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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 SHORT HORSE SOON CURRIED Sylvia sat beside Bassett at dinner that night, and it was on the whole a cheerful party.
always
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From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A SHORT HORSE SOON CURRIED Sylvia sat beside Bassett at dinner that night, and it was on the whole a cheerful party.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She always called him Morton, and she was Aunt Sally to him as to many hundreds of her fellow citizens.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A SHORT HORSE SOON CURRIED Sylvia sat beside Bassett at dinner that night, and it was on the whole a cheerful party.
aunt
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automobile
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Bassett
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From this reading A SHORT HORSE SOON CURRIED Sylvia sat beside Bassett at dinner that night, and it was on the whole a cheerful party.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading A SHORT HORSE SOON CURRIED Sylvia sat beside Bassett at dinner that night, and it was on the whole a cheerful party.
Cabinet
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called
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From this reading She always called him Morton, and she was Aunt Sally to him as to many hundreds of her fellow citizens.
carried
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From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
changes
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cheerful
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From this reading A SHORT HORSE SOON CURRIED Sylvia sat beside Bassett at dinner that night, and it was on the whole a cheerful party.
citizens
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From this reading She always called him Morton, and she was Aunt Sally to him as to many hundreds of her fellow citizens.
cordiality
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From this reading Mrs. Owen had returned so late that Bassett was unable to dispose of the lawsuit before dinner; she had greeted her niece's husband with her usual cordiality.
crops
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From this reading She discussed crops, markets, rumors of foreign wars, prospective changes in the President's Cabinet, the price of ice, and the automobile invasion.
CURRIED
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From this reading A SHORT HORSE SOON CURRIED Sylvia sat beside Bassett at dinner that night, and it was on the whole a cheerful party.
dinner
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From this reading A SHORT HORSE SOON CURRIED Sylvia sat beside Bassett at dinner that night, and it was on the whole a cheerful party.
discharge
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discussed
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From this reading She discussed crops, markets, rumors of foreign wars, prospective changes in the President's Cabinet, the price of ice, and the automobile invasion.
dispose
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From this reading Mrs. Owen had returned so late that Bassett was unable to dispose of the lawsuit before dinner; she had greeted her niece's husband with her usual cordiality.
doctors
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From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
enjoyed
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From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
fellow
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From this reading She always called him Morton, and she was Aunt Sally to him as to many hundreds of her fellow citizens.
foreign
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From this reading She discussed crops, markets, rumors of foreign wars, prospective changes in the President's Cabinet, the price of ice, and the automobile invasion.
fortunate
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From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
fully
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From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
greeted
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From this reading Mrs. Owen had returned so late that Bassett was unable to dispose of the lawsuit before dinner; she had greeted her niece's husband with her usual cordiality.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
health
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From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
hide
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From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She always called him Morton, and she was Aunt Sally to him as to many hundreds of her fellow citizens.
HORSE
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From this reading A SHORT HORSE SOON CURRIED Sylvia sat beside Bassett at dinner that night, and it was on the whole a cheerful party.
hundreds
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From this reading She always called him Morton, and she was Aunt Sally to him as to many hundreds of her fellow citizens.
husband
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From this reading Mrs. Owen had returned so late that Bassett was unable to dispose of the lawsuit before dinner; she had greeted her niece's husband with her usual cordiality.
ice
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From this reading She discussed crops, markets, rumors of foreign wars, prospective changes in the President's Cabinet, the price of ice, and the automobile invasion.
ills
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From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She discussed crops, markets, rumors of foreign wars, prospective changes in the President's Cabinet, the price of ice, and the automobile invasion.
invasion
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From this reading She discussed crops, markets, rumors of foreign wars, prospective changes in the President's Cabinet, the price of ice, and the automobile invasion.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A SHORT HORSE SOON CURRIED Sylvia sat beside Bassett at dinner that night, and it was on the whole a cheerful party.
lady
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From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
late
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From this reading Mrs. Owen had returned so late that Bassett was unable to dispose of the lawsuit before dinner; she had greeted her niece's husband with her usual cordiality.
lawsuit
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From this reading Mrs. Owen had returned so late that Bassett was unable to dispose of the lawsuit before dinner; she had greeted her niece's husband with her usual cordiality.
less
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From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
many
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From this reading She always called him Morton, and she was Aunt Sally to him as to many hundreds of her fellow citizens.
markets
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From this reading She discussed crops, markets, rumors of foreign wars, prospective changes in the President's Cabinet, the price of ice, and the automobile invasion.
