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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 M. DE PINCORNET Malplaquet was a Cary place, leagued in friendship as in blood with Greenwood.
Actual
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From this reading Actual gayety would not do, the place felt that, and very heartily; but pleasure that was also education, pleasure well within bounds, and education insisted upon, this might now be temperately indulged in.
also
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From this reading Actual gayety would not do, the place felt that, and very heartily; but pleasure that was also education, pleasure well within bounds, and education insisted upon, this might now be temperately indulged in.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But there were young girls in the house, and now, in the bright May weather, it was hard not to put forth leaf and bud and be gay once more.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading M. DE PINCORNET Malplaquet was a Cary place, leagued in friendship as in blood with Greenwood.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There seemed no good reason why, in mid-spring, the dancing class should not be held at Malplaquet, since it was the most convenient house to a large neighbourhood, and there were in the family three young girls.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But there were young girls in the house, and now, in the bright May weather, it was hard not to put forth leaf and bud and be gay once more.
bloodnounUS /blood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading M. DE PINCORNET Malplaquet was a Cary place, leagued in friendship as in blood with Greenwood.
bounds
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From this reading Actual gayety would not do, the place felt that, and very heartily; but pleasure that was also education, pleasure well within bounds, and education insisted upon, this might now be temperately indulged in.
bright
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From this reading But there were young girls in the house, and now, in the bright May weather, it was hard not to put forth leaf and bud and be gay once more.
bud
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From this reading But there were young girls in the house, and now, in the bright May weather, it was hard not to put forth leaf and bud and be gay once more.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But there were young girls in the house, and now, in the bright May weather, it was hard not to put forth leaf and bud and be gay once more.
Cary
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From this reading M. DE PINCORNET Malplaquet was a Cary place, leagued in friendship as in blood with Greenwood.
class
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From this reading There seemed no good reason why, in mid-spring, the dancing class should not be held at Malplaquet, since it was the most convenient house to a large neighbourhood, and there were in the family three young girls.
convenient
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From this reading There seemed no good reason why, in mid-spring, the dancing class should not be held at Malplaquet, since it was the most convenient house to a large neighbourhood, and there were in the family three young girls.
dancing
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From this reading There seemed no good reason why, in mid-spring, the dancing class should not be held at Malplaquet, since it was the most convenient house to a large neighbourhood, and there were in the family three young girls.
DE
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From this reading M. DE PINCORNET Malplaquet was a Cary place, leagued in friendship as in blood with Greenwood.
death
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From this reading For seven months it had esteemed itself in mourning for the kinsman who had ridden from its gates to a violent death.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading Actual gayety would not do, the place felt that, and very heartily; but pleasure that was also education, pleasure well within bounds, and education insisted upon, this might now be temperately indulged in.
education
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From this reading Actual gayety would not do, the place felt that, and very heartily; but pleasure that was also education, pleasure well within bounds, and education insisted upon, this might now be temperately indulged in.
esteemed
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From this reading For seven months it had esteemed itself in mourning for the kinsman who had ridden from its gates to a violent death.
family
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From this reading There seemed no good reason why, in mid-spring, the dancing class should not be held at Malplaquet, since it was the most convenient house to a large neighbourhood, and there were in the family three young girls.
felt
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From this reading Actual gayety would not do, the place felt that, and very heartily; but pleasure that was also education, pleasure well within bounds, and education insisted upon, this might now be temperately indulged in.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For seven months it had esteemed itself in mourning for the kinsman who had ridden from its gates to a violent death.
forth
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From this reading But there were young girls in the house, and now, in the bright May weather, it was hard not to put forth leaf and bud and be gay once more.
friendship
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From this reading M. DE PINCORNET Malplaquet was a Cary place, leagued in friendship as in blood with Greenwood.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading For seven months it had esteemed itself in mourning for the kinsman who had ridden from its gates to a violent death.
gates
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From this reading For seven months it had esteemed itself in mourning for the kinsman who had ridden from its gates to a violent death.
gay
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From this reading But there were young girls in the house, and now, in the bright May weather, it was hard not to put forth leaf and bud and be gay once more.
gayety
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From this reading Actual gayety would not do, the place felt that, and very heartily; but pleasure that was also education, pleasure well within bounds, and education insisted upon, this might now be temperately indulged in.
girls
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From this reading But there were young girls in the house, and now, in the bright May weather, it was hard not to put forth leaf and bud and be gay once more.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There seemed no good reason why, in mid-spring, the dancing class should not be held at Malplaquet, since it was the most convenient house to a large neighbourhood, and there were in the family three young girls.
