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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 He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
accident
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From this reading The man overheard the cry by pure accident.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne "OH, God, teach me to forget!
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The cry was passionate and tense, as the girl clenched the newspaper in her slender hands.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
bottom
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From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
broad
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From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
bush
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From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The man overheard the cry by pure accident.
CASSELL
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From this reading CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne "OH, God, teach me to forget!
clenched
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From this reading The cry was passionate and tense, as the girl clenched the newspaper in her slender hands.
COMPANY
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From this reading CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne "OH, God, teach me to forget!
cry
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From this reading The cry was passionate and tense, as the girl clenched the newspaper in her slender hands.
forget
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From this reading CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne "OH, God, teach me to forget!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
garden
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From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
girl
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From this reading The cry was passionate and tense, as the girl clenched the newspaper in her slender hands.
God
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From this reading CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne "OH, God, teach me to forget!
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading The cry was passionate and tense, as the girl clenched the newspaper in her slender hands.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The cry was passionate and tense, as the girl clenched the newspaper in her slender hands.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
hostess's
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From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The cry was passionate and tense, as the girl clenched the newspaper in her slender hands.
lazily
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From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
leaning
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From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
London
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From this reading CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne "OH, God, teach me to forget!
low
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From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
LTD
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From this reading CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne "OH, God, teach me to forget!
lying
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From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
man
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From this reading The man overheard the cry by pure accident.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne "OH, God, teach me to forget!
Melbourne
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From this reading CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne "OH, God, teach me to forget!
moored
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From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
New
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From this reading CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne "OH, God, teach me to forget!
newspaper
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From this reading The cry was passionate and tense, as the girl clenched the newspaper in her slender hands.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
OH
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From this reading CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne "OH, God, teach me to forget!
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
overheardnounUS /ˈoverheard/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The man overheard the cry by pure accident.
passionate
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From this reading The cry was passionate and tense, as the girl clenched the newspaper in her slender hands.
punt
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From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
pure
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From this reading The man overheard the cry by pure accident.
screened
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From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
slender
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From this reading The cry was passionate and tense, as the girl clenched the newspaper in her slender hands.
syringa
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From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
teach
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From this reading CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne "OH, God, teach me to forget!
tense
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From this reading The cry was passionate and tense, as the girl clenched the newspaper in her slender hands.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The cry was passionate and tense, as the girl clenched the newspaper in her slender hands.
thick
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From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne "OH, God, teach me to forget!
Toronto
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From this reading CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne "OH, God, teach me to forget!
view
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From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
wall
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From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The cry was passionate and tense, as the girl clenched the newspaper in her slender hands.
York
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From this reading CASSELL AND COMPANY, LTD London, New York, Toronto and Melbourne "OH, God, teach me to forget!