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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 WALK ABROAD Thyme Dallison, in the midst of her busy life, found leisure to record her recollections and ideas in the pages of old school notebooks.
ABROAD
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From this reading A WALK ABROAD Thyme Dallison, in the midst of her busy life, found leisure to record her recollections and ideas in the pages of old school notebooks.
air
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From this reading It was done from the fulness of youthful energy, and from the desire to express oneself that was "in the air."
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading It was everywhere, that desire: among her fellow-students, among her young men friends, in her mother's drawing-room, and her aunt's studio.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A WALK ABROAD Thyme Dallison, in the midst of her busy life, found leisure to record her recollections and ideas in the pages of old school notebooks.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She had no definite purpose in so doing, nor did she desire the solace of luxuriating in her private feelings--this she would have scorned as out of date and silly.
aunt's
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From this reading It was everywhere, that desire: among her fellow-students, among her young men friends, in her mother's drawing-room, and her aunt's studio.
busy
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From this reading A WALK ABROAD Thyme Dallison, in the midst of her busy life, found leisure to record her recollections and ideas in the pages of old school notebooks.
Dallison
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From this reading A WALK ABROAD Thyme Dallison, in the midst of her busy life, found leisure to record her recollections and ideas in the pages of old school notebooks.
date
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From this reading She had no definite purpose in so doing, nor did she desire the solace of luxuriating in her private feelings--this she would have scorned as out of date and silly.
definite
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From this reading She had no definite purpose in so doing, nor did she desire the solace of luxuriating in her private feelings--this she would have scorned as out of date and silly.
desire
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From this reading She had no definite purpose in so doing, nor did she desire the solace of luxuriating in her private feelings--this she would have scorned as out of date and silly.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She had no definite purpose in so doing, nor did she desire the solace of luxuriating in her private feelings--this she would have scorned as out of date and silly.
doing
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From this reading She had no definite purpose in so doing, nor did she desire the solace of luxuriating in her private feelings--this she would have scorned as out of date and silly.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was done from the fulness of youthful energy, and from the desire to express oneself that was "in the air."
drawing-room
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From this reading It was everywhere, that desire: among her fellow-students, among her young men friends, in her mother's drawing-room, and her aunt's studio.
dutynounUS /ˈduːti/
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading Like sentiment and marriage to the Victorian miss, so was this duty to express herself to Thyme; and, going hand-in-hand with it, the duty to have a good and jolly youth.
energy
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From this reading It was done from the fulness of youthful energy, and from the desire to express oneself that was "in the air."
everywhere
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From this reading It was everywhere, that desire: among her fellow-students, among her young men friends, in her mother's drawing-room, and her aunt's studio.
expressverbUS /ɪkˈspres/
to show or communicate a feeling or idea
From this reading It was done from the fulness of youthful energy, and from the desire to express oneself that was "in the air."
feelings
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From this reading She had no definite purpose in so doing, nor did she desire the solace of luxuriating in her private feelings--this she would have scorned as out of date and silly.
fellow-students
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From this reading It was everywhere, that desire: among her fellow-students, among her young men friends, in her mother's drawing-room, and her aunt's studio.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A WALK ABROAD Thyme Dallison, in the midst of her busy life, found leisure to record her recollections and ideas in the pages of old school notebooks.
friends
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From this reading It was everywhere, that desire: among her fellow-students, among her young men friends, in her mother's drawing-room, and her aunt's studio.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was done from the fulness of youthful energy, and from the desire to express oneself that was "in the air."
fulness
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From this reading It was done from the fulness of youthful energy, and from the desire to express oneself that was "in the air."
going
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From this reading Like sentiment and marriage to the Victorian miss, so was this duty to express herself to Thyme; and, going hand-in-hand with it, the duty to have a good and jolly youth.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Like sentiment and marriage to the Victorian miss, so was this duty to express herself to Thyme; and, going hand-in-hand with it, the duty to have a good and jolly youth.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had no definite purpose in so doing, nor did she desire the solace of luxuriating in her private feelings--this she would have scorned as out of date and silly.
hand-in-hand
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From this reading Like sentiment and marriage to the Victorian miss, so was this duty to express herself to Thyme; and, going hand-in-hand with it, the duty to have a good and jolly youth.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She had no definite purpose in so doing, nor did she desire the solace of luxuriating in her private feelings--this she would have scorned as out of date and silly.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A WALK ABROAD Thyme Dallison, in the midst of her busy life, found leisure to record her recollections and ideas in the pages of old school notebooks.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Like sentiment and marriage to the Victorian miss, so was this duty to express herself to Thyme; and, going hand-in-hand with it, the duty to have a good and jolly youth.
ideas
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From this reading A WALK ABROAD Thyme Dallison, in the midst of her busy life, found leisure to record her recollections and ideas in the pages of old school notebooks.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A WALK ABROAD Thyme Dallison, in the midst of her busy life, found leisure to record her recollections and ideas in the pages of old school notebooks.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was done from the fulness of youthful energy, and from the desire to express oneself that was "in the air."
jolly
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From this reading Like sentiment and marriage to the Victorian miss, so was this duty to express herself to Thyme; and, going hand-in-hand with it, the duty to have a good and jolly youth.
leisure
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From this reading A WALK ABROAD Thyme Dallison, in the midst of her busy life, found leisure to record her recollections and ideas in the pages of old school notebooks.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A WALK ABROAD Thyme Dallison, in the midst of her busy life, found leisure to record her recollections and ideas in the pages of old school notebooks.
