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All
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From this reading All lessons, except those in connection with the Scholarship, were suspended so far as Mary Bateman, Kitty Sharston, and Florence Aylmer were concerned.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All lessons, except those in connection with the Scholarship, were suspended so far as Mary Bateman, Kitty Sharston, and Florence Aylmer were concerned.
anxiously
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From this reading The girls who were called in the school the lucky three now scarcely spoke on the subject--the other girls watched them anxiously.
ARRIVE
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From this reading THE GUESTS ARRIVE.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading All lessons, except those in connection with the Scholarship, were suspended so far as Mary Bateman, Kitty Sharston, and Florence Aylmer were concerned.
Aylmer
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From this reading All lessons, except those in connection with the Scholarship, were suspended so far as Mary Bateman, Kitty Sharston, and Florence Aylmer were concerned.
Bateman
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From this reading All lessons, except those in connection with the Scholarship, were suspended so far as Mary Bateman, Kitty Sharston, and Florence Aylmer were concerned.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The trial essays, the essays which were to be the supreme test of merit, were all written, and in sealed envelopes were handed in to Mrs. Clavering.
called
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Clavering
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competition
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From this reading It wanted three days to the Scholarship competition.
concerned
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connection
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From this reading All lessons, except those in connection with the Scholarship, were suspended so far as Mary Bateman, Kitty Sharston, and Florence Aylmer were concerned.
days
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envelopes
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From this reading The trial essays, the essays which were to be the supreme test of merit, were all written, and in sealed envelopes were handed in to Mrs. Clavering.
essays
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From this reading The trial essays, the essays which were to be the supreme test of merit, were all written, and in sealed envelopes were handed in to Mrs. Clavering.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading All lessons, except those in connection with the Scholarship, were suspended so far as Mary Bateman, Kitty Sharston, and Florence Aylmer were concerned.
far
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From this reading All lessons, except those in connection with the Scholarship, were suspended so far as Mary Bateman, Kitty Sharston, and Florence Aylmer were concerned.
Florence
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From this reading All lessons, except those in connection with the Scholarship, were suspended so far as Mary Bateman, Kitty Sharston, and Florence Aylmer were concerned.
girls
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From this reading The girls who were called in the school the lucky three now scarcely spoke on the subject--the other girls watched them anxiously.
GUESTS
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handed
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From this reading The trial essays, the essays which were to be the supreme test of merit, were all written, and in sealed envelopes were handed in to Mrs. Clavering.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The girls who were called in the school the lucky three now scarcely spoke on the subject--the other girls watched them anxiously.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It wanted three days to the Scholarship competition.
Kitty
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From this reading All lessons, except those in connection with the Scholarship, were suspended so far as Mary Bateman, Kitty Sharston, and Florence Aylmer were concerned.
lessons
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From this reading All lessons, except those in connection with the Scholarship, were suspended so far as Mary Bateman, Kitty Sharston, and Florence Aylmer were concerned.
lucky
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Mary
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merit
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Mrs
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From this reading The trial essays, the essays which were to be the supreme test of merit, were all written, and in sealed envelopes were handed in to Mrs. Clavering.
now
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From this reading The girls who were called in the school the lucky three now scarcely spoke on the subject--the other girls watched them anxiously.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The trial essays, the essays which were to be the supreme test of merit, were all written, and in sealed envelopes were handed in to Mrs. Clavering.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The girls who were called in the school the lucky three now scarcely spoke on the subject--the other girls watched them anxiously.
other
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From this reading The girls who were called in the school the lucky three now scarcely spoke on the subject--the other girls watched them anxiously.
scarcely
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From this reading The girls who were called in the school the lucky three now scarcely spoke on the subject--the other girls watched them anxiously.
Scholarship
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From this reading It wanted three days to the Scholarship competition.
school
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From this reading The girls who were called in the school the lucky three now scarcely spoke on the subject--the other girls watched them anxiously.
sealedadjectiveUS /siːld/
closed and kept secret in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading The trial essays, the essays which were to be the supreme test of merit, were all written, and in sealed envelopes were handed in to Mrs. Clavering.
Sharston
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From this reading All lessons, except those in connection with the Scholarship, were suspended so far as Mary Bateman, Kitty Sharston, and Florence Aylmer were concerned.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading All lessons, except those in connection with the Scholarship, were suspended so far as Mary Bateman, Kitty Sharston, and Florence Aylmer were concerned.
spoke
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From this reading The girls who were called in the school the lucky three now scarcely spoke on the subject--the other girls watched them anxiously.
subject
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From this reading The girls who were called in the school the lucky three now scarcely spoke on the subject--the other girls watched them anxiously.
supreme
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suspended
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From this reading All lessons, except those in connection with the Scholarship, were suspended so far as Mary Bateman, Kitty Sharston, and Florence Aylmer were concerned.
test
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From this reading The trial essays, the essays which were to be the supreme test of merit, were all written, and in sealed envelopes were handed in to Mrs. Clavering.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GUESTS ARRIVE.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The girls who were called in the school the lucky three now scarcely spoke on the subject--the other girls watched them anxiously.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading All lessons, except those in connection with the Scholarship, were suspended so far as Mary Bateman, Kitty Sharston, and Florence Aylmer were concerned.
three
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From this reading It wanted three days to the Scholarship competition.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It wanted three days to the Scholarship competition.
trial
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From this reading The trial essays, the essays which were to be the supreme test of merit, were all written, and in sealed envelopes were handed in to Mrs. Clavering.
wanted
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From this reading It wanted three days to the Scholarship competition.
watched
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From this reading The girls who were called in the school the lucky three now scarcely spoke on the subject--the other girls watched them anxiously.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The girls who were called in the school the lucky three now scarcely spoke on the subject--the other girls watched them anxiously.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The trial essays, the essays which were to be the supreme test of merit, were all written, and in sealed envelopes were handed in to Mrs. Clavering.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The girls who were called in the school the lucky three now scarcely spoke on the subject--the other girls watched them anxiously.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading All lessons, except those in connection with the Scholarship, were suspended so far as Mary Bateman, Kitty Sharston, and Florence Aylmer were concerned.
written
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From this reading The trial essays, the essays which were to be the supreme test of merit, were all written, and in sealed envelopes were handed in to Mrs. Clavering.
