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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 Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
Americans
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From this reading She was haunted by solemn spinsters who came to tea from continental _pensions_, and by unsophisticated Americans who told her she was just loved in _their_ country.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The immoral and the maternal lived together in her diligent days on the most comfortable terms, and she stopped curling the mustaches of her Guardsmen to pat the heads of her babes.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
author
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From this reading The Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
away
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From this reading The Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
babes
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From this reading The immoral and the maternal lived together in her diligent days on the most comfortable terms, and she stopped curling the mustaches of her Guardsmen to pat the heads of her babes.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “I had rather be just paid there,” she usually replied; for this tribute of transatlantic opinion was the only thing that galled her.
beautiful
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From this reading The Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It would have been droll if it had not been so exemplary to see her tracing the loves of the duchesses beside the innocent cribs of her children.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading It would have been droll if it had not been so exemplary to see her tracing the loves of the duchesses beside the innocent cribs of her children.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She was haunted by solemn spinsters who came to tea from continental _pensions_, and by unsophisticated Americans who told her she was just loved in _their_ country.
came
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From this reading She was haunted by solemn spinsters who came to tea from continental _pensions_, and by unsophisticated Americans who told her she was just loved in _their_ country.
cap
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From this reading The Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
children
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From this reading It would have been droll if it had not been so exemplary to see her tracing the loves of the duchesses beside the innocent cribs of her children.
coarse
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From this reading The Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
comfortable
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From this reading The immoral and the maternal lived together in her diligent days on the most comfortable terms, and she stopped curling the mustaches of her Guardsmen to pat the heads of her babes.
continental
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From this reading She was haunted by solemn spinsters who came to tea from continental _pensions_, and by unsophisticated Americans who told her she was just loved in _their_ country.
country
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From this reading She was haunted by solemn spinsters who came to tea from continental _pensions_, and by unsophisticated Americans who told her she was just loved in _their_ country.
cribs
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From this reading It would have been droll if it had not been so exemplary to see her tracing the loves of the duchesses beside the innocent cribs of her children.
crumbled
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From this reading The Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
curling
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From this reading The immoral and the maternal lived together in her diligent days on the most comfortable terms, and she stopped curling the mustaches of her Guardsmen to pat the heads of her babes.
days
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From this reading The immoral and the maternal lived together in her diligent days on the most comfortable terms, and she stopped curling the mustaches of her Guardsmen to pat the heads of her babes.
diligent
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From this reading The immoral and the maternal lived together in her diligent days on the most comfortable terms, and she stopped curling the mustaches of her Guardsmen to pat the heads of her babes.
disappointing
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From this reading The Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
droll
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From this reading It would have been droll if it had not been so exemplary to see her tracing the loves of the duchesses beside the innocent cribs of her children.
duchesses
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From this reading It would have been droll if it had not been so exemplary to see her tracing the loves of the duchesses beside the innocent cribs of her children.
exemplary
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From this reading It would have been droll if it had not been so exemplary to see her tracing the loves of the duchesses beside the innocent cribs of her children.
expected
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From this reading The Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
find
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From this reading The Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “I had rather be just paid there,” she usually replied; for this tribute of transatlantic opinion was the only thing that galled her.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She was haunted by solemn spinsters who came to tea from continental _pensions_, and by unsophisticated Americans who told her she was just loved in _their_ country.
galled
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From this reading “I had rather be just paid there,” she usually replied; for this tribute of transatlantic opinion was the only thing that galled her.
Guardsmen
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From this reading The immoral and the maternal lived together in her diligent days on the most comfortable terms, and she stopped curling the mustaches of her Guardsmen to pat the heads of her babes.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It would have been droll if it had not been so exemplary to see her tracing the loves of the duchesses beside the innocent cribs of her children.
haunted
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From this reading She was haunted by solemn spinsters who came to tea from continental _pensions_, and by unsophisticated Americans who told her she was just loved in _their_ country.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It would have been droll if it had not been so exemplary to see her tracing the loves of the duchesses beside the innocent cribs of her children.
heads
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From this reading The immoral and the maternal lived together in her diligent days on the most comfortable terms, and she stopped curling the mustaches of her Guardsmen to pat the heads of her babes.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It would have been droll if it had not been so exemplary to see her tracing the loves of the duchesses beside the innocent cribs of her children.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I had rather be just paid there,” she usually replied; for this tribute of transatlantic opinion was the only thing that galled her.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading It would have been droll if it had not been so exemplary to see her tracing the loves of the duchesses beside the innocent cribs of her children.
immoral
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From this reading The immoral and the maternal lived together in her diligent days on the most comfortable terms, and she stopped curling the mustaches of her Guardsmen to pat the heads of her babes.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The immoral and the maternal lived together in her diligent days on the most comfortable terms, and she stopped curling the mustaches of her Guardsmen to pat the heads of her babes.
innocent
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From this reading It would have been droll if it had not been so exemplary to see her tracing the loves of the duchesses beside the innocent cribs of her children.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It would have been droll if it had not been so exemplary to see her tracing the loves of the duchesses beside the innocent cribs of her children.
just
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From this reading She was haunted by solemn spinsters who came to tea from continental _pensions_, and by unsophisticated Americans who told her she was just loved in _their_ country.
lady
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From this reading The Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
like
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From this reading The Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
lived
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From this reading The immoral and the maternal lived together in her diligent days on the most comfortable terms, and she stopped curling the mustaches of her Guardsmen to pat the heads of her babes.
love-stories
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From this reading The Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
loved
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From this reading She was haunted by solemn spinsters who came to tea from continental _pensions_, and by unsophisticated Americans who told her she was just loved in _their_ country.
