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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 When tea was over, those girls who were due to practise departed to the several pianos, and began a kind of musical combat of scales and studies.
account
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From this reading Preparation had been put off on account of the visitors, and Miss Pollard had announced that she and Miss Fanny were coming in for half an hour's chat or fun.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
all
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
announced
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From this reading Preparation had been put off on account of the visitors, and Miss Pollard had announced that she and Miss Fanny were coming in for half an hour's chat or fun.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
ate
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Preparation had been put off on account of the visitors, and Miss Pollard had announced that she and Miss Fanny were coming in for half an hour's chat or fun.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When tea was over, those girls who were due to practise departed to the several pianos, and began a kind of musical combat of scales and studies.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
boarders
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
cake
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
chat
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From this reading Preparation had been put off on account of the visitors, and Miss Pollard had announced that she and Miss Fanny were coming in for half an hour's chat or fun.
close
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
collected
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From this reading The others collected round the fire in the recreation-room.
combat
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From this reading When tea was over, those girls who were due to practise departed to the several pianos, and began a kind of musical combat of scales and studies.
coming
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From this reading Preparation had been put off on account of the visitors, and Miss Pollard had announced that she and Miss Fanny were coming in for half an hour's chat or fun.
conversation
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
day
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From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
departed
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From this reading When tea was over, those girls who were due to practise departed to the several pianos, and began a kind of musical combat of scales and studies.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
dining-room
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
due
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From this reading When tea was over, those girls who were due to practise departed to the several pianos, and began a kind of musical combat of scales and studies.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
efforts
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
Fanny
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From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
felt
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
Fire
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From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Preparation had been put off on account of the visitors, and Miss Pollard had announced that she and Miss Fanny were coming in for half an hour's chat or fun.
fun
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From this reading Preparation had been put off on account of the visitors, and Miss Pollard had announced that she and Miss Fanny were coming in for half an hour's chat or fun.
girls
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From this reading When tea was over, those girls who were due to practise departed to the several pianos, and began a kind of musical combat of scales and studies.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Preparation had been put off on account of the visitors, and Miss Pollard had announced that she and Miss Fanny were coming in for half an hour's chat or fun.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Preparation had been put off on account of the visitors, and Miss Pollard had announced that she and Miss Fanny were coming in for half an hour's chat or fun.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
hardly
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
home-baked
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
honey
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
hour's
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From this reading Preparation had been put off on account of the visitors, and Miss Pollard had announced that she and Miss Fanny were coming in for half an hour's chat or fun.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The others collected round the fire in the recreation-room.
individual
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From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
kind
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From this reading When tea was over, those girls who were due to practise departed to the several pianos, and began a kind of musical combat of scales and studies.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
knowledge
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From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
liked
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From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
made
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
Mavis
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
Merle
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
Miss
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From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
most
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
musical
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From this reading When tea was over, those girls who were due to practise departed to the several pianos, and began a kind of musical combat of scales and studies.
noble
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
off
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From this reading Preparation had been put off on account of the visitors, and Miss Pollard had announced that she and Miss Fanny were coming in for half an hour's chat or fun.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Preparation had been put off on account of the visitors, and Miss Pollard had announced that she and Miss Fanny were coming in for half an hour's chat or fun.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Preparation had been put off on account of the visitors, and Miss Pollard had announced that she and Miss Fanny were coming in for half an hour's chat or fun.
others
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From this reading The others collected round the fire in the recreation-room.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading When tea was over, those girls who were due to practise departed to the several pianos, and began a kind of musical combat of scales and studies.
pianos
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From this reading When tea was over, those girls who were due to practise departed to the several pianos, and began a kind of musical combat of scales and studies.
Pollard
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From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
practise
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From this reading When tea was over, those girls who were due to practise departed to the several pianos, and began a kind of musical combat of scales and studies.
Preparation
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From this reading Preparation had been put off on account of the visitors, and Miss Pollard had announced that she and Miss Fanny were coming in for half an hour's chat or fun.
pupils
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From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
put
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From this reading Preparation had been put off on account of the visitors, and Miss Pollard had announced that she and Miss Fanny were coming in for half an hour's chat or fun.
Ramsays
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rather
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
recreation-room
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From this reading The others collected round the fire in the recreation-room.
Round
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From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
scales
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From this reading When tea was over, those girls who were due to practise departed to the several pianos, and began a kind of musical combat of scales and studies.
school
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
scones
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
several
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From this reading When tea was over, those girls who were due to practise departed to the several pianos, and began a kind of musical combat of scales and studies.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Preparation had been put off on account of the visitors, and Miss Pollard had announced that she and Miss Fanny were coming in for half an hour's chat or fun.
shy
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
sitting
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
spoke
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
stayed
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
studies
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From this reading When tea was over, those girls who were due to practise departed to the several pianos, and began a kind of musical combat of scales and studies.
tea
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From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Preparation had been put off on account of the visitors, and Miss Pollard had announced that she and Miss Fanny were coming in for half an hour's chat or fun.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading When tea was over, those girls who were due to practise departed to the several pianos, and began a kind of musical combat of scales and studies.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
very
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From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
visitors
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From this reading Preparation had been put off on account of the visitors, and Miss Pollard had announced that she and Miss Fanny were coming in for half an hour's chat or fun.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When tea was over, those girls who were due to practise departed to the several pianos, and began a kind of musical combat of scales and studies.
washed
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From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
well
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From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When tea was over, those girls who were due to practise departed to the several pianos, and began a kind of musical combat of scales and studies.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading So after school Mavis and Merle stayed behind and washed their hands, and went with the boarders into the dining-room, and ate scones and honey and home-baked cake, and felt rather shy and hardly spoke at all, although they were both sitting close to Miss Pollard, who made most noble efforts at conversation.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Round the Fire Miss Pollard and Miss Fanny liked to have an individual knowledge of each of their pupils, and as they did not yet know the Ramsays very well they asked them to tea one day.
