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Pomona's Travels
Pomona's Travels

Chapter I

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Context Illustration Reading 1/73 · 5 lines
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_A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ LETTER THREE.
_Jone overshadows the Waiter_ LETTER FOUR.
_The Cottage at Chedcombe_ LETTER FIVE.
_Pomona takes a Lodger_ LETTER SIX.
_Pomona expounds Americanisms_ LETTER EIGHT.
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Pomona's Travels

Chapter I

Reading 1/73 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
_A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ LETTER THREE.
Line 2
_Jone overshadows the Waiter_ LETTER FOUR.
Line 3
_The Cottage at Chedcombe_ LETTER FIVE.
Line 4
_Pomona takes a Lodger_ LETTER SIX.
Line 5
_Pomona expounds Americanisms_ LETTER EIGHT.
All words in this reading · 36

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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 _A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ LETTER THREE.

Americanisms

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From this reading _Pomona expounds Americanisms_ LETTER EIGHT.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading _The Cottage at Chedcombe_ LETTER FIVE.

B

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From this reading _A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ LETTER THREE.

byprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

From this reading _A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ LETTER THREE.

Chedcombe

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From this reading _The Cottage at Chedcombe_ LETTER FIVE.

Cottage

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From this reading _The Cottage at Chedcombe_ LETTER FIVE.

EIGHT

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From this reading _Pomona expounds Americanisms_ LETTER EIGHT.

expounds

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From this reading _Pomona expounds Americanisms_ LETTER EIGHT.

FIVE

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From this reading _The Cottage at Chedcombe_ LETTER FIVE.

former

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From this reading _A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ LETTER THREE.

FOUR

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From this reading _Jone overshadows the Waiter_ LETTER FOUR.

fromprepositionUS /frʌm/

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading _A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ LETTER THREE.

Frost

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From this reading _A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ LETTER THREE.

Grange

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From this reading _A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ LETTER THREE.

Handmaiden

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From this reading _A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ LETTER THREE.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading _A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ LETTER THREE.

Illustrated

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From this reading _A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ LETTER THREE.

Jone

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From this reading _Jone overshadows the Waiter_ LETTER FOUR.

LETTER

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From this reading _A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ LETTER THREE.

Letters

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From this reading _A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ LETTER THREE.

Lodger

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From this reading _Pomona takes a Lodger_ LETTER SIX.

Mistress

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From this reading _A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ LETTER THREE.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading _A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ LETTER THREE.

overshadows

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From this reading _Jone overshadows the Waiter_ LETTER FOUR.

Pomona

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From this reading _Pomona takes a Lodger_ LETTER SIX.

POMONA'S

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From this reading _A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ LETTER THREE.

Rudder

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From this reading _A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ LETTER THREE.

Series

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From this reading _A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ LETTER THREE.

SIX

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From this reading _Pomona takes a Lodger_ LETTER SIX.

takes

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From this reading _Pomona takes a Lodger_ LETTER SIX.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading _A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ LETTER THREE.

THREE

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From this reading _A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ LETTER THREE.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading _A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ LETTER THREE.

TRAVELS

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From this reading _A Series of Letters to the Mistress of Rudder Grange from her former Handmaiden_ _RUDDER GRANGE_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ _POMONA'S TRAVELS_ _Illustrated by A.B. Frost._ LETTER THREE.

Waiter

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From this reading _Jone overshadows the Waiter_ LETTER FOUR.