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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Col. Maitland is safe and well; his mother and sisters were of course anxious about him, but there is no entering much into the solicitudes of that family.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Thank heaven! we have had no one to care for particularly among the troops,--no one, in fact, nearer to us than Sir John himself.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Col. Maitland is safe and well; his mother and sisters were of course anxious about him, but there is no entering much into the solicitudes of that family.
anxious
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From this reading Col. Maitland is safe and well; his mother and sisters were of course anxious about him, but there is no entering much into the solicitudes of that family.
any
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From this reading She hopes you will not omit begging Mrs. Seward to get the garden cropped for us, supposing she leaves the house too early to make the garden any object to herself.
apparently
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From this reading My mother is well, and gets out when she can with the same enjoyment, and apparently the same strength, as hitherto.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading My mother is well, and gets out when she can with the same enjoyment, and apparently the same strength, as hitherto.
begging
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From this reading She hopes you will not omit begging Mrs. Seward to get the garden cropped for us, supposing she leaves the house too early to make the garden any object to herself.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Col. Maitland is safe and well; his mother and sisters were of course anxious about him, but there is no entering much into the solicitudes of that family.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading My mother is well, and gets out when she can with the same enjoyment, and apparently the same strength, as hitherto.
care
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From this reading Thank heaven! we have had no one to care for particularly among the troops,--no one, in fact, nearer to us than Sir John himself.
Christian
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From this reading I wish Sir John had united something of the Christian with the hero in his death.
Col
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From this reading Col. Maitland is safe and well; his mother and sisters were of course anxious about him, but there is no entering much into the solicitudes of that family.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Col. Maitland is safe and well; his mother and sisters were of course anxious about him, but there is no entering much into the solicitudes of that family.
cropped
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From this reading She hopes you will not omit begging Mrs. Seward to get the garden cropped for us, supposing she leaves the house too early to make the garden any object to herself.
death
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From this reading I wish Sir John had united something of the Christian with the hero in his death.
early
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From this reading She hopes you will not omit begging Mrs. Seward to get the garden cropped for us, supposing she leaves the house too early to make the garden any object to herself.
enjoyment
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From this reading My mother is well, and gets out when she can with the same enjoyment, and apparently the same strength, as hitherto.
entering
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From this reading Col. Maitland is safe and well; his mother and sisters were of course anxious about him, but there is no entering much into the solicitudes of that family.
fact
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From this reading Thank heaven! we have had no one to care for particularly among the troops,--no one, in fact, nearer to us than Sir John himself.
family
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From this reading Col. Maitland is safe and well; his mother and sisters were of course anxious about him, but there is no entering much into the solicitudes of that family.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Thank heaven! we have had no one to care for particularly among the troops,--no one, in fact, nearer to us than Sir John himself.
garden
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From this reading She hopes you will not omit begging Mrs. Seward to get the garden cropped for us, supposing she leaves the house too early to make the garden any object to herself.
get
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From this reading She hopes you will not omit begging Mrs. Seward to get the garden cropped for us, supposing she leaves the house too early to make the garden any object to herself.
gets
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From this reading My mother is well, and gets out when she can with the same enjoyment, and apparently the same strength, as hitherto.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I wish Sir John had united something of the Christian with the hero in his death.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Thank heaven! we have had no one to care for particularly among the troops,--no one, in fact, nearer to us than Sir John himself.
heaven
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From this reading Thank heaven! we have had no one to care for particularly among the troops,--no one, in fact, nearer to us than Sir John himself.
hero
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From this reading I wish Sir John had united something of the Christian with the hero in his death.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She hopes you will not omit begging Mrs. Seward to get the garden cropped for us, supposing she leaves the house too early to make the garden any object to herself.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Col. Maitland is safe and well; his mother and sisters were of course anxious about him, but there is no entering much into the solicitudes of that family.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Thank heaven! we have had no one to care for particularly among the troops,--no one, in fact, nearer to us than Sir John himself.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I wish Sir John had united something of the Christian with the hero in his death.
hitherto
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From this reading My mother is well, and gets out when she can with the same enjoyment, and apparently the same strength, as hitherto.
hopes
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From this reading She hopes you will not omit begging Mrs. Seward to get the garden cropped for us, supposing she leaves the house too early to make the garden any object to herself.
house
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From this reading She hopes you will not omit begging Mrs. Seward to get the garden cropped for us, supposing she leaves the house too early to make the garden any object to herself.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I wish Sir John had united something of the Christian with the hero in his death.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I wish Sir John had united something of the Christian with the hero in his death.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Col. Maitland is safe and well; his mother and sisters were of course anxious about him, but there is no entering much into the solicitudes of that family.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Col. Maitland is safe and well; his mother and sisters were of course anxious about him, but there is no entering much into the solicitudes of that family.
John
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From this reading I wish Sir John had united something of the Christian with the hero in his death.
leaves
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From this reading She hopes you will not omit begging Mrs. Seward to get the garden cropped for us, supposing she leaves the house too early to make the garden any object to herself.
