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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 Boscombe Pool is thickly wooded round, with just a fringe of grass and of reeds round the edge.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading “The two McCarthys were seen after the time when William Crowder, the game-keeper, lost sight of them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Boscombe Pool is thickly wooded round, with just a fringe of grass and of reeds round the edge.
appeared
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From this reading She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She heard Mr. McCarthy the elder using very strong language to his son, and she saw the latter raise up his hand as if to strike his father.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
border
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From this reading She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
Boscombe
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From this reading The Boscombe Pool is thickly wooded round, with just a fringe of grass and of reeds round the edge.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
close
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From this reading She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
Crowder
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From this reading “The two McCarthys were seen after the time when William Crowder, the game-keeper, lost sight of them.
daughter
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From this reading A girl of fourteen, Patience Moran, who is the daughter of the lodge-keeper of the Boscombe Valley estate, was in one of the woods picking flowers.
edge
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From this reading The Boscombe Pool is thickly wooded round, with just a fringe of grass and of reeds round the edge.
elder
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From this reading She heard Mr. McCarthy the elder using very strong language to his son, and she saw the latter raise up his hand as if to strike his father.
estate
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From this reading A girl of fourteen, Patience Moran, who is the daughter of the lodge-keeper of the Boscombe Valley estate, was in one of the woods picking flowers.
father
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From this reading She heard Mr. McCarthy the elder using very strong language to his son, and she saw the latter raise up his hand as if to strike his father.
flowers
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From this reading A girl of fourteen, Patience Moran, who is the daughter of the lodge-keeper of the Boscombe Valley estate, was in one of the woods picking flowers.
fourteen
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From this reading A girl of fourteen, Patience Moran, who is the daughter of the lodge-keeper of the Boscombe Valley estate, was in one of the woods picking flowers.
fringe
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From this reading The Boscombe Pool is thickly wooded round, with just a fringe of grass and of reeds round the edge.
game-keeper
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From this reading “The two McCarthys were seen after the time when William Crowder, the game-keeper, lost sight of them.
girl
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From this reading A girl of fourteen, Patience Moran, who is the daughter of the lodge-keeper of the Boscombe Valley estate, was in one of the woods picking flowers.
grass
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From this reading The Boscombe Pool is thickly wooded round, with just a fringe of grass and of reeds round the edge.
hand
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From this reading She heard Mr. McCarthy the elder using very strong language to his son, and she saw the latter raise up his hand as if to strike his father.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
heard
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From this reading She heard Mr. McCarthy the elder using very strong language to his son, and she saw the latter raise up his hand as if to strike his father.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading She heard Mr. McCarthy the elder using very strong language to his son, and she saw the latter raise up his hand as if to strike his father.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A girl of fourteen, Patience Moran, who is the daughter of the lodge-keeper of the Boscombe Valley estate, was in one of the woods picking flowers.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Boscombe Pool is thickly wooded round, with just a fringe of grass and of reeds round the edge.
just
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From this reading The Boscombe Pool is thickly wooded round, with just a fringe of grass and of reeds round the edge.
lake
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From this reading She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
language
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From this reading She heard Mr. McCarthy the elder using very strong language to his son, and she saw the latter raise up his hand as if to strike his father.
latter
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From this reading She heard Mr. McCarthy the elder using very strong language to his son, and she saw the latter raise up his hand as if to strike his father.
lodge-keeper
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From this reading A girl of fourteen, Patience Moran, who is the daughter of the lodge-keeper of the Boscombe Valley estate, was in one of the woods picking flowers.
lost
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From this reading “The two McCarthys were seen after the time when William Crowder, the game-keeper, lost sight of them.
McCarthy
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From this reading She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
McCarthys
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From this reading “The two McCarthys were seen after the time when William Crowder, the game-keeper, lost sight of them.
Moran
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From this reading A girl of fourteen, Patience Moran, who is the daughter of the lodge-keeper of the Boscombe Valley estate, was in one of the woods picking flowers.
