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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 Anne was compelled to confess to herself that her plan had failed--that except for her dim and mysterious knowledge of these singular Lillies, she had not made a single step of progress.
advance
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From this reading The bright weeks of May stole on rapidly, and Anne had made no advance in her search.
Alice
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From this reading Little Alice Aytoun, when she came to visit her, clung round her neck anxiously, lifting up beseeching eyes to her face, but Anne had no word of hopeful answer to give.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The bright weeks of May stole on rapidly, and Anne had made no advance in her search.
Anne
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From this reading The bright weeks of May stole on rapidly, and Anne had made no advance in her search.
answer
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From this reading Little Alice Aytoun, when she came to visit her, clung round her neck anxiously, lifting up beseeching eyes to her face, but Anne had no word of hopeful answer to give.
anxiously
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From this reading Little Alice Aytoun, when she came to visit her, clung round her neck anxiously, lifting up beseeching eyes to her face, but Anne had no word of hopeful answer to give.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
Aytoun
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From this reading Little Alice Aytoun, when she came to visit her, clung round her neck anxiously, lifting up beseeching eyes to her face, but Anne had no word of hopeful answer to give.
back
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From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
bairn
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From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
beseeching
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From this reading Little Alice Aytoun, when she came to visit her, clung round her neck anxiously, lifting up beseeching eyes to her face, but Anne had no word of hopeful answer to give.
bright
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From this reading The bright weeks of May stole on rapidly, and Anne had made no advance in her search.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Little Alice Aytoun, when she came to visit her, clung round her neck anxiously, lifting up beseeching eyes to her face, but Anne had no word of hopeful answer to give.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
came
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From this reading Little Alice Aytoun, when she came to visit her, clung round her neck anxiously, lifting up beseeching eyes to her face, but Anne had no word of hopeful answer to give.
Catherine
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From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
characteristic
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From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
clungnounUS /clung/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Little Alice Aytoun, when she came to visit her, clung round her neck anxiously, lifting up beseeching eyes to her face, but Anne had no word of hopeful answer to give.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
compelled
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From this reading Anne was compelled to confess to herself that her plan had failed--that except for her dim and mysterious knowledge of these singular Lillies, she had not made a single step of progress.
confess
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From this reading Anne was compelled to confess to herself that her plan had failed--that except for her dim and mysterious knowledge of these singular Lillies, she had not made a single step of progress.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
dark
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From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
day
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From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
dim
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From this reading Anne was compelled to confess to herself that her plan had failed--that except for her dim and mysterious knowledge of these singular Lillies, she had not made a single step of progress.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading Anne was compelled to confess to herself that her plan had failed--that except for her dim and mysterious knowledge of these singular Lillies, she had not made a single step of progress.
eyes
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From this reading Little Alice Aytoun, when she came to visit her, clung round her neck anxiously, lifting up beseeching eyes to her face, but Anne had no word of hopeful answer to give.
face
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From this reading Little Alice Aytoun, when she came to visit her, clung round her neck anxiously, lifting up beseeching eyes to her face, but Anne had no word of hopeful answer to give.
failed
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From this reading Anne was compelled to confess to herself that her plan had failed--that except for her dim and mysterious knowledge of these singular Lillies, she had not made a single step of progress.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Anne was compelled to confess to herself that her plan had failed--that except for her dim and mysterious knowledge of these singular Lillies, she had not made a single step of progress.
give
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From this reading Little Alice Aytoun, when she came to visit her, clung round her neck anxiously, lifting up beseeching eyes to her face, but Anne had no word of hopeful answer to give.
go
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From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The bright weeks of May stole on rapidly, and Anne had made no advance in her search.
heart
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From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The bright weeks of May stole on rapidly, and Anne had made no advance in her search.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Anne was compelled to confess to herself that her plan had failed--that except for her dim and mysterious knowledge of these singular Lillies, she had not made a single step of progress.
home
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From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
hopeful
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From this reading Little Alice Aytoun, when she came to visit her, clung round her neck anxiously, lifting up beseeching eyes to her face, but Anne had no word of hopeful answer to give.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The bright weeks of May stole on rapidly, and Anne had made no advance in her search.
information
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From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
knowledge
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From this reading Anne was compelled to confess to herself that her plan had failed--that except for her dim and mysterious knowledge of these singular Lillies, she had not made a single step of progress.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
letters
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From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
Lewis
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From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
lifting
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From this reading Little Alice Aytoun, when she came to visit her, clung round her neck anxiously, lifting up beseeching eyes to her face, but Anne had no word of hopeful answer to give.
Lillie's
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From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
Lillies
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From this reading Anne was compelled to confess to herself that her plan had failed--that except for her dim and mysterious knowledge of these singular Lillies, she had not made a single step of progress.