loves
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From this reading It would have been droll if it had not been so exemplary to see her tracing the loves of the duchesses beside the innocent cribs of her children.
many
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From this reading The Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
maternal
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From this reading The immoral and the maternal lived together in her diligent days on the most comfortable terms, and she stopped curling the mustaches of her Guardsmen to pat the heads of her babes.
most
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From this reading The immoral and the maternal lived together in her diligent days on the most comfortable terms, and she stopped curling the mustaches of her Guardsmen to pat the heads of her babes.
mustaches
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From this reading The immoral and the maternal lived together in her diligent days on the most comfortable terms, and she stopped curling the mustaches of her Guardsmen to pat the heads of her babes.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It would have been droll if it had not been so exemplary to see her tracing the loves of the duchesses beside the innocent cribs of her children.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It would have been droll if it had not been so exemplary to see her tracing the loves of the duchesses beside the innocent cribs of her children.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The immoral and the maternal lived together in her diligent days on the most comfortable terms, and she stopped curling the mustaches of her Guardsmen to pat the heads of her babes.
only
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From this reading “I had rather be just paid there,” she usually replied; for this tribute of transatlantic opinion was the only thing that galled her.
opinion
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From this reading “I had rather be just paid there,” she usually replied; for this tribute of transatlantic opinion was the only thing that galled her.
paid
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From this reading “I had rather be just paid there,” she usually replied; for this tribute of transatlantic opinion was the only thing that galled her.
pat
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From this reading The immoral and the maternal lived together in her diligent days on the most comfortable terms, and she stopped curling the mustaches of her Guardsmen to pat the heads of her babes.
pensions
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From this reading She was haunted by solemn spinsters who came to tea from continental _pensions_, and by unsophisticated Americans who told her she was just loved in _their_ country.
pilgrims
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From this reading The Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
pyramid
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From this reading The Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
rather
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From this reading “I had rather be just paid there,” she usually replied; for this tribute of transatlantic opinion was the only thing that galled her.
repliednounUS /replied/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I had rather be just paid there,” she usually replied; for this tribute of transatlantic opinion was the only thing that galled her.
ruddy
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From this reading The Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
see
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From this reading It would have been droll if it had not been so exemplary to see her tracing the loves of the duchesses beside the innocent cribs of her children.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The immoral and the maternal lived together in her diligent days on the most comfortable terms, and she stopped curling the mustaches of her Guardsmen to pat the heads of her babes.
shy
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From this reading The Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It would have been droll if it had not been so exemplary to see her tracing the loves of the duchesses beside the innocent cribs of her children.
solemn
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From this reading She was haunted by solemn spinsters who came to tea from continental _pensions_, and by unsophisticated Americans who told her she was just loved in _their_ country.
spinsters
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From this reading She was haunted by solemn spinsters who came to tea from continental _pensions_, and by unsophisticated Americans who told her she was just loved in _their_ country.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The immoral and the maternal lived together in her diligent days on the most comfortable terms, and she stopped curling the mustaches of her Guardsmen to pat the heads of her babes.
stout
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From this reading The Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
tea
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From this reading She was haunted by solemn spinsters who came to tea from continental _pensions_, and by unsophisticated Americans who told her she was just loved in _their_ country.
terms
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From this reading The immoral and the maternal lived together in her diligent days on the most comfortable terms, and she stopped curling the mustaches of her Guardsmen to pat the heads of her babes.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “I had rather be just paid there,” she usually replied; for this tribute of transatlantic opinion was the only thing that galled her.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It would have been droll if it had not been so exemplary to see her tracing the loves of the duchesses beside the innocent cribs of her children.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading She was haunted by solemn spinsters who came to tea from continental _pensions_, and by unsophisticated Americans who told her she was just loved in _their_ country.
there
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From this reading “I had rather be just paid there,” she usually replied; for this tribute of transatlantic opinion was the only thing that galled her.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I had rather be just paid there,” she usually replied; for this tribute of transatlantic opinion was the only thing that galled her.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “I had rather be just paid there,” she usually replied; for this tribute of transatlantic opinion was the only thing that galled her.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It would have been droll if it had not been so exemplary to see her tracing the loves of the duchesses beside the innocent cribs of her children.
together
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From this reading The immoral and the maternal lived together in her diligent days on the most comfortable terms, and she stopped curling the mustaches of her Guardsmen to pat the heads of her babes.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was haunted by solemn spinsters who came to tea from continental _pensions_, and by unsophisticated Americans who told her she was just loved in _their_ country.
tracing
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From this reading It would have been droll if it had not been so exemplary to see her tracing the loves of the duchesses beside the innocent cribs of her children.
transatlantic
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From this reading “I had rather be just paid there,” she usually replied; for this tribute of transatlantic opinion was the only thing that galled her.
tribute
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From this reading “I had rather be just paid there,” she usually replied; for this tribute of transatlantic opinion was the only thing that galled her.
unsophisticated
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From this reading She was haunted by solemn spinsters who came to tea from continental _pensions_, and by unsophisticated Americans who told her she was just loved in _their_ country.
usually
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From this reading “I had rather be just paid there,” she usually replied; for this tribute of transatlantic opinion was the only thing that galled her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was haunted by solemn spinsters who came to tea from continental _pensions_, and by unsophisticated Americans who told her she was just loved in _their_ country.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Americans went away thinking her coarse; though as the author of so many beautiful love-stories she was disappointing to most of these pilgrims, who had not expected to find a shy, stout, ruddy lady in a cap like a crumbled pyramid.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She was haunted by solemn spinsters who came to tea from continental _pensions_, and by unsophisticated Americans who told her she was just loved in _their_ country.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would have been droll if it had not been so exemplary to see her tracing the loves of the duchesses beside the innocent cribs of her children.
