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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 answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading When Anson Pentland came down from the city in the evening, Olivia was always there to meet him dutifully and inquire about the day.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
always
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From this reading When Anson Pentland came down from the city in the evening, Olivia was always there to meet him dutifully and inquire about the day.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When Anson Pentland came down from the city in the evening, Olivia was always there to meet him dutifully and inquire about the day.
Anson
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From this reading When Anson Pentland came down from the city in the evening, Olivia was always there to meet him dutifully and inquire about the day.
answers
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From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
appear
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
bath
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
blue
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
book
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From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
came
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From this reading When Anson Pentland came down from the city in the evening, Olivia was always there to meet him dutifully and inquire about the day.
carefully
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
Caroline
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
city
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From this reading When Anson Pentland came down from the city in the evening, Olivia was always there to meet him dutifully and inquire about the day.
closely
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
dahlias
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
day
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From this reading When Anson Pentland came down from the city in the evening, Olivia was always there to meet him dutifully and inquire about the day.
discovery
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From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
doing
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From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
down
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From this reading When Anson Pentland came down from the city in the evening, Olivia was always there to meet him dutifully and inquire about the day.
dutifully
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From this reading When Anson Pentland came down from the city in the evening, Olivia was always there to meet him dutifully and inquire about the day.
evening
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From this reading When Anson Pentland came down from the city in the evening, Olivia was always there to meet him dutifully and inquire about the day.
exercise
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
eyes
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
flowers
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From this reading And, more often than not, the gardener would spend half the next morning removing the tags and placing them on the proper plants, for Anson really had no interest in flowers and knew very little about them.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And, more often than not, the gardener would spend half the next morning removing the tags and placing them on the proper plants, for Anson really had no interest in flowers and knew very little about them.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When Anson Pentland came down from the city in the evening, Olivia was always there to meet him dutifully and inquire about the day.
garden
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
gardener
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From this reading And, more often than not, the gardener would spend half the next morning removing the tags and placing them on the proper plants, for Anson really had no interest in flowers and knew very little about them.
General
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
George
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And, more often than not, the gardener would spend half the next morning removing the tags and placing them on the proper plants, for Anson really had no interest in flowers and knew very little about them.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And, more often than not, the gardener would spend half the next morning removing the tags and placing them on the proper plants, for Anson really had no interest in flowers and knew very little about them.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When Anson Pentland came down from the city in the evening, Olivia was always there to meet him dutifully and inquire about the day.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
hot
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From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading When Anson Pentland came down from the city in the evening, Olivia was always there to meet him dutifully and inquire about the day.
inquire
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From this reading When Anson Pentland came down from the city in the evening, Olivia was always there to meet him dutifully and inquire about the day.
interest
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From this reading And, more often than not, the gardener would spend half the next morning removing the tags and placing them on the proper plants, for Anson really had no interest in flowers and knew very little about them.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
knew
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From this reading And, more often than not, the gardener would spend half the next morning removing the tags and placing them on the proper plants, for Anson really had no interest in flowers and knew very little about them.
labeled
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
labeling
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From this reading The tagging was only a part of his passion for labeling things; it made the garden at Pentlands seem a more subdued and ordered place.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
made
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From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
meet
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From this reading When Anson Pentland came down from the city in the evening, Olivia was always there to meet him dutifully and inquire about the day.
mildly
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
more
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From this reading And, more often than not, the gardener would spend half the next morning removing the tags and placing them on the proper plants, for Anson really had no interest in flowers and knew very little about them.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And, more often than not, the gardener would spend half the next morning removing the tags and placing them on the proper plants, for Anson really had no interest in flowers and knew very little about them.
much
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From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
near-sighted
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
new
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And, more often than not, the gardener would spend half the next morning removing the tags and placing them on the proper plants, for Anson really had no interest in flowers and knew very little about them.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
often
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From this reading And, more often than not, the gardener would spend half the next morning removing the tags and placing them on the proper plants, for Anson really had no interest in flowers and knew very little about them.
