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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 Of her own initiative, she brought a doctor, and went down twice a day to hear reports of Miltoun's progress.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She had fallen back on the half-truth that Eustace wanted her in Town; and, since Lord and Lady Valleys had neither of them shaken off a certain uneasiness about their son, the pretext sufficed:
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was not until the sixth day, when the crisis was well past and Miltoun quite free from fever, that she again went down to Nettlefold.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Of her own initiative, she brought a doctor, and went down twice a day to hear reports of Miltoun's progress.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As a fact, her father and mother had gone to Lord Dennis, for Goodwood, and the chief difficulty had been to excuse her own neglect of that favourite Meeting.
back
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From this reading She had fallen back on the half-truth that Eustace wanted her in Town; and, since Lord and Lady Valleys had neither of them shaken off a certain uneasiness about their son, the pretext sufficed:
Barbara
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From this reading Barbara gave the news of her brother's illness to no one else, common sense telling her to run no risk of disturbance.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading As a fact, her father and mother had gone to Lord Dennis, for Goodwood, and the chief difficulty had been to excuse her own neglect of that favourite Meeting.
brother's
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From this reading Barbara gave the news of her brother's illness to no one else, common sense telling her to run no risk of disturbance.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Of her own initiative, she brought a doctor, and went down twice a day to hear reports of Miltoun's progress.
certain
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From this reading She had fallen back on the half-truth that Eustace wanted her in Town; and, since Lord and Lady Valleys had neither of them shaken off a certain uneasiness about their son, the pretext sufficed:
chief
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From this reading As a fact, her father and mother had gone to Lord Dennis, for Goodwood, and the chief difficulty had been to excuse her own neglect of that favourite Meeting.
common
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From this reading Barbara gave the news of her brother's illness to no one else, common sense telling her to run no risk of disturbance.
crisis
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From this reading It was not until the sixth day, when the crisis was well past and Miltoun quite free from fever, that she again went down to Nettlefold.
day
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From this reading Of her own initiative, she brought a doctor, and went down twice a day to hear reports of Miltoun's progress.
Dennis
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From this reading As a fact, her father and mother had gone to Lord Dennis, for Goodwood, and the chief difficulty had been to excuse her own neglect of that favourite Meeting.
difficulty
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From this reading As a fact, her father and mother had gone to Lord Dennis, for Goodwood, and the chief difficulty had been to excuse her own neglect of that favourite Meeting.
disturbance
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From this reading Barbara gave the news of her brother's illness to no one else, common sense telling her to run no risk of disturbance.
doctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of her own initiative, she brought a doctor, and went down twice a day to hear reports of Miltoun's progress.
down
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From this reading Of her own initiative, she brought a doctor, and went down twice a day to hear reports of Miltoun's progress.
else
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From this reading Barbara gave the news of her brother's illness to no one else, common sense telling her to run no risk of disturbance.
Eustace
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From this reading She had fallen back on the half-truth that Eustace wanted her in Town; and, since Lord and Lady Valleys had neither of them shaken off a certain uneasiness about their son, the pretext sufficed:
excuse
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From this reading As a fact, her father and mother had gone to Lord Dennis, for Goodwood, and the chief difficulty had been to excuse her own neglect of that favourite Meeting.
fact
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From this reading As a fact, her father and mother had gone to Lord Dennis, for Goodwood, and the chief difficulty had been to excuse her own neglect of that favourite Meeting.
fallen
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From this reading She had fallen back on the half-truth that Eustace wanted her in Town; and, since Lord and Lady Valleys had neither of them shaken off a certain uneasiness about their son, the pretext sufficed:
father
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From this reading As a fact, her father and mother had gone to Lord Dennis, for Goodwood, and the chief difficulty had been to excuse her own neglect of that favourite Meeting.
favourite
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From this reading As a fact, her father and mother had gone to Lord Dennis, for Goodwood, and the chief difficulty had been to excuse her own neglect of that favourite Meeting.
fever
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From this reading It was not until the sixth day, when the crisis was well past and Miltoun quite free from fever, that she again went down to Nettlefold.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading As a fact, her father and mother had gone to Lord Dennis, for Goodwood, and the chief difficulty had been to excuse her own neglect of that favourite Meeting.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading It was not until the sixth day, when the crisis was well past and Miltoun quite free from fever, that she again went down to Nettlefold.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was not until the sixth day, when the crisis was well past and Miltoun quite free from fever, that she again went down to Nettlefold.
gave
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From this reading Barbara gave the news of her brother's illness to no one else, common sense telling her to run no risk of disturbance.
gone
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From this reading As a fact, her father and mother had gone to Lord Dennis, for Goodwood, and the chief difficulty had been to excuse her own neglect of that favourite Meeting.
