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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 One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading But the colonel and Colomba, who neither of them cared much for archaeology, left them to themselves, and walked about in the neighbourhood.
all
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading Orso and his wife went down into the ancient building, pulled out their pencils, and began to sketch the mural paintings.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
April
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
archaeology
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From this reading But the colonel and Colomba, who neither of them cared much for archaeology, left them to themselves, and walked about in the neighbourhood.
Aren't
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From this reading Aren’t you hungry?
back
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From this reading “My dear Colomba,” said the colonel, “we shall never get back to Pisa in time for lunch.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Orso and his wife went down into the ancient building, pulled out their pencils, and began to sketch the mural paintings.
bride
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
building
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From this reading Orso and his wife went down into the ancient building, pulled out their pencils, and began to sketch the mural paintings.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But the colonel and Colomba, who neither of them cared much for archaeology, left them to themselves, and walked about in the neighbourhood.
came
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
cared
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From this reading But the colonel and Colomba, who neither of them cared much for archaeology, left them to themselves, and walked about in the neighbourhood.
Colomba
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
colonel
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From this reading But the colonel and Colomba, who neither of them cared much for archaeology, left them to themselves, and walked about in the neighbourhood.
country
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
daughter
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
dear
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From this reading “My dear Colomba,” said the colonel, “we shall never get back to Pisa in time for lunch.
discovered
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
down
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From this reading Orso and his wife went down into the ancient building, pulled out their pencils, and began to sketch the mural paintings.
drove
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
Etruscan
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But the colonel and Colomba, who neither of them cared much for archaeology, left them to themselves, and walked about in the neighbourhood.
get
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From this reading “My dear Colomba,” said the colonel, “we shall never get back to Pisa in time for lunch.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
hungry
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From this reading Aren’t you hungry?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But the colonel and Colomba, who neither of them cared much for archaeology, left them to themselves, and walked about in the neighbourhood.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Orso and his wife went down into the ancient building, pulled out their pencils, and began to sketch the mural paintings.
lately
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the colonel and Colomba, who neither of them cared much for archaeology, left them to themselves, and walked about in the neighbourhood.
lovely
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
lunch
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From this reading “My dear Colomba,” said the colonel, “we shall never get back to Pisa in time for lunch.
made
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
much
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From this reading But the colonel and Colomba, who neither of them cared much for archaeology, left them to themselves, and walked about in the neighbourhood.
mural
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From this reading Orso and his wife went down into the ancient building, pulled out their pencils, and began to sketch the mural paintings.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “My dear Colomba,” said the colonel, “we shall never get back to Pisa in time for lunch.
neighbourhood
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From this reading But the colonel and Colomba, who neither of them cared much for archaeology, left them to themselves, and walked about in the neighbourhood.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading But the colonel and Colomba, who neither of them cared much for archaeology, left them to themselves, and walked about in the neighbourhood.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “My dear Colomba,” said the colonel, “we shall never get back to Pisa in time for lunch.
Nevil
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
newly
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
Orso
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
out
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
paid
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
paintings
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From this reading Orso and his wife went down into the ancient building, pulled out their pencils, and began to sketch the mural paintings.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
pencils
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From this reading Orso and his wife went down into the ancient building, pulled out their pencils, and began to sketch the mural paintings.
Pisa
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
pullednounUS /pulled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Orso and his wife went down into the ancient building, pulled out their pencils, and began to sketch the mural paintings.
said
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From this reading “My dear Colomba,” said the colonel, “we shall never get back to Pisa in time for lunch.
see
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading “My dear Colomba,” said the colonel, “we shall never get back to Pisa in time for lunch.
Sir
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
sketch
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From this reading Orso and his wife went down into the ancient building, pulled out their pencils, and began to sketch the mural paintings.
strangers
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Orso and his wife went down into the ancient building, pulled out their pencils, and began to sketch the mural paintings.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading But the colonel and Colomba, who neither of them cared much for archaeology, left them to themselves, and walked about in the neighbourhood.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading But the colonel and Colomba, who neither of them cared much for archaeology, left them to themselves, and walked about in the neighbourhood.
Thomas
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “My dear Colomba,” said the colonel, “we shall never get back to Pisa in time for lunch.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
vaultnounUS /vɔːlt/
a stone room, often below a church, used for burial
From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
visit
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From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
walked
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From this reading But the colonel and Colomba, who neither of them cared much for archaeology, left them to themselves, and walked about in the neighbourhood.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “My dear Colomba,” said the colonel, “we shall never get back to Pisa in time for lunch.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Orso and his wife went down into the ancient building, pulled out their pencils, and began to sketch the mural paintings.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading One lovely April morning, Sir Thomas Nevil, his daughter, a newly made bride--Orso, and Colomba, drove out of Pisa to see a lately discovered Etruscan vault to which all strangers who came to that part of the country paid a visit.
wife
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From this reading Orso and his wife went down into the ancient building, pulled out their pencils, and began to sketch the mural paintings.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Aren’t you hungry?
