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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 A RECREANT LOVER The day was two hours older.
accept
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From this reading Launce Keymer had not required much pressing to induce him to accept the invitation of the ladies of Vale View to join them over their early supper.
account
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From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
alter
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From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
any
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From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
blooms
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From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
bowl
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From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
centre
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From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
china
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From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
circular
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From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
conservatory
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From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
curtains
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From this reading In the dining-room the lamps were lighted and the curtains drawn.
day
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From this reading A RECREANT LOVER The day was two hours older.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
dining-room
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From this reading In the dining-room the lamps were lighted and the curtains drawn.
drawn
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From this reading In the dining-room the lamps were lighted and the curtains drawn.
earlier
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From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
early
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From this reading Launce Keymer had not required much pressing to induce him to accept the invitation of the ladies of Vale View to join them over their early supper.
Ethel
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From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
fashionable
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From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
flowers
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From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
folk
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From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
gathered
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From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
gleaming
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From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
growing
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From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Launce Keymer had not required much pressing to induce him to accept the invitation of the ladies of Vale View to join them over their early supper.
heaped
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From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Launce Keymer had not required much pressing to induce him to accept the invitation of the ladies of Vale View to join them over their early supper.
hours
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From this reading A RECREANT LOVER The day was two hours older.
immaculate
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From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
induce
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From this reading Launce Keymer had not required much pressing to induce him to accept the invitation of the ladies of Vale View to join them over their early supper.
invitation
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From this reading Launce Keymer had not required much pressing to induce him to accept the invitation of the ladies of Vale View to join them over their early supper.
join
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From this reading Launce Keymer had not required much pressing to induce him to accept the invitation of the ladies of Vale View to join them over their early supper.
Keymer
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From this reading Launce Keymer had not required much pressing to induce him to accept the invitation of the ladies of Vale View to join them over their early supper.
ladies
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From this reading Launce Keymer had not required much pressing to induce him to accept the invitation of the ladies of Vale View to join them over their early supper.
laid
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From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
lamps
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From this reading In the dining-room the lamps were lighted and the curtains drawn.
Launce
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From this reading Launce Keymer had not required much pressing to induce him to accept the invitation of the ladies of Vale View to join them over their early supper.
lighted
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From this reading In the dining-room the lamps were lighted and the curtains drawn.
LOVER
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From this reading A RECREANT LOVER The day was two hours older.
much
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From this reading Launce Keymer had not required much pressing to induce him to accept the invitation of the ladies of Vale View to join them over their early supper.
napery
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From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Launce Keymer had not required much pressing to induce him to accept the invitation of the ladies of Vale View to join them over their early supper.
now
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From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Launce Keymer had not required much pressing to induce him to accept the invitation of the ladies of Vale View to join them over their early supper.
old
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From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
older
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From this reading A RECREANT LOVER The day was two hours older.
other
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From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
out
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From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Launce Keymer had not required much pressing to induce him to accept the invitation of the ladies of Vale View to join them over their early supper.
pressing
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From this reading Launce Keymer had not required much pressing to induce him to accept the invitation of the ladies of Vale View to join them over their early supper.
reason
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From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
RECREANT
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From this reading A RECREANT LOVER The day was two hours older.
requirednounUS /required/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Launce Keymer had not required much pressing to induce him to accept the invitation of the ladies of Vale View to join them over their early supper.
respect
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From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
seen
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From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
silver
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From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
sisters
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From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
some
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From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
supper
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From this reading Launce Keymer had not required much pressing to induce him to accept the invitation of the ladies of Vale View to join them over their early supper.
supplemented
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From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
table
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From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A RECREANT LOVER The day was two hours older.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Launce Keymer had not required much pressing to induce him to accept the invitation of the ladies of Vale View to join them over their early supper.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Launce Keymer had not required much pressing to induce him to accept the invitation of the ladies of Vale View to join them over their early supper.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Launce Keymer had not required much pressing to induce him to accept the invitation of the ladies of Vale View to join them over their early supper.
two
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From this reading A RECREANT LOVER The day was two hours older.
used
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From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
Vale
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From this reading Launce Keymer had not required much pressing to induce him to accept the invitation of the ladies of Vale View to join them over their early supper.
View
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From this reading Launce Keymer had not required much pressing to induce him to accept the invitation of the ladies of Vale View to join them over their early supper.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A RECREANT LOVER The day was two hours older.
ways
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From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The circular table was laid out with immaculate napery and gleaming silver, with a china centre bowl heaped with some of the flowers Ethel had gathered earlier in the day, supplemented by other blooms from the conservatory.
youth
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From this reading The sisters had been used to early hours in their youth, and as they did not account themselves as being in any respect fashionable folk, they had seen no reason to alter their ways now they were growing old.
