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agreeably
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From this reading Awful fun with pretty girls,” exclaimed Vane Trevor, rising, and standing on the hearthrug, with his back to the fire, and his glass in his hand, and simpering agreeably with his chin in the air.
air
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From this reading Awful fun with pretty girls,” exclaimed Vane Trevor, rising, and standing on the hearthrug, with his back to the fire, and his glass in his hand, and simpering agreeably with his chin in the air.
all
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From this reading There’s so much cheating—ha, ha!—isn’t there?—and such lots of—of—whispering and conspiring—and—and—all that sort of thing, you know; and the girls like it awfully.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Awful fun with pretty girls,” exclaimed Vane Trevor, rising, and standing on the hearthrug, with his back to the fire, and his glass in his hand, and simpering agreeably with his chin in the air.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At Torhampton we had capital games, and such glorious ground.
Awful
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From this reading Awful fun with pretty girls,” exclaimed Vane Trevor, rising, and standing on the hearthrug, with his back to the fire, and his glass in his hand, and simpering agreeably with his chin in the air.
awfully
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From this reading There’s so much cheating—ha, ha!—isn’t there?—and such lots of—of—whispering and conspiring—and—and—all that sort of thing, you know; and the girls like it awfully.
back
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capital
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From this reading “_I_ think it capital fun, I know.
cheating
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From this reading There’s so much cheating—ha, ha!—isn’t there?—and such lots of—of—whispering and conspiring—and—and—all that sort of thing, you know; and the girls like it awfully.
chin
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CLARET
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From this reading OVER THEIR CLARET “Great fun, croquet, isn’t it?
conspiring
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From this reading There’s so much cheating—ha, ha!—isn’t there?—and such lots of—of—whispering and conspiring—and—and—all that sort of thing, you know; and the girls like it awfully.
croquet
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From this reading OVER THEIR CLARET “Great fun, croquet, isn’t it?
exclaimed
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fire
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fun
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From this reading OVER THEIR CLARET “Great fun, croquet, isn’t it?
games
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From this reading At Torhampton we had capital games, and such glorious ground.
girls
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From this reading Awful fun with pretty girls,” exclaimed Vane Trevor, rising, and standing on the hearthrug, with his back to the fire, and his glass in his hand, and simpering agreeably with his chin in the air.
glass
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From this reading Awful fun with pretty girls,” exclaimed Vane Trevor, rising, and standing on the hearthrug, with his back to the fire, and his glass in his hand, and simpering agreeably with his chin in the air.
glorious
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From this reading At Torhampton we had capital games, and such glorious ground.
GreatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading OVER THEIR CLARET “Great fun, croquet, isn’t it?
ground
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From this reading At Torhampton we had capital games, and such glorious ground.
ha
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From this reading There’s so much cheating—ha, ha!—isn’t there?—and such lots of—of—whispering and conspiring—and—and—all that sort of thing, you know; and the girls like it awfully.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At Torhampton we had capital games, and such glorious ground.
hand
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From this reading Awful fun with pretty girls,” exclaimed Vane Trevor, rising, and standing on the hearthrug, with his back to the fire, and his glass in his hand, and simpering agreeably with his chin in the air.
hearthrug
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From this reading Awful fun with pretty girls,” exclaimed Vane Trevor, rising, and standing on the hearthrug, with his back to the fire, and his glass in his hand, and simpering agreeably with his chin in the air.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Awful fun with pretty girls,” exclaimed Vane Trevor, rising, and standing on the hearthrug, with his back to the fire, and his glass in his hand, and simpering agreeably with his chin in the air.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “_I_ think it capital fun, I know.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Awful fun with pretty girls,” exclaimed Vane Trevor, rising, and standing on the hearthrug, with his back to the fire, and his glass in his hand, and simpering agreeably with his chin in the air.
isn't
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From this reading OVER THEIR CLARET “Great fun, croquet, isn’t it?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading OVER THEIR CLARET “Great fun, croquet, isn’t it?
