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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 “BARONESS BROWN” was a distinctive figure in Beryngford.
according
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From this reading Large, voluptuous, blonde, and handsome according to the popular idea of beauty, distinctly amiable, affable and very charitable, she became at once the fashion.
affable
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From this reading Large, voluptuous, blonde, and handsome according to the popular idea of beauty, distinctly amiable, affable and very charitable, she became at once the fashion.
American
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From this reading She was known as Baroness Le Fevre—an American widow of a French baron.
amiable
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From this reading Large, voluptuous, blonde, and handsome according to the popular idea of beauty, distinctly amiable, affable and very charitable, she became at once the fashion.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She was known as Baroness Le Fevre—an American widow of a French baron.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
arrival
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From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She was known as Baroness Le Fevre—an American widow of a French baron.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Large, voluptuous, blonde, and handsome according to the popular idea of beauty, distinctly amiable, affable and very charitable, she became at once the fashion.
baron
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From this reading She was known as Baroness Le Fevre—an American widow of a French baron.
BARONESS
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From this reading “BARONESS BROWN” was a distinctive figure in Beryngford.
beauty
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From this reading Large, voluptuous, blonde, and handsome according to the popular idea of beauty, distinctly amiable, affable and very charitable, she became at once the fashion.
became
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From this reading Large, voluptuous, blonde, and handsome according to the popular idea of beauty, distinctly amiable, affable and very charitable, she became at once the fashion.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
Beryngford
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From this reading “BARONESS BROWN” was a distinctive figure in Beryngford.
blonde
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From this reading Large, voluptuous, blonde, and handsome according to the popular idea of beauty, distinctly amiable, affable and very charitable, she became at once the fashion.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
BROWN
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From this reading “BARONESS BROWN” was a distinctive figure in Beryngford.
came
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From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
carriages
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From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
charitable
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From this reading Large, voluptuous, blonde, and handsome according to the popular idea of beauty, distinctly amiable, affable and very charitable, she became at once the fashion.
Cheney
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From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her arrival in this quiet village town was of course the sensation of the hour, or rather of the year.
distinctive
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From this reading “BARONESS BROWN” was a distinctive figure in Beryngford.
distinctly
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From this reading Large, voluptuous, blonde, and handsome according to the popular idea of beauty, distinctly amiable, affable and very charitable, she became at once the fashion.
established
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From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
fashion
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From this reading Large, voluptuous, blonde, and handsome according to the popular idea of beauty, distinctly amiable, affable and very charitable, she became at once the fashion.
Fevre
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From this reading She was known as Baroness Le Fevre—an American widow of a French baron.
figure
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From this reading “BARONESS BROWN” was a distinctive figure in Beryngford.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
foreign
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From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
French
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From this reading She was known as Baroness Le Fevre—an American widow of a French baron.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her arrival in this quiet village town was of course the sensation of the hour, or rather of the year.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
horses
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From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
hour
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From this reading Her arrival in this quiet village town was of course the sensation of the hour, or rather of the year.
house
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From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
idea
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From this reading Large, voluptuous, blonde, and handsome according to the popular idea of beauty, distinctly amiable, affable and very charitable, she became at once the fashion.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “BARONESS BROWN” was a distinctive figure in Beryngford.
known
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From this reading She was known as Baroness Le Fevre—an American widow of a French baron.
Large
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From this reading Large, voluptuous, blonde, and handsome according to the popular idea of beauty, distinctly amiable, affable and very charitable, she became at once the fashion.
Le
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From this reading She was known as Baroness Le Fevre—an American widow of a French baron.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
once
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From this reading Large, voluptuous, blonde, and handsome according to the popular idea of beauty, distinctly amiable, affable and very charitable, she became at once the fashion.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Her arrival in this quiet village town was of course the sensation of the hour, or rather of the year.
parts
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From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
place
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From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
popular
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From this reading Large, voluptuous, blonde, and handsome according to the popular idea of beauty, distinctly amiable, affable and very charitable, she became at once the fashion.
Preston
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From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
quiet
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From this reading Her arrival in this quiet village town was of course the sensation of the hour, or rather of the year.
rather
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From this reading Her arrival in this quiet village town was of course the sensation of the hour, or rather of the year.
rented
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From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
sensation
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From this reading Her arrival in this quiet village town was of course the sensation of the hour, or rather of the year.
servants
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From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
some
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From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
term
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From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Her arrival in this quiet village town was of course the sensation of the hour, or rather of the year.
three
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From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
town
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From this reading Her arrival in this quiet village town was of course the sensation of the hour, or rather of the year.
very
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From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
village
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From this reading Her arrival in this quiet village town was of course the sensation of the hour, or rather of the year.
voluptuous
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From this reading Large, voluptuous, blonde, and handsome according to the popular idea of beauty, distinctly amiable, affable and very charitable, she became at once the fashion.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “BARONESS BROWN” was a distinctive figure in Beryngford.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
widow
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From this reading She was known as Baroness Le Fevre—an American widow of a French baron.
year
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From this reading Her arrival in this quiet village town was of course the sensation of the hour, or rather of the year.
years
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From this reading She came to the place from foreign parts some three years before the arrival of Preston Cheney, and brought servants, carriages and horses, and established herself in a very handsome house which she rented for a term of years.
