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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 “Isn’t it a luxury, precisely?
air
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From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
all
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From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
appeal
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From this reading I appeal to your own experience,” I went on, smiling.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Now can’t I look at yours?”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
can't
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From this reading “Now can’t I look at yours?”
deal
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From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
don't
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From this reading “I don’t know, I don’t understand,” the poor woman murmured, planted there and letting her embarrassed eyes wander all over my strangeness.
embarrassed
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From this reading “I don’t know, I don’t understand,” the poor woman murmured, planted there and letting her embarrassed eyes wander all over my strangeness.
experience
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From this reading I appeal to your own experience,” I went on, smiling.
eyes
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From this reading “I don’t know, I don’t understand,” the poor woman murmured, planted there and letting her embarrassed eyes wander all over my strangeness.
felt
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From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
garden
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From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “I don’t know, I don’t understand,” the poor woman murmured, planted there and letting her embarrassed eyes wander all over my strangeness.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
indispensable
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From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
intending
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From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
Isn't
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From this reading “Isn’t it a luxury, precisely?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Isn’t it a luxury, precisely?
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I don’t know, I don’t understand,” the poor woman murmured, planted there and letting her embarrassed eyes wander all over my strangeness.
letting
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From this reading “I don’t know, I don’t understand,” the poor woman murmured, planted there and letting her embarrassed eyes wander all over my strangeness.
literary
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From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now can’t I look at yours?”
luxury
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From this reading “Isn’t it a luxury, precisely?
murmured
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From this reading “I don’t know, I don’t understand,” the poor woman murmured, planted there and letting her embarrassed eyes wander all over my strangeness.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I don’t know, I don’t understand,” the poor woman murmured, planted there and letting her embarrassed eyes wander all over my strangeness.
Now
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From this reading “Now can’t I look at yours?”
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I appeal to your own experience,” I went on, smiling.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “I don’t know, I don’t understand,” the poor woman murmured, planted there and letting her embarrassed eyes wander all over my strangeness.
own
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From this reading I appeal to your own experience,” I went on, smiling.
planted
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From this reading “I don’t know, I don’t understand,” the poor woman murmured, planted there and letting her embarrassed eyes wander all over my strangeness.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I don’t know, I don’t understand,” the poor woman murmured, planted there and letting her embarrassed eyes wander all over my strangeness.
possible
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From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
possibly
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From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
precisely
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From this reading “Isn’t it a luxury, precisely?
quiet
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From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
reading
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From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
really
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From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
smiling
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From this reading I appeal to your own experience,” I went on, smiling.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
some
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From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
strangeness
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From this reading “I don’t know, I don’t understand,” the poor woman murmured, planted there and letting her embarrassed eyes wander all over my strangeness.
summer
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From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
That's
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From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
there
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From this reading “I don’t know, I don’t understand,” the poor woman murmured, planted there and letting her embarrassed eyes wander all over my strangeness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I don’t know, I don’t understand,” the poor woman murmured, planted there and letting her embarrassed eyes wander all over my strangeness.
Venice
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From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
wander
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From this reading “I don’t know, I don’t understand,” the poor woman murmured, planted there and letting her embarrassed eyes wander all over my strangeness.
weeks
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From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I appeal to your own experience,” I went on, smiling.
why
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From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
woman
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From this reading “I don’t know, I don’t understand,” the poor woman murmured, planted there and letting her embarrassed eyes wander all over my strangeness.
work
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From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
writing
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From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading That’s why, intending to be in Venice some weeks, possibly all summer, and having some literary work, some reading and writing to do, so that I must be quiet, and yet if possible a great deal in the open air--that’s why I have felt that a garden is really indispensable.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I appeal to your own experience,” I went on, smiling.
yourspronounUS /jʊrz/
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading “Now can’t I look at yours?”
