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actually
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From this reading "It has come to me too, actually, after all."
adorable
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From this reading The big, low-ceilinged, oak-beamed farm-house parlour was full of the deep golden sunlight of the late afternoon, the air was heavy with the scent of roses and sweet-peas and mignonette, the adorable fragrance of English country-house rooms.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading "It has come to me too, actually, after all."
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The big, low-ceilinged, oak-beamed farm-house parlour was full of the deep golden sunlight of the late afternoon, the air was heavy with the scent of roses and sweet-peas and mignonette, the adorable fragrance of English country-house rooms.
air
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From this reading The big, low-ceilinged, oak-beamed farm-house parlour was full of the deep golden sunlight of the late afternoon, the air was heavy with the scent of roses and sweet-peas and mignonette, the adorable fragrance of English country-house rooms.
all
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From this reading "It has come to me too, actually, after all."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Oh, Hester, Hester!" she panted, with sweet, stupid unconciousness of the other woman's heaving chest and glaring eyes.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Captain Osborn inhaled it at each breath as he stood and looked out of the diamond-paned window, watching the landau out of sight.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Captain Osborn inhaled it at each breath as he stood and looked out of the diamond-paned window, watching the landau out of sight.
away
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From this reading Chapter Fifteen The Palstrey Manor carriage had just rolled away carrying Lady Walderhurst home.
big
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From this reading The big, low-ceilinged, oak-beamed farm-house parlour was full of the deep golden sunlight of the late afternoon, the air was heavy with the scent of roses and sweet-peas and mignonette, the adorable fragrance of English country-house rooms.
breath
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From this reading Captain Osborn inhaled it at each breath as he stood and looked out of the diamond-paned window, watching the landau out of sight.
CaptainnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Captain Osborn inhaled it at each breath as he stood and looked out of the diamond-paned window, watching the landau out of sight.
carriage
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From this reading Chapter Fifteen The Palstrey Manor carriage had just rolled away carrying Lady Walderhurst home.
carrying
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From this reading Chapter Fifteen The Palstrey Manor carriage had just rolled away carrying Lady Walderhurst home.
Chapter
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From this reading Chapter Fifteen The Palstrey Manor carriage had just rolled away carrying Lady Walderhurst home.
chest
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From this reading "Oh, Hester, Hester!" she panted, with sweet, stupid unconciousness of the other woman's heaving chest and glaring eyes.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "It has come to me too, actually, after all."
country-house
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From this reading The big, low-ceilinged, oak-beamed farm-house parlour was full of the deep golden sunlight of the late afternoon, the air was heavy with the scent of roses and sweet-peas and mignonette, the adorable fragrance of English country-house rooms.
deep
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From this reading The big, low-ceilinged, oak-beamed farm-house parlour was full of the deep golden sunlight of the late afternoon, the air was heavy with the scent of roses and sweet-peas and mignonette, the adorable fragrance of English country-house rooms.
diamond-paned
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From this reading Captain Osborn inhaled it at each breath as he stood and looked out of the diamond-paned window, watching the landau out of sight.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Captain Osborn inhaled it at each breath as he stood and looked out of the diamond-paned window, watching the landau out of sight.
English
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From this reading The big, low-ceilinged, oak-beamed farm-house parlour was full of the deep golden sunlight of the late afternoon, the air was heavy with the scent of roses and sweet-peas and mignonette, the adorable fragrance of English country-house rooms.
eyes
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From this reading "Oh, Hester, Hester!" she panted, with sweet, stupid unconciousness of the other woman's heaving chest and glaring eyes.
farm-house
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From this reading The big, low-ceilinged, oak-beamed farm-house parlour was full of the deep golden sunlight of the late afternoon, the air was heavy with the scent of roses and sweet-peas and mignonette, the adorable fragrance of English country-house rooms.