Maitland
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From this reading Col. Maitland is safe and well; his mother and sisters were of course anxious about him, but there is no entering much into the solicitudes of that family.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She hopes you will not omit begging Mrs. Seward to get the garden cropped for us, supposing she leaves the house too early to make the garden any object to herself.
mother
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From this reading Col. Maitland is safe and well; his mother and sisters were of course anxious about him, but there is no entering much into the solicitudes of that family.
Mrs
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From this reading She hopes you will not omit begging Mrs. Seward to get the garden cropped for us, supposing she leaves the house too early to make the garden any object to herself.
much
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From this reading Col. Maitland is safe and well; his mother and sisters were of course anxious about him, but there is no entering much into the solicitudes of that family.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My mother is well, and gets out when she can with the same enjoyment, and apparently the same strength, as hitherto.
nearer
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From this reading Thank heaven! we have had no one to care for particularly among the troops,--no one, in fact, nearer to us than Sir John himself.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Thank heaven! we have had no one to care for particularly among the troops,--no one, in fact, nearer to us than Sir John himself.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She hopes you will not omit begging Mrs. Seward to get the garden cropped for us, supposing she leaves the house too early to make the garden any object to herself.
object
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From this reading She hopes you will not omit begging Mrs. Seward to get the garden cropped for us, supposing she leaves the house too early to make the garden any object to herself.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I wish Sir John had united something of the Christian with the hero in his death.
omit
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From this reading She hopes you will not omit begging Mrs. Seward to get the garden cropped for us, supposing she leaves the house too early to make the garden any object to herself.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Thank heaven! we have had no one to care for particularly among the troops,--no one, in fact, nearer to us than Sir John himself.
out
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From this reading My mother is well, and gets out when she can with the same enjoyment, and apparently the same strength, as hitherto.
particularly
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From this reading Thank heaven! we have had no one to care for particularly among the troops,--no one, in fact, nearer to us than Sir John himself.
safe
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From this reading Col. Maitland is safe and well; his mother and sisters were of course anxious about him, but there is no entering much into the solicitudes of that family.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My mother is well, and gets out when she can with the same enjoyment, and apparently the same strength, as hitherto.
Seward
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From this reading She hopes you will not omit begging Mrs. Seward to get the garden cropped for us, supposing she leaves the house too early to make the garden any object to herself.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading My mother is well, and gets out when she can with the same enjoyment, and apparently the same strength, as hitherto.
Sir
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From this reading I wish Sir John had united something of the Christian with the hero in his death.
sisters
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From this reading Col. Maitland is safe and well; his mother and sisters were of course anxious about him, but there is no entering much into the solicitudes of that family.
solicitudes
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From this reading Col. Maitland is safe and well; his mother and sisters were of course anxious about him, but there is no entering much into the solicitudes of that family.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I wish Sir John had united something of the Christian with the hero in his death.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading My mother is well, and gets out when she can with the same enjoyment, and apparently the same strength, as hitherto.
supposingverbUS /səˈpoʊzɪŋ/
assuming something is true for the purpose of discussion
From this reading She hopes you will not omit begging Mrs. Seward to get the garden cropped for us, supposing she leaves the house too early to make the garden any object to herself.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Thank heaven! we have had no one to care for particularly among the troops,--no one, in fact, nearer to us than Sir John himself.
Thank
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From this reading Thank heaven! we have had no one to care for particularly among the troops,--no one, in fact, nearer to us than Sir John himself.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Col. Maitland is safe and well; his mother and sisters were of course anxious about him, but there is no entering much into the solicitudes of that family.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I wish Sir John had united something of the Christian with the hero in his death.
there
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From this reading Col. Maitland is safe and well; his mother and sisters were of course anxious about him, but there is no entering much into the solicitudes of that family.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Thank heaven! we have had no one to care for particularly among the troops,--no one, in fact, nearer to us than Sir John himself.
too
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From this reading She hopes you will not omit begging Mrs. Seward to get the garden cropped for us, supposing she leaves the house too early to make the garden any object to herself.
troops
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From this reading Thank heaven! we have had no one to care for particularly among the troops,--no one, in fact, nearer to us than Sir John himself.
united
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From this reading I wish Sir John had united something of the Christian with the hero in his death.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Thank heaven! we have had no one to care for particularly among the troops,--no one, in fact, nearer to us than Sir John himself.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Thank heaven! we have had no one to care for particularly among the troops,--no one, in fact, nearer to us than Sir John himself.
well
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From this reading Col. Maitland is safe and well; his mother and sisters were of course anxious about him, but there is no entering much into the solicitudes of that family.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Col. Maitland is safe and well; his mother and sisters were of course anxious about him, but there is no entering much into the solicitudes of that family.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading My mother is well, and gets out when she can with the same enjoyment, and apparently the same strength, as hitherto.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading She hopes you will not omit begging Mrs. Seward to get the garden cropped for us, supposing she leaves the house too early to make the garden any object to herself.
wish
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From this reading I wish Sir John had united something of the Christian with the hero in his death.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I wish Sir John had united something of the Christian with the hero in his death.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading She hopes you will not omit begging Mrs. Seward to get the garden cropped for us, supposing she leaves the house too early to make the garden any object to herself.