Mr
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From this reading She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “The two McCarthys were seen after the time when William Crowder, the game-keeper, lost sight of them.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A girl of fourteen, Patience Moran, who is the daughter of the lodge-keeper of the Boscombe Valley estate, was in one of the woods picking flowers.
Patience
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From this reading A girl of fourteen, Patience Moran, who is the daughter of the lodge-keeper of the Boscombe Valley estate, was in one of the woods picking flowers.
picking
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From this reading A girl of fourteen, Patience Moran, who is the daughter of the lodge-keeper of the Boscombe Valley estate, was in one of the woods picking flowers.
Pool
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From this reading The Boscombe Pool is thickly wooded round, with just a fringe of grass and of reeds round the edge.
quarrelnounUS /ˈkwɔːrəl/
an angry argument or disagreement
From this reading She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
raise
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From this reading She heard Mr. McCarthy the elder using very strong language to his son, and she saw the latter raise up his hand as if to strike his father.
reeds
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From this reading The Boscombe Pool is thickly wooded round, with just a fringe of grass and of reeds round the edge.
round
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From this reading The Boscombe Pool is thickly wooded round, with just a fringe of grass and of reeds round the edge.
saw
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From this reading She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
seen
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From this reading “The two McCarthys were seen after the time when William Crowder, the game-keeper, lost sight of them.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
sight
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From this reading “The two McCarthys were seen after the time when William Crowder, the game-keeper, lost sight of them.
son
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From this reading She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
states
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From this reading She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
strike
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From this reading She heard Mr. McCarthy the elder using very strong language to his son, and she saw the latter raise up his hand as if to strike his father.
strong
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From this reading She heard Mr. McCarthy the elder using very strong language to his son, and she saw the latter raise up his hand as if to strike his father.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “The two McCarthys were seen after the time when William Crowder, the game-keeper, lost sight of them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading “The two McCarthys were seen after the time when William Crowder, the game-keeper, lost sight of them.
there
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From this reading She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
thickly
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From this reading The Boscombe Pool is thickly wooded round, with just a fringe of grass and of reeds round the edge.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The two McCarthys were seen after the time when William Crowder, the game-keeper, lost sight of them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
two
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From this reading “The two McCarthys were seen after the time when William Crowder, the game-keeper, lost sight of them.
up
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From this reading She heard Mr. McCarthy the elder using very strong language to his son, and she saw the latter raise up his hand as if to strike his father.
using
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From this reading She heard Mr. McCarthy the elder using very strong language to his son, and she saw the latter raise up his hand as if to strike his father.
Valley
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From this reading A girl of fourteen, Patience Moran, who is the daughter of the lodge-keeper of the Boscombe Valley estate, was in one of the woods picking flowers.
very
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From this reading She heard Mr. McCarthy the elder using very strong language to his son, and she saw the latter raise up his hand as if to strike his father.
violentnounUS /ˈviolent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A girl of fourteen, Patience Moran, who is the daughter of the lodge-keeper of the Boscombe Valley estate, was in one of the woods picking flowers.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “The two McCarthys were seen after the time when William Crowder, the game-keeper, lost sight of them.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading “The two McCarthys were seen after the time when William Crowder, the game-keeper, lost sight of them.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading A girl of fourteen, Patience Moran, who is the daughter of the lodge-keeper of the Boscombe Valley estate, was in one of the woods picking flowers.
William
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From this reading “The two McCarthys were seen after the time when William Crowder, the game-keeper, lost sight of them.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Boscombe Pool is thickly wooded round, with just a fringe of grass and of reeds round the edge.
wood
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From this reading She states that while she was there she saw, at the border of the wood and close by the lake, Mr. McCarthy and his son, and that they appeared to be having a violent quarrel.
wooded
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From this reading The Boscombe Pool is thickly wooded round, with just a fringe of grass and of reeds round the edge.
woods
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From this reading A girl of fourteen, Patience Moran, who is the daughter of the lodge-keeper of the Boscombe Valley estate, was in one of the woods picking flowers.
