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1812
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From this reading In 1812, towards the end of the spring, we were to go there for the first time.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading We talked of it all the evening, planning to spend in fruit or milk such money as we had saved, against all the habits of school-life.
all
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From this reading Our anxiety to see this famous chateau of Rochambeau, where the owner sometimes treated the boys to milk, made us all very good, and nothing hindered the outing.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Our anxiety to see this famous chateau of Rochambeau, where the owner sometimes treated the boys to milk, made us all very good, and nothing hindered the outing.
anxiety
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From this reading Our anxiety to see this famous chateau of Rochambeau, where the owner sometimes treated the boys to milk, made us all very good, and nothing hindered the outing.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We talked of it all the evening, planning to spend in fruit or milk such money as we had saved, against all the habits of school-life.
boys
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From this reading Our anxiety to see this famous chateau of Rochambeau, where the owner sometimes treated the boys to milk, made us all very good, and nothing hindered the outing.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading So his imagination and mine were much excited by the prospect of this excursion, which filled the school with traditional glee.
chateau
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From this reading Our anxiety to see this famous chateau of Rochambeau, where the owner sometimes treated the boys to milk, made us all very good, and nothing hindered the outing.
end
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From this reading In 1812, towards the end of the spring, we were to go there for the first time.
evening
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From this reading We talked of it all the evening, planning to spend in fruit or milk such money as we had saved, against all the habits of school-life.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Neither Lambert nor I had ever seen the pretty valley of the Loire where the house stood.
excitedadjectiveUS /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/
very enthusiastic or eager
From this reading So his imagination and mine were much excited by the prospect of this excursion, which filled the school with traditional glee.
excursion
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From this reading So his imagination and mine were much excited by the prospect of this excursion, which filled the school with traditional glee.
famous
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From this reading Our anxiety to see this famous chateau of Rochambeau, where the owner sometimes treated the boys to milk, made us all very good, and nothing hindered the outing.
filled
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From this reading So his imagination and mine were much excited by the prospect of this excursion, which filled the school with traditional glee.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In 1812, towards the end of the spring, we were to go there for the first time.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In 1812, towards the end of the spring, we were to go there for the first time.
fruit
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From this reading We talked of it all the evening, planning to spend in fruit or milk such money as we had saved, against all the habits of school-life.
gleenounUS /ɡliː/
great delight or happiness
From this reading So his imagination and mine were much excited by the prospect of this excursion, which filled the school with traditional glee.
go
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From this reading In 1812, towards the end of the spring, we were to go there for the first time.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Our anxiety to see this famous chateau of Rochambeau, where the owner sometimes treated the boys to milk, made us all very good, and nothing hindered the outing.
habits
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From this reading We talked of it all the evening, planning to spend in fruit or milk such money as we had saved, against all the habits of school-life.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Neither Lambert nor I had ever seen the pretty valley of the Loire where the house stood.
hindered
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From this reading Our anxiety to see this famous chateau of Rochambeau, where the owner sometimes treated the boys to milk, made us all very good, and nothing hindered the outing.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading So his imagination and mine were much excited by the prospect of this excursion, which filled the school with traditional glee.
house
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From this reading Neither Lambert nor I had ever seen the pretty valley of the Loire where the house stood.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Neither Lambert nor I had ever seen the pretty valley of the Loire where the house stood.
imagination
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From this reading So his imagination and mine were much excited by the prospect of this excursion, which filled the school with traditional glee.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In 1812, towards the end of the spring, we were to go there for the first time.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading We talked of it all the evening, planning to spend in fruit or milk such money as we had saved, against all the habits of school-life.
Lambert
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From this reading Neither Lambert nor I had ever seen the pretty valley of the Loire where the house stood.
Loire
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From this reading Neither Lambert nor I had ever seen the pretty valley of the Loire where the house stood.
made
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From this reading Our anxiety to see this famous chateau of Rochambeau, where the owner sometimes treated the boys to milk, made us all very good, and nothing hindered the outing.
milk
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From this reading Our anxiety to see this famous chateau of Rochambeau, where the owner sometimes treated the boys to milk, made us all very good, and nothing hindered the outing.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading So his imagination and mine were much excited by the prospect of this excursion, which filled the school with traditional glee.
money
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From this reading We talked of it all the evening, planning to spend in fruit or milk such money as we had saved, against all the habits of school-life.
much
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From this reading So his imagination and mine were much excited by the prospect of this excursion, which filled the school with traditional glee.
NeitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Neither Lambert nor I had ever seen the pretty valley of the Loire where the house stood.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Neither Lambert nor I had ever seen the pretty valley of the Loire where the house stood.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Our anxiety to see this famous chateau of Rochambeau, where the owner sometimes treated the boys to milk, made us all very good, and nothing hindered the outing.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In 1812, towards the end of the spring, we were to go there for the first time.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading We talked of it all the evening, planning to spend in fruit or milk such money as we had saved, against all the habits of school-life.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Our anxiety to see this famous chateau of Rochambeau, where the owner sometimes treated the boys to milk, made us all very good, and nothing hindered the outing.
outing
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From this reading Our anxiety to see this famous chateau of Rochambeau, where the owner sometimes treated the boys to milk, made us all very good, and nothing hindered the outing.
owner
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From this reading Our anxiety to see this famous chateau of Rochambeau, where the owner sometimes treated the boys to milk, made us all very good, and nothing hindered the outing.
planning
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From this reading We talked of it all the evening, planning to spend in fruit or milk such money as we had saved, against all the habits of school-life.
pretty
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From this reading Neither Lambert nor I had ever seen the pretty valley of the Loire where the house stood.
prospect
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From this reading So his imagination and mine were much excited by the prospect of this excursion, which filled the school with traditional glee.
Rochambeau
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From this reading Our anxiety to see this famous chateau of Rochambeau, where the owner sometimes treated the boys to milk, made us all very good, and nothing hindered the outing.
savednounUS /saved/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We talked of it all the evening, planning to spend in fruit or milk such money as we had saved, against all the habits of school-life.
school
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From this reading So his imagination and mine were much excited by the prospect of this excursion, which filled the school with traditional glee.
school-life
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From this reading We talked of it all the evening, planning to spend in fruit or milk such money as we had saved, against all the habits of school-life.
see
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From this reading Our anxiety to see this famous chateau of Rochambeau, where the owner sometimes treated the boys to milk, made us all very good, and nothing hindered the outing.
seen
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From this reading Neither Lambert nor I had ever seen the pretty valley of the Loire where the house stood.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So his imagination and mine were much excited by the prospect of this excursion, which filled the school with traditional glee.
sometimes
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From this reading Our anxiety to see this famous chateau of Rochambeau, where the owner sometimes treated the boys to milk, made us all very good, and nothing hindered the outing.
spend
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From this reading We talked of it all the evening, planning to spend in fruit or milk such money as we had saved, against all the habits of school-life.
spring
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From this reading In 1812, towards the end of the spring, we were to go there for the first time.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Neither Lambert nor I had ever seen the pretty valley of the Loire where the house stood.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading We talked of it all the evening, planning to spend in fruit or milk such money as we had saved, against all the habits of school-life.
talked
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From this reading We talked of it all the evening, planning to spend in fruit or milk such money as we had saved, against all the habits of school-life.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In 1812, towards the end of the spring, we were to go there for the first time.
there
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From this reading In 1812, towards the end of the spring, we were to go there for the first time.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Our anxiety to see this famous chateau of Rochambeau, where the owner sometimes treated the boys to milk, made us all very good, and nothing hindered the outing.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In 1812, towards the end of the spring, we were to go there for the first time.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading In 1812, towards the end of the spring, we were to go there for the first time.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading In 1812, towards the end of the spring, we were to go there for the first time.
traditional
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From this reading So his imagination and mine were much excited by the prospect of this excursion, which filled the school with traditional glee.
treated
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From this reading Our anxiety to see this famous chateau of Rochambeau, where the owner sometimes treated the boys to milk, made us all very good, and nothing hindered the outing.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Our anxiety to see this famous chateau of Rochambeau, where the owner sometimes treated the boys to milk, made us all very good, and nothing hindered the outing.
valley
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From this reading Neither Lambert nor I had ever seen the pretty valley of the Loire where the house stood.
very
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From this reading Our anxiety to see this famous chateau of Rochambeau, where the owner sometimes treated the boys to milk, made us all very good, and nothing hindered the outing.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading In 1812, towards the end of the spring, we were to go there for the first time.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In 1812, towards the end of the spring, we were to go there for the first time.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Our anxiety to see this famous chateau of Rochambeau, where the owner sometimes treated the boys to milk, made us all very good, and nothing hindered the outing.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading So his imagination and mine were much excited by the prospect of this excursion, which filled the school with traditional glee.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading So his imagination and mine were much excited by the prospect of this excursion, which filled the school with traditional glee.
