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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 With her immense sympathy for reform, she found herself so often wishing that reformers were a little different.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
All
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From this reading All sorts of inferior people lived there, and so brilliant a woman as Mrs. Farrinder, who lived at Roxbury, ought not to mix things up.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Olive hated to hear that fine avenue talked about as if it were such a remarkable place, and to live there were a proof of worldly glory.
appeal
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From this reading Olive Chancellor received this appeal with peculiar feelings.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Olive hated to hear that fine avenue talked about as if it were such a remarkable place, and to live there were a proof of worldly glory.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading All sorts of inferior people lived there, and so brilliant a woman as Mrs. Farrinder, who lived at Roxbury, ought not to mix things up.
avenue
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From this reading Olive hated to hear that fine avenue talked about as if it were such a remarkable place, and to live there were a proof of worldly glory.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
Beacon
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From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
brilliant
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From this reading All sorts of inferior people lived there, and so brilliant a woman as Mrs. Farrinder, who lived at Roxbury, ought not to mix things up.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
Chancellor
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From this reading Olive Chancellor received this appeal with peculiar feelings.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading With her immense sympathy for reform, she found herself so often wishing that reformers were a little different.
false
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From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
Farrinder
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From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
feelings
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From this reading Olive Chancellor received this appeal with peculiar feelings.
finenounUS /fine/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Olive hated to hear that fine avenue talked about as if it were such a remarkable place, and to live there were a proof of worldly glory.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading With her immense sympathy for reform, she found herself so often wishing that reformers were a little different.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With her immense sympathy for reform, she found herself so often wishing that reformers were a little different.
friend
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From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
glory
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From this reading Olive hated to hear that fine avenue talked about as if it were such a remarkable place, and to live there were a proof of worldly glory.
grand
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From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
hated
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From this reading Olive hated to hear that fine avenue talked about as if it were such a remarkable place, and to live there were a proof of worldly glory.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Olive hated to hear that fine avenue talked about as if it were such a remarkable place, and to live there were a proof of worldly glory.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading With her immense sympathy for reform, she found herself so often wishing that reformers were a little different.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading With her immense sympathy for reform, she found herself so often wishing that reformers were a little different.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Olive hated to hear that fine avenue talked about as if it were such a remarkable place, and to live there were a proof of worldly glory.
immense
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From this reading With her immense sympathy for reform, she found herself so often wishing that reformers were a little different.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
inferior
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From this reading All sorts of inferior people lived there, and so brilliant a woman as Mrs. Farrinder, who lived at Roxbury, ought not to mix things up.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
ladies
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From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
lifted
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From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With her immense sympathy for reform, she found herself so often wishing that reformers were a little different.
live
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From this reading Olive hated to hear that fine avenue talked about as if it were such a remarkable place, and to live there were a proof of worldly glory.
lived
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From this reading All sorts of inferior people lived there, and so brilliant a woman as Mrs. Farrinder, who lived at Roxbury, ought not to mix things up.
mix
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From this reading All sorts of inferior people lived there, and so brilliant a woman as Mrs. Farrinder, who lived at Roxbury, ought not to mix things up.
Mrs
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From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading All sorts of inferior people lived there, and so brilliant a woman as Mrs. Farrinder, who lived at Roxbury, ought not to mix things up.
note
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From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Olive hated to hear that fine avenue talked about as if it were such a remarkable place, and to live there were a proof of worldly glory.
often
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From this reading With her immense sympathy for reform, she found herself so often wishing that reformers were a little different.
Olive
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From this reading Olive Chancellor received this appeal with peculiar feelings.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading All sorts of inferior people lived there, and so brilliant a woman as Mrs. Farrinder, who lived at Roxbury, ought not to mix things up.
peculiar
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From this reading Olive Chancellor received this appeal with peculiar feelings.
people
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From this reading All sorts of inferior people lived there, and so brilliant a woman as Mrs. Farrinder, who lived at Roxbury, ought not to mix things up.
place
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From this reading Olive hated to hear that fine avenue talked about as if it were such a remarkable place, and to live there were a proof of worldly glory.
proof
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From this reading Olive hated to hear that fine avenue talked about as if it were such a remarkable place, and to live there were a proof of worldly glory.
received
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From this reading Olive Chancellor received this appeal with peculiar feelings.
reform
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From this reading With her immense sympathy for reform, she found herself so often wishing that reformers were a little different.
reformers
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From this reading With her immense sympathy for reform, she found herself so often wishing that reformers were a little different.
remarkablenounUS /ˈremarkable/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Olive hated to hear that fine avenue talked about as if it were such a remarkable place, and to live there were a proof of worldly glory.
Roxbury
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From this reading All sorts of inferior people lived there, and so brilliant a woman as Mrs. Farrinder, who lived at Roxbury, ought not to mix things up.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading With her immense sympathy for reform, she found herself so often wishing that reformers were a little different.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading With her immense sympathy for reform, she found herself so often wishing that reformers were a little different.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
sorts
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From this reading All sorts of inferior people lived there, and so brilliant a woman as Mrs. Farrinder, who lived at Roxbury, ought not to mix things up.
spoke
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From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
Street
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From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Olive hated to hear that fine avenue talked about as if it were such a remarkable place, and to live there were a proof of worldly glory.
sympathy
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From this reading With her immense sympathy for reform, she found herself so often wishing that reformers were a little different.
talked
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From this reading Olive hated to hear that fine avenue talked about as if it were such a remarkable place, and to live there were a proof of worldly glory.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading With her immense sympathy for reform, she found herself so often wishing that reformers were a little different.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
There
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From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
things
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From this reading All sorts of inferior people lived there, and so brilliant a woman as Mrs. Farrinder, who lived at Roxbury, ought not to mix things up.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Olive Chancellor received this appeal with peculiar feelings.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
up
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From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading With her immense sympathy for reform, she found herself so often wishing that reformers were a little different.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading All sorts of inferior people lived there, and so brilliant a woman as Mrs. Farrinder, who lived at Roxbury, ought not to mix things up.
wishing
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From this reading With her immense sympathy for reform, she found herself so often wishing that reformers were a little different.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Olive Chancellor received this appeal with peculiar feelings.
woman
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From this reading All sorts of inferior people lived there, and so brilliant a woman as Mrs. Farrinder, who lived at Roxbury, ought not to mix things up.
worldly
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From this reading Olive hated to hear that fine avenue talked about as if it were such a remarkable place, and to live there were a proof of worldly glory.
young
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From this reading There was something grand about Mrs. Farrinder; it lifted one up to be with her: but there was a false note when she spoke to her young friend about the ladies in Beacon Street.
