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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 It was a smaller party this time, and in its way a less distinguished one.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Lady Anselman stood once more in the foyer of the Ritz Hotel and counted her guests.
Anselman
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From this reading Lady Anselman stood once more in the foyer of the Ritz Hotel and counted her guests.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lady Anselman asked her genially.
back
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From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
brilliant
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From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
complexion
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From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
Conyers
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From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
counted
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From this reading Lady Anselman stood once more in the foyer of the Ritz Hotel and counted her guests.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
dark
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From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
dear
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From this reading “I suppose you know everybody, my dear?”
distinguished
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From this reading It was a smaller party this time, and in its way a less distinguished one.
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading “I suppose you know everybody, my dear?”
eyes
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From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
foyer
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From this reading Lady Anselman stood once more in the foyer of the Ritz Hotel and counted her guests.
friends
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From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
Front
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From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
genially
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From this reading Lady Anselman asked her genially.
Geraldine
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From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
girl
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From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
Granet
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From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
Granet's
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From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
guests
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From this reading Lady Anselman stood once more in the foyer of the Ritz Hotel and counted her guests.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Lady Anselman stood once more in the foyer of the Ritz Hotel and counted her guests.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
Hotel
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From this reading Lady Anselman stood once more in the foyer of the Ritz Hotel and counted her guests.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I suppose you know everybody, my dear?”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lady Anselman stood once more in the foyer of the Ritz Hotel and counted her guests.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was a smaller party this time, and in its way a less distinguished one.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading It was a smaller party this time, and in its way a less distinguished one.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I suppose you know everybody, my dear?”
Lady
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From this reading Lady Anselman stood once more in the foyer of the Ritz Hotel and counted her guests.
leave
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From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
less
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From this reading It was a smaller party this time, and in its way a less distinguished one.
more
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From this reading Lady Anselman stood once more in the foyer of the Ritz Hotel and counted her guests.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “I suppose you know everybody, my dear?”
now
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From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lady Anselman stood once more in the foyer of the Ritz Hotel and counted her guests.
officers
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From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
Olive
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From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
once
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From this reading Lady Anselman stood once more in the foyer of the Ritz Hotel and counted her guests.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was a smaller party this time, and in its way a less distinguished one.
pallid
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From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a smaller party this time, and in its way a less distinguished one.
Ritz
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From this reading Lady Anselman stood once more in the foyer of the Ritz Hotel and counted her guests.
side
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From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
smaller
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From this reading It was a smaller party this time, and in its way a less distinguished one.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lady Anselman stood once more in the foyer of the Ritz Hotel and counted her guests.
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “I suppose you know everybody, my dear?”
tall
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From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lady Anselman stood once more in the foyer of the Ritz Hotel and counted her guests.
There
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From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was a smaller party this time, and in its way a less distinguished one.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was a smaller party this time, and in its way a less distinguished one.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a smaller party this time, and in its way a less distinguished one.
way
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From this reading It was a smaller party this time, and in its way a less distinguished one.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There were a couple of officers, friends of Granet’s, back from the Front on leave; Lady Conyers, with Geraldine and Olive; Granet himself; and a tall, dark girl with pallid complexion and brilliant eyes, who had come with Lady Anselman and who was standing now by her side.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I suppose you know everybody, my dear?”
