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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 His second child, also a girl, was six years younger; and their third child, a boy, had not been born till another similar interval had elapsed.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading He was named Hatto after his uncle, and the two girls had been christened Isa and Agnes.
age
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From this reading Ernest Heine was at this time over sixty; his wife was past forty; and his eldest daughter, as I have said, was twenty-one years of age.
Agnes
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From this reading He was named Hatto after his uncle, and the two girls had been christened Isa and Agnes.
akin
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From this reading We English folk are apt to imagine that we are nearer akin to Germans than to our other continental neighbours.
also
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From this reading His second child, also a girl, was six years younger; and their third child, a boy, had not been born till another similar interval had elapsed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ernest Heine was at this time over sixty; his wife was past forty; and his eldest daughter, as I have said, was twenty-one years of age.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading His second child, also a girl, was six years younger; and their third child, a boy, had not been born till another similar interval had elapsed.
apt
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From this reading We English folk are apt to imagine that we are nearer akin to Germans than to our other continental neighbours.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We English folk are apt to imagine that we are nearer akin to Germans than to our other continental neighbours.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Ernest Heine was at this time over sixty; his wife was past forty; and his eldest daughter, as I have said, was twenty-one years of age.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Ernest Heine was at this time over sixty; his wife was past forty; and his eldest daughter, as I have said, was twenty-one years of age.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading His second child, also a girl, was six years younger; and their third child, a boy, had not been born till another similar interval had elapsed.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His second child, also a girl, was six years younger; and their third child, a boy, had not been born till another similar interval had elapsed.
boy
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From this reading His second child, also a girl, was six years younger; and their third child, a boy, had not been born till another similar interval had elapsed.
child
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From this reading His second child, also a girl, was six years younger; and their third child, a boy, had not been born till another similar interval had elapsed.
christenednounUS /ˈchristened/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading He was named Hatto after his uncle, and the two girls had been christened Isa and Agnes.
continental
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From this reading We English folk are apt to imagine that we are nearer akin to Germans than to our other continental neighbours.
daughter
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From this reading Ernest Heine was at this time over sixty; his wife was past forty; and his eldest daughter, as I have said, was twenty-one years of age.
elapsed
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From this reading His second child, also a girl, was six years younger; and their third child, a boy, had not been born till another similar interval had elapsed.
eldest
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From this reading Ernest Heine was at this time over sixty; his wife was past forty; and his eldest daughter, as I have said, was twenty-one years of age.
English
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From this reading We English folk are apt to imagine that we are nearer akin to Germans than to our other continental neighbours.
Ernest
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From this reading Ernest Heine was at this time over sixty; his wife was past forty; and his eldest daughter, as I have said, was twenty-one years of age.
family
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From this reading Such, in number and mode of life, was the family of the Heines.
folk
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From this reading We English folk are apt to imagine that we are nearer akin to Germans than to our other continental neighbours.
forty
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From this reading Ernest Heine was at this time over sixty; his wife was past forty; and his eldest daughter, as I have said, was twenty-one years of age.
Germans
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From this reading We English folk are apt to imagine that we are nearer akin to Germans than to our other continental neighbours.
girl
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From this reading His second child, also a girl, was six years younger; and their third child, a boy, had not been born till another similar interval had elapsed.
girls
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From this reading He was named Hatto after his uncle, and the two girls had been christened Isa and Agnes.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading His second child, also a girl, was six years younger; and their third child, a boy, had not been born till another similar interval had elapsed.
Hatto
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From this reading He was named Hatto after his uncle, and the two girls had been christened Isa and Agnes.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Ernest Heine was at this time over sixty; his wife was past forty; and his eldest daughter, as I have said, was twenty-one years of age.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was named Hatto after his uncle, and the two girls had been christened Isa and Agnes.
Heine
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From this reading Ernest Heine was at this time over sixty; his wife was past forty; and his eldest daughter, as I have said, was twenty-one years of age.
