught her in its tenacious grip nobody knew.
discontent
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From this reading She had gone there much against the will of her family, actuated by that discontent which many generations may have felt, but only the present generation has confessed and justified.
eldest
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From this reading Agnes was the eldest daughter of a very prosaic pair, born in a very prosaic household, and how it was that the ideal had caught her in its tenacious grip nobody knew.
encountered
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From this reading When Agnes Burchell encountered Oswald Meredith, as has been recorded, she had but recently taken up her abode at the ‘House.’
excellent
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From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
family
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From this reading She had gone there much against the will of her family, actuated by that discontent which many generations may have felt, but only the present generation has confessed and justified.
fat
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From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
father
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From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
felt
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From this reading She had gone there much against the will of her family, actuated by that discontent which many generations may have felt, but only the present generation has confessed and justified.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
generation
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From this reading She had gone there much against the will of her family, actuated by that discontent which many generations may have felt, but only the present generation has confessed and justified.
generations
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From this reading She had gone there much against the will of her family, actuated by that discontent which many generations may have felt, but only the present generation has confessed and justified.
girl
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From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
gone
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From this reading She had gone there much against the will of her family, actuated by that discontent which many generations may have felt, but only the present generation has confessed and justified.
greasy
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From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
grip
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From this reading Agnes was the eldest daughter of a very prosaic pair, born in a very prosaic household, and how it was that the ideal had caught her in its tenacious grip nobody knew.
grumbled
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From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When Agnes Burchell encountered Oswald Meredith, as has been recorded, she had but recently taken up her abode at the ‘House.’
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When Agnes Burchell encountered Oswald Meredith, as has been recorded, she had but recently taken up her abode at the ‘House.’
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She had gone there much against the will of her family, actuated by that discontent which many generations may have felt, but only the present generation has confessed and justified.
heart
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From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When Agnes Burchell encountered Oswald Meredith, as has been recorded, she had but recently taken up her abode at the ‘House.’
hill
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From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
House
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From this reading When Agnes Burchell encountered Oswald Meredith, as has been recorded, she had but recently taken up her abode at the ‘House.’
household
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From this reading Agnes was the eldest daughter of a very prosaic pair, born in a very prosaic household, and how it was that the ideal had caught her in its tenacious grip nobody knew.
how
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From this reading Agnes was the eldest daughter of a very prosaic pair, born in a very prosaic household, and how it was that the ideal had caught her in its tenacious grip nobody knew.
ideal
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From this reading Agnes was the eldest daughter of a very prosaic pair, born in a very prosaic household, and how it was that the ideal had caught her in its tenacious grip nobody knew.
IDEALIST
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From this reading AN IDEALIST.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Agnes was the eldest daughter of a very prosaic pair, born in a very prosaic household, and how it was that the ideal had caught her in its tenacious grip nobody knew.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Agnes was the eldest daughter of a very prosaic pair, born in a very prosaic household, and how it was that the ideal had caught her in its tenacious grip nobody knew.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Agnes was the eldest daughter of a very prosaic pair, born in a very prosaic household, and how it was that the ideal had caught her in its tenacious grip nobody knew.
justified
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From this reading She had gone there much against the will of her family, actuated by that discontent which many generations may have felt, but only the present generation has confessed and justified.
knew
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From this reading Agnes was the eldest daughter of a very prosaic pair, born in a very prosaic household, and how it was that the ideal had caught her in its tenacious grip nobody knew.
many
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From this reading She had gone there much against the will of her family, actuated by that discontent which many generations may have felt, but only the present generation has confessed and justified.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading She had gone there much against the will of her family, actuated by that discontent which many generations may have felt, but only the present generation has confessed and justified.
Meredith
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From this reading When Agnes Burchell encountered Oswald Meredith, as has been recorded, she had but recently taken up her abode at the ‘House.’
more
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From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
mother
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From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
much
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From this reading She had gone there much against the will of her family, actuated by that discontent which many generations may have felt, but only the present generation has confessed and justified.
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading Agnes was the eldest daughter of a very prosaic pair, born in a very prosaic household, and how it was that the ideal had caught her in its tenacious grip nobody knew.
noisy
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From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had gone there much against the will of her family, actuated by that discontent which many generations may have felt, but only the present generation has confessed and justified.
only
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From this reading She had gone there much against the will of her family, actuated by that discontent which many generations may have felt, but only the present generation has confessed and justified.
Oswald
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From this reading When Agnes Burchell encountered Oswald Meredith, as has been recorded, she had but recently taken up her abode at the ‘House.’
pair
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From this reading Agnes was the eldest daughter of a very prosaic pair, born in a very prosaic household, and how it was that the ideal had caught her in its tenacious grip nobody knew.
present
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From this reading She had gone there much against the will of her family, actuated by that discontent which many generations may have felt, but only the present generation has confessed and justified.
prosaic
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From this reading Agnes was the eldest daughter of a very prosaic pair, born in a very prosaic household, and how it was that the ideal had caught her in its tenacious grip nobody knew.
prosed
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From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
recently
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From this reading When Agnes Burchell encountered Oswald Meredith, as has been recorded, she had but recently taken up her abode at the ‘House.’
recorded
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From this reading When Agnes Burchell encountered Oswald Meredith, as has been recorded, she had but recently taken up her abode at the ‘House.’
Rectory
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From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
sentiment
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From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
set
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From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Agnes Burchell encountered Oswald Meredith, as has been recorded, she had but recently taken up her abode at the ‘House.’
some
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From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
stout
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From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
taken
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From this reading When Agnes Burchell encountered Oswald Meredith, as has been recorded, she had but recently taken up her abode at the ‘House.’
tenacious
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From this reading Agnes was the eldest daughter of a very prosaic pair, born in a very prosaic household, and how it was that the ideal had caught her in its tenacious grip nobody knew.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had gone there much against the will of her family, actuated by that discontent which many generations may have felt, but only the present generation has confessed and justified.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When Agnes Burchell encountered Oswald Meredith, as has been recorded, she had but recently taken up her abode at the ‘House.’
there
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From this reading She had gone there much against the will of her family, actuated by that discontent which many generations may have felt, but only the present generation has confessed and justified.
up
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From this reading When Agnes Burchell encountered Oswald Meredith, as has been recorded, she had but recently taken up her abode at the ‘House.’
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
very
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From this reading Agnes was the eldest daughter of a very prosaic pair, born in a very prosaic household, and how it was that the ideal had caught her in its tenacious grip nobody knew.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Agnes was the eldest daughter of a very prosaic pair, born in a very prosaic household, and how it was that the ideal had caught her in its tenacious grip nobody knew.
way
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From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When Agnes Burchell encountered Oswald Meredith, as has been recorded, she had but recently taken up her abode at the ‘House.’
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She had gone there much against the will of her family, actuated by that discontent which many generations may have felt, but only the present generation has confessed and justified.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading She had gone there much against the will of her family, actuated by that discontent which many generations may have felt, but only the present generation has confessed and justified.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In the Rectory at the foot of the hill, noisy with children, greasy with bread and butter, between a fat father who prosed and a stout mother who grumbled, the girl had set her heart, from the very beginning of conscious sentiment in her, upon some more excellent way.
