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addednounUS /added/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Carlyle vault was opened for him, and an order went forth to the sculptor for an inscription to be added to their marble tablet in the church: “William Vane Carlyle, eldest son of Archibald Carlyle, of East Lynne.”
AmongstprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋst/
surrounded by; in the company of
From this reading Amongst those who attended the funeral as mourners went one more notable in the eyes of the gazers than the rest--Richard Hare the younger.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The Carlyle vault was opened for him, and an order went forth to the sculptor for an inscription to be added to their marble tablet in the church: “William Vane Carlyle, eldest son of Archibald Carlyle, of East Lynne.”
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To the burial of William Carlyle came Lord Mount Severn and his son.
Archibald
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From this reading The Carlyle vault was opened for him, and an order went forth to the sculptor for an inscription to be added to their marble tablet in the church: “William Vane Carlyle, eldest son of Archibald Carlyle, of East Lynne.”
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Wilson had been right in her surmises as to the resting-place.
attended
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From this reading Amongst those who attended the funeral as mourners went one more notable in the eyes of the gazers than the rest--Richard Hare the younger.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The Carlyle vault was opened for him, and an order went forth to the sculptor for an inscription to be added to their marble tablet in the church: “William Vane Carlyle, eldest son of Archibald Carlyle, of East Lynne.”
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Wilson had been right in her surmises as to the resting-place.
burial
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From this reading To the burial of William Carlyle came Lord Mount Severn and his son.
came
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From this reading To the burial of William Carlyle came Lord Mount Severn and his son.
Carlyle
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From this reading To the burial of William Carlyle came Lord Mount Severn and his son.
church
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From this reading The Carlyle vault was opened for him, and an order went forth to the sculptor for an inscription to be added to their marble tablet in the church: “William Vane Carlyle, eldest son of Archibald Carlyle, of East Lynne.”
DATING
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From this reading LORD VANE DATING FORWARD.
East
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From this reading The Carlyle vault was opened for him, and an order went forth to the sculptor for an inscription to be added to their marble tablet in the church: “William Vane Carlyle, eldest son of Archibald Carlyle, of East Lynne.”
eldest
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From this reading The Carlyle vault was opened for him, and an order went forth to the sculptor for an inscription to be added to their marble tablet in the church: “William Vane Carlyle, eldest son of Archibald Carlyle, of East Lynne.”
eyes
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From this reading Amongst those who attended the funeral as mourners went one more notable in the eyes of the gazers than the rest--Richard Hare the younger.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Carlyle vault was opened for him, and an order went forth to the sculptor for an inscription to be added to their marble tablet in the church: “William Vane Carlyle, eldest son of Archibald Carlyle, of East Lynne.”
forth
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From this reading The Carlyle vault was opened for him, and an order went forth to the sculptor for an inscription to be added to their marble tablet in the church: “William Vane Carlyle, eldest son of Archibald Carlyle, of East Lynne.”
FORWARDnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading LORD VANE DATING FORWARD.
funeral
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From this reading Amongst those who attended the funeral as mourners went one more notable in the eyes of the gazers than the rest--Richard Hare the younger.
gazers
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From this reading Amongst those who attended the funeral as mourners went one more notable in the eyes of the gazers than the rest--Richard Hare the younger.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Wilson had been right in her surmises as to the resting-place.
Hare
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From this reading Amongst those who attended the funeral as mourners went one more notable in the eyes of the gazers than the rest--Richard Hare the younger.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Wilson had been right in her surmises as to the resting-place.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The Carlyle vault was opened for him, and an order went forth to the sculptor for an inscription to be added to their marble tablet in the church: “William Vane Carlyle, eldest son of Archibald Carlyle, of East Lynne.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading To the burial of William Carlyle came Lord Mount Severn and his son.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Wilson had been right in her surmises as to the resting-place.
inscription
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From this reading The Carlyle vault was opened for him, and an order went forth to the sculptor for an inscription to be added to their marble tablet in the church: “William Vane Carlyle, eldest son of Archibald Carlyle, of East Lynne.”
LORD
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From this reading LORD VANE DATING FORWARD.