Heines
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From this reading Such, in number and mode of life, was the family of the Heines.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Ernest Heine was at this time over sixty; his wife was past forty; and his eldest daughter, as I have said, was twenty-one years of age.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Ernest Heine was at this time over sixty; his wife was past forty; and his eldest daughter, as I have said, was twenty-one years of age.
imaginenounUS /ˈimagine/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We English folk are apt to imagine that we are nearer akin to Germans than to our other continental neighbours.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Such, in number and mode of life, was the family of the Heines.
interval
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From this reading His second child, also a girl, was six years younger; and their third child, a boy, had not been born till another similar interval had elapsed.
Isa
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From this reading He was named Hatto after his uncle, and the two girls had been christened Isa and Agnes.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Such, in number and mode of life, was the family of the Heines.
mode
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From this reading Such, in number and mode of life, was the family of the Heines.
named
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From this reading He was named Hatto after his uncle, and the two girls had been christened Isa and Agnes.
nearer
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From this reading We English folk are apt to imagine that we are nearer akin to Germans than to our other continental neighbours.
neighbours
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From this reading We English folk are apt to imagine that we are nearer akin to Germans than to our other continental neighbours.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading His second child, also a girl, was six years younger; and their third child, a boy, had not been born till another similar interval had elapsed.
number
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From this reading Such, in number and mode of life, was the family of the Heines.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ernest Heine was at this time over sixty; his wife was past forty; and his eldest daughter, as I have said, was twenty-one years of age.
other
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From this reading We English folk are apt to imagine that we are nearer akin to Germans than to our other continental neighbours.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We English folk are apt to imagine that we are nearer akin to Germans than to our other continental neighbours.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Ernest Heine was at this time over sixty; his wife was past forty; and his eldest daughter, as I have said, was twenty-one years of age.
past
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From this reading Ernest Heine was at this time over sixty; his wife was past forty; and his eldest daughter, as I have said, was twenty-one years of age.
said
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From this reading Ernest Heine was at this time over sixty; his wife was past forty; and his eldest daughter, as I have said, was twenty-one years of age.
second
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From this reading His second child, also a girl, was six years younger; and their third child, a boy, had not been born till another similar interval had elapsed.
similar
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From this reading His second child, also a girl, was six years younger; and their third child, a boy, had not been born till another similar interval had elapsed.
six
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From this reading His second child, also a girl, was six years younger; and their third child, a boy, had not been born till another similar interval had elapsed.
sixty
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From this reading Ernest Heine was at this time over sixty; his wife was past forty; and his eldest daughter, as I have said, was twenty-one years of age.
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such, in number and mode of life, was the family of the Heines.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading We English folk are apt to imagine that we are nearer akin to Germans than to our other continental neighbours.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading We English folk are apt to imagine that we are nearer akin to Germans than to our other continental neighbours.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He was named Hatto after his uncle, and the two girls had been christened Isa and Agnes.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading His second child, also a girl, was six years younger; and their third child, a boy, had not been born till another similar interval had elapsed.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His second child, also a girl, was six years younger; and their third child, a boy, had not been born till another similar interval had elapsed.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Ernest Heine was at this time over sixty; his wife was past forty; and his eldest daughter, as I have said, was twenty-one years of age.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading His second child, also a girl, was six years younger; and their third child, a boy, had not been born till another similar interval had elapsed.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ernest Heine was at this time over sixty; his wife was past forty; and his eldest daughter, as I have said, was twenty-one years of age.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We English folk are apt to imagine that we are nearer akin to Germans than to our other continental neighbours.
twenty-one
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From this reading Ernest Heine was at this time over sixty; his wife was past forty; and his eldest daughter, as I have said, was twenty-one years of age.
two
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From this reading He was named Hatto after his uncle, and the two girls had been christened Isa and Agnes.
uncle
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From this reading He was named Hatto after his uncle, and the two girls had been christened Isa and Agnes.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Ernest Heine was at this time over sixty; his wife was past forty; and his eldest daughter, as I have said, was twenty-one years of age.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We English folk are apt to imagine that we are nearer akin to Germans than to our other continental neighbours.
wife
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From this reading Ernest Heine was at this time over sixty; his wife was past forty; and his eldest daughter, as I have said, was twenty-one years of age.
years
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From this reading Ernest Heine was at this time over sixty; his wife was past forty; and his eldest daughter, as I have said, was twenty-one years of age.
younger
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From this reading His second child, also a girl, was six years younger; and their third child, a boy, had not been born till another similar interval had elapsed.
