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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 Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
Adela
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From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
all
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From this reading TREVORSHAM I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
anyonepronounUS /ˈeniwʌn/
any person at all
From this reading In fact, Torwood had never cared for anyone but little Emily Deerhurst.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading TREVORSHAM I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
better
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From this reading TREVORSHAM I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
brotherly
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From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
brown
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From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading In fact, Torwood had never cared for anyone but little Emily Deerhurst.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
call
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From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
cared
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From this reading In fact, Torwood had never cared for anyone but little Emily Deerhurst.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
companionship
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From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
court
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From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
cousins
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From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
deal
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From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
Deerhurst
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From this reading In fact, Torwood had never cared for anyone but little Emily Deerhurst.
Doe
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From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
doing
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From this reading TREVORSHAM I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
driving
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From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
easy
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From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
Emily
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From this reading In fact, Torwood had never cared for anyone but little Emily Deerhurst.
enjoyed
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From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
eyes
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From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
fact
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From this reading In fact, Torwood had never cared for anyone but little Emily Deerhurst.
father
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From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In fact, Torwood had never cared for anyone but little Emily Deerhurst.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading TREVORSHAM I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading TREVORSHAM I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
irresistible
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From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In fact, Torwood had never cared for anyone but little Emily Deerhurst.
London
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From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In fact, Torwood had never cared for anyone but little Emily Deerhurst.
nine
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From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
old
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From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
Once
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From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
only
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From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
otherwise
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From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
out
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From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
paid
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From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
plaintive
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From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
pleasure
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From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
pretty
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From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
rescue
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From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
Rylstone
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From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
scarcely
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From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
schoolboy
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From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
season
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From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
soft
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From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading TREVORSHAM I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
teasing
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From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading TREVORSHAM I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
ten
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From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
there
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From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading TREVORSHAM I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading TREVORSHAM I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
together
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From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
Torwood
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From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
TREVORSHAM
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From this reading TREVORSHAM I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
Twelfth-day
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From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
two
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From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
used
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From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
warmer
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From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Adela and I had come out, and had a season or two in London, and my father had enjoyed our pleasure in it, and paid a good deal of court to our pretty Adela, because there was no driving Torwood into anything warmer than easy brotherly companionship.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading TREVORSHAM I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading TREVORSHAM I suppose I had better tell what we had been doing all this time.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
White
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From this reading There was something irresistible in her great soft plaintive brown eyes, though she was scarcely pretty otherwise, and we used to call her the White Doe of Rylstone.
years
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From this reading Once he had come to her rescue, when she was only nine or ten years old, and her schoolboy cousins were teasing her, and at every Twelfth-day party since she and he had come together as by right.