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Little Alice Aytoun, when she came to visit her, clung round her neck anxiously, lifting up beseeching eyes to her face, but Anne had no word of hopeful answer to give.
made
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From this reading The bright weeks of May stole on rapidly, and Anne had made no advance in her search.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading The bright weeks of May stole on rapidly, and Anne had made no advance in her search.
maybe
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From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
more
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From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
Mrs
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From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading Anne was compelled to confess to herself that her plan had failed--that except for her dim and mysterious knowledge of these singular Lillies, she had not made a single step of progress.
neck
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From this reading Little Alice Aytoun, when she came to visit her, clung round her neck anxiously, lifting up beseeching eyes to her face, but Anne had no word of hopeful answer to give.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The bright weeks of May stole on rapidly, and Anne had made no advance in her search.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Anne was compelled to confess to herself that her plan had failed--that except for her dim and mysterious knowledge of these singular Lillies, she had not made a single step of progress.
note
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From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The bright weeks of May stole on rapidly, and Anne had made no advance in her search.
old
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From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The bright weeks of May stole on rapidly, and Anne had made no advance in her search.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
own
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From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
Patrick
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From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
plan
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From this reading Anne was compelled to confess to herself that her plan had failed--that except for her dim and mysterious knowledge of these singular Lillies, she had not made a single step of progress.
presence
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From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
progress
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From this reading Anne was compelled to confess to herself that her plan had failed--that except for her dim and mysterious knowledge of these singular Lillies, she had not made a single step of progress.
promising
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From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
querulous
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From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
rapidly
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From this reading The bright weeks of May stole on rapidly, and Anne had made no advance in her search.
requiring
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From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
return
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From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
round
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From this reading Little Alice Aytoun, when she came to visit her, clung round her neck anxiously, lifting up beseeching eyes to her face, but Anne had no word of hopeful answer to give.
search
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From this reading The bright weeks of May stole on rapidly, and Anne had made no advance in her search.
seaside
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From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
sent
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From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
servant
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From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Little Alice Aytoun, when she came to visit her, clung round her neck anxiously, lifting up beseeching eyes to her face, but Anne had no word of hopeful answer to give.
shut
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From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
single
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From this reading Anne was compelled to confess to herself that her plan had failed--that except for her dim and mysterious knowledge of these singular Lillies, she had not made a single step of progress.
singular
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From this reading Anne was compelled to confess to herself that her plan had failed--that except for her dim and mysterious knowledge of these singular Lillies, she had not made a single step of progress.
sinking
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From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
slightly
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From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Anne was compelled to confess to herself that her plan had failed--that except for her dim and mysterious knowledge of these singular Lillies, she had not made a single step of progress.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
stole
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From this reading The bright weeks of May stole on rapidly, and Anne had made no advance in her search.
study
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From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
suiting
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From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Anne was compelled to confess to herself that her plan had failed--that except for her dim and mysterious knowledge of these singular Lillies, she had not made a single step of progress.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The bright weeks of May stole on rapidly, and Anne had made no advance in her search.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
Then
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From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Anne was compelled to confess to herself that her plan had failed--that except for her dim and mysterious knowledge of these singular Lillies, she had not made a single step of progress.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Little Alice Aytoun, when she came to visit her, clung round her neck anxiously, lifting up beseeching eyes to her face, but Anne had no word of hopeful answer to give.
up
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From this reading Little Alice Aytoun, when she came to visit her, clung round her neck anxiously, lifting up beseeching eyes to her face, but Anne had no word of hopeful answer to give.
visit
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From this reading Little Alice Aytoun, when she came to visit her, clung round her neck anxiously, lifting up beseeching eyes to her face, but Anne had no word of hopeful answer to give.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
weather
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From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
weeks
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From this reading The bright weeks of May stole on rapidly, and Anne had made no advance in her search.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Little Alice Aytoun, when she came to visit her, clung round her neck anxiously, lifting up beseeching eyes to her face, but Anne had no word of hopeful answer to give.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
window
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From this reading Her own heart was sinking day by day; the window of Patrick Lillie's study was still shut up and dark; the old servant whom they had left behind them could give no information as to their return.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
word
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From this reading Little Alice Aytoun, when she came to visit her, clung round her neck anxiously, lifting up beseeching eyes to her face, but Anne had no word of hopeful answer to give.
wrote
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From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading Then Lewis wrote letters, slightly querulous, requiring her presence at home--and Mrs. Catherine sent one characteristic note promising, "if ye will be a good bairn and come back, maybe to go with ye myself, when the weather is more suiting for the seaside."
