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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 "A small cloud, so slight as to be a mere speck on the fair blue sky, was all the warning we received."--PLINY.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After that evening great changes came into Thelma's before peaceful life.
all
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From this reading "A small cloud, so slight as to be a mere speck on the fair blue sky, was all the warning we received."--PLINY.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had conquered her enemies, or so it seemed,--society threw down all its barricades and rushed to meet her with open arms.
arms
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From this reading She had conquered her enemies, or so it seemed,--society threw down all its barricades and rushed to meet her with open arms.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "A small cloud, so slight as to be a mere speck on the fair blue sky, was all the warning we received."--PLINY.
barricades
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From this reading She had conquered her enemies, or so it seemed,--society threw down all its barricades and rushed to meet her with open arms.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "A small cloud, so slight as to be a mere speck on the fair blue sky, was all the warning we received."--PLINY.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading After that evening great changes came into Thelma's before peaceful life.
bewilderednounUS /bewildered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Invitations crowded upon her,--often she grew tired and bewildered in the multiplicity of them all.
blue
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From this reading "A small cloud, so slight as to be a mere speck on the fair blue sky, was all the warning we received."--PLINY.
came
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From this reading After that evening great changes came into Thelma's before peaceful life.
changes
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From this reading After that evening great changes came into Thelma's before peaceful life.
cloud
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From this reading "A small cloud, so slight as to be a mere speck on the fair blue sky, was all the warning we received."--PLINY.
conquered
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From this reading She had conquered her enemies, or so it seemed,--society threw down all its barricades and rushed to meet her with open arms.
crowded
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From this reading Invitations crowded upon her,--often she grew tired and bewildered in the multiplicity of them all.
dear
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From this reading London life wearied her,--she preferred the embowered seclusion of Errington Manor, the dear old house in green-wooded Warwickshire.
down
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From this reading She had conquered her enemies, or so it seemed,--society threw down all its barricades and rushed to meet her with open arms.
embowered
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From this reading London life wearied her,--she preferred the embowered seclusion of Errington Manor, the dear old house in green-wooded Warwickshire.
enemies
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From this reading She had conquered her enemies, or so it seemed,--society threw down all its barricades and rushed to meet her with open arms.
Errington
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From this reading London life wearied her,--she preferred the embowered seclusion of Errington Manor, the dear old house in green-wooded Warwickshire.
evening
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From this reading After that evening great changes came into Thelma's before peaceful life.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "A small cloud, so slight as to be a mere speck on the fair blue sky, was all the warning we received."--PLINY.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After that evening great changes came into Thelma's before peaceful life.
green-wooded
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From this reading London life wearied her,--she preferred the embowered seclusion of Errington Manor, the dear old house in green-wooded Warwickshire.
grew
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From this reading Invitations crowded upon her,--often she grew tired and bewildered in the multiplicity of them all.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had conquered her enemies, or so it seemed,--society threw down all its barricades and rushed to meet her with open arms.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had conquered her enemies, or so it seemed,--society threw down all its barricades and rushed to meet her with open arms.
house
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From this reading London life wearied her,--she preferred the embowered seclusion of Errington Manor, the dear old house in green-wooded Warwickshire.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Invitations crowded upon her,--often she grew tired and bewildered in the multiplicity of them all.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading After that evening great changes came into Thelma's before peaceful life.
Invitations
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From this reading Invitations crowded upon her,--often she grew tired and bewildered in the multiplicity of them all.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She had conquered her enemies, or so it seemed,--society threw down all its barricades and rushed to meet her with open arms.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading She had conquered her enemies, or so it seemed,--society threw down all its barricades and rushed to meet her with open arms.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After that evening great changes came into Thelma's before peaceful life.
London
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From this reading London life wearied her,--she preferred the embowered seclusion of Errington Manor, the dear old house in green-wooded Warwickshire.
