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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 Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
accompanied
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From this reading When Olaf Gueldmar and his daughter left the yacht that evening, Errington accompanied them, in order to have the satisfaction of escorting his beautiful betrothed as far as her own door.
all
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From this reading They were all three very silent--the _bonde_ was pensive, Thelma shy, and Errington himself was too happy for speech.
amazement
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From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
Arriving
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From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading When Olaf Gueldmar and his daughter left the yacht that evening, Errington accompanied them, in order to have the satisfaction of escorting his beautiful betrothed as far as her own door.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
beautiful
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From this reading When Olaf Gueldmar and his daughter left the yacht that evening, Errington accompanied them, in order to have the satisfaction of escorting his beautiful betrothed as far as her own door.
betray
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betrothed
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From this reading When Olaf Gueldmar and his daughter left the yacht that evening, Errington accompanied them, in order to have the satisfaction of escorting his beautiful betrothed as far as her own door.
bonde
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From this reading They were all three very silent--the _bonde_ was pensive, Thelma shy, and Errington himself was too happy for speech.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
cleverest
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closest
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CONGREVE
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From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
curled
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From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
daughter
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From this reading When Olaf Gueldmar and his daughter left the yacht that evening, Errington accompanied them, in order to have the satisfaction of escorting his beautiful betrothed as far as her own door.
door
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From this reading When Olaf Gueldmar and his daughter left the yacht that evening, Errington accompanied them, in order to have the satisfaction of escorting his beautiful betrothed as far as her own door.
double-dealing
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From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
Errington
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From this reading When Olaf Gueldmar and his daughter left the yacht that evening, Errington accompanied them, in order to have the satisfaction of escorting his beautiful betrothed as far as her own door.
escorting
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From this reading When Olaf Gueldmar and his daughter left the yacht that evening, Errington accompanied them, in order to have the satisfaction of escorting his beautiful betrothed as far as her own door.
evening
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From this reading When Olaf Gueldmar and his daughter left the yacht that evening, Errington accompanied them, in order to have the satisfaction of escorting his beautiful betrothed as far as her own door.
exclamation
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From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
false
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far
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From this reading When Olaf Gueldmar and his daughter left the yacht that evening, Errington accompanied them, in order to have the satisfaction of escorting his beautiful betrothed as far as her own door.
farmhouse
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From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
fled
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From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
footsteps
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From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They were all three very silent--the _bonde_ was pensive, Thelma shy, and Errington himself was too happy for speech.
forehead
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From this reading Gueldmar tapped his own forehead significantly.
friends
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From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
game
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From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
Gueldmar
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From this reading When Olaf Gueldmar and his daughter left the yacht that evening, Errington accompanied them, in order to have the satisfaction of escorting his beautiful betrothed as far as her own door.
haphazard
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From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
happy
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From this reading They were all three very silent--the _bonde_ was pensive, Thelma shy, and Errington himself was too happy for speech.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading When Olaf Gueldmar and his daughter left the yacht that evening, Errington accompanied them, in order to have the satisfaction of escorting his beautiful betrothed as far as her own door.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
hearing
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From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When Olaf Gueldmar and his daughter left the yacht that evening, Errington accompanied them, in order to have the satisfaction of escorting his beautiful betrothed as far as her own door.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading They were all three very silent--the _bonde_ was pensive, Thelma shy, and Errington himself was too happy for speech.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading When Olaf Gueldmar and his daughter left the yacht that evening, Errington accompanied them, in order to have the satisfaction of escorting his beautiful betrothed as far as her own door.
idly
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From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
infinite
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From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Olaf Gueldmar and his daughter left the yacht that evening, Errington accompanied them, in order to have the satisfaction of escorting his beautiful betrothed as far as her own door.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
Olaf
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From this reading When Olaf Gueldmar and his daughter left the yacht that evening, Errington accompanied them, in order to have the satisfaction of escorting his beautiful betrothed as far as her own door.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Olaf Gueldmar and his daughter left the yacht that evening, Errington accompanied them, in order to have the satisfaction of escorting his beautiful betrothed as far as her own door.
other
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From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
own
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From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
pensive
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From this reading They were all three very silent--the _bonde_ was pensive, Thelma shy, and Errington himself was too happy for speech.
play
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From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
playing
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From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
porch
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From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
rose-branches
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From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
satisfaction
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From this reading When Olaf Gueldmar and his daughter left the yacht that evening, Errington accompanied them, in order to have the satisfaction of escorting his beautiful betrothed as far as her own door.
saw
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From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
secrets
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From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
shy
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From this reading They were all three very silent--the _bonde_ was pensive, Thelma shy, and Errington himself was too happy for speech.
significantly
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From this reading Gueldmar tapped his own forehead significantly.
Sigurd
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From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
silent
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From this reading They were all three very silent--the _bonde_ was pensive, Thelma shy, and Errington himself was too happy for speech.
sir
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From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
speech
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From this reading They were all three very silent--the _bonde_ was pensive, Thelma shy, and Errington himself was too happy for speech.
tapped
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From this reading Gueldmar tapped his own forehead significantly.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When Olaf Gueldmar and his daughter left the yacht that evening, Errington accompanied them, in order to have the satisfaction of escorting his beautiful betrothed as far as her own door.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
Thelma
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From this reading They were all three very silent--the _bonde_ was pensive, Thelma shy, and Errington himself was too happy for speech.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading When Olaf Gueldmar and his daughter left the yacht that evening, Errington accompanied them, in order to have the satisfaction of escorting his beautiful betrothed as far as her own door.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were all three very silent--the _bonde_ was pensive, Thelma shy, and Errington himself was too happy for speech.
three
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From this reading They were all three very silent--the _bonde_ was pensive, Thelma shy, and Errington himself was too happy for speech.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
too
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From this reading They were all three very silent--the _bonde_ was pensive, Thelma shy, and Errington himself was too happy for speech.
trailing
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From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
tricksters
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From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
universal
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From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
up
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From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
utterednounUS /ˈuttered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
very
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From this reading They were all three very silent--the _bonde_ was pensive, Thelma shy, and Errington himself was too happy for speech.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading They were all three very silent--the _bonde_ was pensive, Thelma shy, and Errington himself was too happy for speech.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were all three very silent--the _bonde_ was pensive, Thelma shy, and Errington himself was too happy for speech.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When Olaf Gueldmar and his daughter left the yacht that evening, Errington accompanied them, in order to have the satisfaction of escorting his beautiful betrothed as far as her own door.
Why
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From this reading "Why, sir, in the universal game of double-dealing, shall not the cleverest tricksters play each other false by haphazard, and so betray their closest secrets, to their own and their friends' infinite amazement?"--CONGREVE.
wild
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From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Arriving at the farmhouse, they saw Sigurd curled up under the porch, playing idly with the trailing rose-branches, but, on hearing their footsteps, he looked up, uttered a wild exclamation, and fled.
yacht
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From this reading When Olaf Gueldmar and his daughter left the yacht that evening, Errington accompanied them, in order to have the satisfaction of escorting his beautiful betrothed as far as her own door.
