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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 There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She preferred to watch the life about her from the window-seat in the little parlour.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She had been prepared for these things, and Wylie Street was a shock to her: in sending her there at this crisis in her life fate had perpetrated nothing less than a huge practical joke.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had been prepared for these things, and Wylie Street was a shock to her: in sending her there at this crisis in her life fate had perpetrated nothing less than a huge practical joke.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
children
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From this reading Next door, for instance, in the twin house to hers, flaunted in the face of liberal divorce laws, was a young couple with five children.
chosen
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From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading Next door, for instance, in the twin house to hers, flaunted in the face of liberal divorce laws, was a young couple with five children.
crisis
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From this reading She had been prepared for these things, and Wylie Street was a shock to her: in sending her there at this crisis in her life fate had perpetrated nothing less than a huge practical joke.
divorce
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From this reading Next door, for instance, in the twin house to hers, flaunted in the face of liberal divorce laws, was a young couple with five children.
door
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From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
empty
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From this reading The word exile suggests, perhaps, to those who have never tried it, empty wastes, isolation, loneliness.
evenings
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From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
example
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From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
exile
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From this reading The word exile suggests, perhaps, to those who have never tried it, empty wastes, isolation, loneliness.
face
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From this reading Next door, for instance, in the twin house to hers, flaunted in the face of liberal divorce laws, was a young couple with five children.
fate
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From this reading She had been prepared for these things, and Wylie Street was a shock to her: in sending her there at this crisis in her life fate had perpetrated nothing less than a huge practical joke.
five
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From this reading Next door, for instance, in the twin house to hers, flaunted in the face of liberal divorce laws, was a young couple with five children.
flaunted
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From this reading Next door, for instance, in the twin house to hers, flaunted in the face of liberal divorce laws, was a young couple with five children.
followed
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From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She had been prepared for these things, and Wylie Street was a shock to her: in sending her there at this crisis in her life fate had perpetrated nothing less than a huge practical joke.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She preferred to watch the life about her from the window-seat in the little parlour.
front
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From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
herspronounUS /hərz/
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading Next door, for instance, in the twin house to hers, flaunted in the face of liberal divorce laws, was a young couple with five children.
Honora's
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From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
house
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From this reading Next door, for instance, in the twin house to hers, flaunted in the face of liberal divorce laws, was a young couple with five children.
huge
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From this reading She had been prepared for these things, and Wylie Street was a shock to her: in sending her there at this crisis in her life fate had perpetrated nothing less than a huge practical joke.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
instance
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From this reading Next door, for instance, in the twin house to hers, flaunted in the face of liberal divorce laws, was a young couple with five children.
isolation
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From this reading The word exile suggests, perhaps, to those who have never tried it, empty wastes, isolation, loneliness.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The word exile suggests, perhaps, to those who have never tried it, empty wastes, isolation, loneliness.
joke
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From this reading She had been prepared for these things, and Wylie Street was a shock to her: in sending her there at this crisis in her life fate had perpetrated nothing less than a huge practical joke.
laws
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From this reading Next door, for instance, in the twin house to hers, flaunted in the face of liberal divorce laws, was a young couple with five children.
less
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From this reading She had been prepared for these things, and Wylie Street was a shock to her: in sending her there at this crisis in her life fate had perpetrated nothing less than a huge practical joke.
liberal
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From this reading Next door, for instance, in the twin house to hers, flaunted in the face of liberal divorce laws, was a young couple with five children.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She preferred to watch the life about her from the window-seat in the little parlour.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
loneliness
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From this reading The word exile suggests, perhaps, to those who have never tried it, empty wastes, isolation, loneliness.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
neighbours
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From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The word exile suggests, perhaps, to those who have never tried it, empty wastes, isolation, loneliness.
NextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next door, for instance, in the twin house to hers, flaunted in the face of liberal divorce laws, was a young couple with five children.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading She had been prepared for these things, and Wylie Street was a shock to her: in sending her there at this crisis in her life fate had perpetrated nothing less than a huge practical joke.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
parlour
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From this reading She preferred to watch the life about her from the window-seat in the little parlour.
perhaps
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From this reading The word exile suggests, perhaps, to those who have never tried it, empty wastes, isolation, loneliness.
perpetrated
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From this reading She had been prepared for these things, and Wylie Street was a shock to her: in sending her there at this crisis in her life fate had perpetrated nothing less than a huge practical joke.
porch
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From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
practical
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From this reading She had been prepared for these things, and Wylie Street was a shock to her: in sending her there at this crisis in her life fate had perpetrated nothing less than a huge practical joke.
preferred
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From this reading She preferred to watch the life about her from the window-seat in the little parlour.
prepared
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From this reading She had been prepared for these things, and Wylie Street was a shock to her: in sending her there at this crisis in her life fate had perpetrated nothing less than a huge practical joke.
sat
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From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
sending
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From this reading She had been prepared for these things, and Wylie Street was a shock to her: in sending her there at this crisis in her life fate had perpetrated nothing less than a huge practical joke.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
shock
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From this reading She had been prepared for these things, and Wylie Street was a shock to her: in sending her there at this crisis in her life fate had perpetrated nothing less than a huge practical joke.
spindle-supported
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From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
Street
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From this reading She had been prepared for these things, and Wylie Street was a shock to her: in sending her there at this crisis in her life fate had perpetrated nothing less than a huge practical joke.
suggests
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From this reading The word exile suggests, perhaps, to those who have never tried it, empty wastes, isolation, loneliness.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She had been prepared for these things, and Wylie Street was a shock to her: in sending her there at this crisis in her life fate had perpetrated nothing less than a huge practical joke.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
There
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From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading She had been prepared for these things, and Wylie Street was a shock to her: in sending her there at this crisis in her life fate had perpetrated nothing less than a huge practical joke.
things
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From this reading She had been prepared for these things, and Wylie Street was a shock to her: in sending her there at this crisis in her life fate had perpetrated nothing less than a huge practical joke.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She had been prepared for these things, and Wylie Street was a shock to her: in sending her there at this crisis in her life fate had perpetrated nothing less than a huge practical joke.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The word exile suggests, perhaps, to those who have never tried it, empty wastes, isolation, loneliness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She preferred to watch the life about her from the window-seat in the little parlour.
tried
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From this reading The word exile suggests, perhaps, to those who have never tried it, empty wastes, isolation, loneliness.
twin
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From this reading Next door, for instance, in the twin house to hers, flaunted in the face of liberal divorce laws, was a young couple with five children.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a little spindle-supported porch before Honora's front door, and had she chosen she might have followed the example of her neighbours and sat there in the evenings.
wastes
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From this reading The word exile suggests, perhaps, to those who have never tried it, empty wastes, isolation, loneliness.
watch
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From this reading She preferred to watch the life about her from the window-seat in the little parlour.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The word exile suggests, perhaps, to those who have never tried it, empty wastes, isolation, loneliness.
window-seat
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From this reading She preferred to watch the life about her from the window-seat in the little parlour.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Next door, for instance, in the twin house to hers, flaunted in the face of liberal divorce laws, was a young couple with five children.
word
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From this reading The word exile suggests, perhaps, to those who have never tried it, empty wastes, isolation, loneliness.
Wylie
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From this reading She had been prepared for these things, and Wylie Street was a shock to her: in sending her there at this crisis in her life fate had perpetrated nothing less than a huge practical joke.
young
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From this reading Next door, for instance, in the twin house to hers, flaunted in the face of liberal divorce laws, was a young couple with five children.
