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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 She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
AFTERWARDS
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From this reading AFTERWARDS.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But, all the same, you must not go again, for we cannot spare you,” they cried.
agreed
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From this reading The whole county hurried to the Chase to meet and greet her, and tell her how well she was looking, and that foreign travel evidently agreed with her.
all
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From this reading “But, all the same, you must not go again, for we cannot spare you,” they cried.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
beautiful
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From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
brilliant
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From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But, all the same, you must not go again, for we cannot spare you,” they cried.
cannot
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From this reading “But, all the same, you must not go again, for we cannot spare you,” they cried.
Chase
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From this reading The whole county hurried to the Chase to meet and greet her, and tell her how well she was looking, and that foreign travel evidently agreed with her.
country
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From this reading Diana reached home when the country was in the full glory of summer.
county
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From this reading The whole county hurried to the Chase to meet and greet her, and tell her how well she was looking, and that foreign travel evidently agreed with her.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But, all the same, you must not go again, for we cannot spare you,” they cried.
Diana
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From this reading Diana reached home when the country was in the full glory of summer.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
evidently
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From this reading The whole county hurried to the Chase to meet and greet her, and tell her how well she was looking, and that foreign travel evidently agreed with her.
eyes
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From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “But, all the same, you must not go again, for we cannot spare you,” they cried.
foreign
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From this reading The whole county hurried to the Chase to meet and greet her, and tell her how well she was looking, and that foreign travel evidently agreed with her.
friends
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From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
full
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From this reading Diana reached home when the country was in the full glory of summer.
glory
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From this reading Diana reached home when the country was in the full glory of summer.
go
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From this reading “But, all the same, you must not go again, for we cannot spare you,” they cried.
greet
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From this reading The whole county hurried to the Chase to meet and greet her, and tell her how well she was looking, and that foreign travel evidently agreed with her.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
home
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From this reading Diana reached home when the country was in the full glory of summer.
how
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From this reading The whole county hurried to the Chase to meet and greet her, and tell her how well she was looking, and that foreign travel evidently agreed with her.
hurried
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From this reading The whole county hurried to the Chase to meet and greet her, and tell her how well she was looking, and that foreign travel evidently agreed with her.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Diana reached home when the country was in the full glory of summer.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
just
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From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
like
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From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
looking
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From this reading The whole county hurried to the Chase to meet and greet her, and tell her how well she was looking, and that foreign travel evidently agreed with her.
made
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From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
meet
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From this reading The whole county hurried to the Chase to meet and greet her, and tell her how well she was looking, and that foreign travel evidently agreed with her.
more
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From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading “But, all the same, you must not go again, for we cannot spare you,” they cried.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “But, all the same, you must not go again, for we cannot spare you,” they cried.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Diana reached home when the country was in the full glory of summer.
paleness
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From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
reached
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From this reading Diana reached home when the country was in the full glory of summer.
ripened
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From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
said
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From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “But, all the same, you must not go again, for we cannot spare you,” they cried.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
spare
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From this reading “But, all the same, you must not go again, for we cannot spare you,” they cried.
summer
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From this reading Diana reached home when the country was in the full glory of summer.
sunburn
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From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The whole county hurried to the Chase to meet and greet her, and tell her how well she was looking, and that foreign travel evidently agreed with her.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The whole county hurried to the Chase to meet and greet her, and tell her how well she was looking, and that foreign travel evidently agreed with her.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Diana reached home when the country was in the full glory of summer.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “But, all the same, you must not go again, for we cannot spare you,” they cried.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The whole county hurried to the Chase to meet and greet her, and tell her how well she was looking, and that foreign travel evidently agreed with her.
too
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From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
touch
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From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
travel
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From this reading The whole county hurried to the Chase to meet and greet her, and tell her how well she was looking, and that foreign travel evidently agreed with her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Diana reached home when the country was in the full glory of summer.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “But, all the same, you must not go again, for we cannot spare you,” they cried.
well
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From this reading The whole county hurried to the Chase to meet and greet her, and tell her how well she was looking, and that foreign travel evidently agreed with her.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Diana reached home when the country was in the full glory of summer.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
whole
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From this reading The whole county hurried to the Chase to meet and greet her, and tell her how well she was looking, and that foreign travel evidently agreed with her.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She, too, was like the summer, her friends said--more beautiful than ever she had been--with just a touch of sunburn from her journey, which ripened her paleness and made her eyes more brilliant.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “But, all the same, you must not go again, for we cannot spare you,” they cried.