Goodwood
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From this reading As a fact, her father and mother had gone to Lord Dennis, for Goodwood, and the chief difficulty had been to excuse her own neglect of that favourite Meeting.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As a fact, her father and mother had gone to Lord Dennis, for Goodwood, and the chief difficulty had been to excuse her own neglect of that favourite Meeting.
half-truth
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From this reading She had fallen back on the half-truth that Eustace wanted her in Town; and, since Lord and Lady Valleys had neither of them shaken off a certain uneasiness about their son, the pretext sufficed:
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of her own initiative, she brought a doctor, and went down twice a day to hear reports of Miltoun's progress.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Barbara gave the news of her brother's illness to no one else, common sense telling her to run no risk of disturbance.
illness
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From this reading Barbara gave the news of her brother's illness to no one else, common sense telling her to run no risk of disturbance.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She had fallen back on the half-truth that Eustace wanted her in Town; and, since Lord and Lady Valleys had neither of them shaken off a certain uneasiness about their son, the pretext sufficed:
initiative
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From this reading Of her own initiative, she brought a doctor, and went down twice a day to hear reports of Miltoun's progress.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was not until the sixth day, when the crisis was well past and Miltoun quite free from fever, that she again went down to Nettlefold.
Lady
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From this reading She had fallen back on the half-truth that Eustace wanted her in Town; and, since Lord and Lady Valleys had neither of them shaken off a certain uneasiness about their son, the pretext sufficed:
Lord
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From this reading As a fact, her father and mother had gone to Lord Dennis, for Goodwood, and the chief difficulty had been to excuse her own neglect of that favourite Meeting.
Meeting
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From this reading As a fact, her father and mother had gone to Lord Dennis, for Goodwood, and the chief difficulty had been to excuse her own neglect of that favourite Meeting.
Miltoun
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From this reading It was not until the sixth day, when the crisis was well past and Miltoun quite free from fever, that she again went down to Nettlefold.
Miltoun's
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From this reading Of her own initiative, she brought a doctor, and went down twice a day to hear reports of Miltoun's progress.
mother
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From this reading As a fact, her father and mother had gone to Lord Dennis, for Goodwood, and the chief difficulty had been to excuse her own neglect of that favourite Meeting.
neglect
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From this reading As a fact, her father and mother had gone to Lord Dennis, for Goodwood, and the chief difficulty had been to excuse her own neglect of that favourite Meeting.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading She had fallen back on the half-truth that Eustace wanted her in Town; and, since Lord and Lady Valleys had neither of them shaken off a certain uneasiness about their son, the pretext sufficed:
Nettlefold
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From this reading It was not until the sixth day, when the crisis was well past and Miltoun quite free from fever, that she again went down to Nettlefold.
news
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From this reading Barbara gave the news of her brother's illness to no one else, common sense telling her to run no risk of disturbance.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Barbara gave the news of her brother's illness to no one else, common sense telling her to run no risk of disturbance.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not until the sixth day, when the crisis was well past and Miltoun quite free from fever, that she again went down to Nettlefold.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Barbara gave the news of her brother's illness to no one else, common sense telling her to run no risk of disturbance.
off
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From this reading She had fallen back on the half-truth that Eustace wanted her in Town; and, since Lord and Lady Valleys had neither of them shaken off a certain uneasiness about their son, the pretext sufficed:
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She had fallen back on the half-truth that Eustace wanted her in Town; and, since Lord and Lady Valleys had neither of them shaken off a certain uneasiness about their son, the pretext sufficed:
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Barbara gave the news of her brother's illness to no one else, common sense telling her to run no risk of disturbance.
own
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From this reading Of her own initiative, she brought a doctor, and went down twice a day to hear reports of Miltoun's progress.
past
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From this reading It was not until the sixth day, when the crisis was well past and Miltoun quite free from fever, that she again went down to Nettlefold.
