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1904
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From this reading I have been asked to write very shortly what I know of General Fordibras and of my brother’s mysterious departures from England in the summer of the year 1904.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading It was, I think, in the December of the previous year that he first met the General in London, as I understood from him, at a fashionable bazaar at Kensington.
affliction
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From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
all
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From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I have been asked to write very shortly what I know of General Fordibras and of my brother’s mysterious departures from England in the summer of the year 1904.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was, I think, in the December of the previous year that he first met the General in London, as I understood from him, at a fashionable bazaar at Kensington.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have been asked to write very shortly what I know of General Fordibras and of my brother’s mysterious departures from England in the summer of the year 1904.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was, I think, in the December of the previous year that he first met the General in London, as I understood from him, at a fashionable bazaar at Kensington.
bazaar
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From this reading It was, I think, in the December of the previous year that he first met the General in London, as I understood from him, at a fashionable bazaar at Kensington.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading I have been asked to write very shortly what I know of General Fordibras and of my brother’s mysterious departures from England in the summer of the year 1904.
BROTHER'S
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From this reading IN WHICH HARRIET FABOS TELLS OF HER BROTHER’S RETURN TO DEEPDENE HALL IN SUFFOLK.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading This circumstance he related to me upon his return; and a sister’s interest in Joan Fordibras could not be but a growing one.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
circumstance
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From this reading This circumstance he related to me upon his return; and a sister’s interest in Joan Fordibras could not be but a growing one.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading This circumstance he related to me upon his return; and a sister’s interest in Joan Fordibras could not be but a growing one.
December
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From this reading It was, I think, in the December of the previous year that he first met the General in London, as I understood from him, at a fashionable bazaar at Kensington.
DEEPDENE
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From this reading IN WHICH HARRIET FABOS TELLS OF HER BROTHER’S RETURN TO DEEPDENE HALL IN SUFFOLK.
departures
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From this reading I have been asked to write very shortly what I know of General Fordibras and of my brother’s mysterious departures from England in the summer of the year 1904.
England
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From this reading I have been asked to write very shortly what I know of General Fordibras and of my brother’s mysterious departures from England in the summer of the year 1904.
FABOS
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From this reading IN WHICH HARRIET FABOS TELLS OF HER BROTHER’S RETURN TO DEEPDENE HALL IN SUFFOLK.
fashionable
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From this reading It was, I think, in the December of the previous year that he first met the General in London, as I understood from him, at a fashionable bazaar at Kensington.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was, I think, in the December of the previous year that he first met the General in London, as I understood from him, at a fashionable bazaar at Kensington.
Fordibras
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From this reading I have been asked to write very shortly what I know of General Fordibras and of my brother’s mysterious departures from England in the summer of the year 1904.
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
friends
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From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I have been asked to write very shortly what I know of General Fordibras and of my brother’s mysterious departures from England in the summer of the year 1904.
General
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From this reading I have been asked to write very shortly what I know of General Fordibras and of my brother’s mysterious departures from England in the summer of the year 1904.
God
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From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
grant
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From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
growing
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From this reading This circumstance he related to me upon his return; and a sister’s interest in Joan Fordibras could not be but a growing one.
HALL
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From this reading IN WHICH HARRIET FABOS TELLS OF HER BROTHER’S RETURN TO DEEPDENE HALL IN SUFFOLK.
HARRIET
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From this reading IN WHICH HARRIET FABOS TELLS OF HER BROTHER’S RETURN TO DEEPDENE HALL IN SUFFOLK.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading I have been asked to write very shortly what I know of General Fordibras and of my brother’s mysterious departures from England in the summer of the year 1904.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was, I think, in the December of the previous year that he first met the General in London, as I understood from him, at a fashionable bazaar at Kensington.
HERdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH HARRIET FABOS TELLS OF HER BROTHER’S RETURN TO DEEPDENE HALL IN SUFFOLK.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading This circumstance he related to me upon his return; and a sister’s interest in Joan Fordibras could not be but a growing one.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I have been asked to write very shortly what I know of General Fordibras and of my brother’s mysterious departures from England in the summer of the year 1904.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN WHICH HARRIET FABOS TELLS OF HER BROTHER’S RETURN TO DEEPDENE HALL IN SUFFOLK.
interest
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From this reading This circumstance he related to me upon his return; and a sister’s interest in Joan Fordibras could not be but a growing one.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was, I think, in the December of the previous year that he first met the General in London, as I understood from him, at a fashionable bazaar at Kensington.
