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1
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From this reading THE WALSHINGHAMS Sec.1 The Cootes live in a little house in Bouverie Square with a tangle of Virginia creeper up the verandah.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading THE WALSHINGHAMS Sec.1 The Cootes live in a little house in Bouverie Square with a tangle of Virginia creeper up the verandah.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Kipps had been troubled in his mind about knocking double or single--it is these things show what a man is made of--but happily there was a bell.
admitted
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From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A number of cards of invitation to meetings and the match list of a Band of Hope cricket club were stuck into the looking glass frame with Coote's name as a Vice-President.
Band
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From this reading A number of cards of invitation to meetings and the match list of a Band of Hope cricket club were stuck into the looking glass frame with Coote's name as a Vice-President.
bead
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From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Kipps had been troubled in his mind about knocking double or single--it is these things show what a man is made of--but happily there was a bell.
Beethoven
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From this reading There was a bust of Beethoven over the bookcase and the walls were thick with conscientiously executed but carelessly selected "views" in oil and water colours and gilt frames.
bell
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From this reading Kipps had been troubled in his mind about knocking double or single--it is these things show what a man is made of--but happily there was a bell.
big
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black
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bookcase
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Bouverie
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From this reading THE WALSHINGHAMS Sec.1 The Cootes live in a little house in Bouverie Square with a tangle of Virginia creeper up the verandah.
bright
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bust
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From this reading There was a bust of Beethoven over the bookcase and the walls were thick with conscientiously executed but carelessly selected "views" in oil and water colours and gilt frames.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Kipps had been troubled in his mind about knocking double or single--it is these things show what a man is made of--but happily there was a bell.
cap
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From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
cards
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From this reading A number of cards of invitation to meetings and the match list of a Band of Hope cricket club were stuck into the looking glass frame with Coote's name as a Vice-President.
carelessly
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From this reading There was a bust of Beethoven over the bookcase and the walls were thick with conscientiously executed but carelessly selected "views" in oil and water colours and gilt frames.
club
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From this reading A number of cards of invitation to meetings and the match list of a Band of Hope cricket club were stuck into the looking glass frame with Coote's name as a Vice-President.
coloursnounUS /ˈcolours/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was a bust of Beethoven over the bookcase and the walls were thick with conscientiously executed but carelessly selected "views" in oil and water colours and gilt frames.
conscientiously
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From this reading There was a bust of Beethoven over the bookcase and the walls were thick with conscientiously executed but carelessly selected "views" in oil and water colours and gilt frames.
Coote's
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From this reading A number of cards of invitation to meetings and the match list of a Band of Hope cricket club were stuck into the looking glass frame with Coote's name as a Vice-President.
Cootes
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From this reading THE WALSHINGHAMS Sec.1 The Cootes live in a little house in Bouverie Square with a tangle of Virginia creeper up the verandah.
corner
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From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
cosy
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From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
creeper
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From this reading THE WALSHINGHAMS Sec.1 The Cootes live in a little house in Bouverie Square with a tangle of Virginia creeper up the verandah.
cricket
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From this reading A number of cards of invitation to meetings and the match list of a Band of Hope cricket club were stuck into the looking glass frame with Coote's name as a Vice-President.
curtain
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From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
door
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From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
double
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draped
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From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
drawing-room
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From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
executed
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From this reading There was a bust of Beethoven over the bookcase and the walls were thick with conscientiously executed but carelessly selected "views" in oil and water colours and gilt frames.
frame
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From this reading A number of cards of invitation to meetings and the match list of a Band of Hope cricket club were stuck into the looking glass frame with Coote's name as a Vice-President.
frames
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From this reading There was a bust of Beethoven over the bookcase and the walls were thick with conscientiously executed but carelessly selected "views" in oil and water colours and gilt frames.
gilt
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From this reading There was a bust of Beethoven over the bookcase and the walls were thick with conscientiously executed but carelessly selected "views" in oil and water colours and gilt frames.
glass
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From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
glazed
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From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
gold
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From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Kipps had been troubled in his mind about knocking double or single--it is these things show what a man is made of--but happily there was a bell.
happily
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From this reading Kipps had been troubled in his mind about knocking double or single--it is these things show what a man is made of--but happily there was a bell.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Kipps had been troubled in his mind about knocking double or single--it is these things show what a man is made of--but happily there was a bell.
Hope
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From this reading A number of cards of invitation to meetings and the match list of a Band of Hope cricket club were stuck into the looking glass frame with Coote's name as a Vice-President.
house
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From this reading THE WALSHINGHAMS Sec.1 The Cootes live in a little house in Bouverie Square with a tangle of Virginia creeper up the verandah.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE WALSHINGHAMS Sec.1 The Cootes live in a little house in Bouverie Square with a tangle of Virginia creeper up the verandah.
intellectual
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From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
invitation
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From this reading A number of cards of invitation to meetings and the match list of a Band of Hope cricket club were stuck into the looking glass frame with Coote's name as a Vice-President.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Kipps had been troubled in his mind about knocking double or single--it is these things show what a man is made of--but happily there was a bell.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Kipps had been troubled in his mind about knocking double or single--it is these things show what a man is made of--but happily there was a bell.