Greenwood
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From this reading M. DE PINCORNET Malplaquet was a Cary place, leagued in friendship as in blood with Greenwood.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading For seven months it had esteemed itself in mourning for the kinsman who had ridden from its gates to a violent death.
hard
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From this reading But there were young girls in the house, and now, in the bright May weather, it was hard not to put forth leaf and bud and be gay once more.
heartily
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From this reading Actual gayety would not do, the place felt that, and very heartily; but pleasure that was also education, pleasure well within bounds, and education insisted upon, this might now be temperately indulged in.
held
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From this reading There seemed no good reason why, in mid-spring, the dancing class should not be held at Malplaquet, since it was the most convenient house to a large neighbourhood, and there were in the family three young girls.
house
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From this reading But there were young girls in the house, and now, in the bright May weather, it was hard not to put forth leaf and bud and be gay once more.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading M. DE PINCORNET Malplaquet was a Cary place, leagued in friendship as in blood with Greenwood.
indulged
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From this reading Actual gayety would not do, the place felt that, and very heartily; but pleasure that was also education, pleasure well within bounds, and education insisted upon, this might now be temperately indulged in.
insistedverbUS /ɪnˈsɪstɪd/
demanded something firmly
From this reading Actual gayety would not do, the place felt that, and very heartily; but pleasure that was also education, pleasure well within bounds, and education insisted upon, this might now be temperately indulged in.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading For seven months it had esteemed itself in mourning for the kinsman who had ridden from its gates to a violent death.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading For seven months it had esteemed itself in mourning for the kinsman who had ridden from its gates to a violent death.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading For seven months it had esteemed itself in mourning for the kinsman who had ridden from its gates to a violent death.
kinsman
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From this reading For seven months it had esteemed itself in mourning for the kinsman who had ridden from its gates to a violent death.
large
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From this reading There seemed no good reason why, in mid-spring, the dancing class should not be held at Malplaquet, since it was the most convenient house to a large neighbourhood, and there were in the family three young girls.
leaf
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From this reading But there were young girls in the house, and now, in the bright May weather, it was hard not to put forth leaf and bud and be gay once more.
leagued
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From this reading M. DE PINCORNET Malplaquet was a Cary place, leagued in friendship as in blood with Greenwood.
M
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From this reading M. DE PINCORNET Malplaquet was a Cary place, leagued in friendship as in blood with Greenwood.
Malplaquet
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From this reading M. DE PINCORNET Malplaquet was a Cary place, leagued in friendship as in blood with Greenwood.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading But there were young girls in the house, and now, in the bright May weather, it was hard not to put forth leaf and bud and be gay once more.
mid-spring
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From this reading There seemed no good reason why, in mid-spring, the dancing class should not be held at Malplaquet, since it was the most convenient house to a large neighbourhood, and there were in the family three young girls.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Actual gayety would not do, the place felt that, and very heartily; but pleasure that was also education, pleasure well within bounds, and education insisted upon, this might now be temperately indulged in.
months
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From this reading For seven months it had esteemed itself in mourning for the kinsman who had ridden from its gates to a violent death.
more
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From this reading But there were young girls in the house, and now, in the bright May weather, it was hard not to put forth leaf and bud and be gay once more.
most
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From this reading There seemed no good reason why, in mid-spring, the dancing class should not be held at Malplaquet, since it was the most convenient house to a large neighbourhood, and there were in the family three young girls.
mourning
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From this reading For seven months it had esteemed itself in mourning for the kinsman who had ridden from its gates to a violent death.
neighbourhood
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From this reading There seemed no good reason why, in mid-spring, the dancing class should not be held at Malplaquet, since it was the most convenient house to a large neighbourhood, and there were in the family three young girls.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There seemed no good reason why, in mid-spring, the dancing class should not be held at Malplaquet, since it was the most convenient house to a large neighbourhood, and there were in the family three young girls.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But there were young girls in the house, and now, in the bright May weather, it was hard not to put forth leaf and bud and be gay once more.
now
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From this reading But there were young girls in the house, and now, in the bright May weather, it was hard not to put forth leaf and bud and be gay once more.
once
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From this reading But there were young girls in the house, and now, in the bright May weather, it was hard not to put forth leaf and bud and be gay once more.