Joan
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From this reading This circumstance he related to me upon his return; and a sister’s interest in Joan Fordibras could not be but a growing one.
Kensington
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From this reading It was, I think, in the December of the previous year that he first met the General in London, as I understood from him, at a fashionable bazaar at Kensington.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I have been asked to write very shortly what I know of General Fordibras and of my brother’s mysterious departures from England in the summer of the year 1904.
lines
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From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
London
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From this reading It was, I think, in the December of the previous year that he first met the General in London, as I understood from him, at a fashionable bazaar at Kensington.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
met
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From this reading It was, I think, in the December of the previous year that he first met the General in London, as I understood from him, at a fashionable bazaar at Kensington.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I have been asked to write very shortly what I know of General Fordibras and of my brother’s mysterious departures from England in the summer of the year 1904.
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading I have been asked to write very shortly what I know of General Fordibras and of my brother’s mysterious departures from England in the summer of the year 1904.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IN WHICH HARRIET FABOS TELLS OF HER BROTHER’S RETURN TO DEEPDENE HALL IN SUFFOLK.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading This circumstance he related to me upon his return; and a sister’s interest in Joan Fordibras could not be but a growing one.
others
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From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
previous
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From this reading It was, I think, in the December of the previous year that he first met the General in London, as I understood from him, at a fashionable bazaar at Kensington.
read
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From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
related
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From this reading This circumstance he related to me upon his return; and a sister’s interest in Joan Fordibras could not be but a growing one.
RETURN
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From this reading IN WHICH HARRIET FABOS TELLS OF HER BROTHER’S RETURN TO DEEPDENE HALL IN SUFFOLK.
shortly
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From this reading I have been asked to write very shortly what I know of General Fordibras and of my brother’s mysterious departures from England in the summer of the year 1904.
sister's
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From this reading This circumstance he related to me upon his return; and a sister’s interest in Joan Fordibras could not be but a growing one.
SUFFOLK
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From this reading IN WHICH HARRIET FABOS TELLS OF HER BROTHER’S RETURN TO DEEPDENE HALL IN SUFFOLK.
summer
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From this reading I have been asked to write very shortly what I know of General Fordibras and of my brother’s mysterious departures from England in the summer of the year 1904.
TELLS
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From this reading IN WHICH HARRIET FABOS TELLS OF HER BROTHER’S RETURN TO DEEPDENE HALL IN SUFFOLK.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I have been asked to write very shortly what I know of General Fordibras and of my brother’s mysterious departures from England in the summer of the year 1904.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was, I think, in the December of the previous year that he first met the General in London, as I understood from him, at a fashionable bazaar at Kensington.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This circumstance he related to me upon his return; and a sister’s interest in Joan Fordibras could not be but a growing one.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading IN WHICH HARRIET FABOS TELLS OF HER BROTHER’S RETURN TO DEEPDENE HALL IN SUFFOLK.
understood
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From this reading It was, I think, in the December of the previous year that he first met the General in London, as I understood from him, at a fashionable bazaar at Kensington.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading This circumstance he related to me upon his return; and a sister’s interest in Joan Fordibras could not be but a growing one.
very
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From this reading I have been asked to write very shortly what I know of General Fordibras and of my brother’s mysterious departures from England in the summer of the year 1904.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was, I think, in the December of the previous year that he first met the General in London, as I understood from him, at a fashionable bazaar at Kensington.
well
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From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading I have been asked to write very shortly what I know of General Fordibras and of my brother’s mysterious departures from England in the summer of the year 1904.
WHICHpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading IN WHICH HARRIET FABOS TELLS OF HER BROTHER’S RETURN TO DEEPDENE HALL IN SUFFOLK.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading God grant that all is well with him, and that these lines will be read by no others than the good friends who have not forgotten me in my affliction!
write
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From this reading I have been asked to write very shortly what I know of General Fordibras and of my brother’s mysterious departures from England in the summer of the year 1904.
year
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From this reading I have been asked to write very shortly what I know of General Fordibras and of my brother’s mysterious departures from England in the summer of the year 1904.
