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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 JUDGMENT ACCORDINGLY Certainly the quartette made a very agreeable party in Madeira.
ACCORDINGLY
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From this reading JUDGMENT ACCORDINGLY Certainly the quartette made a very agreeable party in Madeira.
add
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From this reading The two elders enjoyed the sunshine, the fine nights, the casino, much gossip with one another and with casual coevals who had anything to add.
agreeable
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From this reading JUDGMENT ACCORDINGLY Certainly the quartette made a very agreeable party in Madeira.
all
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From this reading Not all these things with one another exclusively.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The two elders enjoyed the sunshine, the fine nights, the casino, much gossip with one another and with casual coevals who had anything to add.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The two elders enjoyed the sunshine, the fine nights, the casino, much gossip with one another and with casual coevals who had anything to add.
anticipated
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From this reading It proved to be as happily composed as the Major had anticipated.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading The two elders enjoyed the sunshine, the fine nights, the casino, much gossip with one another and with casual coevals who had anything to add.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It proved to be as happily composed as the Major had anticipated.
bath
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From this reading The young couple made their excursions, had their bath and a little lawn-tennis (Winnie could not be roused to enthusiasm over this), gambled mildly and danced enthusiastically.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It proved to be as happily composed as the Major had anticipated.
casino
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From this reading The two elders enjoyed the sunshine, the fine nights, the casino, much gossip with one another and with casual coevals who had anything to add.
casual
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From this reading The two elders enjoyed the sunshine, the fine nights, the casino, much gossip with one another and with casual coevals who had anything to add.
Certainly
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From this reading JUDGMENT ACCORDINGLY Certainly the quartette made a very agreeable party in Madeira.
coevals
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From this reading The two elders enjoyed the sunshine, the fine nights, the casino, much gossip with one another and with casual coevals who had anything to add.
composed
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From this reading It proved to be as happily composed as the Major had anticipated.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The young couple made their excursions, had their bath and a little lawn-tennis (Winnie could not be roused to enthusiasm over this), gambled mildly and danced enthusiastically.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading The young couple made their excursions, had their bath and a little lawn-tennis (Winnie could not be roused to enthusiasm over this), gambled mildly and danced enthusiastically.
danced
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From this reading The young couple made their excursions, had their bath and a little lawn-tennis (Winnie could not be roused to enthusiasm over this), gambled mildly and danced enthusiastically.
elders
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From this reading The two elders enjoyed the sunshine, the fine nights, the casino, much gossip with one another and with casual coevals who had anything to add.
enjoyed
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From this reading The two elders enjoyed the sunshine, the fine nights, the casino, much gossip with one another and with casual coevals who had anything to add.
enthusiasm
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From this reading The young couple made their excursions, had their bath and a little lawn-tennis (Winnie could not be roused to enthusiasm over this), gambled mildly and danced enthusiastically.
enthusiastically
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From this reading The young couple made their excursions, had their bath and a little lawn-tennis (Winnie could not be roused to enthusiasm over this), gambled mildly and danced enthusiastically.
exclusively
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From this reading Not all these things with one another exclusively.
excursions
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From this reading The young couple made their excursions, had their bath and a little lawn-tennis (Winnie could not be roused to enthusiasm over this), gambled mildly and danced enthusiastically.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The two elders enjoyed the sunshine, the fine nights, the casino, much gossip with one another and with casual coevals who had anything to add.
gambled
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From this reading The young couple made their excursions, had their bath and a little lawn-tennis (Winnie could not be roused to enthusiasm over this), gambled mildly and danced enthusiastically.
gossip
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From this reading The two elders enjoyed the sunshine, the fine nights, the casino, much gossip with one another and with casual coevals who had anything to add.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It proved to be as happily composed as the Major had anticipated.
happily
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From this reading It proved to be as happily composed as the Major had anticipated.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading JUDGMENT ACCORDINGLY Certainly the quartette made a very agreeable party in Madeira.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It proved to be as happily composed as the Major had anticipated.
JUDGMENT
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From this reading JUDGMENT ACCORDINGLY Certainly the quartette made a very agreeable party in Madeira.
lawn-tennis
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From this reading The young couple made their excursions, had their bath and a little lawn-tennis (Winnie could not be roused to enthusiasm over this), gambled mildly and danced enthusiastically.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The young couple made their excursions, had their bath and a little lawn-tennis (Winnie could not be roused to enthusiasm over this), gambled mildly and danced enthusiastically.
made
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From this reading JUDGMENT ACCORDINGLY Certainly the quartette made a very agreeable party in Madeira.
Madeira
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From this reading JUDGMENT ACCORDINGLY Certainly the quartette made a very agreeable party in Madeira.
Major
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From this reading It proved to be as happily composed as the Major had anticipated.
mildly
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From this reading The young couple made their excursions, had their bath and a little lawn-tennis (Winnie could not be roused to enthusiasm over this), gambled mildly and danced enthusiastically.
much
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From this reading The two elders enjoyed the sunshine, the fine nights, the casino, much gossip with one another and with casual coevals who had anything to add.
nightsnounUS /naɪts/
Periods of darkness between sunset and sunrise.
From this reading The two elders enjoyed the sunshine, the fine nights, the casino, much gossip with one another and with casual coevals who had anything to add.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The young couple made their excursions, had their bath and a little lawn-tennis (Winnie could not be roused to enthusiasm over this), gambled mildly and danced enthusiastically.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The two elders enjoyed the sunshine, the fine nights, the casino, much gossip with one another and with casual coevals who had anything to add.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The young couple made their excursions, had their bath and a little lawn-tennis (Winnie could not be roused to enthusiasm over this), gambled mildly and danced enthusiastically.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JUDGMENT ACCORDINGLY Certainly the quartette made a very agreeable party in Madeira.
proved
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From this reading It proved to be as happily composed as the Major had anticipated.
quartette
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From this reading JUDGMENT ACCORDINGLY Certainly the quartette made a very agreeable party in Madeira.
roused
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From this reading The young couple made their excursions, had their bath and a little lawn-tennis (Winnie could not be roused to enthusiasm over this), gambled mildly and danced enthusiastically.
sunshine
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From this reading The two elders enjoyed the sunshine, the fine nights, the casino, much gossip with one another and with casual coevals who had anything to add.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading JUDGMENT ACCORDINGLY Certainly the quartette made a very agreeable party in Madeira.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The young couple made their excursions, had their bath and a little lawn-tennis (Winnie could not be roused to enthusiasm over this), gambled mildly and danced enthusiastically.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Not all these things with one another exclusively.
things
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From this reading Not all these things with one another exclusively.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The young couple made their excursions, had their bath and a little lawn-tennis (Winnie could not be roused to enthusiasm over this), gambled mildly and danced enthusiastically.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It proved to be as happily composed as the Major had anticipated.
two
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From this reading The two elders enjoyed the sunshine, the fine nights, the casino, much gossip with one another and with casual coevals who had anything to add.
very
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From this reading JUDGMENT ACCORDINGLY Certainly the quartette made a very agreeable party in Madeira.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The two elders enjoyed the sunshine, the fine nights, the casino, much gossip with one another and with casual coevals who had anything to add.
Winnie
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From this reading The young couple made their excursions, had their bath and a little lawn-tennis (Winnie could not be roused to enthusiasm over this), gambled mildly and danced enthusiastically.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The two elders enjoyed the sunshine, the fine nights, the casino, much gossip with one another and with casual coevals who had anything to add.
young
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From this reading The young couple made their excursions, had their bath and a little lawn-tennis (Winnie could not be roused to enthusiasm over this), gambled mildly and danced enthusiastically.
