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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 DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was a lovely afternoon, bright and sunny, with a touch of frost in the air, when I reached the little country station.
air
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From this reading It was a lovely afternoon, bright and sunny, with a touch of frost in the air, when I reached the little country station.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
arrival
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From this reading I have a very pleasant recollection of my arrival at Miss Rayner's home.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I have a very pleasant recollection of my arrival at Miss Rayner's home.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
brief
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From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
bright
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From this reading It was a lovely afternoon, bright and sunny, with a touch of frost in the air, when I reached the little country station.
character
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From this reading There was a trap waiting for me outside, in charge of a garrulous old coachman who was quite a character.
charge
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From this reading There was a trap waiting for me outside, in charge of a garrulous old coachman who was quite a character.
coachman
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From this reading There was a trap waiting for me outside, in charge of a garrulous old coachman who was quite a character.
commenced
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From this reading When he had seen to my luggage and wrapped a fur rug round me, I noticed him taking a sidelong glance at me, and then he commenced, 'You're a fresh h'arrival here, I reckon, miss.
contact
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From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
country
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From this reading It was a lovely afternoon, bright and sunny, with a touch of frost in the air, when I reached the little country station.
day
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From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
DRAWN
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From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was a trap waiting for me outside, in charge of a garrulous old coachman who was quite a character.
fresh
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From this reading When he had seen to my luggage and wrapped a fur rug round me, I noticed him taking a sidelong glance at me, and then he commenced, 'You're a fresh h'arrival here, I reckon, miss.
frost
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From this reading It was a lovely afternoon, bright and sunny, with a touch of frost in the air, when I reached the little country station.
fur
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From this reading When he had seen to my luggage and wrapped a fur rug round me, I noticed him taking a sidelong glance at me, and then he commenced, 'You're a fresh h'arrival here, I reckon, miss.
garrulous
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From this reading There was a trap waiting for me outside, in charge of a garrulous old coachman who was quite a character.
glance
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From this reading When he had seen to my luggage and wrapped a fur rug round me, I noticed him taking a sidelong glance at me, and then he commenced, 'You're a fresh h'arrival here, I reckon, miss.
glorious
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From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
h'arrival
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From this reading When he had seen to my luggage and wrapped a fur rug round me, I noticed him taking a sidelong glance at me, and then he commenced, 'You're a fresh h'arrival here, I reckon, miss.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading When he had seen to my luggage and wrapped a fur rug round me, I noticed him taking a sidelong glance at me, and then he commenced, 'You're a fresh h'arrival here, I reckon, miss.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have a very pleasant recollection of my arrival at Miss Rayner's home.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When he had seen to my luggage and wrapped a fur rug round me, I noticed him taking a sidelong glance at me, and then he commenced, 'You're a fresh h'arrival here, I reckon, miss.
helpful
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From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When he had seen to my luggage and wrapped a fur rug round me, I noticed him taking a sidelong glance at me, and then he commenced, 'You're a fresh h'arrival here, I reckon, miss.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When he had seen to my luggage and wrapped a fur rug round me, I noticed him taking a sidelong glance at me, and then he commenced, 'You're a fresh h'arrival here, I reckon, miss.
home
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From this reading I have a very pleasant recollection of my arrival at Miss Rayner's home.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have a very pleasant recollection of my arrival at Miss Rayner's home.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was a lovely afternoon, bright and sunny, with a touch of frost in the air, when I reached the little country station.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a lovely afternoon, bright and sunny, with a touch of frost in the air, when I reached the little country station.
Letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a lovely afternoon, bright and sunny, with a touch of frost in the air, when I reached the little country station.
lovely
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From this reading It was a lovely afternoon, bright and sunny, with a touch of frost in the air, when I reached the little country station.
luggage
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From this reading When he had seen to my luggage and wrapped a fur rug round me, I noticed him taking a sidelong glance at me, and then he commenced, 'You're a fresh h'arrival here, I reckon, miss.
many
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From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading There was a trap waiting for me outside, in charge of a garrulous old coachman who was quite a character.
meet
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From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
ministry
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From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
Miss
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From this reading I have a very pleasant recollection of my arrival at Miss Rayner's home.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I have a very pleasant recollection of my arrival at Miss Rayner's home.