pretext
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From this reading She had fallen back on the half-truth that Eustace wanted her in Town; and, since Lord and Lady Valleys had neither of them shaken off a certain uneasiness about their son, the pretext sufficed:
progress
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From this reading Of her own initiative, she brought a doctor, and went down twice a day to hear reports of Miltoun's progress.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was not until the sixth day, when the crisis was well past and Miltoun quite free from fever, that she again went down to Nettlefold.
reports
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From this reading Of her own initiative, she brought a doctor, and went down twice a day to hear reports of Miltoun's progress.
risk
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From this reading Barbara gave the news of her brother's illness to no one else, common sense telling her to run no risk of disturbance.
run
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From this reading Barbara gave the news of her brother's illness to no one else, common sense telling her to run no risk of disturbance.
sense
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From this reading Barbara gave the news of her brother's illness to no one else, common sense telling her to run no risk of disturbance.
shaken
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From this reading She had fallen back on the half-truth that Eustace wanted her in Town; and, since Lord and Lady Valleys had neither of them shaken off a certain uneasiness about their son, the pretext sufficed:
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Of her own initiative, she brought a doctor, and went down twice a day to hear reports of Miltoun's progress.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading She had fallen back on the half-truth that Eustace wanted her in Town; and, since Lord and Lady Valleys had neither of them shaken off a certain uneasiness about their son, the pretext sufficed:
sixthnounUS /sixth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was not until the sixth day, when the crisis was well past and Miltoun quite free from fever, that she again went down to Nettlefold.
son
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From this reading She had fallen back on the half-truth that Eustace wanted her in Town; and, since Lord and Lady Valleys had neither of them shaken off a certain uneasiness about their son, the pretext sufficed:
sufficed
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From this reading She had fallen back on the half-truth that Eustace wanted her in Town; and, since Lord and Lady Valleys had neither of them shaken off a certain uneasiness about their son, the pretext sufficed:
telling
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From this reading Barbara gave the news of her brother's illness to no one else, common sense telling her to run no risk of disturbance.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading As a fact, her father and mother had gone to Lord Dennis, for Goodwood, and the chief difficulty had been to excuse her own neglect of that favourite Meeting.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Barbara gave the news of her brother's illness to no one else, common sense telling her to run no risk of disturbance.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading She had fallen back on the half-truth that Eustace wanted her in Town; and, since Lord and Lady Valleys had neither of them shaken off a certain uneasiness about their son, the pretext sufficed:
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She had fallen back on the half-truth that Eustace wanted her in Town; and, since Lord and Lady Valleys had neither of them shaken off a certain uneasiness about their son, the pretext sufficed:
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Barbara gave the news of her brother's illness to no one else, common sense telling her to run no risk of disturbance.
Town
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From this reading She had fallen back on the half-truth that Eustace wanted her in Town; and, since Lord and Lady Valleys had neither of them shaken off a certain uneasiness about their son, the pretext sufficed:
twice
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From this reading Of her own initiative, she brought a doctor, and went down twice a day to hear reports of Miltoun's progress.
uneasiness
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From this reading She had fallen back on the half-truth that Eustace wanted her in Town; and, since Lord and Lady Valleys had neither of them shaken off a certain uneasiness about their son, the pretext sufficed:
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading It was not until the sixth day, when the crisis was well past and Miltoun quite free from fever, that she again went down to Nettlefold.
Valleys
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From this reading She had fallen back on the half-truth that Eustace wanted her in Town; and, since Lord and Lady Valleys had neither of them shaken off a certain uneasiness about their son, the pretext sufficed:
wanted
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From this reading She had fallen back on the half-truth that Eustace wanted her in Town; and, since Lord and Lady Valleys had neither of them shaken off a certain uneasiness about their son, the pretext sufficed:
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not until the sixth day, when the crisis was well past and Miltoun quite free from fever, that she again went down to Nettlefold.
well
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From this reading It was not until the sixth day, when the crisis was well past and Miltoun quite free from fever, that she again went down to Nettlefold.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Of her own initiative, she brought a doctor, and went down twice a day to hear reports of Miltoun's progress.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was not until the sixth day, when the crisis was well past and Miltoun quite free from fever, that she again went down to Nettlefold.
