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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 The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
always
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From this reading Women have no sense of proportion; they must always indulge in subtleties and mysteries."
AMOR
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From this reading "PER INCERTAS, CERTA AMOR."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
Arthur
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From this reading Sir Arthur glanced round the bleak little wayside station with disapproval.
aspect
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From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
bleak
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From this reading Sir Arthur glanced round the bleak little wayside station with disapproval.
blustered
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From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
CERTA
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From this reading "PER INCERTAS, CERTA AMOR."
chilling
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From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
country
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From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
day
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From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
December
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From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
desolate
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From this reading "Now, what is Margaret doing in this desolate part of the world?" he reflected irritably; "and why does she send me such a ridiculously mysterious telegram?
disapproval
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From this reading Sir Arthur glanced round the bleak little wayside station with disapproval.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Now, what is Margaret doing in this desolate part of the world?" he reflected irritably; "and why does she send me such a ridiculously mysterious telegram?
doing
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From this reading "Now, what is Margaret doing in this desolate part of the world?" he reflected irritably; "and why does she send me such a ridiculously mysterious telegram?
exposedadjectiveUS /ɪkˈspəʊzd/
left open to danger or view left open to danger or public view
From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
glanced
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From this reading Sir Arthur glanced round the bleak little wayside station with disapproval.
grey
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From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
gusts
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From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Women have no sense of proportion; they must always indulge in subtleties and mysteries."
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Now, what is Margaret doing in this desolate part of the world?" he reflected irritably; "and why does she send me such a ridiculously mysterious telegram?
highly
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From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
INCERTAS
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From this reading "PER INCERTAS, CERTA AMOR."
indulge
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From this reading Women have no sense of proportion; they must always indulge in subtleties and mysteries."
irritably
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From this reading "Now, what is Margaret doing in this desolate part of the world?" he reflected irritably; "and why does she send me such a ridiculously mysterious telegram?
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Now, what is Margaret doing in this desolate part of the world?" he reflected irritably; "and why does she send me such a ridiculously mysterious telegram?
left
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From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
line
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From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
little
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From this reading Sir Arthur glanced round the bleak little wayside station with disapproval.
Margaret
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From this reading "Now, what is Margaret doing in this desolate part of the world?" he reflected irritably; "and why does she send me such a ridiculously mysterious telegram?
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Now, what is Margaret doing in this desolate part of the world?" he reflected irritably; "and why does she send me such a ridiculously mysterious telegram?
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Women have no sense of proportion; they must always indulge in subtleties and mysteries."
mysteries
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From this reading Women have no sense of proportion; they must always indulge in subtleties and mysteries."
mysteriousadjectiveUS /mɪˈstɪriəs/
difficult to explain or understand
From this reading "Now, what is Margaret doing in this desolate part of the world?" he reflected irritably; "and why does she send me such a ridiculously mysterious telegram?
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Women have no sense of proportion; they must always indulge in subtleties and mysteries."
Now
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From this reading "Now, what is Margaret doing in this desolate part of the world?" he reflected irritably; "and why does she send me such a ridiculously mysterious telegram?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
part
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From this reading "Now, what is Margaret doing in this desolate part of the world?" he reflected irritably; "and why does she send me such a ridiculously mysterious telegram?
PERprepositionUS /pɜːr/
for each
From this reading "PER INCERTAS, CERTA AMOR."
platform
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From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
proportion
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From this reading Women have no sense of proportion; they must always indulge in subtleties and mysteries."
raw
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From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
reflected
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From this reading "Now, what is Margaret doing in this desolate part of the world?" he reflected irritably; "and why does she send me such a ridiculously mysterious telegram?
ridiculously
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From this reading "Now, what is Margaret doing in this desolate part of the world?" he reflected irritably; "and why does she send me such a ridiculously mysterious telegram?
right
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From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
round
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From this reading Sir Arthur glanced round the bleak little wayside station with disapproval.
send
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From this reading "Now, what is Margaret doing in this desolate part of the world?" he reflected irritably; "and why does she send me such a ridiculously mysterious telegram?
sense
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From this reading Women have no sense of proportion; they must always indulge in subtleties and mysteries."
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Now, what is Margaret doing in this desolate part of the world?" he reflected irritably; "and why does she send me such a ridiculously mysterious telegram?
Sir
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From this reading Sir Arthur glanced round the bleak little wayside station with disapproval.
station
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From this reading Sir Arthur glanced round the bleak little wayside station with disapproval.
stretched
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From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
subtleties
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From this reading Women have no sense of proportion; they must always indulge in subtleties and mysteries."
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading "Now, what is Margaret doing in this desolate part of the world?" he reflected irritably; "and why does she send me such a ridiculously mysterious telegram?
telegram
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From this reading "Now, what is Margaret doing in this desolate part of the world?" he reflected irritably; "and why does she send me such a ridiculously mysterious telegram?
tempestuous
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From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sir Arthur glanced round the bleak little wayside station with disapproval.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Women have no sense of proportion; they must always indulge in subtleties and mysteries."
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "Now, what is Margaret doing in this desolate part of the world?" he reflected irritably; "and why does she send me such a ridiculously mysterious telegram?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
uninviting
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From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
upland
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From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
wayside
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From this reading Sir Arthur glanced round the bleak little wayside station with disapproval.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Now, what is Margaret doing in this desolate part of the world?" he reflected irritably; "and why does she send me such a ridiculously mysterious telegram?
why
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From this reading "Now, what is Margaret doing in this desolate part of the world?" he reflected irritably; "and why does she send me such a ridiculously mysterious telegram?
wind
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From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Sir Arthur glanced round the bleak little wayside station with disapproval.
Women
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From this reading Women have no sense of proportion; they must always indulge in subtleties and mysteries."
wore
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From this reading The December day was grey and raw; the December wind blustered along the exposed platform, in chilling tempestuous gusts; and the upland country that stretched to right and left of the line, wore a highly uninviting aspect.
world
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From this reading "Now, what is Margaret doing in this desolate part of the world?" he reflected irritably; "and why does she send me such a ridiculously mysterious telegram?
