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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 KETTERING HEARS SOMETHING "I shall never be able to manage it if I live to be a hundred," said Christine despairingly.
able
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From this reading KETTERING HEARS SOMETHING "I shall never be able to manage it if I live to be a hundred," said Christine despairingly.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She leaned back in the padded seat of Kettering's big car and looked up into his face with laughing eyes.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She had been trying to drive; she had driven the car at snail's pace the length of the drive leading from Upton House, and tried to turn out of the open carriage gate into the road.
back
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From this reading She leaned back in the padded seat of Kettering's big car and looked up into his face with laughing eyes.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading KETTERING HEARS SOMETHING "I shall never be able to manage it if I live to be a hundred," said Christine despairingly.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had been trying to drive; she had driven the car at snail's pace the length of the drive leading from Upton House, and tried to turn out of the open carriage gate into the road.
big
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From this reading She leaned back in the padded seat of Kettering's big car and looked up into his face with laughing eyes.
car
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From this reading She leaned back in the padded seat of Kettering's big car and looked up into his face with laughing eyes.
carriage
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From this reading She had been trying to drive; she had driven the car at snail's pace the length of the drive leading from Upton House, and tried to turn out of the open carriage gate into the road.
Christine
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From this reading KETTERING HEARS SOMETHING "I shall never be able to manage it if I live to be a hundred," said Christine despairingly.
demanded
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From this reading "If you hadn't been here we should have gone into the wall, shouldn't we?" she demanded.
despairingly
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From this reading KETTERING HEARS SOMETHING "I shall never be able to manage it if I live to be a hundred," said Christine despairingly.
drive
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From this reading She had been trying to drive; she had driven the car at snail's pace the length of the drive leading from Upton House, and tried to turn out of the open carriage gate into the road.
driven
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From this reading She had been trying to drive; she had driven the car at snail's pace the length of the drive leading from Upton House, and tried to turn out of the open carriage gate into the road.
eyes
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From this reading She leaned back in the padded seat of Kettering's big car and looked up into his face with laughing eyes.
face
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From this reading She leaned back in the padded seat of Kettering's big car and looked up into his face with laughing eyes.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She had been trying to drive; she had driven the car at snail's pace the length of the drive leading from Upton House, and tried to turn out of the open carriage gate into the road.
gate
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From this reading She had been trying to drive; she had driven the car at snail's pace the length of the drive leading from Upton House, and tried to turn out of the open carriage gate into the road.
gone
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From this reading "If you hadn't been here we should have gone into the wall, shouldn't we?" she demanded.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had been trying to drive; she had driven the car at snail's pace the length of the drive leading from Upton House, and tried to turn out of the open carriage gate into the road.
hadn't
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From this reading "If you hadn't been here we should have gone into the wall, shouldn't we?" she demanded.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "If you hadn't been here we should have gone into the wall, shouldn't we?" she demanded.
HEARS
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From this reading KETTERING HEARS SOMETHING "I shall never be able to manage it if I live to be a hundred," said Christine despairingly.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "If you hadn't been here we should have gone into the wall, shouldn't we?" she demanded.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She leaned back in the padded seat of Kettering's big car and looked up into his face with laughing eyes.
House
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From this reading She had been trying to drive; she had driven the car at snail's pace the length of the drive leading from Upton House, and tried to turn out of the open carriage gate into the road.
hundred
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From this reading KETTERING HEARS SOMETHING "I shall never be able to manage it if I live to be a hundred," said Christine despairingly.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading KETTERING HEARS SOMETHING "I shall never be able to manage it if I live to be a hundred," said Christine despairingly.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading KETTERING HEARS SOMETHING "I shall never be able to manage it if I live to be a hundred," said Christine despairingly.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She leaned back in the padded seat of Kettering's big car and looked up into his face with laughing eyes.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She leaned back in the padded seat of Kettering's big car and looked up into his face with laughing eyes.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading KETTERING HEARS SOMETHING "I shall never be able to manage it if I live to be a hundred," said Christine despairingly.
KETTERING
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From this reading KETTERING HEARS SOMETHING "I shall never be able to manage it if I live to be a hundred," said Christine despairingly.
