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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 The celebrated ballroom and picture gallery were filled with cots; a spacious bedroom had become a perfectly equipped operating room; nurses and doctors moved everywhere with quiet swiftness.
amateurishness
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From this reading Things were said to be marvellously well done because Lord Coombe himself held reins which diplomatically guided and restrained amateurishness and emotional infelicities.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The celebrated ballroom and picture gallery were filled with cots; a spacious bedroom had become a perfectly equipped operating room; nurses and doctors moved everywhere with quiet swiftness.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He had faced ghastly hours there as the war news struck its hideous variant note from day to day.
ballroom
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From this reading The celebrated ballroom and picture gallery were filled with cots; a spacious bedroom had become a perfectly equipped operating room; nurses and doctors moved everywhere with quiet swiftness.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Things were said to be marvellously well done because Lord Coombe himself held reins which diplomatically guided and restrained amateurishness and emotional infelicities.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Things were said to be marvellously well done because Lord Coombe himself held reins which diplomatically guided and restrained amateurishness and emotional infelicities.
become
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From this reading The celebrated ballroom and picture gallery were filled with cots; a spacious bedroom had become a perfectly equipped operating room; nurses and doctors moved everywhere with quiet swiftness.
bedroom
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From this reading The celebrated ballroom and picture gallery were filled with cots; a spacious bedroom had become a perfectly equipped operating room; nurses and doctors moved everywhere with quiet swiftness.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Coombe House had been transformed into one of the most practical nursing homes in London.
celebrated
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From this reading The celebrated ballroom and picture gallery were filled with cots; a spacious bedroom had become a perfectly equipped operating room; nurses and doctors moved everywhere with quiet swiftness.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He spent most of his time, when he was in the house, in the room on the entrance floor where Mademoiselle had found him when she had come to him in her search for Robin.
Coombe
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From this reading Coombe House had been transformed into one of the most practical nursing homes in London.
cots
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From this reading The celebrated ballroom and picture gallery were filled with cots; a spacious bedroom had become a perfectly equipped operating room; nurses and doctors moved everywhere with quiet swiftness.
day
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From this reading He had faced ghastly hours there as the war news struck its hideous variant note from day to day.
diplomatically
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From this reading Things were said to be marvellously well done because Lord Coombe himself held reins which diplomatically guided and restrained amateurishness and emotional infelicities.
doctors
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From this reading The celebrated ballroom and picture gallery were filled with cots; a spacious bedroom had become a perfectly equipped operating room; nurses and doctors moved everywhere with quiet swiftness.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Things were said to be marvellously well done because Lord Coombe himself held reins which diplomatically guided and restrained amateurishness and emotional infelicities.
emotional
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From this reading Things were said to be marvellously well done because Lord Coombe himself held reins which diplomatically guided and restrained amateurishness and emotional infelicities.
entrance
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From this reading He spent most of his time, when he was in the house, in the room on the entrance floor where Mademoiselle had found him when she had come to him in her search for Robin.
equipped
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From this reading The celebrated ballroom and picture gallery were filled with cots; a spacious bedroom had become a perfectly equipped operating room; nurses and doctors moved everywhere with quiet swiftness.
everywhere
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From this reading The celebrated ballroom and picture gallery were filled with cots; a spacious bedroom had become a perfectly equipped operating room; nurses and doctors moved everywhere with quiet swiftness.
faced
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From this reading He had faced ghastly hours there as the war news struck its hideous variant note from day to day.
filled
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From this reading The celebrated ballroom and picture gallery were filled with cots; a spacious bedroom had become a perfectly equipped operating room; nurses and doctors moved everywhere with quiet swiftness.
floor
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From this reading He spent most of his time, when he was in the house, in the room on the entrance floor where Mademoiselle had found him when she had come to him in her search for Robin.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He spent most of his time, when he was in the house, in the room on the entrance floor where Mademoiselle had found him when she had come to him in her search for Robin.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He spent most of his time, when he was in the house, in the room on the entrance floor where Mademoiselle had found him when she had come to him in her search for Robin.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He had faced ghastly hours there as the war news struck its hideous variant note from day to day.
