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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 I slept as soundly and peacefully as a child, and the next day started on my journey in the brightest of bright summer weather.
always
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From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
amiable
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From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "There's no greater boredom,"--she declared--"than the society of an imaginative invalid.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I slept as soundly and peacefully as a child, and the next day started on my journey in the brightest of bright summer weather.
arranged
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From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I slept as soundly and peacefully as a child, and the next day started on my journey in the brightest of bright summer weather.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Such company will not be restful to you,--it will tire you out.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
boredom
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From this reading "There's no greater boredom,"--she declared--"than the society of an imaginative invalid.
bright
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From this reading I slept as soundly and peacefully as a child, and the next day started on my journey in the brightest of bright summer weather.
brightest
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From this reading I slept as soundly and peacefully as a child, and the next day started on my journey in the brightest of bright summer weather.
call
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From this reading The latter chance was, thought my friend, whom I will call Francesca, most likely.
chance
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From this reading The latter chance was, thought my friend, whom I will call Francesca, most likely.
child
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From this reading I slept as soundly and peacefully as a child, and the next day started on my journey in the brightest of bright summer weather.
company
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From this reading Such company will not be restful to you,--it will tire you out.
day
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From this reading I slept as soundly and peacefully as a child, and the next day started on my journey in the brightest of bright summer weather.
declared
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From this reading "There's no greater boredom,"--she declared--"than the society of an imaginative invalid.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
Francesca
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From this reading The latter chance was, thought my friend, whom I will call Francesca, most likely.
friend
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From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
greater
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From this reading "There's no greater boredom,"--she declared--"than the society of an imaginative invalid.
grown
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From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
Harlands
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From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
house
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From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I slept as soundly and peacefully as a child, and the next day started on my journey in the brightest of bright summer weather.
imaginative
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From this reading "There's no greater boredom,"--she declared--"than the society of an imaginative invalid.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I slept as soundly and peacefully as a child, and the next day started on my journey in the brightest of bright summer weather.
invalid
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From this reading "There's no greater boredom,"--she declared--"than the society of an imaginative invalid.
Inverness-shire
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From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Such company will not be restful to you,--it will tire you out.
join
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From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I slept as soundly and peacefully as a child, and the next day started on my journey in the brightest of bright summer weather.
latter
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From this reading The latter chance was, thought my friend, whom I will call Francesca, most likely.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
likely
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From this reading The latter chance was, thought my friend, whom I will call Francesca, most likely.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
most
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From this reading The latter chance was, thought my friend, whom I will call Francesca, most likely.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I slept as soundly and peacefully as a child, and the next day started on my journey in the brightest of bright summer weather.
natures
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From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I slept as soundly and peacefully as a child, and the next day started on my journey in the brightest of bright summer weather.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading "There's no greater boredom,"--she declared--"than the society of an imaginative invalid.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Such company will not be restful to you,--it will tire you out.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I slept as soundly and peacefully as a child, and the next day started on my journey in the brightest of bright summer weather.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading I slept as soundly and peacefully as a child, and the next day started on my journey in the brightest of bright summer weather.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
out
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From this reading Such company will not be restful to you,--it will tire you out.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
own
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From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
peacefully
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From this reading I slept as soundly and peacefully as a child, and the next day started on my journey in the brightest of bright summer weather.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
pleasantness
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From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
rather
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From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
restful
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From this reading Such company will not be restful to you,--it will tire you out.
say
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From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
season
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From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
slept
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From this reading I slept as soundly and peacefully as a child, and the next day started on my journey in the brightest of bright summer weather.
society
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From this reading "There's no greater boredom,"--she declared--"than the society of an imaginative invalid.
soundly
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From this reading I slept as soundly and peacefully as a child, and the next day started on my journey in the brightest of bright summer weather.
started
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From this reading I slept as soundly and peacefully as a child, and the next day started on my journey in the brightest of bright summer weather.
SuchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Such company will not be restful to you,--it will tire you out.
summer
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From this reading I slept as soundly and peacefully as a child, and the next day started on my journey in the brightest of bright summer weather.
taken
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From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "There's no greater boredom,"--she declared--"than the society of an imaginative invalid.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I slept as soundly and peacefully as a child, and the next day started on my journey in the brightest of bright summer weather.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
there
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From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
There's
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From this reading "There's no greater boredom,"--she declared--"than the society of an imaginative invalid.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The latter chance was, thought my friend, whom I will call Francesca, most likely.
tire
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From this reading Such company will not be restful to you,--it will tire you out.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
travelled
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From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
trip
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From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
weary
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From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
weather
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From this reading I slept as soundly and peacefully as a child, and the next day started on my journey in the brightest of bright summer weather.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading The latter chance was, thought my friend, whom I will call Francesca, most likely.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
women
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From this reading A friend travelled with me--one of those amiable women to whom life is always pleasant because of the pleasantness in their own natures; she had taken a house for the season in Inverness-shire, and I had arranged to join her there when my trip with the Harlands was over, or rather, I should say, when they had grown weary of me and I of them.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Such company will not be restful to you,--it will tire you out.
