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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 WITNESS FROM THE GRAVE.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading But Beatrix was by nature reserved about those things nearest her heart, and her cloistered life gave her little else to talk about.
all
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From this reading THE two girls at the Water House lived their solitary life all through the dark week before Christmas.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But Beatrix was by nature reserved about those things nearest her heart, and her cloistered life gave her little else to talk about.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading They did not find so much to say to each other as friends of such long standing might have been expected to find.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading THE two girls at the Water House lived their solitary life all through the dark week before Christmas.
Beatrix
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From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading They did not find so much to say to each other as friends of such long standing might have been expected to find.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading THE two girls at the Water House lived their solitary life all through the dark week before Christmas.
believed
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From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
Bella
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From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Beatrix was by nature reserved about those things nearest her heart, and her cloistered life gave her little else to talk about.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But Beatrix was by nature reserved about those things nearest her heart, and her cloistered life gave her little else to talk about.
Christmas
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From this reading THE two girls at the Water House lived their solitary life all through the dark week before Christmas.
cloistered
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From this reading But Beatrix was by nature reserved about those things nearest her heart, and her cloistered life gave her little else to talk about.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
companionship
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From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
confining
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From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
Culverhouse
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From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
Cyril
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From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
dark
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From this reading THE two girls at the Water House lived their solitary life all through the dark week before Christmas.
days
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From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
deal
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From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading They did not find so much to say to each other as friends of such long standing might have been expected to find.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading They did not find so much to say to each other as friends of such long standing might have been expected to find.
else
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From this reading But Beatrix was by nature reserved about those things nearest her heart, and her cloistered life gave her little else to talk about.
expected
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From this reading They did not find so much to say to each other as friends of such long standing might have been expected to find.
find
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From this reading They did not find so much to say to each other as friends of such long standing might have been expected to find.
fit
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From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
friends
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From this reading They did not find so much to say to each other as friends of such long standing might have been expected to find.
FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A WITNESS FROM THE GRAVE.
gave
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From this reading But Beatrix was by nature reserved about those things nearest her heart, and her cloistered life gave her little else to talk about.
girls
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From this reading THE two girls at the Water House lived their solitary life all through the dark week before Christmas.
GRAVE
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From this reading A WITNESS FROM THE GRAVE.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading They did not find so much to say to each other as friends of such long standing might have been expected to find.
heart
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From this reading But Beatrix was by nature reserved about those things nearest her heart, and her cloistered life gave her little else to talk about.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
House
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From this reading THE two girls at the Water House lived their solitary life all through the dark week before Christmas.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
library
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From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE two girls at the Water House lived their solitary life all through the dark week before Christmas.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But Beatrix was by nature reserved about those things nearest her heart, and her cloistered life gave her little else to talk about.
lived
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From this reading THE two girls at the Water House lived their solitary life all through the dark week before Christmas.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They did not find so much to say to each other as friends of such long standing might have been expected to find.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading They did not find so much to say to each other as friends of such long standing might have been expected to find.
much
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From this reading They did not find so much to say to each other as friends of such long standing might have been expected to find.
nature
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From this reading But Beatrix was by nature reserved about those things nearest her heart, and her cloistered life gave her little else to talk about.
nearest
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From this reading But Beatrix was by nature reserved about those things nearest her heart, and her cloistered life gave her little else to talk about.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading They did not find so much to say to each other as friends of such long standing might have been expected to find.
novels
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From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading They did not find so much to say to each other as friends of such long standing might have been expected to find.
other
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From this reading They did not find so much to say to each other as friends of such long standing might have been expected to find.
read
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From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
reading
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From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
reserved
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From this reading But Beatrix was by nature reserved about those things nearest her heart, and her cloistered life gave her little else to talk about.
say
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From this reading They did not find so much to say to each other as friends of such long standing might have been expected to find.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading They did not find so much to say to each other as friends of such long standing might have been expected to find.
solitary
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From this reading THE two girls at the Water House lived their solitary life all through the dark week before Christmas.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They did not find so much to say to each other as friends of such long standing might have been expected to find.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading They did not find so much to say to each other as friends of such long standing might have been expected to find.
talk
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From this reading But Beatrix was by nature reserved about those things nearest her heart, and her cloistered life gave her little else to talk about.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A WITNESS FROM THE GRAVE.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading THE two girls at the Water House lived their solitary life all through the dark week before Christmas.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
things
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From this reading But Beatrix was by nature reserved about those things nearest her heart, and her cloistered life gave her little else to talk about.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE two girls at the Water House lived their solitary life all through the dark week before Christmas.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
two
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From this reading THE two girls at the Water House lived their solitary life all through the dark week before Christmas.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But Beatrix was by nature reserved about those things nearest her heart, and her cloistered life gave her little else to talk about.
Water
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From this reading THE two girls at the Water House lived their solitary life all through the dark week before Christmas.
week
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From this reading THE two girls at the Water House lived their solitary life all through the dark week before Christmas.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
WITNESS
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From this reading A WITNESS FROM THE GRAVE.
Yafford
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From this reading They read a great deal; Bella confining herself to the novels from the Great Yafford library, Beatrix reading those books which she believed were to fit her for companionship with Cyril Culverhouse in the days to come.
