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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 WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
age
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From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
all
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From this reading I had got enough to talk on a pinch, but not to quarrel, so I had to come away, looking all I would have said.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
away
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From this reading I had got enough to talk on a pinch, but not to quarrel, so I had to come away, looking all I would have said.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They went upstairs to call the master; but the crabbed old miser asked why we wanted to know, and would tell us only for some compensation.
call
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From this reading They went upstairs to call the master; but the crabbed old miser asked why we wanted to know, and would tell us only for some compensation.
Chipré
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From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
ChâteaunounUS /ʃæˈtoʊ/
A large French country house or castle, often surrounded by expansive estates and private galleries.
From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
city
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From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I had got enough to talk on a pinch, but not to quarrel, so I had to come away, looking all I would have said.
compensation
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From this reading They went upstairs to call the master; but the crabbed old miser asked why we wanted to know, and would tell us only for some compensation.
crabbed
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From this reading They went upstairs to call the master; but the crabbed old miser asked why we wanted to know, and would tell us only for some compensation.
dozen
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From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
enough
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From this reading I had got enough to talk on a pinch, but not to quarrel, so I had to come away, looking all I would have said.
farmhouse
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From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
French
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From this reading I wanted French to give him a piece of my mind.
give
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From this reading I wanted French to give him a piece of my mind.
got
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From this reading I had got enough to talk on a pinch, but not to quarrel, so I had to come away, looking all I would have said.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had got enough to talk on a pinch, but not to quarrel, so I had to come away, looking all I would have said.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I had got enough to talk on a pinch, but not to quarrel, so I had to come away, looking all I would have said.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I wanted French to give him a piece of my mind.
house
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From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I wanted French to give him a piece of my mind.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They went upstairs to call the master; but the crabbed old miser asked why we wanted to know, and would tell us only for some compensation.
looking
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From this reading I had got enough to talk on a pinch, but not to quarrel, so I had to come away, looking all I would have said.
master
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From this reading They went upstairs to call the master; but the crabbed old miser asked why we wanted to know, and would tell us only for some compensation.
miles
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From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
mill
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From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
millers
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From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I wanted French to give him a piece of my mind.
miser
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From this reading They went upstairs to call the master; but the crabbed old miser asked why we wanted to know, and would tell us only for some compensation.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I wanted French to give him a piece of my mind.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
night
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From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
northeast
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From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I had got enough to talk on a pinch, but not to quarrel, so I had to come away, looking all I would have said.
nowhere
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From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
old
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From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
only
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From this reading They went upstairs to call the master; but the crabbed old miser asked why we wanted to know, and would tell us only for some compensation.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
out
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From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
picturesque
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From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
piece
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From this reading I wanted French to give him a piece of my mind.
pinch
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From this reading I had got enough to talk on a pinch, but not to quarrel, so I had to come away, looking all I would have said.
quarrelnounUS /ˈkwɔːrəl/
an angry argument or disagreement
From this reading I had got enough to talk on a pinch, but not to quarrel, so I had to come away, looking all I would have said.
QUEBEC
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From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
return
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From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
Richer
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From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
said
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From this reading I had got enough to talk on a pinch, but not to quarrel, so I had to come away, looking all I would have said.
see
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From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
set
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From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
some
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From this reading They went upstairs to call the master; but the crabbed old miser asked why we wanted to know, and would tell us only for some compensation.
sounded
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From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
spendingnounUS /ˈspending/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
States
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From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
stone
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From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
talk
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From this reading I had got enough to talk on a pinch, but not to quarrel, so I had to come away, looking all I would have said.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They went upstairs to call the master; but the crabbed old miser asked why we wanted to know, and would tell us only for some compensation.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They went upstairs to call the master; but the crabbed old miser asked why we wanted to know, and would tell us only for some compensation.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
upstairs
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From this reading They went upstairs to call the master; but the crabbed old miser asked why we wanted to know, and would tell us only for some compensation.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading They went upstairs to call the master; but the crabbed old miser asked why we wanted to know, and would tell us only for some compensation.
WALLS
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From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
wanted
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From this reading They went upstairs to call the master; but the crabbed old miser asked why we wanted to know, and would tell us only for some compensation.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading THE WALLS OF QUEBEC After spending the night at a farmhouse in Château Richer, about a dozen miles northeast of Quebec, we set out on our return to the city.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They went upstairs to call the master; but the crabbed old miser asked why we wanted to know, and would tell us only for some compensation.
why
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From this reading They went upstairs to call the master; but the crabbed old miser asked why we wanted to know, and would tell us only for some compensation.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading They went upstairs to call the master; but the crabbed old miser asked why we wanted to know, and would tell us only for some compensation.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading We stopped at the next house, a picturesque old stone mill, over the _Chipré_,--for so the name sounded,--such as you will nowhere see in the States, and asked the millers the age of the mill.
