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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 Lady Pickering was widowed, young, coquettish, and pretty; Sir Charles Brewster a lively young bachelor with high eyebrows, upturned tips to his moustache, and an air of surprise and competence.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
air
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From this reading Lady Pickering was widowed, young, coquettish, and pretty; Sir Charles Brewster a lively young bachelor with high eyebrows, upturned tips to his moustache, and an air of surprise and competence.
all
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From this reading Helen was fulfilling her promise of giving Althea all the people she wanted.
Althea
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From this reading Helen was fulfilling her promise of giving Althea all the people she wanted.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Lady Pickering was widowed, young, coquettish, and pretty; Sir Charles Brewster a lively young bachelor with high eyebrows, upturned tips to his moustache, and an air of surprise and competence.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the course of the next few days Miss Buckston went back to her Surrey cottage, and two friends of Helen's arrived.
arrived
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From this reading In the course of the next few days Miss Buckston went back to her Surrey cottage, and two friends of Helen's arrived.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They made great friends at once with Mildred, Dorothy and Herbert Vaughan, who shared in all Sir Charles's hunting and yachting interests.
bachelor
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From this reading Lady Pickering was widowed, young, coquettish, and pretty; Sir Charles Brewster a lively young bachelor with high eyebrows, upturned tips to his moustache, and an air of surprise and competence.
back
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From this reading In the course of the next few days Miss Buckston went back to her Surrey cottage, and two friends of Helen's arrived.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
black
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From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
bow
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From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
Brewster
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From this reading Lady Pickering was widowed, young, coquettish, and pretty; Sir Charles Brewster a lively young bachelor with high eyebrows, upturned tips to his moustache, and an air of surprise and competence.
Buckston
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From this reading In the course of the next few days Miss Buckston went back to her Surrey cottage, and two friends of Helen's arrived.
Charles
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From this reading Lady Pickering was widowed, young, coquettish, and pretty; Sir Charles Brewster a lively young bachelor with high eyebrows, upturned tips to his moustache, and an air of surprise and competence.
Charles's
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From this reading They made great friends at once with Mildred, Dorothy and Herbert Vaughan, who shared in all Sir Charles's hunting and yachting interests.
competence
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From this reading Lady Pickering was widowed, young, coquettish, and pretty; Sir Charles Brewster a lively young bachelor with high eyebrows, upturned tips to his moustache, and an air of surprise and competence.
coquettish
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From this reading Lady Pickering was widowed, young, coquettish, and pretty; Sir Charles Brewster a lively young bachelor with high eyebrows, upturned tips to his moustache, and an air of surprise and competence.
cottage
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From this reading In the course of the next few days Miss Buckston went back to her Surrey cottage, and two friends of Helen's arrived.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the course of the next few days Miss Buckston went back to her Surrey cottage, and two friends of Helen's arrived.
day
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From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
days
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From this reading In the course of the next few days Miss Buckston went back to her Surrey cottage, and two friends of Helen's arrived.
dishevelled
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From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
Dorothy
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From this reading They made great friends at once with Mildred, Dorothy and Herbert Vaughan, who shared in all Sir Charles's hunting and yachting interests.
dresses
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From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
drift
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From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
eyebrows
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From this reading Lady Pickering was widowed, young, coquettish, and pretty; Sir Charles Brewster a lively young bachelor with high eyebrows, upturned tips to his moustache, and an air of surprise and competence.
few
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From this reading In the course of the next few days Miss Buckston went back to her Surrey cottage, and two friends of Helen's arrived.
flirtation
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From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
friends
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From this reading In the course of the next few days Miss Buckston went back to her Surrey cottage, and two friends of Helen's arrived.
fulfilling
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From this reading Helen was fulfilling her promise of giving Althea all the people she wanted.
giving
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From this reading Helen was fulfilling her promise of giving Althea all the people she wanted.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They made great friends at once with Mildred, Dorothy and Herbert Vaughan, who shared in all Sir Charles's hunting and yachting interests.
hair
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From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
Helen
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From this reading Helen was fulfilling her promise of giving Althea all the people she wanted.
Helen's
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From this reading In the course of the next few days Miss Buckston went back to her Surrey cottage, and two friends of Helen's arrived.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading In the course of the next few days Miss Buckston went back to her Surrey cottage, and two friends of Helen's arrived.
Herbert
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From this reading They made great friends at once with Mildred, Dorothy and Herbert Vaughan, who shared in all Sir Charles's hunting and yachting interests.
high
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From this reading Lady Pickering was widowed, young, coquettish, and pretty; Sir Charles Brewster a lively young bachelor with high eyebrows, upturned tips to his moustache, and an air of surprise and competence.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Lady Pickering was widowed, young, coquettish, and pretty; Sir Charles Brewster a lively young bachelor with high eyebrows, upturned tips to his moustache, and an air of surprise and competence.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
hunting
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From this reading They made great friends at once with Mildred, Dorothy and Herbert Vaughan, who shared in all Sir Charles's hunting and yachting interests.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the course of the next few days Miss Buckston went back to her Surrey cottage, and two friends of Helen's arrived.
interests
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From this reading They made great friends at once with Mildred, Dorothy and Herbert Vaughan, who shared in all Sir Charles's hunting and yachting interests.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
Lady
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From this reading Lady Pickering was widowed, young, coquettish, and pretty; Sir Charles Brewster a lively young bachelor with high eyebrows, upturned tips to his moustache, and an air of surprise and competence.
large
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From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
lively
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From this reading Lady Pickering was widowed, young, coquettish, and pretty; Sir Charles Brewster a lively young bachelor with high eyebrows, upturned tips to his moustache, and an air of surprise and competence.
made
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From this reading They made great friends at once with Mildred, Dorothy and Herbert Vaughan, who shared in all Sir Charles's hunting and yachting interests.