Morton
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From this reading She always called him Morton, and she was Aunt Sally to him as to many hundreds of her fellow citizens.
most
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From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
Mrs
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From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
niece's
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From this reading Mrs. Owen had returned so late that Bassett was unable to dispose of the lawsuit before dinner; she had greeted her niece's husband with her usual cordiality.
night
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From this reading A SHORT HORSE SOON CURRIED Sylvia sat beside Bassett at dinner that night, and it was on the whole a cheerful party.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mrs. Owen had returned so late that Bassett was unable to dispose of the lawsuit before dinner; she had greeted her niece's husband with her usual cordiality.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A SHORT HORSE SOON CURRIED Sylvia sat beside Bassett at dinner that night, and it was on the whole a cheerful party.
Owen
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From this reading Mrs. Owen had returned so late that Bassett was unable to dispose of the lawsuit before dinner; she had greeted her niece's husband with her usual cordiality.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A SHORT HORSE SOON CURRIED Sylvia sat beside Bassett at dinner that night, and it was on the whole a cheerful party.
patience
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From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
perfect
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From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
President's
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price
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prodigious
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prospective
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From this reading She discussed crops, markets, rumors of foreign wars, prospective changes in the President's Cabinet, the price of ice, and the automobile invasion.
restored
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From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Owen had returned so late that Bassett was unable to dispose of the lawsuit before dinner; she had greeted her niece's husband with her usual cordiality.
rumors
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From this reading She discussed crops, markets, rumors of foreign wars, prospective changes in the President's Cabinet, the price of ice, and the automobile invasion.
Sally
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From this reading She always called him Morton, and she was Aunt Sally to him as to many hundreds of her fellow citizens.
sat
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From this reading A SHORT HORSE SOON CURRIED Sylvia sat beside Bassett at dinner that night, and it was on the whole a cheerful party.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
SHORTadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading A SHORT HORSE SOON CURRIED Sylvia sat beside Bassett at dinner that night, and it was on the whole a cheerful party.
sisters
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From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Mrs. Owen had returned so late that Bassett was unable to dispose of the lawsuit before dinner; she had greeted her niece's husband with her usual cordiality.
SOON
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From this reading A SHORT HORSE SOON CURRIED Sylvia sat beside Bassett at dinner that night, and it was on the whole a cheerful party.
strove
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From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
Sylvia
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From this reading A SHORT HORSE SOON CURRIED Sylvia sat beside Bassett at dinner that night, and it was on the whole a cheerful party.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A SHORT HORSE SOON CURRIED Sylvia sat beside Bassett at dinner that night, and it was on the whole a cheerful party.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A SHORT HORSE SOON CURRIED Sylvia sat beside Bassett at dinner that night, and it was on the whole a cheerful party.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
tranquillity
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From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
unable
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From this reading Mrs. Owen had returned so late that Bassett was unable to dispose of the lawsuit before dinner; she had greeted her niece's husband with her usual cordiality.
undertakings
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From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
usual
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From this reading Mrs. Owen had returned so late that Bassett was unable to dispose of the lawsuit before dinner; she had greeted her niece's husband with her usual cordiality.
wars
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From this reading She discussed crops, markets, rumors of foreign wars, prospective changes in the President's Cabinet, the price of ice, and the automobile invasion.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A SHORT HORSE SOON CURRIED Sylvia sat beside Bassett at dinner that night, and it was on the whole a cheerful party.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
whole
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From this reading A SHORT HORSE SOON CURRIED Sylvia sat beside Bassett at dinner that night, and it was on the whole a cheerful party.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mrs. Bassett was restored to tranquillity, and before her aunt she always strove to hide her ills, from a feeling that that lady, who enjoyed perfect health, and carried on the most prodigious undertakings, had little patience with her less fortunate sisters whom the doctors never fully discharge.
