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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 Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
AgainnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Again the spring sunshine was lending perennial youth even to London's dingy streets, and making the very best winter garments look dim and shabby.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "CIS AND CHARLIE."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She knew what she wanted, and was perfectly unscrupulous as to the means of getting it.
best
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From this reading Again the spring sunshine was lending perennial youth even to London's dingy streets, and making the very best winter garments look dim and shabby.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Mrs. Ormonde was neither intellectually nor morally strong, but she had one reflex ingredient in her nature, which was to her both a shield and spear.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Mrs. Ormonde was neither intellectually nor morally strong, but she had one reflex ingredient in her nature, which was to her both a shield and spear.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
CHARLIE
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From this reading "CIS AND CHARLIE."
CIS
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From this reading "CIS AND CHARLIE."
Colonel
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From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
dim
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From this reading Again the spring sunshine was lending perennial youth even to London's dingy streets, and making the very best winter garments look dim and shabby.
dingier
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From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
dingy
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From this reading Again the spring sunshine was lending perennial youth even to London's dingy streets, and making the very best winter garments look dim and shabby.
enjoyed
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From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
established
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From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Again the spring sunshine was lending perennial youth even to London's dingy streets, and making the very best winter garments look dim and shabby.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
garments
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From this reading Again the spring sunshine was lending perennial youth even to London's dingy streets, and making the very best winter garments look dim and shabby.
getting
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From this reading She knew what she wanted, and was perfectly unscrupulous as to the means of getting it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Ormonde was neither intellectually nor morally strong, but she had one reflex ingredient in her nature, which was to her both a shield and spear.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
Hunting
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From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
ingredient
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From this reading Mrs. Ormonde was neither intellectually nor morally strong, but she had one reflex ingredient in her nature, which was to her both a shield and spear.
intellectually
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From this reading Mrs. Ormonde was neither intellectually nor morally strong, but she had one reflex ingredient in her nature, which was to her both a shield and spear.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She knew what she wanted, and was perfectly unscrupulous as to the means of getting it.
knew
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From this reading She knew what she wanted, and was perfectly unscrupulous as to the means of getting it.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
lending
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From this reading Again the spring sunshine was lending perennial youth even to London's dingy streets, and making the very best winter garments look dim and shabby.
lodgings
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From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
London
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From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
London's
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From this reading Again the spring sunshine was lending perennial youth even to London's dingy streets, and making the very best winter garments look dim and shabby.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Again the spring sunshine was lending perennial youth even to London's dingy streets, and making the very best winter garments look dim and shabby.
making
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From this reading Again the spring sunshine was lending perennial youth even to London's dingy streets, and making the very best winter garments look dim and shabby.
means
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From this reading She knew what she wanted, and was perfectly unscrupulous as to the means of getting it.
morally
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From this reading Mrs. Ormonde was neither intellectually nor morally strong, but she had one reflex ingredient in her nature, which was to her both a shield and spear.
more
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From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
Mrs
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From this reading Mrs. Ormonde was neither intellectually nor morally strong, but she had one reflex ingredient in her nature, which was to her both a shield and spear.
nature
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From this reading Mrs. Ormonde was neither intellectually nor morally strong, but she had one reflex ingredient in her nature, which was to her both a shield and spear.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Mrs. Ormonde was neither intellectually nor morally strong, but she had one reflex ingredient in her nature, which was to her both a shield and spear.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Mrs. Ormonde was neither intellectually nor morally strong, but she had one reflex ingredient in her nature, which was to her both a shield and spear.
obscurer
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From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
once
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From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Mrs. Ormonde was neither intellectually nor morally strong, but she had one reflex ingredient in her nature, which was to her both a shield and spear.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
Ormonde
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From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
perennial
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From this reading Again the spring sunshine was lending perennial youth even to London's dingy streets, and making the very best winter garments look dim and shabby.
perfectly
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From this reading She knew what she wanted, and was perfectly unscrupulous as to the means of getting it.
reflex
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From this reading Mrs. Ormonde was neither intellectually nor morally strong, but she had one reflex ingredient in her nature, which was to her both a shield and spear.
season
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From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
shabby
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From this reading Again the spring sunshine was lending perennial youth even to London's dingy streets, and making the very best winter garments look dim and shabby.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mrs. Ormonde was neither intellectually nor morally strong, but she had one reflex ingredient in her nature, which was to her both a shield and spear.
shield
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From this reading Mrs. Ormonde was neither intellectually nor morally strong, but she had one reflex ingredient in her nature, which was to her both a shield and spear.
spear
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From this reading Mrs. Ormonde was neither intellectually nor morally strong, but she had one reflex ingredient in her nature, which was to her both a shield and spear.
spring
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From this reading Again the spring sunshine was lending perennial youth even to London's dingy streets, and making the very best winter garments look dim and shabby.
streets
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From this reading Again the spring sunshine was lending perennial youth even to London's dingy streets, and making the very best winter garments look dim and shabby.
strong
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From this reading Mrs. Ormonde was neither intellectually nor morally strong, but she had one reflex ingredient in her nature, which was to her both a shield and spear.
sunshine
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From this reading Again the spring sunshine was lending perennial youth even to London's dingy streets, and making the very best winter garments look dim and shabby.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Again the spring sunshine was lending perennial youth even to London's dingy streets, and making the very best winter garments look dim and shabby.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Again the spring sunshine was lending perennial youth even to London's dingy streets, and making the very best winter garments look dim and shabby.
unscrupulous
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From this reading She knew what she wanted, and was perfectly unscrupulous as to the means of getting it.
very
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From this reading Again the spring sunshine was lending perennial youth even to London's dingy streets, and making the very best winter garments look dim and shabby.
wanted
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From this reading She knew what she wanted, and was perfectly unscrupulous as to the means of getting it.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Again the spring sunshine was lending perennial youth even to London's dingy streets, and making the very best winter garments look dim and shabby.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading She knew what she wanted, and was perfectly unscrupulous as to the means of getting it.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
wife
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From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Hunting was over, and Colonel Ormonde found himself by the will of his wife, once more established in London lodgings--of a dingier and obscurer order than those in which they had enjoyed last season.
winter
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From this reading Again the spring sunshine was lending perennial youth even to London's dingy streets, and making the very best winter garments look dim and shabby.
youth
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From this reading Again the spring sunshine was lending perennial youth even to London's dingy streets, and making the very best winter garments look dim and shabby.