Olivia
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From this reading When Anson Pentland came down from the city in the evening, Olivia was always there to meet him dutifully and inquire about the day.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
only
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From this reading The tagging was only a part of his passion for labeling things; it made the garden at Pentlands seem a more subdued and ordered place.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
ordered
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From this reading The tagging was only a part of his passion for labeling things; it made the garden at Pentlands seem a more subdued and ordered place.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The tagging was only a part of his passion for labeling things; it made the garden at Pentlands seem a more subdued and ordered place.
passion
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From this reading The tagging was only a part of his passion for labeling things; it made the garden at Pentlands seem a more subdued and ordered place.
peeringverbUS /ˈpɪrɪŋ/
looking closely or carefully
From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
Pentland
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From this reading When Anson Pentland came down from the city in the evening, Olivia was always there to meet him dutifully and inquire about the day.
Pentlands
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From this reading The tagging was only a part of his passion for labeling things; it made the garden at Pentlands seem a more subdued and ordered place.
Pershing
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
place
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From this reading The tagging was only a part of his passion for labeling things; it made the garden at Pentlands seem a more subdued and ordered place.
placing
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From this reading And, more often than not, the gardener would spend half the next morning removing the tags and placing them on the proper plants, for Anson really had no interest in flowers and knew very little about them.
plants
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From this reading And, more often than not, the gardener would spend half the next morning removing the tags and placing them on the proper plants, for Anson really had no interest in flowers and knew very little about them.
Poincaré
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
pottering
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
proper
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From this reading And, more often than not, the gardener would spend half the next morning removing the tags and placing them on the proper plants, for Anson really had no interest in flowers and knew very little about them.
really
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From this reading And, more often than not, the gardener would spend half the next morning removing the tags and placing them on the proper plants, for Anson really had no interest in flowers and knew very little about them.
removing
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From this reading And, more often than not, the gardener would spend half the next morning removing the tags and placing them on the proper plants, for Anson really had no interest in flowers and knew very little about them.
roses
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
seem
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From this reading The tagging was only a part of his passion for labeling things; it made the garden at Pentlands seem a more subdued and ordered place.
shrubs
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
smaller
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
spend
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From this reading And, more often than not, the gardener would spend half the next morning removing the tags and placing them on the proper plants, for Anson really had no interest in flowers and knew very little about them.
subdued
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From this reading The tagging was only a part of his passion for labeling things; it made the garden at Pentlands seem a more subdued and ordered place.
tagging
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From this reading The tagging was only a part of his passion for labeling things; it made the garden at Pentlands seem a more subdued and ordered place.
tags
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
Testout
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading And, more often than not, the gardener would spend half the next morning removing the tags and placing them on the proper plants, for Anson really had no interest in flowers and knew very little about them.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading When Anson Pentland came down from the city in the evening, Olivia was always there to meet him dutifully and inquire about the day.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading And, more often than not, the gardener would spend half the next morning removing the tags and placing them on the proper plants, for Anson really had no interest in flowers and knew very little about them.
Then
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
there
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From this reading When Anson Pentland came down from the city in the evening, Olivia was always there to meet him dutifully and inquire about the day.
things
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From this reading The tagging was only a part of his passion for labeling things; it made the garden at Pentlands seem a more subdued and ordered place.
tied
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When Anson Pentland came down from the city in the evening, Olivia was always there to meet him dutifully and inquire about the day.
to-day
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From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
town
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From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
tweeds
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
use
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From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
very
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From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When Anson Pentland came down from the city in the evening, Olivia was always there to meet him dutifully and inquire about the day.
Washington
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From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When Anson Pentland came down from the city in the evening, Olivia was always there to meet him dutifully and inquire about the day.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The answers were always the same: “No, there was not much doing in town,” and, “It was very hot,” or, “I made a discovery to-day that will be of great use to me in the book.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Then after a bath he would appear in tweeds to take his exercise in the garden, pottering about mildly and peering closely with his near-sighted blue eyes at little tags labeled “General Pershing” or “Caroline Testout” or “Poincaré” or “George Washington” which he tied carefully on the new dahlias and roses and smaller shrubs.
