Chapter III
[SIR JAMES ROYSTON _gives the_ DUCHESS _his arm and escorts her into the ball-room_.] PARKER. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Bowden. Lord and Lady Paisley. Lord Darlington.
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Chapter III
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[SIR
JAMES
ROYSTON
_gives
the_
DUCHESS
_his
arm
and
escorts
her
into
the
ball-room_.]
PARKER.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Arthur
Bowden.
Lord
and
Lady
Paisley.
Lord
Darlington.
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Line 1
[SIR
JAMES
ROYSTON
_gives
the_
DUCHESS
_his
arm
and
escorts
her
into
the
ball-room_.]
Line 2
PARKER.
Line 3
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Arthur
Bowden.
Line 4
Lord
and
Lady
Paisley.
Line 5
Lord
Darlington.
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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arm
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Arthur
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ball-room
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Bowden
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Darlington
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DUCHESS
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escorts
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gives
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herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
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hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
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intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
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JAMES
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Lady
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Lord
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Mr
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Mrs
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Paisley
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PARKER
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ROYSTON
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SIR
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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