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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 am a householder in a pleasant country neighbourhood, about twenty miles from New York.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I am a householder in a pleasant country neighbourhood, about twenty miles from New York.
aged
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From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am a householder in a pleasant country neighbourhood, about twenty miles from New York.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But we do not live in a paradise; we are occasionally troubled by mosquitoes and burglars.
aspect
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From this reading My house is large and pleasant, and we have neighbours near enough for social purposes and yet not too near or too many to detract from the rural aspect of our surroundings.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
Aunt
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From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
boy
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From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
Burglars
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From this reading The Stories of the Three Burglars THE STORIES OF THE THREE BURGLARS.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But we do not live in a paradise; we are occasionally troubled by mosquitoes and burglars.
consists
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From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
country
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From this reading I am a householder in a pleasant country neighbourhood, about twenty miles from New York.
detract
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From this reading My house is large and pleasant, and we have neighbours near enough for social purposes and yet not too near or too many to detract from the rural aspect of our surroundings.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading But we do not live in a paradise; we are occasionally troubled by mosquitoes and burglars.
enough
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From this reading My house is large and pleasant, and we have neighbours near enough for social purposes and yet not too near or too many to detract from the rural aspect of our surroundings.
family
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From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading My house is large and pleasant, and we have neighbours near enough for social purposes and yet not too near or too many to detract from the rural aspect of our surroundings.
frequent
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From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I am a householder in a pleasant country neighbourhood, about twenty miles from New York.
George
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From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
house
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From this reading My house is large and pleasant, and we have neighbours near enough for social purposes and yet not too near or too many to detract from the rural aspect of our surroundings.
householder
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From this reading I am a householder in a pleasant country neighbourhood, about twenty miles from New York.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I am a householder in a pleasant country neighbourhood, about twenty miles from New York.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading I am a householder in a pleasant country neighbourhood, about twenty miles from New York.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My house is large and pleasant, and we have neighbours near enough for social purposes and yet not too near or too many to detract from the rural aspect of our surroundings.
large
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From this reading My house is large and pleasant, and we have neighbours near enough for social purposes and yet not too near or too many to detract from the rural aspect of our surroundings.
live
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From this reading But we do not live in a paradise; we are occasionally troubled by mosquitoes and burglars.
maid-servants
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From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
man
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From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
many
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From this reading My house is large and pleasant, and we have neighbours near enough for social purposes and yet not too near or too many to detract from the rural aspect of our surroundings.
Martha
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From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
miles
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From this reading I am a householder in a pleasant country neighbourhood, about twenty miles from New York.
mosquitoes
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From this reading But we do not live in a paradise; we are occasionally troubled by mosquitoes and burglars.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
near
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From this reading My house is large and pleasant, and we have neighbours near enough for social purposes and yet not too near or too many to detract from the rural aspect of our surroundings.
neighbourhood
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From this reading I am a householder in a pleasant country neighbourhood, about twenty miles from New York.
neighbours
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From this reading My house is large and pleasant, and we have neighbours near enough for social purposes and yet not too near or too many to detract from the rural aspect of our surroundings.
New
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From this reading I am a householder in a pleasant country neighbourhood, about twenty miles from New York.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading My house is large and pleasant, and we have neighbours near enough for social purposes and yet not too near or too many to detract from the rural aspect of our surroundings.
occasionally
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From this reading But we do not live in a paradise; we are occasionally troubled by mosquitoes and burglars.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Stories of the Three Burglars THE STORIES OF THE THREE BURGLARS.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading My house is large and pleasant, and we have neighbours near enough for social purposes and yet not too near or too many to detract from the rural aspect of our surroundings.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
paradise
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From this reading But we do not live in a paradise; we are occasionally troubled by mosquitoes and burglars.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am a householder in a pleasant country neighbourhood, about twenty miles from New York.
purposes
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From this reading My house is large and pleasant, and we have neighbours near enough for social purposes and yet not too near or too many to detract from the rural aspect of our surroundings.
rural
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From this reading My house is large and pleasant, and we have neighbours near enough for social purposes and yet not too near or too many to detract from the rural aspect of our surroundings.
social
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From this reading My house is large and pleasant, and we have neighbours near enough for social purposes and yet not too near or too many to detract from the rural aspect of our surroundings.
staying
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From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
Stories
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From this reading The Stories of the Three Burglars THE STORIES OF THE THREE BURGLARS.
summer
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From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
surroundings
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From this reading My house is large and pleasant, and we have neighbours near enough for social purposes and yet not too near or too many to detract from the rural aspect of our surroundings.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Stories of the Three Burglars THE STORIES OF THE THREE BURGLARS.
Three
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From this reading The Stories of the Three Burglars THE STORIES OF THE THREE BURGLARS.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
too
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From this reading My house is large and pleasant, and we have neighbours near enough for social purposes and yet not too near or too many to detract from the rural aspect of our surroundings.
troubled
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From this reading But we do not live in a paradise; we are occasionally troubled by mosquitoes and burglars.
twenty
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From this reading I am a householder in a pleasant country neighbourhood, about twenty miles from New York.
two
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From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
visitors
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From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
wife
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From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
William
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From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
write
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From this reading My family consists of myself and wife, our boy, George William, aged two, two maid-servants, and a man; but in the summer we have frequent visitors, and at the time of which I am about to write my Aunt Martha was staying with us.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading My house is large and pleasant, and we have neighbours near enough for social purposes and yet not too near or too many to detract from the rural aspect of our surroundings.
York
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From this reading I am a householder in a pleasant country neighbourhood, about twenty miles from New York.