Kettering's
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From this reading She leaned back in the padded seat of Kettering's big car and looked up into his face with laughing eyes.
laughed
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From this reading Kettering laughed.
laughing
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From this reading She leaned back in the padded seat of Kettering's big car and looked up into his face with laughing eyes.
leading
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From this reading She had been trying to drive; she had driven the car at snail's pace the length of the drive leading from Upton House, and tried to turn out of the open carriage gate into the road.
leaned
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From this reading She leaned back in the padded seat of Kettering's big car and looked up into his face with laughing eyes.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading She had been trying to drive; she had driven the car at snail's pace the length of the drive leading from Upton House, and tried to turn out of the open carriage gate into the road.
live
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From this reading KETTERING HEARS SOMETHING "I shall never be able to manage it if I live to be a hundred," said Christine despairingly.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She leaned back in the padded seat of Kettering's big car and looked up into his face with laughing eyes.
manage
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From this reading KETTERING HEARS SOMETHING "I shall never be able to manage it if I live to be a hundred," said Christine despairingly.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading KETTERING HEARS SOMETHING "I shall never be able to manage it if I live to be a hundred," said Christine despairingly.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She leaned back in the padded seat of Kettering's big car and looked up into his face with laughing eyes.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading She had been trying to drive; she had driven the car at snail's pace the length of the drive leading from Upton House, and tried to turn out of the open carriage gate into the road.
out
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From this reading She had been trying to drive; she had driven the car at snail's pace the length of the drive leading from Upton House, and tried to turn out of the open carriage gate into the road.
pace
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From this reading She had been trying to drive; she had driven the car at snail's pace the length of the drive leading from Upton House, and tried to turn out of the open carriage gate into the road.
padded
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From this reading She leaned back in the padded seat of Kettering's big car and looked up into his face with laughing eyes.
road
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From this reading She had been trying to drive; she had driven the car at snail's pace the length of the drive leading from Upton House, and tried to turn out of the open carriage gate into the road.
said
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From this reading KETTERING HEARS SOMETHING "I shall never be able to manage it if I live to be a hundred," said Christine despairingly.
seat
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From this reading She leaned back in the padded seat of Kettering's big car and looked up into his face with laughing eyes.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading KETTERING HEARS SOMETHING "I shall never be able to manage it if I live to be a hundred," said Christine despairingly.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She leaned back in the padded seat of Kettering's big car and looked up into his face with laughing eyes.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading "If you hadn't been here we should have gone into the wall, shouldn't we?" she demanded.
shouldn't
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From this reading "If you hadn't been here we should have gone into the wall, shouldn't we?" she demanded.
snail's
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From this reading She had been trying to drive; she had driven the car at snail's pace the length of the drive leading from Upton House, and tried to turn out of the open carriage gate into the road.
SOMETHINGpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading KETTERING HEARS SOMETHING "I shall never be able to manage it if I live to be a hundred," said Christine despairingly.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She leaned back in the padded seat of Kettering's big car and looked up into his face with laughing eyes.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading KETTERING HEARS SOMETHING "I shall never be able to manage it if I live to be a hundred," said Christine despairingly.
tried
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From this reading She had been trying to drive; she had driven the car at snail's pace the length of the drive leading from Upton House, and tried to turn out of the open carriage gate into the road.
trying
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From this reading She had been trying to drive; she had driven the car at snail's pace the length of the drive leading from Upton House, and tried to turn out of the open carriage gate into the road.
turn
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From this reading She had been trying to drive; she had driven the car at snail's pace the length of the drive leading from Upton House, and tried to turn out of the open carriage gate into the road.
up
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From this reading She leaned back in the padded seat of Kettering's big car and looked up into his face with laughing eyes.
Upton
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From this reading She had been trying to drive; she had driven the car at snail's pace the length of the drive leading from Upton House, and tried to turn out of the open carriage gate into the road.
wall
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From this reading "If you hadn't been here we should have gone into the wall, shouldn't we?" she demanded.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "If you hadn't been here we should have gone into the wall, shouldn't we?" she demanded.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She leaned back in the padded seat of Kettering's big car and looked up into his face with laughing eyes.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "If you hadn't been here we should have gone into the wall, shouldn't we?" she demanded.
