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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 We were left delightfully to ourselves in this pretentious country mansion with the soul of a villa.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Mrs. Franklyn seemed always busy about something or other, and never interfered with us except to propose motoring, tea in another part of the lawn, and so forth.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
always
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From this reading Mrs. Franklyn seemed always busy about something or other, and never interfered with us except to propose motoring, tea in another part of the lawn, and so forth.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Franklyn seemed always busy about something or other, and never interfered with us except to propose motoring, tea in another part of the lawn, and so forth.
apparently
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From this reading She flitted everywhere, preoccupied, yet apparently doing nothing.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
bits
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busy
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country
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From this reading We were left delightfully to ourselves in this pretentious country mansion with the soul of a villa.
delightfully
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From this reading We were left delightfully to ourselves in this pretentious country mansion with the soul of a villa.
doing
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doors
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From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
engulfed
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From this reading The house engulfed her rather.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
everywhere
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exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading Mrs. Franklyn seemed always busy about something or other, and never interfered with us except to propose motoring, tea in another part of the lawn, and so forth.
flitted
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From this reading She flitted everywhere, preoccupied, yet apparently doing nothing.
flowers
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From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
forth
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Frances
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Franklyn
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garden
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From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
hours
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house
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From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We were left delightfully to ourselves in this pretentious country mansion with the soul of a villa.
interfered
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From this reading Mrs. Franklyn seemed always busy about something or other, and never interfered with us except to propose motoring, tea in another part of the lawn, and so forth.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
lawn
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leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We were left delightfully to ourselves in this pretentious country mansion with the soul of a villa.
mansion
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From this reading We were left delightfully to ourselves in this pretentious country mansion with the soul of a villa.
motoring
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Mrs
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From this reading Mrs. Franklyn seemed always busy about something or other, and never interfered with us except to propose motoring, tea in another part of the lawn, and so forth.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Franklyn seemed always busy about something or other, and never interfered with us except to propose motoring, tea in another part of the lawn, and so forth.
nooks
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From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading She flitted everywhere, preoccupied, yet apparently doing nothing.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading We were left delightfully to ourselves in this pretentious country mansion with the soul of a villa.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Mrs. Franklyn seemed always busy about something or other, and never interfered with us except to propose motoring, tea in another part of the lawn, and so forth.
orchards
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From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
other
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ourselvespronounUS /aʊərˈselvz/
used when we are both doing the action and receiving it
From this reading We were left delightfully to ourselves in this pretentious country mansion with the soul of a villa.
out
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From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
painting
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From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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peered
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From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
preoccupied
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From this reading She flitted everywhere, preoccupied, yet apparently doing nothing.
pretentious
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From this reading We were left delightfully to ourselves in this pretentious country mansion with the soul of a villa.
propitious
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propose
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rather
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From this reading The house engulfed her rather.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Franklyn seemed always busy about something or other, and never interfered with us except to propose motoring, tea in another part of the lawn, and so forth.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She flitted everywhere, preoccupied, yet apparently doing nothing.
sketching
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From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Mrs. Franklyn seemed always busy about something or other, and never interfered with us except to propose motoring, tea in another part of the lawn, and so forth.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Mrs. Franklyn seemed always busy about something or other, and never interfered with us except to propose motoring, tea in another part of the lawn, and so forth.
soul
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From this reading We were left delightfully to ourselves in this pretentious country mansion with the soul of a villa.
spent
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From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
suggestively
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From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
tea
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thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We were left delightfully to ourselves in this pretentious country mansion with the soul of a villa.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading We were left delightfully to ourselves in this pretentious country mansion with the soul of a villa.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We were left delightfully to ourselves in this pretentious country mansion with the soul of a villa.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
trees
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From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
up
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From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mrs. Franklyn seemed always busy about something or other, and never interfered with us except to propose motoring, tea in another part of the lawn, and so forth.
villa
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From this reading We were left delightfully to ourselves in this pretentious country mansion with the soul of a villa.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We were left delightfully to ourselves in this pretentious country mansion with the soul of a villa.
weather
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From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were left delightfully to ourselves in this pretentious country mansion with the soul of a villa.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We were left delightfully to ourselves in this pretentious country mansion with the soul of a villa.
woodland
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From this reading Frances took up her painting again, and, the weather being propitious, spent hours out of doors, sketching flowers, trees and nooks of woodland, garden, even the house itself where bits of it peered suggestively across the orchards.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading She flitted everywhere, preoccupied, yet apparently doing nothing.