noticed
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From this reading When he had seen to my luggage and wrapped a fur rug round me, I noticed him taking a sidelong glance at me, and then he commenced, 'You're a fresh h'arrival here, I reckon, miss.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I have a very pleasant recollection of my arrival at Miss Rayner's home.
old
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From this reading There was a trap waiting for me outside, in charge of a garrulous old coachman who was quite a character.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was a trap waiting for me outside, in charge of a garrulous old coachman who was quite a character.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have a very pleasant recollection of my arrival at Miss Rayner's home.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a trap waiting for me outside, in charge of a garrulous old coachman who was quite a character.
Rayner's
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From this reading I have a very pleasant recollection of my arrival at Miss Rayner's home.
reached
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From this reading It was a lovely afternoon, bright and sunny, with a touch of frost in the air, when I reached the little country station.
reckon
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From this reading When he had seen to my luggage and wrapped a fur rug round me, I noticed him taking a sidelong glance at me, and then he commenced, 'You're a fresh h'arrival here, I reckon, miss.
recollection
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From this reading I have a very pleasant recollection of my arrival at Miss Rayner's home.
round
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From this reading When he had seen to my luggage and wrapped a fur rug round me, I noticed him taking a sidelong glance at me, and then he commenced, 'You're a fresh h'arrival here, I reckon, miss.
rug
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From this reading When he had seen to my luggage and wrapped a fur rug round me, I noticed him taking a sidelong glance at me, and then he commenced, 'You're a fresh h'arrival here, I reckon, miss.
seen
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From this reading When he had seen to my luggage and wrapped a fur rug round me, I noticed him taking a sidelong glance at me, and then he commenced, 'You're a fresh h'arrival here, I reckon, miss.
sidelong
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From this reading When he had seen to my luggage and wrapped a fur rug round me, I noticed him taking a sidelong glance at me, and then he commenced, 'You're a fresh h'arrival here, I reckon, miss.
station
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From this reading It was a lovely afternoon, bright and sunny, with a touch of frost in the air, when I reached the little country station.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
sunny
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From this reading It was a lovely afternoon, bright and sunny, with a touch of frost in the air, when I reached the little country station.
taking
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From this reading When he had seen to my luggage and wrapped a fur rug round me, I noticed him taking a sidelong glance at me, and then he commenced, 'You're a fresh h'arrival here, I reckon, miss.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
then
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From this reading When he had seen to my luggage and wrapped a fur rug round me, I noticed him taking a sidelong glance at me, and then he commenced, 'You're a fresh h'arrival here, I reckon, miss.
There
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From this reading There was a trap waiting for me outside, in charge of a garrulous old coachman who was quite a character.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When he had seen to my luggage and wrapped a fur rug round me, I noticed him taking a sidelong glance at me, and then he commenced, 'You're a fresh h'arrival here, I reckon, miss.
TOGETHER
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From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
touch
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From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
trap
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From this reading There was a trap waiting for me outside, in charge of a garrulous old coachman who was quite a character.
travellers
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From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
very
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From this reading I have a very pleasant recollection of my arrival at Miss Rayner's home.
waiting
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From this reading There was a trap waiting for me outside, in charge of a garrulous old coachman who was quite a character.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a lovely afternoon, bright and sunny, with a touch of frost in the air, when I reached the little country station.
way
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From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading DRAWN TOGETHER 'As we meet and touch each day The many travellers on our way, Let every such brief contact be A glorious helpful ministry.'
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was a lovely afternoon, bright and sunny, with a touch of frost in the air, when I reached the little country station.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading There was a trap waiting for me outside, in charge of a garrulous old coachman who was quite a character.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It was a lovely afternoon, bright and sunny, with a touch of frost in the air, when I reached the little country station.
wrapped
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From this reading When he had seen to my luggage and wrapped a fur rug round me, I noticed him taking a sidelong glance at me, and then he commenced, 'You're a fresh h'arrival here, I reckon, miss.
You're
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From this reading When he had seen to my luggage and wrapped a fur rug round me, I noticed him taking a sidelong glance at me, and then he commenced, 'You're a fresh h'arrival here, I reckon, miss.
