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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 Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
actor
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From this reading The athletic and personable young actor--entitled upon programmes Owen Delamore--was striding to and fro talking excitedly.
air
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From this reading There was theatrical emotion in the air and Feather, delicately flushed and elate, was listening with an air half frightened, half pleased.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And in fact it was something suggesting "a scene" upon which Coombe was announced.
announced
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From this reading And in fact it was something suggesting "a scene" upon which Coombe was announced.
appeared
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From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
athletic
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From this reading The athletic and personable young actor--entitled upon programmes Owen Delamore--was striding to and fro talking excitedly.
barely
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From this reading The War left one only servants who were idiots or barely out of Board Schools, Feather said.
Board
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From this reading The War left one only servants who were idiots or barely out of Board Schools, Feather said.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
consequence
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From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
Coombe
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From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
Delamore
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From this reading The athletic and personable young actor--entitled upon programmes Owen Delamore--was striding to and fro talking excitedly.
delicately
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From this reading There was theatrical emotion in the air and Feather, delicately flushed and elate, was listening with an air half frightened, half pleased.
doubtless
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From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
drawing-room
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From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
elate
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From this reading There was theatrical emotion in the air and Feather, delicately flushed and elate, was listening with an air half frightened, half pleased.
emotion
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From this reading There was theatrical emotion in the air and Feather, delicately flushed and elate, was listening with an air half frightened, half pleased.
entitled
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From this reading The athletic and personable young actor--entitled upon programmes Owen Delamore--was striding to and fro talking excitedly.
excitedly
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From this reading The athletic and personable young actor--entitled upon programmes Owen Delamore--was striding to and fro talking excitedly.
extremely
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From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
fact
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From this reading And in fact it was something suggesting "a scene" upon which Coombe was announced.
Feather
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From this reading The War left one only servants who were idiots or barely out of Board Schools, Feather said.
flushed
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From this reading There was theatrical emotion in the air and Feather, delicately flushed and elate, was listening with an air half frightened, half pleased.
footman
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From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
frightened
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From this reading There was theatrical emotion in the air and Feather, delicately flushed and elate, was listening with an air half frightened, half pleased.
fro
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From this reading The athletic and personable young actor--entitled upon programmes Owen Delamore--was striding to and fro talking excitedly.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was theatrical emotion in the air and Feather, delicately flushed and elate, was listening with an air half frightened, half pleased.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
idiots
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From this reading The War left one only servants who were idiots or barely out of Board Schools, Feather said.
immature
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From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
immaturity
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From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And in fact it was something suggesting "a scene" upon which Coombe was announced.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And in fact it was something suggesting "a scene" upon which Coombe was announced.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The War left one only servants who were idiots or barely out of Board Schools, Feather said.
listening
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From this reading There was theatrical emotion in the air and Feather, delicately flushed and elate, was listening with an air half frightened, half pleased.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
Lord
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From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The War left one only servants who were idiots or barely out of Board Schools, Feather said.
only
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From this reading The War left one only servants who were idiots or barely out of Board Schools, Feather said.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The War left one only servants who were idiots or barely out of Board Schools, Feather said.
out
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From this reading The War left one only servants who were idiots or barely out of Board Schools, Feather said.
Owen
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From this reading The athletic and personable young actor--entitled upon programmes Owen Delamore--was striding to and fro talking excitedly.
personable
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From this reading The athletic and personable young actor--entitled upon programmes Owen Delamore--was striding to and fro talking excitedly.
pleasednounUS /ˈpleased/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was theatrical emotion in the air and Feather, delicately flushed and elate, was listening with an air half frightened, half pleased.
programmes
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From this reading The athletic and personable young actor--entitled upon programmes Owen Delamore--was striding to and fro talking excitedly.
said
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From this reading The War left one only servants who were idiots or barely out of Board Schools, Feather said.
scene
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From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
Schools
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From this reading The War left one only servants who were idiots or barely out of Board Schools, Feather said.
servants
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From this reading The War left one only servants who were idiots or barely out of Board Schools, Feather said.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading And in fact it was something suggesting "a scene" upon which Coombe was announced.
striding
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From this reading The athletic and personable young actor--entitled upon programmes Owen Delamore--was striding to and fro talking excitedly.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
suggesting
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From this reading And in fact it was something suggesting "a scene" upon which Coombe was announced.
talking
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From this reading The athletic and personable young actor--entitled upon programmes Owen Delamore--was striding to and fro talking excitedly.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
theatrical
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From this reading There was theatrical emotion in the air and Feather, delicately flushed and elate, was listening with an air half frightened, half pleased.
There
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From this reading There was theatrical emotion in the air and Feather, delicately flushed and elate, was listening with an air half frightened, half pleased.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The athletic and personable young actor--entitled upon programmes Owen Delamore--was striding to and fro talking excitedly.
too
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From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
ushered
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From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
War
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From this reading The War left one only servants who were idiots or barely out of Board Schools, Feather said.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The War left one only servants who were idiots or barely out of Board Schools, Feather said.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And in fact it was something suggesting "a scene" upon which Coombe was announced.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was theatrical emotion in the air and Feather, delicately flushed and elate, was listening with an air half frightened, half pleased.
young
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From this reading Lord Coombe was ushered into the little drawing-room by an extremely immature young footman who--doubtless as a consequence of his immaturity--appeared upon the scene too suddenly.
