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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 Then, though the routine was the same, everywhere was a sense of loss, and of change.
all
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From this reading Lettie was wedded, as I had said, before Leslie lost all the wistful traces of his illness.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The long voyage in the quiet home was over; we had crossed the bright sea of our youth, and already Lettie had landed and was travelling to a strange destination in a foreign land.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then, though the routine was the same, everywhere was a sense of loss, and of change.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading They had been gone away to France five days before we recovered anything like the normal tone in the house.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Lettie was wedded, as I had said, before Leslie lost all the wistful traces of his illness.
away
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From this reading They had been gone away to France five days before we recovered anything like the normal tone in the house.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They had been gone away to France five days before we recovered anything like the normal tone in the house.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Lettie was wedded, as I had said, before Leslie lost all the wistful traces of his illness.
bright
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From this reading The long voyage in the quiet home was over; we had crossed the bright sea of our youth, and already Lettie had landed and was travelling to a strange destination in a foreign land.
change
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From this reading Then, though the routine was the same, everywhere was a sense of loss, and of change.
crossed
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From this reading The long voyage in the quiet home was over; we had crossed the bright sea of our youth, and already Lettie had landed and was travelling to a strange destination in a foreign land.
days
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From this reading They had been gone away to France five days before we recovered anything like the normal tone in the house.
destination
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From this reading The long voyage in the quiet home was over; we had crossed the bright sea of our youth, and already Lettie had landed and was travelling to a strange destination in a foreign land.
distilled
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From this reading It was time for us all to go, to leave the valley of Nethermere whose waters and whose woods were distilled in the essence of our veins.
essence
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From this reading It was time for us all to go, to leave the valley of Nethermere whose waters and whose woods were distilled in the essence of our veins.
everywhere
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From this reading Then, though the routine was the same, everywhere was a sense of loss, and of change.
five
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From this reading They had been gone away to France five days before we recovered anything like the normal tone in the house.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was time for us all to go, to leave the valley of Nethermere whose waters and whose woods were distilled in the essence of our veins.
foreign
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From this reading The long voyage in the quiet home was over; we had crossed the bright sea of our youth, and already Lettie had landed and was travelling to a strange destination in a foreign land.
France
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From this reading They had been gone away to France five days before we recovered anything like the normal tone in the house.
go
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From this reading It was time for us all to go, to leave the valley of Nethermere whose waters and whose woods were distilled in the essence of our veins.
gone
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From this reading They had been gone away to France five days before we recovered anything like the normal tone in the house.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Lettie was wedded, as I had said, before Leslie lost all the wistful traces of his illness.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Lettie was wedded, as I had said, before Leslie lost all the wistful traces of his illness.
home
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From this reading The long voyage in the quiet home was over; we had crossed the bright sea of our youth, and already Lettie had landed and was travelling to a strange destination in a foreign land.
house
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From this reading They had been gone away to France five days before we recovered anything like the normal tone in the house.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Lettie was wedded, as I had said, before Leslie lost all the wistful traces of his illness.
illness
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From this reading Lettie was wedded, as I had said, before Leslie lost all the wistful traces of his illness.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They had been gone away to France five days before we recovered anything like the normal tone in the house.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was time for us all to go, to leave the valley of Nethermere whose waters and whose woods were distilled in the essence of our veins.
land
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From this reading The long voyage in the quiet home was over; we had crossed the bright sea of our youth, and already Lettie had landed and was travelling to a strange destination in a foreign land.
landed
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From this reading The long voyage in the quiet home was over; we had crossed the bright sea of our youth, and already Lettie had landed and was travelling to a strange destination in a foreign land.
leave
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From this reading It was time for us all to go, to leave the valley of Nethermere whose waters and whose woods were distilled in the essence of our veins.
Leslie
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From this reading Lettie was wedded, as I had said, before Leslie lost all the wistful traces of his illness.
Lettie
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From this reading Lettie was wedded, as I had said, before Leslie lost all the wistful traces of his illness.
like
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From this reading They had been gone away to France five days before we recovered anything like the normal tone in the house.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The long voyage in the quiet home was over; we had crossed the bright sea of our youth, and already Lettie had landed and was travelling to a strange destination in a foreign land.
loss
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From this reading Then, though the routine was the same, everywhere was a sense of loss, and of change.
lost
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From this reading Lettie was wedded, as I had said, before Leslie lost all the wistful traces of his illness.