Kipps
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From this reading Kipps had been troubled in his mind about knocking double or single--it is these things show what a man is made of--but happily there was a bell.
knocking
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From this reading Kipps had been troubled in his mind about knocking double or single--it is these things show what a man is made of--but happily there was a bell.
lights
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From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
list
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From this reading A number of cards of invitation to meetings and the match list of a Band of Hope cricket club were stuck into the looking glass frame with Coote's name as a Vice-President.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE WALSHINGHAMS Sec.1 The Cootes live in a little house in Bouverie Square with a tangle of Virginia creeper up the verandah.
live
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From this reading THE WALSHINGHAMS Sec.1 The Cootes live in a little house in Bouverie Square with a tangle of Virginia creeper up the verandah.
looking
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From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
made
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maid
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From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
man
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match
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From this reading A number of cards of invitation to meetings and the match list of a Band of Hope cricket club were stuck into the looking glass frame with Coote's name as a Vice-President.
meetings
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From this reading A number of cards of invitation to meetings and the match list of a Band of Hope cricket club were stuck into the looking glass frame with Coote's name as a Vice-President.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Kipps had been troubled in his mind about knocking double or single--it is these things show what a man is made of--but happily there was a bell.
Moorish
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From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A number of cards of invitation to meetings and the match list of a Band of Hope cricket club were stuck into the looking glass frame with Coote's name as a Vice-President.
number
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From this reading A number of cards of invitation to meetings and the match list of a Band of Hope cricket club were stuck into the looking glass frame with Coote's name as a Vice-President.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE WALSHINGHAMS Sec.1 The Cootes live in a little house in Bouverie Square with a tangle of Virginia creeper up the verandah.
oilnounUS /ɔɪl/
A viscous liquid derived from petroleum or plants, stored in large earthen jars.
From this reading There was a bust of Beethoven over the bookcase and the walls were thick with conscientiously executed but carelessly selected "views" in oil and water colours and gilt frames.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Kipps had been troubled in his mind about knocking double or single--it is these things show what a man is made of--but happily there was a bell.
ornaments
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From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading There was a bust of Beethoven over the bookcase and the walls were thick with conscientiously executed but carelessly selected "views" in oil and water colours and gilt frames.
over-mantel
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From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
photographs
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piano
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From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
queer
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From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
Regent
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Sec
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From this reading THE WALSHINGHAMS Sec.1 The Cootes live in a little house in Bouverie Square with a tangle of Virginia creeper up the verandah.
selected
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From this reading There was a bust of Beethoven over the bookcase and the walls were thick with conscientiously executed but carelessly selected "views" in oil and water colours and gilt frames.
show
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single
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From this reading Kipps had been troubled in his mind about knocking double or single--it is these things show what a man is made of--but happily there was a bell.
Square
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From this reading THE WALSHINGHAMS Sec.1 The Cootes live in a little house in Bouverie Square with a tangle of Virginia creeper up the verandah.
Street
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From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
stuck
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From this reading A number of cards of invitation to meetings and the match list of a Band of Hope cricket club were stuck into the looking glass frame with Coote's name as a Vice-President.
tangle
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From this reading THE WALSHINGHAMS Sec.1 The Cootes live in a little house in Bouverie Square with a tangle of Virginia creeper up the verandah.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WALSHINGHAMS Sec.1 The Cootes live in a little house in Bouverie Square with a tangle of Virginia creeper up the verandah.
there
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thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Kipps had been troubled in his mind about knocking double or single--it is these things show what a man is made of--but happily there was a bell.
thick
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From this reading There was a bust of Beethoven over the bookcase and the walls were thick with conscientiously executed but carelessly selected "views" in oil and water colours and gilt frames.
things
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throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A number of cards of invitation to meetings and the match list of a Band of Hope cricket club were stuck into the looking glass frame with Coote's name as a Vice-President.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
troubled
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up
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From this reading THE WALSHINGHAMS Sec.1 The Cootes live in a little house in Bouverie Square with a tangle of Virginia creeper up the verandah.
various
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From this reading A queer little maid, with a big cap, admitted Kipps and took him through a bead curtain and a door into a little drawing-room, with a black and gold piano, a glazed bookcase, a Moorish cosy corner and a draped looking glass over-mantel bright with Regent Street ornaments and photographs of various intellectual lights.
verandah
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From this reading THE WALSHINGHAMS Sec.1 The Cootes live in a little house in Bouverie Square with a tangle of Virginia creeper up the verandah.
Vice-President
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From this reading A number of cards of invitation to meetings and the match list of a Band of Hope cricket club were stuck into the looking glass frame with Coote's name as a Vice-President.
views
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From this reading There was a bust of Beethoven over the bookcase and the walls were thick with conscientiously executed but carelessly selected "views" in oil and water colours and gilt frames.
Virginia
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From this reading THE WALSHINGHAMS Sec.1 The Cootes live in a little house in Bouverie Square with a tangle of Virginia creeper up the verandah.
walls
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From this reading There was a bust of Beethoven over the bookcase and the walls were thick with conscientiously executed but carelessly selected "views" in oil and water colours and gilt frames.
WALSHINGHAMS
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From this reading THE WALSHINGHAMS Sec.1 The Cootes live in a little house in Bouverie Square with a tangle of Virginia creeper up the verandah.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Kipps had been troubled in his mind about knocking double or single--it is these things show what a man is made of--but happily there was a bell.
water
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From this reading There was a bust of Beethoven over the bookcase and the walls were thick with conscientiously executed but carelessly selected "views" in oil and water colours and gilt frames.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A number of cards of invitation to meetings and the match list of a Band of Hope cricket club were stuck into the looking glass frame with Coote's name as a Vice-President.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Kipps had been troubled in his mind about knocking double or single--it is these things show what a man is made of--but happily there was a bell.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE WALSHINGHAMS Sec.1 The Cootes live in a little house in Bouverie Square with a tangle of Virginia creeper up the verandah.
