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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 FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After this the baptisms of no more offspring were to be found anywhere, as if that single mind had encountered opposition.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
Anne
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From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
anywhere
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From this reading After this the baptisms of no more offspring were to be found anywhere, as if that single mind had encountered opposition.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
baptisms
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From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
Bianca
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From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
births
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From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
burial
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From this reading But in the eighties there was noted in the register of the same church the burial of “Anne, nee Carfax, wife of Sylvanus Stone.”
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But in the eighties there was noted in the register of the same church the burial of “Anne, nee Carfax, wife of Sylvanus Stone.”
Carfax
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From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
Carfaxes
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From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
Cecilia
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From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
church
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From this reading But in the eighties there was noted in the register of the same church the burial of “Anne, nee Carfax, wife of Sylvanus Stone.”
connected
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From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
consecutiveadjectiveUS /kənˈsɛk.jə.tɪv/
Following continuously in unbroken sequence.
From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
county
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From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
daughter
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From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
daughters
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From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
Deans
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From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
discovered
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From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
DISCUSSION
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From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
eighties
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From this reading But in the eighties there was noted in the register of the same church the burial of “Anne, nee Carfax, wife of Sylvanus Stone.”
encountered
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From this reading After this the baptisms of no more offspring were to be found anywhere, as if that single mind had encountered opposition.
eye
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From this reading In that “nee Carfax” there was, to those who knew, something more than met the eye.
FAMILY
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From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
following
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From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After this the baptisms of no more offspring were to be found anywhere, as if that single mind had encountered opposition.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
Hants
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From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading After this the baptisms of no more offspring were to be found anywhere, as if that single mind had encountered opposition.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
Justice
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From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
Kensington
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From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
knew
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From this reading In that “nee Carfax” there was, to those who knew, something more than met the eye.
marriage
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From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
Martin
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From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
met
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From this reading In that “nee Carfax” there was, to those who knew, something more than met the eye.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After this the baptisms of no more offspring were to be found anywhere, as if that single mind had encountered opposition.
more
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From this reading After this the baptisms of no more offspring were to be found anywhere, as if that single mind had encountered opposition.
Mr
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From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
Natural
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From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
nee
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From this reading But in the eighties there was noted in the register of the same church the burial of “Anne, nee Carfax, wife of Sylvanus Stone.”
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading After this the baptisms of no more offspring were to be found anywhere, as if that single mind had encountered opposition.
noted
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From this reading But in the eighties there was noted in the register of the same church the burial of “Anne, nee Carfax, wife of Sylvanus Stone.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
offspring
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From this reading After this the baptisms of no more offspring were to be found anywhere, as if that single mind had encountered opposition.
opposition
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From this reading After this the baptisms of no more offspring were to be found anywhere, as if that single mind had encountered opposition.
person
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From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
Professor
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From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
recorded
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From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
register
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From this reading But in the eighties there was noted in the register of the same church the burial of “Anne, nee Carfax, wife of Sylvanus Stone.”
registered
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From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But in the eighties there was noted in the register of the same church the burial of “Anne, nee Carfax, wife of Sylvanus Stone.”
Sciences
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From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
single
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From this reading After this the baptisms of no more offspring were to be found anywhere, as if that single mind had encountered opposition.
single-minded
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From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
sixties
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From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
some
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From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading In that “nee Carfax” there was, to those who knew, something more than met the eye.
son
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From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
Spring
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From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
Stone
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From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
Sylvanus
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From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading In that “nee Carfax” there was, to those who knew, something more than met the eye.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading After this the baptisms of no more offspring were to be found anywhere, as if that single mind had encountered opposition.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
there
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From this reading But in the eighties there was noted in the register of the same church the burial of “Anne, nee Carfax, wife of Sylvanus Stone.”
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading After this the baptisms of no more offspring were to be found anywhere, as if that single mind had encountered opposition.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading In that “nee Carfax” there was, to those who knew, something more than met the eye.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
three
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From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
well-known
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From this reading A FAMILY DISCUSSION The marriage of Sylvanus Stone, Professor of the Natural Sciences, to Anne, daughter of Mr. Justice Carfax, of the well-known county family--the Carfaxes of Spring Deans, Hants--was recorded in the sixties.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading In that “nee Carfax” there was, to those who knew, something more than met the eye.
wife
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From this reading But in the eighties there was noted in the register of the same church the burial of “Anne, nee Carfax, wife of Sylvanus Stone.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
years
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From this reading The baptisms of Martin, Cecilia, and Bianca, son and daughters of Sylvanus and Anne Stone, were to be discovered registered in Kensington in the three consecutive years following, as though some single-minded person had been connected with their births.
