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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 The lower floor comprised a parlor, sitting-room, and dining-room, with a library on the side.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading FARLEY BECOMES EXPLICIT The Farleys had lived for twenty years in an old-fashioned square brick house surrounded by maples.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The lower floor comprised a parlor, sitting-room, and dining-room, with a library on the side.
BECOMES
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From this reading FARLEY BECOMES EXPLICIT The Farleys had lived for twenty years in an old-fashioned square brick house surrounded by maples.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The library had been Farley’s den, where he smoked his pipe and read his newspapers.
bookcases
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brick
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byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading FARLEY BECOMES EXPLICIT The Farleys had lived for twenty years in an old-fashioned square brick house surrounded by maples.
Cabin
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completenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The bookcases that lined the walls had rarely been opened; they contained the “Waverley Novels,” Dickens’s “Works” complete, and a wide range of miscellaneous fiction, including “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” most of Mark Twain, Tourgée’s novel of Reconstruction, “A Fool’s Errand,” Helen Hunt Jackson’s “Ramona,” and a number of Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney’s stories for girls--these latter reminiscent of Nan’s girlhood.
comprised
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contained
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D
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den
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Dickens's
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dining-room
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Errand
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EXPLICIT
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FARLEY
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Farley's
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Farleys
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fiction
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floor
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Fool's
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading FARLEY BECOMES EXPLICIT The Farleys had lived for twenty years in an old-fashioned square brick house surrounded by maples.
girlhood
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girls
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hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading FARLEY BECOMES EXPLICIT The Farleys had lived for twenty years in an old-fashioned square brick house surrounded by maples.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The library had been Farley’s den, where he smoked his pipe and read his newspapers.
Helen
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hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The library had been Farley’s den, where he smoked his pipe and read his newspapers.
house
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Hunt
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading FARLEY BECOMES EXPLICIT The Farleys had lived for twenty years in an old-fashioned square brick house surrounded by maples.
including
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Jackson's
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latter
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library
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lined
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lived
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lower
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maples
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Mark
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miscellaneous
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most
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MR
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Mrs
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Nan's
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newspapers
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novel
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Novels
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number
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The bookcases that lined the walls had rarely been opened; they contained the “Waverley Novels,” Dickens’s “Works” complete, and a wide range of miscellaneous fiction, including “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” most of Mark Twain, Tourgée’s novel of Reconstruction, “A Fool’s Errand,” Helen Hunt Jackson’s “Ramona,” and a number of Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney’s stories for girls--these latter reminiscent of Nan’s girlhood.
old-fashioned
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From this reading FARLEY BECOMES EXPLICIT The Farleys had lived for twenty years in an old-fashioned square brick house surrounded by maples.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
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opened
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parlornounUS /ˈpɑːrlər/
an old-fashioned sitting room
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pipe
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Ramona
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range
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rarely
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read
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Reconstruction
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reminiscent
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side
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sitting-room
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smoked
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square
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stories
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surrounded
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T
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The bookcases that lined the walls had rarely been opened; they contained the “Waverley Novels,” Dickens’s “Works” complete, and a wide range of miscellaneous fiction, including “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” most of Mark Twain, Tourgée’s novel of Reconstruction, “A Fool’s Errand,” Helen Hunt Jackson’s “Ramona,” and a number of Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney’s stories for girls--these latter reminiscent of Nan’s girlhood.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FARLEY BECOMES EXPLICIT The Farleys had lived for twenty years in an old-fashioned square brick house surrounded by maples.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading The bookcases that lined the walls had rarely been opened; they contained the “Waverley Novels,” Dickens’s “Works” complete, and a wide range of miscellaneous fiction, including “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” most of Mark Twain, Tourgée’s novel of Reconstruction, “A Fool’s Errand,” Helen Hunt Jackson’s “Ramona,” and a number of Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney’s stories for girls--these latter reminiscent of Nan’s girlhood.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The bookcases that lined the walls had rarely been opened; they contained the “Waverley Novels,” Dickens’s “Works” complete, and a wide range of miscellaneous fiction, including “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” most of Mark Twain, Tourgée’s novel of Reconstruction, “A Fool’s Errand,” Helen Hunt Jackson’s “Ramona,” and a number of Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney’s stories for girls--these latter reminiscent of Nan’s girlhood.
Tom's
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Tourgée's
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Twain
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twenty
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Uncle
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walls
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Waverley
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whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
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Whitney's
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From this reading The bookcases that lined the walls had rarely been opened; they contained the “Waverley Novels,” Dickens’s “Works” complete, and a wide range of miscellaneous fiction, including “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” most of Mark Twain, Tourgée’s novel of Reconstruction, “A Fool’s Errand,” Helen Hunt Jackson’s “Ramona,” and a number of Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney’s stories for girls--these latter reminiscent of Nan’s girlhood.
wide
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From this reading The bookcases that lined the walls had rarely been opened; they contained the “Waverley Novels,” Dickens’s “Works” complete, and a wide range of miscellaneous fiction, including “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” most of Mark Twain, Tourgée’s novel of Reconstruction, “A Fool’s Errand,” Helen Hunt Jackson’s “Ramona,” and a number of Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney’s stories for girls--these latter reminiscent of Nan’s girlhood.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The lower floor comprised a parlor, sitting-room, and dining-room, with a library on the side.
Works
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From this reading The bookcases that lined the walls had rarely been opened; they contained the “Waverley Novels,” Dickens’s “Works” complete, and a wide range of miscellaneous fiction, including “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” most of Mark Twain, Tourgée’s novel of Reconstruction, “A Fool’s Errand,” Helen Hunt Jackson’s “Ramona,” and a number of Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney’s stories for girls--these latter reminiscent of Nan’s girlhood.
years
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From this reading FARLEY BECOMES EXPLICIT The Farleys had lived for twenty years in an old-fashioned square brick house surrounded by maples.