Fifteen
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From this reading Chapter Fifteen The Palstrey Manor carriage had just rolled away carrying Lady Walderhurst home.
fragrance
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From this reading The big, low-ceilinged, oak-beamed farm-house parlour was full of the deep golden sunlight of the late afternoon, the air was heavy with the scent of roses and sweet-peas and mignonette, the adorable fragrance of English country-house rooms.
full
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From this reading The big, low-ceilinged, oak-beamed farm-house parlour was full of the deep golden sunlight of the late afternoon, the air was heavy with the scent of roses and sweet-peas and mignonette, the adorable fragrance of English country-house rooms.
glaring
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From this reading "Oh, Hester, Hester!" she panted, with sweet, stupid unconciousness of the other woman's heaving chest and glaring eyes.
golden
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From this reading The big, low-ceilinged, oak-beamed farm-house parlour was full of the deep golden sunlight of the late afternoon, the air was heavy with the scent of roses and sweet-peas and mignonette, the adorable fragrance of English country-house rooms.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Chapter Fifteen The Palstrey Manor carriage had just rolled away carrying Lady Walderhurst home.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "It has come to me too, actually, after all."
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Captain Osborn inhaled it at each breath as he stood and looked out of the diamond-paned window, watching the landau out of sight.
heaving
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From this reading "Oh, Hester, Hester!" she panted, with sweet, stupid unconciousness of the other woman's heaving chest and glaring eyes.
heavy
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From this reading The big, low-ceilinged, oak-beamed farm-house parlour was full of the deep golden sunlight of the late afternoon, the air was heavy with the scent of roses and sweet-peas and mignonette, the adorable fragrance of English country-house rooms.
Hester
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From this reading "Oh, Hester, Hester!" she panted, with sweet, stupid unconciousness of the other woman's heaving chest and glaring eyes.
home
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From this reading Chapter Fifteen The Palstrey Manor carriage had just rolled away carrying Lady Walderhurst home.
inhaled
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From this reading Captain Osborn inhaled it at each breath as he stood and looked out of the diamond-paned window, watching the landau out of sight.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "It has come to me too, actually, after all."
just
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From this reading Chapter Fifteen The Palstrey Manor carriage had just rolled away carrying Lady Walderhurst home.
Lady
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From this reading Chapter Fifteen The Palstrey Manor carriage had just rolled away carrying Lady Walderhurst home.
landau
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From this reading Captain Osborn inhaled it at each breath as he stood and looked out of the diamond-paned window, watching the landau out of sight.
late
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From this reading The big, low-ceilinged, oak-beamed farm-house parlour was full of the deep golden sunlight of the late afternoon, the air was heavy with the scent of roses and sweet-peas and mignonette, the adorable fragrance of English country-house rooms.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Captain Osborn inhaled it at each breath as he stood and looked out of the diamond-paned window, watching the landau out of sight.
low-ceilinged
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From this reading The big, low-ceilinged, oak-beamed farm-house parlour was full of the deep golden sunlight of the late afternoon, the air was heavy with the scent of roses and sweet-peas and mignonette, the adorable fragrance of English country-house rooms.
Manor
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From this reading Chapter Fifteen The Palstrey Manor carriage had just rolled away carrying Lady Walderhurst home.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "It has come to me too, actually, after all."
mignonette
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From this reading The big, low-ceilinged, oak-beamed farm-house parlour was full of the deep golden sunlight of the late afternoon, the air was heavy with the scent of roses and sweet-peas and mignonette, the adorable fragrance of English country-house rooms.
oak-beamed
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From this reading The big, low-ceilinged, oak-beamed farm-house parlour was full of the deep golden sunlight of the late afternoon, the air was heavy with the scent of roses and sweet-peas and mignonette, the adorable fragrance of English country-house rooms.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Oh, Hester, Hester!" she panted, with sweet, stupid unconciousness of the other woman's heaving chest and glaring eyes.
Oh
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From this reading "Oh, Hester, Hester!" she panted, with sweet, stupid unconciousness of the other woman's heaving chest and glaring eyes.
Osborn
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From this reading Captain Osborn inhaled it at each breath as he stood and looked out of the diamond-paned window, watching the landau out of sight.
other
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From this reading "Oh, Hester, Hester!" she panted, with sweet, stupid unconciousness of the other woman's heaving chest and glaring eyes.
out
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From this reading Captain Osborn inhaled it at each breath as he stood and looked out of the diamond-paned window, watching the landau out of sight.
