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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 It was, she felt, a reflection upon Claverings.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
advent
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From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Soon after Christmas there were rumours of an impending descent of the Headquarters staff of the South-Eastern army upon Claverings.
all
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From this reading Then Mr. Britling found Lady Homartyn back from France, and very indignant because after all the Headquarters were to go to Lady Wensleydale at Ladyholt.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Soon after Christmas there were rumours of an impending descent of the Headquarters staff of the South-Eastern army upon Claverings.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then Mr. Britling found Lady Homartyn back from France, and very indignant because after all the Headquarters were to go to Lady Wensleydale at Ladyholt.
armies
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From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
army
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From this reading Soon after Christmas there were rumours of an impending descent of the Headquarters staff of the South-Eastern army upon Claverings.
arrived
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From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then Mr. Britling found Lady Homartyn back from France, and very indignant because after all the Headquarters were to go to Lady Wensleydale at Ladyholt.
back
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From this reading Then Mr. Britling found Lady Homartyn back from France, and very indignant because after all the Headquarters were to go to Lady Wensleydale at Ladyholt.
battalion
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From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
battery
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From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
became
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From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Then Mr. Britling found Lady Homartyn back from France, and very indignant because after all the Headquarters were to go to Lady Wensleydale at Ladyholt.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
billeting
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From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
bottle
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From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
bright
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From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
Britling
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From this reading Then Mr. Britling found Lady Homartyn back from France, and very indignant because after all the Headquarters were to go to Lady Wensleydale at Ladyholt.
came
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From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
Christmas
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From this reading Soon after Christmas there were rumours of an impending descent of the Headquarters staff of the South-Eastern army upon Claverings.
Claverings
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From this reading Soon after Christmas there were rumours of an impending descent of the Headquarters staff of the South-Eastern army upon Claverings.
day
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From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
descentnounUS /dɪˈsent/
An action of moving downward, dropping, or falling into a deeper place.
From this reading Soon after Christmas there were rumours of an impending descent of the Headquarters staff of the South-Eastern army upon Claverings.
England
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From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
exercised
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From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
expressed
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From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
extent
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From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
felt
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From this reading It was, she felt, a reflection upon Claverings.
floods
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From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then Mr. Britling found Lady Homartyn back from France, and very indignant because after all the Headquarters were to go to Lady Wensleydale at Ladyholt.
France
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From this reading Then Mr. Britling found Lady Homartyn back from France, and very indignant because after all the Headquarters were to go to Lady Wensleydale at Ladyholt.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Then Mr. Britling found Lady Homartyn back from France, and very indignant because after all the Headquarters were to go to Lady Wensleydale at Ladyholt.
gathering
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From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
get
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From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
go
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From this reading Then Mr. Britling found Lady Homartyn back from France, and very indignant because after all the Headquarters were to go to Lady Wensleydale at Ladyholt.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
Headquarters
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From this reading Soon after Christmas there were rumours of an impending descent of the Headquarters staff of the South-Eastern army upon Claverings.
heard
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From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
Homartyn
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From this reading Then Mr. Britling found Lady Homartyn back from France, and very indignant because after all the Headquarters were to go to Lady Wensleydale at Ladyholt.
impending
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From this reading Soon after Christmas there were rumours of an impending descent of the Headquarters staff of the South-Eastern army upon Claverings.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
indignant
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From this reading Then Mr. Britling found Lady Homartyn back from France, and very indignant because after all the Headquarters were to go to Lady Wensleydale at Ladyholt.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was, she felt, a reflection upon Claverings.
Lady
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From this reading Then Mr. Britling found Lady Homartyn back from France, and very indignant because after all the Headquarters were to go to Lady Wensleydale at Ladyholt.
Ladyholt
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From this reading Then Mr. Britling found Lady Homartyn back from France, and very indignant because after all the Headquarters were to go to Lady Wensleydale at Ladyholt.
like
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From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
low-lying
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From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
meadow
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From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
more
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From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
Mr
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From this reading Then Mr. Britling found Lady Homartyn back from France, and very indignant because after all the Headquarters were to go to Lady Wensleydale at Ladyholt.
much
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From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
new
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From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
now
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From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Soon after Christmas there were rumours of an impending descent of the Headquarters staff of the South-Eastern army upon Claverings.
officer
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From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
only
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From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
orderly
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From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
parishes
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From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
pint
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From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
pouring
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From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
presently
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From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
quart
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From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
reflection
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From this reading It was, she felt, a reflection upon Claverings.
rumours
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From this reading Soon after Christmas there were rumours of an impending descent of the Headquarters staff of the South-Eastern army upon Claverings.
several
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From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was, she felt, a reflection upon Claverings.
Soon
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From this reading Soon after Christmas there were rumours of an impending descent of the Headquarters staff of the South-Eastern army upon Claverings.
South-Eastern
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From this reading Soon after Christmas there were rumours of an impending descent of the Headquarters staff of the South-Eastern army upon Claverings.
staff
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From this reading Soon after Christmas there were rumours of an impending descent of the Headquarters staff of the South-Eastern army upon Claverings.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
Territorial
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From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Soon after Christmas there were rumours of an impending descent of the Headquarters staff of the South-Eastern army upon Claverings.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
Then
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From this reading Then Mr. Britling found Lady Homartyn back from France, and very indignant because after all the Headquarters were to go to Lady Wensleydale at Ladyholt.
there
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From this reading Soon after Christmas there were rumours of an impending descent of the Headquarters staff of the South-Eastern army upon Claverings.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
times
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From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then Mr. Britling found Lady Homartyn back from France, and very indignant because after all the Headquarters were to go to Lady Wensleydale at Ladyholt.
two
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From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Soon after Christmas there were rumours of an impending descent of the Headquarters staff of the South-Eastern army upon Claverings.
very
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From this reading Then Mr. Britling found Lady Homartyn back from France, and very indignant because after all the Headquarters were to go to Lady Wensleydale at Ladyholt.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was, she felt, a reflection upon Claverings.
Wensleydale
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From this reading Then Mr. Britling found Lady Homartyn back from France, and very indignant because after all the Headquarters were to go to Lady Wensleydale at Ladyholt.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Soon after Christmas there were rumours of an impending descent of the Headquarters staff of the South-Eastern army upon Claverings.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Lady Homartyn became still more indignant when presently the new armies, which were gathering now all over England like floods in a low-lying meadow, came pouring into the parishes about Claverings to the extent of a battalion and a Territorial battery.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
young
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From this reading Mr. Britling heard of their advent only a day or two before they arrived; there came a bright young officer with an orderly, billeting; he was much exercised to get, as he expressed it several times, a quart into a pint bottle.
