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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 Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
aboard
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From this reading At New Orleans a taxi from the wharf to the station and a racing of porters with hand luggage had barely got them aboard the train just as it started.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading At New Orleans a taxi from the wharf to the station and a racing of porters with hand luggage had barely got them aboard the train just as it started.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Had she been a lesser creature, she would have been stunned by this vast civilisation around her.
Arrived
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From this reading Arrived at New York, Francis had been met by Bascom, in Francis’ private machine, and the rush had continued to the rather ornate palace R.H.M. himself, Francis’ father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading At New Orleans a taxi from the wharf to the station and a racing of porters with hand luggage had barely got them aboard the train just as it started.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
barely
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From this reading At New Orleans a taxi from the wharf to the station and a racing of porters with hand luggage had barely got them aboard the train just as it started.
Bascom
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From this reading Arrived at New York, Francis had been met by Bascom, in Francis’ private machine, and the rush had continued to the rather ornate palace R.H.M. himself, Francis’ father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
boat
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From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
built
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From this reading Arrived at New York, Francis had been met by Bascom, in Francis’ private machine, and the rush had continued to the rather ornate palace R.H.M. himself, Francis’ father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Arrived at New York, Francis had been met by Bascom, in Francis’ private machine, and the rush had continued to the rather ornate palace R.H.M. himself, Francis’ father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive.
Catching
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From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
civilisation
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From this reading Had she been a lesser creature, she would have been stunned by this vast civilisation around her.
coaster
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From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
Colon
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From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
Company
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From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
connections
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From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
continuednounUS /ˈcontinued/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Arrived at New York, Francis had been met by Bascom, in Francis’ private machine, and the rush had continued to the rather ornate palace R.H.M. himself, Francis’ father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive.
creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Had she been a lesser creature, she would have been stunned by this vast civilisation around her.
Drive
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From this reading Arrived at New York, Francis had been met by Bascom, in Francis’ private machine, and the rush had continued to the rather ornate palace R.H.M. himself, Francis’ father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive.
father
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From this reading Arrived at New York, Francis had been met by Bascom, in Francis’ private machine, and the rush had continued to the rather ornate palace R.H.M. himself, Francis’ father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive.
fifteen
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From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So it was that the Queen knew scarcely more of the great world than when she first started her travels by leaping into the subterranean river.
fortunate
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From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
Francis
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From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
Fruit
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From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
got
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From this reading At New Orleans a taxi from the wharf to the station and a racing of porters with hand luggage had barely got them aboard the train just as it started.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So it was that the Queen knew scarcely more of the great world than when she first started her travels by leaping into the subterranean river.
H
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From this reading Arrived at New York, Francis had been met by Bascom, in Francis’ private machine, and the rush had continued to the rather ornate palace R.H.M. himself, Francis’ father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
hand
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From this reading At New Orleans a taxi from the wharf to the station and a racing of porters with hand luggage had barely got them aboard the train just as it started.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Had she been a lesser creature, she would have been stunned by this vast civilisation around her.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading So it was that the Queen knew scarcely more of the great world than when she first started her travels by leaping into the subterranean river.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Arrived at New York, Francis had been met by Bascom, in Francis’ private machine, and the rush had continued to the rather ornate palace R.H.M. himself, Francis’ father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Arrived at New York, Francis had been met by Bascom, in Francis’ private machine, and the rush had continued to the rather ornate palace R.H.M. himself, Francis’ father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Arrived at New York, Francis had been met by Bascom, in Francis’ private machine, and the rush had continued to the rather ornate palace R.H.M. himself, Francis’ father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading So it was that the Queen knew scarcely more of the great world than when she first started her travels by leaping into the subterranean river.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading At New Orleans a taxi from the wharf to the station and a racing of porters with hand luggage had barely got them aboard the train just as it started.
just
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From this reading At New Orleans a taxi from the wharf to the station and a racing of porters with hand luggage had barely got them aboard the train just as it started.
knew
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From this reading So it was that the Queen knew scarcely more of the great world than when she first started her travels by leaping into the subterranean river.
landing
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From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
leapingnounUS /ˈleaping/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading So it was that the Queen knew scarcely more of the great world than when she first started her travels by leaping into the subterranean river.
lesser
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From this reading Had she been a lesser creature, she would have been stunned by this vast civilisation around her.
luggage
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From this reading At New Orleans a taxi from the wharf to the station and a racing of porters with hand luggage had barely got them aboard the train just as it started.
M
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From this reading Arrived at New York, Francis had been met by Bascom, in Francis’ private machine, and the rush had continued to the rather ornate palace R.H.M. himself, Francis’ father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive.
machine
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From this reading Arrived at New York, Francis had been met by Bascom, in Francis’ private machine, and the rush had continued to the rather ornate palace R.H.M. himself, Francis’ father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive.
met
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From this reading Arrived at New York, Francis had been met by Bascom, in Francis’ private machine, and the rush had continued to the rather ornate palace R.H.M. himself, Francis’ father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive.
millions
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From this reading Arrived at New York, Francis had been met by Bascom, in Francis’ private machine, and the rush had continued to the rather ornate palace R.H.M. himself, Francis’ father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive.
minutes
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From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
more
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From this reading So it was that the Queen knew scarcely more of the great world than when she first started her travels by leaping into the subterranean river.