Like
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From this reading Like sentiment and marriage to the Victorian miss, so was this duty to express herself to Thyme; and, going hand-in-hand with it, the duty to have a good and jolly youth.
luxuriating
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From this reading She had no definite purpose in so doing, nor did she desire the solace of luxuriating in her private feelings--this she would have scorned as out of date and silly.
marriage
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From this reading Like sentiment and marriage to the Victorian miss, so was this duty to express herself to Thyme; and, going hand-in-hand with it, the duty to have a good and jolly youth.
men
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From this reading It was everywhere, that desire: among her fellow-students, among her young men friends, in her mother's drawing-room, and her aunt's studio.
midst
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From this reading A WALK ABROAD Thyme Dallison, in the midst of her busy life, found leisure to record her recollections and ideas in the pages of old school notebooks.
miss
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From this reading Like sentiment and marriage to the Victorian miss, so was this duty to express herself to Thyme; and, going hand-in-hand with it, the duty to have a good and jolly youth.
mother's
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From this reading It was everywhere, that desire: among her fellow-students, among her young men friends, in her mother's drawing-room, and her aunt's studio.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading She had no definite purpose in so doing, nor did she desire the solace of luxuriating in her private feelings--this she would have scorned as out of date and silly.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading She had no definite purpose in so doing, nor did she desire the solace of luxuriating in her private feelings--this she would have scorned as out of date and silly.
notebooks
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From this reading A WALK ABROAD Thyme Dallison, in the midst of her busy life, found leisure to record her recollections and ideas in the pages of old school notebooks.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A WALK ABROAD Thyme Dallison, in the midst of her busy life, found leisure to record her recollections and ideas in the pages of old school notebooks.
old
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From this reading A WALK ABROAD Thyme Dallison, in the midst of her busy life, found leisure to record her recollections and ideas in the pages of old school notebooks.
oneself
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From this reading It was done from the fulness of youthful energy, and from the desire to express oneself that was "in the air."
out
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From this reading She had no definite purpose in so doing, nor did she desire the solace of luxuriating in her private feelings--this she would have scorned as out of date and silly.
pages
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From this reading A WALK ABROAD Thyme Dallison, in the midst of her busy life, found leisure to record her recollections and ideas in the pages of old school notebooks.
private
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From this reading She had no definite purpose in so doing, nor did she desire the solace of luxuriating in her private feelings--this she would have scorned as out of date and silly.
purpose
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From this reading She had no definite purpose in so doing, nor did she desire the solace of luxuriating in her private feelings--this she would have scorned as out of date and silly.
recollections
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From this reading A WALK ABROAD Thyme Dallison, in the midst of her busy life, found leisure to record her recollections and ideas in the pages of old school notebooks.
record
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From this reading A WALK ABROAD Thyme Dallison, in the midst of her busy life, found leisure to record her recollections and ideas in the pages of old school notebooks.
school
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From this reading A WALK ABROAD Thyme Dallison, in the midst of her busy life, found leisure to record her recollections and ideas in the pages of old school notebooks.
scorned
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From this reading She had no definite purpose in so doing, nor did she desire the solace of luxuriating in her private feelings--this she would have scorned as out of date and silly.
sentiment
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From this reading Like sentiment and marriage to the Victorian miss, so was this duty to express herself to Thyme; and, going hand-in-hand with it, the duty to have a good and jolly youth.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had no definite purpose in so doing, nor did she desire the solace of luxuriating in her private feelings--this she would have scorned as out of date and silly.
silly
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From this reading She had no definite purpose in so doing, nor did she desire the solace of luxuriating in her private feelings--this she would have scorned as out of date and silly.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She had no definite purpose in so doing, nor did she desire the solace of luxuriating in her private feelings--this she would have scorned as out of date and silly.
solace
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From this reading She had no definite purpose in so doing, nor did she desire the solace of luxuriating in her private feelings--this she would have scorned as out of date and silly.
studio
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From this reading It was everywhere, that desire: among her fellow-students, among her young men friends, in her mother's drawing-room, and her aunt's studio.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was done from the fulness of youthful energy, and from the desire to express oneself that was "in the air."
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A WALK ABROAD Thyme Dallison, in the midst of her busy life, found leisure to record her recollections and ideas in the pages of old school notebooks.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She had no definite purpose in so doing, nor did she desire the solace of luxuriating in her private feelings--this she would have scorned as out of date and silly.
Thyme
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From this reading A WALK ABROAD Thyme Dallison, in the midst of her busy life, found leisure to record her recollections and ideas in the pages of old school notebooks.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A WALK ABROAD Thyme Dallison, in the midst of her busy life, found leisure to record her recollections and ideas in the pages of old school notebooks.
Victorian
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From this reading Like sentiment and marriage to the Victorian miss, so was this duty to express herself to Thyme; and, going hand-in-hand with it, the duty to have a good and jolly youth.
WALK
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From this reading A WALK ABROAD Thyme Dallison, in the midst of her busy life, found leisure to record her recollections and ideas in the pages of old school notebooks.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was done from the fulness of youthful energy, and from the desire to express oneself that was "in the air."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Like sentiment and marriage to the Victorian miss, so was this duty to express herself to Thyme; and, going hand-in-hand with it, the duty to have a good and jolly youth.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She had no definite purpose in so doing, nor did she desire the solace of luxuriating in her private feelings--this she would have scorned as out of date and silly.
young
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From this reading It was everywhere, that desire: among her fellow-students, among her young men friends, in her mother's drawing-room, and her aunt's studio.
youth
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From this reading Like sentiment and marriage to the Victorian miss, so was this duty to express herself to Thyme; and, going hand-in-hand with it, the duty to have a good and jolly youth.
youthful
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From this reading It was done from the fulness of youthful energy, and from the desire to express oneself that was "in the air."
