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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 Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
accordance
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From this reading I may say at once that this was in accordance with the Queen's instructions.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The letter was merely intended to enable me to free the gates, and after that it was to be destroyed.
AGAINnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading I may say at once that this was in accordance with the Queen's instructions.
banks
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From this reading Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The letter was merely intended to enable me to free the gates, and after that it was to be destroyed.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
Charenton
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From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
covered
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From this reading Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
day
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From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
destroyed
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From this reading The letter was merely intended to enable me to free the gates, and after that it was to be destroyed.
down
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From this reading Some I let drift down the stream, and the remainder I scattered to the winds.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
drift
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From this reading Some I let drift down the stream, and the remainder I scattered to the winds.
enable
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From this reading The letter was merely intended to enable me to free the gates, and after that it was to be destroyed.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
fragments
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From this reading Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading The letter was merely intended to enable me to free the gates, and after that it was to be destroyed.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
gates
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From this reading The letter was merely intended to enable me to free the gates, and after that it was to be destroyed.
Georges
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From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
heights
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From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
hill
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From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
hundred
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From this reading Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I may say at once that this was in accordance with the Queen's instructions.
instructions
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From this reading I may say at once that this was in accordance with the Queen's instructions.
intended
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From this reading The letter was merely intended to enable me to free the gates, and after that it was to be destroyed.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
King's
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From this reading Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Some I let drift down the stream, and the remainder I scattered to the winds.
letter
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From this reading Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading I may say at once that this was in accordance with the Queen's instructions.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The letter was merely intended to enable me to free the gates, and after that it was to be destroyed.
MEET
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From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
merely
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From this reading The letter was merely intended to enable me to free the gates, and after that it was to be destroyed.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
once
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From this reading I may say at once that this was in accordance with the Queen's instructions.
pocket
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From this reading Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
poplars
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From this reading Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
Queen's
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From this reading I may say at once that this was in accordance with the Queen's instructions.
rein
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From this reading Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
remainder
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From this reading Some I let drift down the stream, and the remainder I scattered to the winds.
saw
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From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
say
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From this reading I may say at once that this was in accordance with the Queen's instructions.
scattered
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From this reading Some I let drift down the stream, and the remainder I scattered to the winds.
shining
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From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
SIMON
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From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
skirtednounUS /ˈskirted/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
Some
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From this reading Some I let drift down the stream, and the remainder I scattered to the winds.
St
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From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
stars
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From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
stream
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From this reading Some I let drift down the stream, and the remainder I scattered to the winds.
taking
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From this reading Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I may say at once that this was in accordance with the Queen's instructions.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading I may say at once that this was in accordance with the Queen's instructions.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Some I let drift down the stream, and the remainder I scattered to the winds.
tore
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From this reading Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
Villaneuve
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From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
willows
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From this reading Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
winds
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From this reading Some I let drift down the stream, and the remainder I scattered to the winds.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
wooded
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From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
wound
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From this reading Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
Yeres
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From this reading Here, where the Yeres wound between banks covered with willows and poplars, I first drew rein, and taking the King's letter from my pocket tore it into a hundred fragments.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading SIMON AND I MEET AGAIN The stars were yet shining as we skirted the heights of Charenton, but it was day when we saw Villaneuve St. Georges on its wooded hill.
