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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 "Go, go!" she added, hearing a step in the adjoining room.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I felt awkward and guilty as I took leave of the company, murmuring something to my entertainers about having had an arrangement to make with Miss Chantry.
abruptly
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From this reading "Nothing--good-bye," said Louisa, tearing herself away too abruptly to take my kiss, which, to follow the servant again, I left unbestowed.
addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Go, go!" she added, hearing a step in the adjoining room.
adjoining
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From this reading "Go, go!" she added, hearing a step in the adjoining room.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Nothing--good-bye," said Louisa, tearing herself away too abruptly to take my kiss, which, to follow the servant again, I left unbestowed.
All
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From this reading "All right, all right!" she repeated, with her woeful eyes.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I felt awkward and guilty as I took leave of the company, murmuring something to my entertainers about having had an arrangement to make with Miss Chantry.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
announce
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From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
arrangement
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From this reading I felt awkward and guilty as I took leave of the company, murmuring something to my entertainers about having had an arrangement to make with Miss Chantry.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading I felt awkward and guilty as I took leave of the company, murmuring something to my entertainers about having had an arrangement to make with Miss Chantry.
away
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From this reading "Nothing--good-bye," said Louisa, tearing herself away too abruptly to take my kiss, which, to follow the servant again, I left unbestowed.
awkward
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From this reading I felt awkward and guilty as I took leave of the company, murmuring something to my entertainers about having had an arrangement to make with Miss Chantry.
back
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From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
careful
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From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
carriage
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From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
Chantry
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From this reading I felt awkward and guilty as I took leave of the company, murmuring something to my entertainers about having had an arrangement to make with Miss Chantry.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
company
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From this reading I felt awkward and guilty as I took leave of the company, murmuring something to my entertainers about having had an arrangement to make with Miss Chantry.
differentnounUS /ˈdifferent/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
entertainers
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From this reading I felt awkward and guilty as I took leave of the company, murmuring something to my entertainers about having had an arrangement to make with Miss Chantry.
eyes
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From this reading "All right, all right!" she repeated, with her woeful eyes.
felt
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From this reading I felt awkward and guilty as I took leave of the company, murmuring something to my entertainers about having had an arrangement to make with Miss Chantry.
follow
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From this reading "Nothing--good-bye," said Louisa, tearing herself away too abruptly to take my kiss, which, to follow the servant again, I left unbestowed.
footman
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From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
friends
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From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
Go
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From this reading "Go, go!" she added, hearing a step in the adjoining room.
good-bye
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From this reading "Nothing--good-bye," said Louisa, tearing herself away too abruptly to take my kiss, which, to follow the servant again, I left unbestowed.
guilty
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From this reading I felt awkward and guilty as I took leave of the company, murmuring something to my entertainers about having had an arrangement to make with Miss Chantry.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading I felt awkward and guilty as I took leave of the company, murmuring something to my entertainers about having had an arrangement to make with Miss Chantry.
hearing
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From this reading "Go, go!" she added, hearing a step in the adjoining room.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "All right, all right!" she repeated, with her woeful eyes.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading "Nothing--good-bye," said Louisa, tearing herself away too abruptly to take my kiss, which, to follow the servant again, I left unbestowed.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Go, go!" she added, hearing a step in the adjoining room.
kiss
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From this reading "Nothing--good-bye," said Louisa, tearing herself away too abruptly to take my kiss, which, to follow the servant again, I left unbestowed.
leave
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From this reading I felt awkward and guilty as I took leave of the company, murmuring something to my entertainers about having had an arrangement to make with Miss Chantry.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Nothing--good-bye," said Louisa, tearing herself away too abruptly to take my kiss, which, to follow the servant again, I left unbestowed.
Louisa
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From this reading "Nothing--good-bye," said Louisa, tearing herself away too abruptly to take my kiss, which, to follow the servant again, I left unbestowed.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I felt awkward and guilty as I took leave of the company, murmuring something to my entertainers about having had an arrangement to make with Miss Chantry.
Miss
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From this reading I felt awkward and guilty as I took leave of the company, murmuring something to my entertainers about having had an arrangement to make with Miss Chantry.
more
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From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
murmuring
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From this reading I felt awkward and guilty as I took leave of the company, murmuring something to my entertainers about having had an arrangement to make with Miss Chantry.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I felt awkward and guilty as I took leave of the company, murmuring something to my entertainers about having had an arrangement to make with Miss Chantry.
repeatednounUS /repeated/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "All right, all right!" she repeated, with her woeful eyes.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "All right, all right!" she repeated, with her woeful eyes.
room
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From this reading "Go, go!" she added, hearing a step in the adjoining room.
said
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From this reading "Nothing--good-bye," said Louisa, tearing herself away too abruptly to take my kiss, which, to follow the servant again, I left unbestowed.
say
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From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
seated
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From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
servant
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From this reading "Nothing--good-bye," said Louisa, tearing herself away too abruptly to take my kiss, which, to follow the servant again, I left unbestowed.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "All right, all right!" she repeated, with her woeful eyes.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading I felt awkward and guilty as I took leave of the company, murmuring something to my entertainers about having had an arrangement to make with Miss Chantry.
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Go, go!" she added, hearing a step in the adjoining room.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Nothing--good-bye," said Louisa, tearing herself away too abruptly to take my kiss, which, to follow the servant again, I left unbestowed.
tearing
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From this reading "Nothing--good-bye," said Louisa, tearing herself away too abruptly to take my kiss, which, to follow the servant again, I left unbestowed.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Go, go!" she added, hearing a step in the adjoining room.
Then
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From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
there's
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From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
tone
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From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
too
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From this reading "Nothing--good-bye," said Louisa, tearing herself away too abruptly to take my kiss, which, to follow the servant again, I left unbestowed.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I felt awkward and guilty as I took leave of the company, murmuring something to my entertainers about having had an arrangement to make with Miss Chantry.
unbestowed
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From this reading "Nothing--good-bye," said Louisa, tearing herself away too abruptly to take my kiss, which, to follow the servant again, I left unbestowed.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "Nothing--good-bye," said Louisa, tearing herself away too abruptly to take my kiss, which, to follow the servant again, I left unbestowed.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "All right, all right!" she repeated, with her woeful eyes.
woeful
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From this reading "All right, all right!" she repeated, with her woeful eyes.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading The footman had come back to announce that my friends were seated in the carriage, and I was careful to say before him in a different tone: "Then there's nothing more I can do for you?"