PINCORNET
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From this reading M. DE PINCORNET Malplaquet was a Cary place, leagued in friendship as in blood with Greenwood.
place
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From this reading M. DE PINCORNET Malplaquet was a Cary place, leagued in friendship as in blood with Greenwood.
pleasure
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From this reading Actual gayety would not do, the place felt that, and very heartily; but pleasure that was also education, pleasure well within bounds, and education insisted upon, this might now be temperately indulged in.
put
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From this reading But there were young girls in the house, and now, in the bright May weather, it was hard not to put forth leaf and bud and be gay once more.
reason
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From this reading There seemed no good reason why, in mid-spring, the dancing class should not be held at Malplaquet, since it was the most convenient house to a large neighbourhood, and there were in the family three young girls.
ridden
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From this reading For seven months it had esteemed itself in mourning for the kinsman who had ridden from its gates to a violent death.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There seemed no good reason why, in mid-spring, the dancing class should not be held at Malplaquet, since it was the most convenient house to a large neighbourhood, and there were in the family three young girls.
seven
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From this reading For seven months it had esteemed itself in mourning for the kinsman who had ridden from its gates to a violent death.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading There seemed no good reason why, in mid-spring, the dancing class should not be held at Malplaquet, since it was the most convenient house to a large neighbourhood, and there were in the family three young girls.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading There seemed no good reason why, in mid-spring, the dancing class should not be held at Malplaquet, since it was the most convenient house to a large neighbourhood, and there were in the family three young girls.
temperately
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From this reading Actual gayety would not do, the place felt that, and very heartily; but pleasure that was also education, pleasure well within bounds, and education insisted upon, this might now be temperately indulged in.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Actual gayety would not do, the place felt that, and very heartily; but pleasure that was also education, pleasure well within bounds, and education insisted upon, this might now be temperately indulged in.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading For seven months it had esteemed itself in mourning for the kinsman who had ridden from its gates to a violent death.
there
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From this reading But there were young girls in the house, and now, in the bright May weather, it was hard not to put forth leaf and bud and be gay once more.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Actual gayety would not do, the place felt that, and very heartily; but pleasure that was also education, pleasure well within bounds, and education insisted upon, this might now be temperately indulged in.
three
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From this reading There seemed no good reason why, in mid-spring, the dancing class should not be held at Malplaquet, since it was the most convenient house to a large neighbourhood, and there were in the family three young girls.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For seven months it had esteemed itself in mourning for the kinsman who had ridden from its gates to a violent death.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Actual gayety would not do, the place felt that, and very heartily; but pleasure that was also education, pleasure well within bounds, and education insisted upon, this might now be temperately indulged in.
very
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From this reading Actual gayety would not do, the place felt that, and very heartily; but pleasure that was also education, pleasure well within bounds, and education insisted upon, this might now be temperately indulged in.
violentnounUS /ˈviolent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading For seven months it had esteemed itself in mourning for the kinsman who had ridden from its gates to a violent death.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading M. DE PINCORNET Malplaquet was a Cary place, leagued in friendship as in blood with Greenwood.
weather
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From this reading But there were young girls in the house, and now, in the bright May weather, it was hard not to put forth leaf and bud and be gay once more.
well
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From this reading Actual gayety would not do, the place felt that, and very heartily; but pleasure that was also education, pleasure well within bounds, and education insisted upon, this might now be temperately indulged in.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But there were young girls in the house, and now, in the bright May weather, it was hard not to put forth leaf and bud and be gay once more.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading For seven months it had esteemed itself in mourning for the kinsman who had ridden from its gates to a violent death.
why
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From this reading There seemed no good reason why, in mid-spring, the dancing class should not be held at Malplaquet, since it was the most convenient house to a large neighbourhood, and there were in the family three young girls.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading M. DE PINCORNET Malplaquet was a Cary place, leagued in friendship as in blood with Greenwood.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Actual gayety would not do, the place felt that, and very heartily; but pleasure that was also education, pleasure well within bounds, and education insisted upon, this might now be temperately indulged in.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Actual gayety would not do, the place felt that, and very heartily; but pleasure that was also education, pleasure well within bounds, and education insisted upon, this might now be temperately indulged in.
young
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From this reading But there were young girls in the house, and now, in the bright May weather, it was hard not to put forth leaf and bud and be gay once more.