Manor
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From this reading London life wearied her,--she preferred the embowered seclusion of Errington Manor, the dear old house in green-wooded Warwickshire.
meet
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From this reading She had conquered her enemies, or so it seemed,--society threw down all its barricades and rushed to meet her with open arms.
mere
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From this reading "A small cloud, so slight as to be a mere speck on the fair blue sky, was all the warning we received."--PLINY.
multiplicity
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From this reading Invitations crowded upon her,--often she grew tired and bewildered in the multiplicity of them all.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Invitations crowded upon her,--often she grew tired and bewildered in the multiplicity of them all.
often
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From this reading Invitations crowded upon her,--often she grew tired and bewildered in the multiplicity of them all.
old
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From this reading London life wearied her,--she preferred the embowered seclusion of Errington Manor, the dear old house in green-wooded Warwickshire.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "A small cloud, so slight as to be a mere speck on the fair blue sky, was all the warning we received."--PLINY.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading She had conquered her enemies, or so it seemed,--society threw down all its barricades and rushed to meet her with open arms.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading She had conquered her enemies, or so it seemed,--society threw down all its barricades and rushed to meet her with open arms.
peaceful
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From this reading After that evening great changes came into Thelma's before peaceful life.
PLINY
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From this reading "A small cloud, so slight as to be a mere speck on the fair blue sky, was all the warning we received."--PLINY.
preferred
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From this reading London life wearied her,--she preferred the embowered seclusion of Errington Manor, the dear old house in green-wooded Warwickshire.
received
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From this reading "A small cloud, so slight as to be a mere speck on the fair blue sky, was all the warning we received."--PLINY.
rushed
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From this reading She had conquered her enemies, or so it seemed,--society threw down all its barricades and rushed to meet her with open arms.
seclusion
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From this reading London life wearied her,--she preferred the embowered seclusion of Errington Manor, the dear old house in green-wooded Warwickshire.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had conquered her enemies, or so it seemed,--society threw down all its barricades and rushed to meet her with open arms.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had conquered her enemies, or so it seemed,--society threw down all its barricades and rushed to meet her with open arms.
sky
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From this reading "A small cloud, so slight as to be a mere speck on the fair blue sky, was all the warning we received."--PLINY.
slight
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From this reading "A small cloud, so slight as to be a mere speck on the fair blue sky, was all the warning we received."--PLINY.
small
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From this reading "A small cloud, so slight as to be a mere speck on the fair blue sky, was all the warning we received."--PLINY.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "A small cloud, so slight as to be a mere speck on the fair blue sky, was all the warning we received."--PLINY.
society
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From this reading She had conquered her enemies, or so it seemed,--society threw down all its barricades and rushed to meet her with open arms.
speck
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From this reading "A small cloud, so slight as to be a mere speck on the fair blue sky, was all the warning we received."--PLINY.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading After that evening great changes came into Thelma's before peaceful life.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "A small cloud, so slight as to be a mere speck on the fair blue sky, was all the warning we received."--PLINY.
Thelma's
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From this reading After that evening great changes came into Thelma's before peaceful life.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Invitations crowded upon her,--often she grew tired and bewildered in the multiplicity of them all.
threw
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From this reading She had conquered her enemies, or so it seemed,--society threw down all its barricades and rushed to meet her with open arms.
tired
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From this reading Invitations crowded upon her,--often she grew tired and bewildered in the multiplicity of them all.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "A small cloud, so slight as to be a mere speck on the fair blue sky, was all the warning we received."--PLINY.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Invitations crowded upon her,--often she grew tired and bewildered in the multiplicity of them all.
warning
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From this reading "A small cloud, so slight as to be a mere speck on the fair blue sky, was all the warning we received."--PLINY.
Warwickshire
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From this reading London life wearied her,--she preferred the embowered seclusion of Errington Manor, the dear old house in green-wooded Warwickshire.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "A small cloud, so slight as to be a mere speck on the fair blue sky, was all the warning we received."--PLINY.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "A small cloud, so slight as to be a mere speck on the fair blue sky, was all the warning we received."--PLINY.
wearied
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From this reading London life wearied her,--she preferred the embowered seclusion of Errington Manor, the dear old house in green-wooded Warwickshire.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She had conquered her enemies, or so it seemed,--society threw down all its barricades and rushed to meet her with open arms.