gallery
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From this reading The celebrated ballroom and picture gallery were filled with cots; a spacious bedroom had become a perfectly equipped operating room; nurses and doctors moved everywhere with quiet swiftness.
ghastly
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From this reading He had faced ghastly hours there as the war news struck its hideous variant note from day to day.
guided
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From this reading Things were said to be marvellously well done because Lord Coombe himself held reins which diplomatically guided and restrained amateurishness and emotional infelicities.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Coombe House had been transformed into one of the most practical nursing homes in London.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He spent most of his time, when he was in the house, in the room on the entrance floor where Mademoiselle had found him when she had come to him in her search for Robin.
held
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From this reading Things were said to be marvellously well done because Lord Coombe himself held reins which diplomatically guided and restrained amateurishness and emotional infelicities.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He spent most of his time, when he was in the house, in the room on the entrance floor where Mademoiselle had found him when she had come to him in her search for Robin.
hideous
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From this reading He had faced ghastly hours there as the war news struck its hideous variant note from day to day.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He spent most of his time, when he was in the house, in the room on the entrance floor where Mademoiselle had found him when she had come to him in her search for Robin.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Things were said to be marvellously well done because Lord Coombe himself held reins which diplomatically guided and restrained amateurishness and emotional infelicities.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He spent most of his time, when he was in the house, in the room on the entrance floor where Mademoiselle had found him when she had come to him in her search for Robin.
homes
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From this reading Coombe House had been transformed into one of the most practical nursing homes in London.
hours
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From this reading He had faced ghastly hours there as the war news struck its hideous variant note from day to day.
House
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From this reading Coombe House had been transformed into one of the most practical nursing homes in London.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Coombe House had been transformed into one of the most practical nursing homes in London.
infelicities
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From this reading Things were said to be marvellously well done because Lord Coombe himself held reins which diplomatically guided and restrained amateurishness and emotional infelicities.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Coombe House had been transformed into one of the most practical nursing homes in London.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading He had faced ghastly hours there as the war news struck its hideous variant note from day to day.
London
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From this reading Coombe House had been transformed into one of the most practical nursing homes in London.
Lord
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From this reading Things were said to be marvellously well done because Lord Coombe himself held reins which diplomatically guided and restrained amateurishness and emotional infelicities.
Mademoiselle
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From this reading He spent most of his time, when he was in the house, in the room on the entrance floor where Mademoiselle had found him when she had come to him in her search for Robin.
marvellously
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From this reading Things were said to be marvellously well done because Lord Coombe himself held reins which diplomatically guided and restrained amateurishness and emotional infelicities.
most
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From this reading Coombe House had been transformed into one of the most practical nursing homes in London.
moved
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From this reading The celebrated ballroom and picture gallery were filled with cots; a spacious bedroom had become a perfectly equipped operating room; nurses and doctors moved everywhere with quiet swiftness.
news
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From this reading He had faced ghastly hours there as the war news struck its hideous variant note from day to day.
note
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From this reading He had faced ghastly hours there as the war news struck its hideous variant note from day to day.
nurses
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From this reading The celebrated ballroom and picture gallery were filled with cots; a spacious bedroom had become a perfectly equipped operating room; nurses and doctors moved everywhere with quiet swiftness.
nursing
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From this reading Coombe House had been transformed into one of the most practical nursing homes in London.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Coombe House had been transformed into one of the most practical nursing homes in London.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He spent most of his time, when he was in the house, in the room on the entrance floor where Mademoiselle had found him when she had come to him in her search for Robin.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Coombe House had been transformed into one of the most practical nursing homes in London.
operating
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From this reading The celebrated ballroom and picture gallery were filled with cots; a spacious bedroom had become a perfectly equipped operating room; nurses and doctors moved everywhere with quiet swiftness.
perfectly
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From this reading The celebrated ballroom and picture gallery were filled with cots; a spacious bedroom had become a perfectly equipped operating room; nurses and doctors moved everywhere with quiet swiftness.