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_I_ think it capital fun, I know.
like
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From this reading There’s so much cheating—ha, ha!—isn’t there?—and such lots of—of—whispering and conspiring—and—and—all that sort of thing, you know; and the girls like it awfully.
lots
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From this reading There’s so much cheating—ha, ha!—isn’t there?—and such lots of—of—whispering and conspiring—and—and—all that sort of thing, you know; and the girls like it awfully.
much
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From this reading There’s so much cheating—ha, ha!—isn’t there?—and such lots of—of—whispering and conspiring—and—and—all that sort of thing, you know; and the girls like it awfully.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There’s so much cheating—ha, ha!—isn’t there?—and such lots of—of—whispering and conspiring—and—and—all that sort of thing, you know; and the girls like it awfully.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Awful fun with pretty girls,” exclaimed Vane Trevor, rising, and standing on the hearthrug, with his back to the fire, and his glass in his hand, and simpering agreeably with his chin in the air.
OVERprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading OVER THEIR CLARET “Great fun, croquet, isn’t it?
pretty
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From this reading Awful fun with pretty girls,” exclaimed Vane Trevor, rising, and standing on the hearthrug, with his back to the fire, and his glass in his hand, and simpering agreeably with his chin in the air.
rising
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From this reading Awful fun with pretty girls,” exclaimed Vane Trevor, rising, and standing on the hearthrug, with his back to the fire, and his glass in his hand, and simpering agreeably with his chin in the air.
simpering
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From this reading Awful fun with pretty girls,” exclaimed Vane Trevor, rising, and standing on the hearthrug, with his back to the fire, and his glass in his hand, and simpering agreeably with his chin in the air.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There’s so much cheating—ha, ha!—isn’t there?—and such lots of—of—whispering and conspiring—and—and—all that sort of thing, you know; and the girls like it awfully.
sort
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From this reading There’s so much cheating—ha, ha!—isn’t there?—and such lots of—of—whispering and conspiring—and—and—all that sort of thing, you know; and the girls like it awfully.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Awful fun with pretty girls,” exclaimed Vane Trevor, rising, and standing on the hearthrug, with his back to the fire, and his glass in his hand, and simpering agreeably with his chin in the air.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading There’s so much cheating—ha, ha!—isn’t there?—and such lots of—of—whispering and conspiring—and—and—all that sort of thing, you know; and the girls like it awfully.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There’s so much cheating—ha, ha!—isn’t there?—and such lots of—of—whispering and conspiring—and—and—all that sort of thing, you know; and the girls like it awfully.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Awful fun with pretty girls,” exclaimed Vane Trevor, rising, and standing on the hearthrug, with his back to the fire, and his glass in his hand, and simpering agreeably with his chin in the air.
THEIRdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading OVER THEIR CLARET “Great fun, croquet, isn’t it?
there
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From this reading There’s so much cheating—ha, ha!—isn’t there?—and such lots of—of—whispering and conspiring—and—and—all that sort of thing, you know; and the girls like it awfully.
There's
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From this reading There’s so much cheating—ha, ha!—isn’t there?—and such lots of—of—whispering and conspiring—and—and—all that sort of thing, you know; and the girls like it awfully.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There’s so much cheating—ha, ha!—isn’t there?—and such lots of—of—whispering and conspiring—and—and—all that sort of thing, you know; and the girls like it awfully.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “_I_ think it capital fun, I know.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Awful fun with pretty girls,” exclaimed Vane Trevor, rising, and standing on the hearthrug, with his back to the fire, and his glass in his hand, and simpering agreeably with his chin in the air.
Torhampton
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From this reading At Torhampton we had capital games, and such glorious ground.
Trevor
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Vane
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From this reading Awful fun with pretty girls,” exclaimed Vane Trevor, rising, and standing on the hearthrug, with his back to the fire, and his glass in his hand, and simpering agreeably with his chin in the air.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading At Torhampton we had capital games, and such glorious ground.
whispering
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From this reading There’s so much cheating—ha, ha!—isn’t there?—and such lots of—of—whispering and conspiring—and—and—all that sort of thing, you know; and the girls like it awfully.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Awful fun with pretty girls,” exclaimed Vane Trevor, rising, and standing on the hearthrug, with his back to the fire, and his glass in his hand, and simpering agreeably with his chin in the air.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading There’s so much cheating—ha, ha!—isn’t there?—and such lots of—of—whispering and conspiring—and—and—all that sort of thing, you know; and the girls like it awfully.