Palstrey
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From this reading Chapter Fifteen The Palstrey Manor carriage had just rolled away carrying Lady Walderhurst home.
panted
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From this reading "Oh, Hester, Hester!" she panted, with sweet, stupid unconciousness of the other woman's heaving chest and glaring eyes.
parlour
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From this reading The big, low-ceilinged, oak-beamed farm-house parlour was full of the deep golden sunlight of the late afternoon, the air was heavy with the scent of roses and sweet-peas and mignonette, the adorable fragrance of English country-house rooms.
rolled
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From this reading Chapter Fifteen The Palstrey Manor carriage had just rolled away carrying Lady Walderhurst home.
rooms
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From this reading The big, low-ceilinged, oak-beamed farm-house parlour was full of the deep golden sunlight of the late afternoon, the air was heavy with the scent of roses and sweet-peas and mignonette, the adorable fragrance of English country-house rooms.
roses
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From this reading The big, low-ceilinged, oak-beamed farm-house parlour was full of the deep golden sunlight of the late afternoon, the air was heavy with the scent of roses and sweet-peas and mignonette, the adorable fragrance of English country-house rooms.
scentnounUS /sɛnt/
A distinctive smell or aroma.
From this reading The big, low-ceilinged, oak-beamed farm-house parlour was full of the deep golden sunlight of the late afternoon, the air was heavy with the scent of roses and sweet-peas and mignonette, the adorable fragrance of English country-house rooms.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh, Hester, Hester!" she panted, with sweet, stupid unconciousness of the other woman's heaving chest and glaring eyes.
sight
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From this reading Captain Osborn inhaled it at each breath as he stood and looked out of the diamond-paned window, watching the landau out of sight.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Captain Osborn inhaled it at each breath as he stood and looked out of the diamond-paned window, watching the landau out of sight.
stupid
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From this reading "Oh, Hester, Hester!" she panted, with sweet, stupid unconciousness of the other woman's heaving chest and glaring eyes.
sunlight
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From this reading The big, low-ceilinged, oak-beamed farm-house parlour was full of the deep golden sunlight of the late afternoon, the air was heavy with the scent of roses and sweet-peas and mignonette, the adorable fragrance of English country-house rooms.
sweet
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From this reading "Oh, Hester, Hester!" she panted, with sweet, stupid unconciousness of the other woman's heaving chest and glaring eyes.
sweet-peas
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From this reading The big, low-ceilinged, oak-beamed farm-house parlour was full of the deep golden sunlight of the late afternoon, the air was heavy with the scent of roses and sweet-peas and mignonette, the adorable fragrance of English country-house rooms.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Oh, Hester, Hester!" she panted, with sweet, stupid unconciousness of the other woman's heaving chest and glaring eyes.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "It has come to me too, actually, after all."
too
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From this reading "It has come to me too, actually, after all."
unconciousness
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From this reading "Oh, Hester, Hester!" she panted, with sweet, stupid unconciousness of the other woman's heaving chest and glaring eyes.
Walderhurst
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From this reading Chapter Fifteen The Palstrey Manor carriage had just rolled away carrying Lady Walderhurst home.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The big, low-ceilinged, oak-beamed farm-house parlour was full of the deep golden sunlight of the late afternoon, the air was heavy with the scent of roses and sweet-peas and mignonette, the adorable fragrance of English country-house rooms.
watching
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From this reading Captain Osborn inhaled it at each breath as he stood and looked out of the diamond-paned window, watching the landau out of sight.
window
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From this reading Captain Osborn inhaled it at each breath as he stood and looked out of the diamond-paned window, watching the landau out of sight.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "Oh, Hester, Hester!" she panted, with sweet, stupid unconciousness of the other woman's heaving chest and glaring eyes.
woman's
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From this reading "Oh, Hester, Hester!" she panted, with sweet, stupid unconciousness of the other woman's heaving chest and glaring eyes.