Nethermere
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From this reading It was time for us all to go, to leave the valley of Nethermere whose waters and whose woods were distilled in the essence of our veins.
normal
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From this reading They had been gone away to France five days before we recovered anything like the normal tone in the house.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lettie was wedded, as I had said, before Leslie lost all the wistful traces of his illness.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading The long voyage in the quiet home was over; we had crossed the bright sea of our youth, and already Lettie had landed and was travelling to a strange destination in a foreign land.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The long voyage in the quiet home was over; we had crossed the bright sea of our youth, and already Lettie had landed and was travelling to a strange destination in a foreign land.
quiet
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From this reading The long voyage in the quiet home was over; we had crossed the bright sea of our youth, and already Lettie had landed and was travelling to a strange destination in a foreign land.
recovered
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From this reading They had been gone away to France five days before we recovered anything like the normal tone in the house.
routine
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From this reading Then, though the routine was the same, everywhere was a sense of loss, and of change.
said
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From this reading Lettie was wedded, as I had said, before Leslie lost all the wistful traces of his illness.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then, though the routine was the same, everywhere was a sense of loss, and of change.
sea
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From this reading The long voyage in the quiet home was over; we had crossed the bright sea of our youth, and already Lettie had landed and was travelling to a strange destination in a foreign land.
sense
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From this reading Then, though the routine was the same, everywhere was a sense of loss, and of change.
strange
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From this reading The long voyage in the quiet home was over; we had crossed the bright sea of our youth, and already Lettie had landed and was travelling to a strange destination in a foreign land.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Lettie was wedded, as I had said, before Leslie lost all the wistful traces of his illness.
Then
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From this reading Then, though the routine was the same, everywhere was a sense of loss, and of change.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had been gone away to France five days before we recovered anything like the normal tone in the house.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Then, though the routine was the same, everywhere was a sense of loss, and of change.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was time for us all to go, to leave the valley of Nethermere whose waters and whose woods were distilled in the essence of our veins.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They had been gone away to France five days before we recovered anything like the normal tone in the house.
tone
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From this reading They had been gone away to France five days before we recovered anything like the normal tone in the house.
traces
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From this reading Lettie was wedded, as I had said, before Leslie lost all the wistful traces of his illness.
travelling
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From this reading The long voyage in the quiet home was over; we had crossed the bright sea of our youth, and already Lettie had landed and was travelling to a strange destination in a foreign land.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading It was time for us all to go, to leave the valley of Nethermere whose waters and whose woods were distilled in the essence of our veins.
valley
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From this reading It was time for us all to go, to leave the valley of Nethermere whose waters and whose woods were distilled in the essence of our veins.
veins
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From this reading It was time for us all to go, to leave the valley of Nethermere whose waters and whose woods were distilled in the essence of our veins.
voyage
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From this reading The long voyage in the quiet home was over; we had crossed the bright sea of our youth, and already Lettie had landed and was travelling to a strange destination in a foreign land.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lettie was wedded, as I had said, before Leslie lost all the wistful traces of his illness.
waters
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From this reading It was time for us all to go, to leave the valley of Nethermere whose waters and whose woods were distilled in the essence of our veins.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading They had been gone away to France five days before we recovered anything like the normal tone in the house.
wedded
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From this reading Lettie was wedded, as I had said, before Leslie lost all the wistful traces of his illness.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was time for us all to go, to leave the valley of Nethermere whose waters and whose woods were distilled in the essence of our veins.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading It was time for us all to go, to leave the valley of Nethermere whose waters and whose woods were distilled in the essence of our veins.
wistful
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From this reading Lettie was wedded, as I had said, before Leslie lost all the wistful traces of his illness.
woods
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From this reading It was time for us all to go, to leave the valley of Nethermere whose waters and whose woods were distilled in the essence of our veins.
youth
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From this reading The long voyage in the quiet home was over; we had crossed the bright sea of our youth, and already Lettie had landed and was travelling to a strange destination in a foreign land.