Lynne
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From this reading The Carlyle vault was opened for him, and an order went forth to the sculptor for an inscription to be added to their marble tablet in the church: “William Vane Carlyle, eldest son of Archibald Carlyle, of East Lynne.”
marble
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From this reading The Carlyle vault was opened for him, and an order went forth to the sculptor for an inscription to be added to their marble tablet in the church: “William Vane Carlyle, eldest son of Archibald Carlyle, of East Lynne.”
more
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From this reading Amongst those who attended the funeral as mourners went one more notable in the eyes of the gazers than the rest--Richard Hare the younger.
Mount
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From this reading To the burial of William Carlyle came Lord Mount Severn and his son.
mourners
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From this reading Amongst those who attended the funeral as mourners went one more notable in the eyes of the gazers than the rest--Richard Hare the younger.
notable
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From this reading Amongst those who attended the funeral as mourners went one more notable in the eyes of the gazers than the rest--Richard Hare the younger.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To the burial of William Carlyle came Lord Mount Severn and his son.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Amongst those who attended the funeral as mourners went one more notable in the eyes of the gazers than the rest--Richard Hare the younger.
opened
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From this reading The Carlyle vault was opened for him, and an order went forth to the sculptor for an inscription to be added to their marble tablet in the church: “William Vane Carlyle, eldest son of Archibald Carlyle, of East Lynne.”
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Carlyle vault was opened for him, and an order went forth to the sculptor for an inscription to be added to their marble tablet in the church: “William Vane Carlyle, eldest son of Archibald Carlyle, of East Lynne.”
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Amongst those who attended the funeral as mourners went one more notable in the eyes of the gazers than the rest--Richard Hare the younger.
resting-place
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From this reading Wilson had been right in her surmises as to the resting-place.
Richard
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From this reading Amongst those who attended the funeral as mourners went one more notable in the eyes of the gazers than the rest--Richard Hare the younger.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Wilson had been right in her surmises as to the resting-place.
sculptor
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From this reading The Carlyle vault was opened for him, and an order went forth to the sculptor for an inscription to be added to their marble tablet in the church: “William Vane Carlyle, eldest son of Archibald Carlyle, of East Lynne.”
Severn
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From this reading To the burial of William Carlyle came Lord Mount Severn and his son.
son
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From this reading To the burial of William Carlyle came Lord Mount Severn and his son.
surmises
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From this reading Wilson had been right in her surmises as to the resting-place.
tablet
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From this reading The Carlyle vault was opened for him, and an order went forth to the sculptor for an inscription to be added to their marble tablet in the church: “William Vane Carlyle, eldest son of Archibald Carlyle, of East Lynne.”
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Amongst those who attended the funeral as mourners went one more notable in the eyes of the gazers than the rest--Richard Hare the younger.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading To the burial of William Carlyle came Lord Mount Severn and his son.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The Carlyle vault was opened for him, and an order went forth to the sculptor for an inscription to be added to their marble tablet in the church: “William Vane Carlyle, eldest son of Archibald Carlyle, of East Lynne.”
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Amongst those who attended the funeral as mourners went one more notable in the eyes of the gazers than the rest--Richard Hare the younger.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To the burial of William Carlyle came Lord Mount Severn and his son.
VANE
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From this reading LORD VANE DATING FORWARD.
vaultnounUS /vɔːlt/
a stone room, often below a church, used for burial
From this reading The Carlyle vault was opened for him, and an order went forth to the sculptor for an inscription to be added to their marble tablet in the church: “William Vane Carlyle, eldest son of Archibald Carlyle, of East Lynne.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Carlyle vault was opened for him, and an order went forth to the sculptor for an inscription to be added to their marble tablet in the church: “William Vane Carlyle, eldest son of Archibald Carlyle, of East Lynne.”
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Carlyle vault was opened for him, and an order went forth to the sculptor for an inscription to be added to their marble tablet in the church: “William Vane Carlyle, eldest son of Archibald Carlyle, of East Lynne.”
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Amongst those who attended the funeral as mourners went one more notable in the eyes of the gazers than the rest--Richard Hare the younger.
William
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From this reading To the burial of William Carlyle came Lord Mount Severn and his son.
Wilson
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From this reading Wilson had been right in her surmises as to the resting-place.
younger
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From this reading Amongst those who attended the funeral as mourners went one more notable in the eyes of the gazers than the rest--Richard Hare the younger.
