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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 I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND RECEIVE A LESSON IN PHILOSOPHY It was not so easy to run down to Esher to see Miss Gold.
Agnes
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From this reading Miss Gold--Agnes, as I called her--was then a girl of twenty-one or two, and I fancy that people were beginning to join our names.
ago
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From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
all
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From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND RECEIVE A LESSON IN PHILOSOPHY It was not so easy to run down to Esher to see Miss Gold.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND RECEIVE A LESSON IN PHILOSOPHY It was not so easy to run down to Esher to see Miss Gold.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Miss Gold--Agnes, as I called her--was then a girl of twenty-one or two, and I fancy that people were beginning to join our names.
becoming
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From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Miss Gold--Agnes, as I called her--was then a girl of twenty-one or two, and I fancy that people were beginning to join our names.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
called
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From this reading Miss Gold--Agnes, as I called her--was then a girl of twenty-one or two, and I fancy that people were beginning to join our names.
closest
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From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
courage
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From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
Cowardice
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From this reading Cowardice intervened.
danger
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From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
deal
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From this reading We were together a great deal; her society gave me extraordinary pleasure, for she had a natural frankness and shrewdness and was intellectually a rebel.
diffident
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From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
down
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From this reading I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND RECEIVE A LESSON IN PHILOSOPHY It was not so easy to run down to Esher to see Miss Gold.
easy
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From this reading I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND RECEIVE A LESSON IN PHILOSOPHY It was not so easy to run down to Esher to see Miss Gold.
Esher
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From this reading I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND RECEIVE A LESSON IN PHILOSOPHY It was not so easy to run down to Esher to see Miss Gold.
extraordinary
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From this reading We were together a great deal; her society gave me extraordinary pleasure, for she had a natural frankness and shrewdness and was intellectually a rebel.
fancy
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From this reading Miss Gold--Agnes, as I called her--was then a girl of twenty-one or two, and I fancy that people were beginning to join our names.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
frankness
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From this reading We were together a great deal; her society gave me extraordinary pleasure, for she had a natural frankness and shrewdness and was intellectually a rebel.
FRIEND
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From this reading I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND RECEIVE A LESSON IN PHILOSOPHY It was not so easy to run down to Esher to see Miss Gold.
friendship
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From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
gave
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From this reading We were together a great deal; her society gave me extraordinary pleasure, for she had a natural frankness and shrewdness and was intellectually a rebel.
girl
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From this reading Miss Gold--Agnes, as I called her--was then a girl of twenty-one or two, and I fancy that people were beginning to join our names.
Gold
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From this reading I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND RECEIVE A LESSON IN PHILOSOPHY It was not so easy to run down to Esher to see Miss Gold.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We were together a great deal; her society gave me extraordinary pleasure, for she had a natural frankness and shrewdness and was intellectually a rebel.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading We were together a great deal; her society gave me extraordinary pleasure, for she had a natural frankness and shrewdness and was intellectually a rebel.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Miss Gold--Agnes, as I called her--was then a girl of twenty-one or two, and I fancy that people were beginning to join our names.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND RECEIVE A LESSON IN PHILOSOPHY It was not so easy to run down to Esher to see Miss Gold.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND RECEIVE A LESSON IN PHILOSOPHY It was not so easy to run down to Esher to see Miss Gold.
intellectually
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From this reading We were together a great deal; her society gave me extraordinary pleasure, for she had a natural frankness and shrewdness and was intellectually a rebel.
intervened
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From this reading Cowardice intervened.
intimacies
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From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND RECEIVE A LESSON IN PHILOSOPHY It was not so easy to run down to Esher to see Miss Gold.
join
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From this reading Miss Gold--Agnes, as I called her--was then a girl of twenty-one or two, and I fancy that people were beginning to join our names.
LESSON
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From this reading I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND RECEIVE A LESSON IN PHILOSOPHY It was not so easy to run down to Esher to see Miss Gold.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
man
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From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We were together a great deal; her society gave me extraordinary pleasure, for she had a natural frankness and shrewdness and was intellectually a rebel.