picture
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From this reading The celebrated ballroom and picture gallery were filled with cots; a spacious bedroom had become a perfectly equipped operating room; nurses and doctors moved everywhere with quiet swiftness.
practical
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From this reading Coombe House had been transformed into one of the most practical nursing homes in London.
quiet
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From this reading The celebrated ballroom and picture gallery were filled with cots; a spacious bedroom had become a perfectly equipped operating room; nurses and doctors moved everywhere with quiet swiftness.
reins
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From this reading Things were said to be marvellously well done because Lord Coombe himself held reins which diplomatically guided and restrained amateurishness and emotional infelicities.
restrained
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From this reading Things were said to be marvellously well done because Lord Coombe himself held reins which diplomatically guided and restrained amateurishness and emotional infelicities.
Robin
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From this reading He spent most of his time, when he was in the house, in the room on the entrance floor where Mademoiselle had found him when she had come to him in her search for Robin.
room
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From this reading The celebrated ballroom and picture gallery were filled with cots; a spacious bedroom had become a perfectly equipped operating room; nurses and doctors moved everywhere with quiet swiftness.
said
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From this reading Things were said to be marvellously well done because Lord Coombe himself held reins which diplomatically guided and restrained amateurishness and emotional infelicities.
search
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From this reading He spent most of his time, when he was in the house, in the room on the entrance floor where Mademoiselle had found him when she had come to him in her search for Robin.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He spent most of his time, when he was in the house, in the room on the entrance floor where Mademoiselle had found him when she had come to him in her search for Robin.
spacious
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From this reading The celebrated ballroom and picture gallery were filled with cots; a spacious bedroom had become a perfectly equipped operating room; nurses and doctors moved everywhere with quiet swiftness.
spent
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From this reading He spent most of his time, when he was in the house, in the room on the entrance floor where Mademoiselle had found him when she had come to him in her search for Robin.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had faced ghastly hours there as the war news struck its hideous variant note from day to day.
swiftness
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From this reading The celebrated ballroom and picture gallery were filled with cots; a spacious bedroom had become a perfectly equipped operating room; nurses and doctors moved everywhere with quiet swiftness.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Coombe House had been transformed into one of the most practical nursing homes in London.
there
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From this reading He had faced ghastly hours there as the war news struck its hideous variant note from day to day.
Things
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From this reading Things were said to be marvellously well done because Lord Coombe himself held reins which diplomatically guided and restrained amateurishness and emotional infelicities.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He spent most of his time, when he was in the house, in the room on the entrance floor where Mademoiselle had found him when she had come to him in her search for Robin.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Things were said to be marvellously well done because Lord Coombe himself held reins which diplomatically guided and restrained amateurishness and emotional infelicities.
transformed
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From this reading Coombe House had been transformed into one of the most practical nursing homes in London.
variant
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From this reading He had faced ghastly hours there as the war news struck its hideous variant note from day to day.
war
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From this reading He had faced ghastly hours there as the war news struck its hideous variant note from day to day.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He spent most of his time, when he was in the house, in the room on the entrance floor where Mademoiselle had found him when she had come to him in her search for Robin.
well
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From this reading Things were said to be marvellously well done because Lord Coombe himself held reins which diplomatically guided and restrained amateurishness and emotional infelicities.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The celebrated ballroom and picture gallery were filled with cots; a spacious bedroom had become a perfectly equipped operating room; nurses and doctors moved everywhere with quiet swiftness.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He spent most of his time, when he was in the house, in the room on the entrance floor where Mademoiselle had found him when she had come to him in her search for Robin.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading He spent most of his time, when he was in the house, in the room on the entrance floor where Mademoiselle had found him when she had come to him in her search for Robin.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Things were said to be marvellously well done because Lord Coombe himself held reins which diplomatically guided and restrained amateurishness and emotional infelicities.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The celebrated ballroom and picture gallery were filled with cots; a spacious bedroom had become a perfectly equipped operating room; nurses and doctors moved everywhere with quiet swiftness.
