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GIRL,
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CHAPTER
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A
LESSON
IN
PATIENCE.
The
boys
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most
troublesome.
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ONE
pronoun
US /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “PART ONE, CHAPTER ONE.”
PART
noun
US /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “PART ONE, CHAPTER ONE.”
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AdeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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boys
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byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
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CHAPTER
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From this reading PART ONE, CHAPTER ONE.
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Girl
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INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A LESSON IN PATIENCE.
L
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LESSON
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Meade
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most
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ONEpronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading PART ONE, CHAPTER ONE.
PARTnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PART ONE, CHAPTER ONE.
PATIENCE
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From this reading A LESSON IN PATIENCE.
Plain
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ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
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troublesome
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wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
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