MEET
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From this reading I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND RECEIVE A LESSON IN PHILOSOPHY It was not so easy to run down to Esher to see Miss Gold.
Miss
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From this reading I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND RECEIVE A LESSON IN PHILOSOPHY It was not so easy to run down to Esher to see Miss Gold.
names
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From this reading Miss Gold--Agnes, as I called her--was then a girl of twenty-one or two, and I fancy that people were beginning to join our names.
natural
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From this reading We were together a great deal; her society gave me extraordinary pleasure, for she had a natural frankness and shrewdness and was intellectually a rebel.
naturally
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From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND RECEIVE A LESSON IN PHILOSOPHY It was not so easy to run down to Esher to see Miss Gold.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
OLD
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From this reading I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND RECEIVE A LESSON IN PHILOSOPHY It was not so easy to run down to Esher to see Miss Gold.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Miss Gold--Agnes, as I called her--was then a girl of twenty-one or two, and I fancy that people were beginning to join our names.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Miss Gold--Agnes, as I called her--was then a girl of twenty-one or two, and I fancy that people were beginning to join our names.
people
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From this reading Miss Gold--Agnes, as I called her--was then a girl of twenty-one or two, and I fancy that people were beginning to join our names.
person
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From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
PHILOSOPHYnounUS /fɪˈlɑː.sə.fi/
The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. (Triết học, đạo lý nhân sinh.)
From this reading I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND RECEIVE A LESSON IN PHILOSOPHY It was not so easy to run down to Esher to see Miss Gold.
pleasure
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From this reading We were together a great deal; her society gave me extraordinary pleasure, for she had a natural frankness and shrewdness and was intellectually a rebel.
rebel
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From this reading We were together a great deal; her society gave me extraordinary pleasure, for she had a natural frankness and shrewdness and was intellectually a rebel.
RECEIVE
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From this reading I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND RECEIVE A LESSON IN PHILOSOPHY It was not so easy to run down to Esher to see Miss Gold.
renew
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From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
requires
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From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
run
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From this reading I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND RECEIVE A LESSON IN PHILOSOPHY It was not so easy to run down to Esher to see Miss Gold.
see
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From this reading I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND RECEIVE A LESSON IN PHILOSOPHY It was not so easy to run down to Esher to see Miss Gold.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We were together a great deal; her society gave me extraordinary pleasure, for she had a natural frankness and shrewdness and was intellectually a rebel.
shrewdness
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From this reading We were together a great deal; her society gave me extraordinary pleasure, for she had a natural frankness and shrewdness and was intellectually a rebel.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND RECEIVE A LESSON IN PHILOSOPHY It was not so easy to run down to Esher to see Miss Gold.
society
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From this reading We were together a great deal; her society gave me extraordinary pleasure, for she had a natural frankness and shrewdness and was intellectually a rebel.
sympathetic
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From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
then
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From this reading Miss Gold--Agnes, as I called her--was then a girl of twenty-one or two, and I fancy that people were beginning to join our names.
thirty
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From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND RECEIVE A LESSON IN PHILOSOPHY It was not so easy to run down to Esher to see Miss Gold.
together
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From this reading We were together a great deal; her society gave me extraordinary pleasure, for she had a natural frankness and shrewdness and was intellectually a rebel.
twenty-one
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From this reading Miss Gold--Agnes, as I called her--was then a girl of twenty-one or two, and I fancy that people were beginning to join our names.
two
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From this reading Miss Gold--Agnes, as I called her--was then a girl of twenty-one or two, and I fancy that people were beginning to join our names.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND RECEIVE A LESSON IN PHILOSOPHY It was not so easy to run down to Esher to see Miss Gold.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We were together a great deal; her society gave me extraordinary pleasure, for she had a natural frankness and shrewdness and was intellectually a rebel.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Miss Gold--Agnes, as I called her--was then a girl of twenty-one or two, and I fancy that people were beginning to join our names.
woman
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From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
years
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From this reading It requires not a little courage for a naturally diffident and sympathetic person to renew a friendship that thirty years ago was in danger of becoming the closest of all intimacies between a man and a woman.