New
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From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Arrived at New York, Francis had been met by Bascom, in Francis’ private machine, and the rush had continued to the rather ornate palace R.H.M. himself, Francis’ father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive.
Orleans
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From this reading At New Orleans a taxi from the wharf to the station and a racing of porters with hand luggage had barely got them aboard the train just as it started.
ornate
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From this reading Arrived at New York, Francis had been met by Bascom, in Francis’ private machine, and the rush had continued to the rather ornate palace R.H.M. himself, Francis’ father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive.
out
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From this reading Arrived at New York, Francis had been met by Bascom, in Francis’ private machine, and the rush had continued to the rather ornate palace R.H.M. himself, Francis’ father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive.
palace
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From this reading Arrived at New York, Francis had been met by Bascom, in Francis’ private machine, and the rush had continued to the rather ornate palace R.H.M. himself, Francis’ father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive.
porters
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From this reading At New Orleans a taxi from the wharf to the station and a racing of porters with hand luggage had barely got them aboard the train just as it started.
private
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From this reading Arrived at New York, Francis had been met by Bascom, in Francis’ private machine, and the rush had continued to the rather ornate palace R.H.M. himself, Francis’ father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive.
progress
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From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
Queen
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From this reading So it was that the Queen knew scarcely more of the great world than when she first started her travels by leaping into the subterranean river.
Queen's
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From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
R
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From this reading Arrived at New York, Francis had been met by Bascom, in Francis’ private machine, and the rush had continued to the rather ornate palace R.H.M. himself, Francis’ father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive.
racing
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From this reading At New Orleans a taxi from the wharf to the station and a racing of porters with hand luggage had barely got them aboard the train just as it started.
rather
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From this reading Arrived at New York, Francis had been met by Bascom, in Francis’ private machine, and the rush had continued to the rather ornate palace R.H.M. himself, Francis’ father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive.
river
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From this reading So it was that the Queen knew scarcely more of the great world than when she first started her travels by leaping into the subterranean river.
Riverside
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From this reading Arrived at New York, Francis had been met by Bascom, in Francis’ private machine, and the rush had continued to the rather ornate palace R.H.M. himself, Francis’ father, had built out of his millions on Riverside Drive.
rush
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From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
scarcely
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From this reading So it was that the Queen knew scarcely more of the great world than when she first started her travels by leaping into the subterranean river.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So it was that the Queen knew scarcely more of the great world than when she first started her travels by leaping into the subterranean river.
small
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From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So it was that the Queen knew scarcely more of the great world than when she first started her travels by leaping into the subterranean river.
started
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From this reading At New Orleans a taxi from the wharf to the station and a racing of porters with hand luggage had barely got them aboard the train just as it started.
station
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From this reading At New Orleans a taxi from the wharf to the station and a racing of porters with hand luggage had barely got them aboard the train just as it started.
stunned
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From this reading Had she been a lesser creature, she would have been stunned by this vast civilisation around her.
subterraneanadjectiveUS /ˌsʌb.təˈreɪ.ni.ən/
Existing, occurring, or done under the earth's surface.
From this reading So it was that the Queen knew scarcely more of the great world than when she first started her travels by leaping into the subterranean river.
swift
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From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
taxi
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From this reading At New Orleans a taxi from the wharf to the station and a racing of porters with hand luggage had barely got them aboard the train just as it started.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading So it was that the Queen knew scarcely more of the great world than when she first started her travels by leaping into the subterranean river.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So it was that the Queen knew scarcely more of the great world than when she first started her travels by leaping into the subterranean river.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading At New Orleans a taxi from the wharf to the station and a racing of porters with hand luggage had barely got them aboard the train just as it started.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Had she been a lesser creature, she would have been stunned by this vast civilisation around her.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
train
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From this reading At New Orleans a taxi from the wharf to the station and a racing of porters with hand luggage had barely got them aboard the train just as it started.
travels
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From this reading So it was that the Queen knew scarcely more of the great world than when she first started her travels by leaping into the subterranean river.
United
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From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
vast
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From this reading Had she been a lesser creature, she would have been stunned by this vast civilisation around her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So it was that the Queen knew scarcely more of the great world than when she first started her travels by leaping into the subterranean river.
wharf
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From this reading At New Orleans a taxi from the wharf to the station and a racing of porters with hand luggage had barely got them aboard the train just as it started.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading So it was that the Queen knew scarcely more of the great world than when she first started her travels by leaping into the subterranean river.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
world
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From this reading So it was that the Queen knew scarcely more of the great world than when she first started her travels by leaping into the subterranean river.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Had she been a lesser creature, she would have been stunned by this vast civilisation around her.
York
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From this reading Catching a United Fruit Company boat at Colon within fifteen minutes after landing from the small coaster, the Queen’s progress with Francis to New York had been a swift rush of fortunate connections.
