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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 FATHER'S FORETHOUGHT.
able
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From this reading STRAHAN improved rapidly in health, and was soon able to divide his time between his city and his country home.
almost
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From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading STRAHAN improved rapidly in health, and was soon able to divide his time between his city and his country home.
arising
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From this reading The impulse arising at the critical hour of his illness speedily died away.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The impulse arising at the critical hour of his illness speedily died away.
away
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From this reading The impulse arising at the critical hour of his illness speedily died away.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading STRAHAN improved rapidly in health, and was soon able to divide his time between his city and his country home.
bounties
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From this reading The recruiting station near the latter place was successful in securing stalwart men, who were tempted by the unusually large bounties offered through Merwyn's gift.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The recruiting station near the latter place was successful in securing stalwart men, who were tempted by the unusually large bounties offered through Merwyn's gift.
city
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From this reading STRAHAN improved rapidly in health, and was soon able to divide his time between his city and his country home.
continuednounUS /ˈcontinued/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
cordialnounUS /cordial/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
country
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From this reading STRAHAN improved rapidly in health, and was soon able to divide his time between his city and his country home.
critical
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From this reading The impulse arising at the critical hour of his illness speedily died away.
died
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From this reading The impulse arising at the critical hour of his illness speedily died away.
divide
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From this reading STRAHAN improved rapidly in health, and was soon able to divide his time between his city and his country home.
drawing-room
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From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
FATHER'S
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From this reading A FATHER'S FORETHOUGHT.
feelings
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From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
FORETHOUGHT
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From this reading A FATHER'S FORETHOUGHT.
frank
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From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
gift
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From this reading The recruiting station near the latter place was successful in securing stalwart men, who were tempted by the unusually large bounties offered through Merwyn's gift.
health
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From this reading STRAHAN improved rapidly in health, and was soon able to divide his time between his city and his country home.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading STRAHAN improved rapidly in health, and was soon able to divide his time between his city and his country home.
home
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From this reading STRAHAN improved rapidly in health, and was soon able to divide his time between his city and his country home.
hour
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From this reading The impulse arising at the critical hour of his illness speedily died away.
illness
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From this reading The impulse arising at the critical hour of his illness speedily died away.
improved
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From this reading STRAHAN improved rapidly in health, and was soon able to divide his time between his city and his country home.
impulsenounUS /ˈɪmpʌls/
a sudden strong desire to act
From this reading The impulse arising at the critical hour of his illness speedily died away.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading STRAHAN improved rapidly in health, and was soon able to divide his time between his city and his country home.
indicated
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From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
large
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From this reading The recruiting station near the latter place was successful in securing stalwart men, who were tempted by the unusually large bounties offered through Merwyn's gift.
latter
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From this reading The recruiting station near the latter place was successful in securing stalwart men, who were tempted by the unusually large bounties offered through Merwyn's gift.
lost
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From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
manner
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From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
Marian's
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From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
men
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From this reading The recruiting station near the latter place was successful in securing stalwart men, who were tempted by the unusually large bounties offered through Merwyn's gift.
Merwyn's
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From this reading The recruiting station near the latter place was successful in securing stalwart men, who were tempted by the unusually large bounties offered through Merwyn's gift.
near
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From this reading The recruiting station near the latter place was successful in securing stalwart men, who were tempted by the unusually large bounties offered through Merwyn's gift.
neverthelessadverbUS /ˌnevərðəˈles/
in spite of what has just been said
From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
offered
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From this reading The recruiting station near the latter place was successful in securing stalwart men, who were tempted by the unusually large bounties offered through Merwyn's gift.
officer
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From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
opportunities
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From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
place
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From this reading The recruiting station near the latter place was successful in securing stalwart men, who were tempted by the unusually large bounties offered through Merwyn's gift.
rapidly
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From this reading STRAHAN improved rapidly in health, and was soon able to divide his time between his city and his country home.
recruiting
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From this reading The recruiting station near the latter place was successful in securing stalwart men, who were tempted by the unusually large bounties offered through Merwyn's gift.
securing
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From this reading The recruiting station near the latter place was successful in securing stalwart men, who were tempted by the unusually large bounties offered through Merwyn's gift.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
sisterly
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From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
soon
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From this reading STRAHAN improved rapidly in health, and was soon able to divide his time between his city and his country home.
speedily
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From this reading The impulse arising at the critical hour of his illness speedily died away.
stalwart
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From this reading The recruiting station near the latter place was successful in securing stalwart men, who were tempted by the unusually large bounties offered through Merwyn's gift.
state
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From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
station
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From this reading The recruiting station near the latter place was successful in securing stalwart men, who were tempted by the unusually large bounties offered through Merwyn's gift.
STRAHAN
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From this reading STRAHAN improved rapidly in health, and was soon able to divide his time between his city and his country home.
successful
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From this reading The recruiting station near the latter place was successful in securing stalwart men, who were tempted by the unusually large bounties offered through Merwyn's gift.
tempted
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From this reading The recruiting station near the latter place was successful in securing stalwart men, who were tempted by the unusually large bounties offered through Merwyn's gift.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The recruiting station near the latter place was successful in securing stalwart men, who were tempted by the unusually large bounties offered through Merwyn's gift.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The recruiting station near the latter place was successful in securing stalwart men, who were tempted by the unusually large bounties offered through Merwyn's gift.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading STRAHAN improved rapidly in health, and was soon able to divide his time between his city and his country home.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading STRAHAN improved rapidly in health, and was soon able to divide his time between his city and his country home.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
true
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From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
unusually
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From this reading The recruiting station near the latter place was successful in securing stalwart men, who were tempted by the unusually large bounties offered through Merwyn's gift.
visiting
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From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading STRAHAN improved rapidly in health, and was soon able to divide his time between his city and his country home.
welcome
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From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The recruiting station near the latter place was successful in securing stalwart men, who were tempted by the unusually large bounties offered through Merwyn's gift.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The recruiting station near the latter place was successful in securing stalwart men, who were tempted by the unusually large bounties offered through Merwyn's gift.
young
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From this reading The young officer lost no opportunities of visiting Marian's drawing-room, and, while his welcome continued as cordial as ever, she, nevertheless, indicated by a frank and almost sisterly manner the true state of her feelings toward him.