Mildred
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From this reading They made great friends at once with Mildred, Dorothy and Herbert Vaughan, who shared in all Sir Charles's hunting and yachting interests.
Mildred's
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From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
Miss
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From this reading In the course of the next few days Miss Buckston went back to her Surrey cottage, and two friends of Helen's arrived.
moustache
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From this reading Lady Pickering was widowed, young, coquettish, and pretty; Sir Charles Brewster a lively young bachelor with high eyebrows, upturned tips to his moustache, and an air of surprise and competence.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the course of the next few days Miss Buckston went back to her Surrey cottage, and two friends of Helen's arrived.
night
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From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the course of the next few days Miss Buckston went back to her Surrey cottage, and two friends of Helen's arrived.
once
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From this reading They made great friends at once with Mildred, Dorothy and Herbert Vaughan, who shared in all Sir Charles's hunting and yachting interests.
people
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From this reading Helen was fulfilling her promise of giving Althea all the people she wanted.
Pickering
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From this reading Lady Pickering was widowed, young, coquettish, and pretty; Sir Charles Brewster a lively young bachelor with high eyebrows, upturned tips to his moustache, and an air of surprise and competence.
picturesqueness
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From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
pretty
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From this reading Lady Pickering was widowed, young, coquettish, and pretty; Sir Charles Brewster a lively young bachelor with high eyebrows, upturned tips to his moustache, and an air of surprise and competence.
promise
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From this reading Helen was fulfilling her promise of giving Althea all the people she wanted.
reverting
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From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
rooms
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From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
shared
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From this reading They made great friends at once with Mildred, Dorothy and Herbert Vaughan, who shared in all Sir Charles's hunting and yachting interests.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Helen was fulfilling her promise of giving Althea all the people she wanted.
Sir
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From this reading Lady Pickering was widowed, young, coquettish, and pretty; Sir Charles Brewster a lively young bachelor with high eyebrows, upturned tips to his moustache, and an air of surprise and competence.
some
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From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
surprise
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From this reading Lady Pickering was widowed, young, coquettish, and pretty; Sir Charles Brewster a lively young bachelor with high eyebrows, upturned tips to his moustache, and an air of surprise and competence.
Surrey
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From this reading In the course of the next few days Miss Buckston went back to her Surrey cottage, and two friends of Helen's arrived.
talk
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From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
tennis
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From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the course of the next few days Miss Buckston went back to her Surrey cottage, and two friends of Helen's arrived.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They made great friends at once with Mildred, Dorothy and Herbert Vaughan, who shared in all Sir Charles's hunting and yachting interests.
tied
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From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
tips
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From this reading Lady Pickering was widowed, young, coquettish, and pretty; Sir Charles Brewster a lively young bachelor with high eyebrows, upturned tips to his moustache, and an air of surprise and competence.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In the course of the next few days Miss Buckston went back to her Surrey cottage, and two friends of Helen's arrived.
two
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From this reading In the course of the next few days Miss Buckston went back to her Surrey cottage, and two friends of Helen's arrived.
upturned
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From this reading Lady Pickering was widowed, young, coquettish, and pretty; Sir Charles Brewster a lively young bachelor with high eyebrows, upturned tips to his moustache, and an air of surprise and competence.
usual
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From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
Vaughan
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From this reading They made great friends at once with Mildred, Dorothy and Herbert Vaughan, who shared in all Sir Charles's hunting and yachting interests.
wanted
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From this reading Helen was fulfilling her promise of giving Althea all the people she wanted.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Helen was fulfilling her promise of giving Althea all the people she wanted.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the course of the next few days Miss Buckston went back to her Surrey cottage, and two friends of Helen's arrived.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading They made great friends at once with Mildred, Dorothy and Herbert Vaughan, who shared in all Sir Charles's hunting and yachting interests.
widowed
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From this reading Lady Pickering was widowed, young, coquettish, and pretty; Sir Charles Brewster a lively young bachelor with high eyebrows, upturned tips to his moustache, and an air of surprise and competence.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Lady Pickering was widowed, young, coquettish, and pretty; Sir Charles Brewster a lively young bachelor with high eyebrows, upturned tips to his moustache, and an air of surprise and competence.
wore
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From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Lady Pickering, after a day of tennis and flirtation, would drift at night into Dorothy and Mildred's rooms to talk of dresses, and for some days wore her hair tied in a large black bow behind, reverting, however, to her usual dishevelled picturesqueness.
yachting
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From this reading They made great friends at once with Mildred, Dorothy and Herbert Vaughan, who shared in all Sir Charles's hunting and yachting interests.
young
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From this reading Lady Pickering was widowed, young, coquettish, and pretty; Sir Charles Brewster a lively young bachelor with high eyebrows, upturned tips to his moustache, and an air of surprise and competence.
