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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 The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She herself was a little distraite, Daisy's headache had left her rather white and tired, Gladys lamented the wreck of the garden, and there was not much life about.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
air
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From this reading But somehow the storm had not done its proper work; it had scolded and roared and wept, but it had not quite got the trouble out of the air.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
away
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From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
clean
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From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was more to come.
Daisy's
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From this reading She herself was a little distraite, Daisy's headache had left her rather white and tired, Gladys lamented the wreck of the garden, and there was not much life about.
distraite
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From this reading She herself was a little distraite, Daisy's headache had left her rather white and tired, Gladys lamented the wreck of the garden, and there was not much life about.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But somehow the storm had not done its proper work; it had scolded and roared and wept, but it had not quite got the trouble out of the air.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
garden
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From this reading She herself was a little distraite, Daisy's headache had left her rather white and tired, Gladys lamented the wreck of the garden, and there was not much life about.
Gladys
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From this reading She herself was a little distraite, Daisy's headache had left her rather white and tired, Gladys lamented the wreck of the garden, and there was not much life about.
got
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From this reading But somehow the storm had not done its proper work; it had scolded and roared and wept, but it had not quite got the trouble out of the air.
guests
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From this reading The same sense that there was more to come invaded the spirits of Lady Nottingham's guests.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
half-hour
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From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
headache
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From this reading She herself was a little distraite, Daisy's headache had left her rather white and tired, Gladys lamented the wreck of the garden, and there was not much life about.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She herself was a little distraite, Daisy's headache had left her rather white and tired, Gladys lamented the wreck of the garden, and there was not much life about.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She herself was a little distraite, Daisy's headache had left her rather white and tired, Gladys lamented the wreck of the garden, and there was not much life about.
hour
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From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
invaded
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From this reading The same sense that there was more to come invaded the spirits of Lady Nottingham's guests.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading But somehow the storm had not done its proper work; it had scolded and roared and wept, but it had not quite got the trouble out of the air.
Lady
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From this reading The same sense that there was more to come invaded the spirits of Lady Nottingham's guests.
lamentedverbUS /ləˈmentɪd/
expressed great sadness or disappointment
From this reading She herself was a little distraite, Daisy's headache had left her rather white and tired, Gladys lamented the wreck of the garden, and there was not much life about.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She herself was a little distraite, Daisy's headache had left her rather white and tired, Gladys lamented the wreck of the garden, and there was not much life about.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She herself was a little distraite, Daisy's headache had left her rather white and tired, Gladys lamented the wreck of the garden, and there was not much life about.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She herself was a little distraite, Daisy's headache had left her rather white and tired, Gladys lamented the wreck of the garden, and there was not much life about.
more
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From this reading There was more to come.
moved
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From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
much
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From this reading She herself was a little distraite, Daisy's headache had left her rather white and tired, Gladys lamented the wreck of the garden, and there was not much life about.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But somehow the storm had not done its proper work; it had scolded and roared and wept, but it had not quite got the trouble out of the air.
Nottingham's
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From this reading The same sense that there was more to come invaded the spirits of Lady Nottingham's guests.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
out
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From this reading But somehow the storm had not done its proper work; it had scolded and roared and wept, but it had not quite got the trouble out of the air.
preceded
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From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
proper
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From this reading But somehow the storm had not done its proper work; it had scolded and roared and wept, but it had not quite got the trouble out of the air.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But somehow the storm had not done its proper work; it had scolded and roared and wept, but it had not quite got the trouble out of the air.
rather
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From this reading She herself was a little distraite, Daisy's headache had left her rather white and tired, Gladys lamented the wreck of the garden, and there was not much life about.
roarednounUS /roared/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But somehow the storm had not done its proper work; it had scolded and roared and wept, but it had not quite got the trouble out of the air.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The same sense that there was more to come invaded the spirits of Lady Nottingham's guests.
scolded
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From this reading But somehow the storm had not done its proper work; it had scolded and roared and wept, but it had not quite got the trouble out of the air.
sense
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From this reading The same sense that there was more to come invaded the spirits of Lady Nottingham's guests.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She herself was a little distraite, Daisy's headache had left her rather white and tired, Gladys lamented the wreck of the garden, and there was not much life about.
somehow
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From this reading But somehow the storm had not done its proper work; it had scolded and roared and wept, but it had not quite got the trouble out of the air.
spirits
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From this reading The same sense that there was more to come invaded the spirits of Lady Nottingham's guests.
storm
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From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
sunset
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From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
sunshine
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From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The same sense that there was more to come invaded the spirits of Lady Nottingham's guests.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
There
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From this reading There was more to come.
tired
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From this reading She herself was a little distraite, Daisy's headache had left her rather white and tired, Gladys lamented the wreck of the garden, and there was not much life about.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was more to come.
trouble
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From this reading But somehow the storm had not done its proper work; it had scolded and roared and wept, but it had not quite got the trouble out of the air.
two
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From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
violentnounUS /ˈviolent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
washed
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From this reading The storm was violent for an hour or two, but before sunset it had moved away again, and a half-hour of sunshine, washed, clean sunshine, preceded sunset.
wept
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From this reading But somehow the storm had not done its proper work; it had scolded and roared and wept, but it had not quite got the trouble out of the air.
white
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From this reading She herself was a little distraite, Daisy's headache had left her rather white and tired, Gladys lamented the wreck of the garden, and there was not much life about.
work
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From this reading But somehow the storm had not done its proper work; it had scolded and roared and wept, but it had not quite got the trouble out of the air.
wreck
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From this reading She herself was a little distraite, Daisy's headache had left her rather white and tired, Gladys lamented the wreck of the garden, and there was not much life about.
