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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 dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
apartment
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
boy
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From this reading Malzin's children, a girl and a boy, respectively five and three years old, shared the meal.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading They were pale, and sickly, but extremely pretty with a wonderfully sympathetic expression about the mouth and eyes, reminding one of their father.
children
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From this reading Malzin's children, a girl and a boy, respectively five and three years old, shared the meal.
covered
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
decorated
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
demeanour
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From this reading It was easy to see from the shy gentleness of their demeanour that Fritz had taken great pains with their training.
dining-room
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
dusty
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
easy
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From this reading It was easy to see from the shy gentleness of their demeanour that Fritz had taken great pains with their training.
expression
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From this reading They were pale, and sickly, but extremely pretty with a wonderfully sympathetic expression about the mouth and eyes, reminding one of their father.
extremely
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From this reading They were pale, and sickly, but extremely pretty with a wonderfully sympathetic expression about the mouth and eyes, reminding one of their father.
eyes
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From this reading They were pale, and sickly, but extremely pretty with a wonderfully sympathetic expression about the mouth and eyes, reminding one of their father.
father
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From this reading They were pale, and sickly, but extremely pretty with a wonderfully sympathetic expression about the mouth and eyes, reminding one of their father.
five
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From this reading Malzin's children, a girl and a boy, respectively five and three years old, shared the meal.
fly-poison
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
fresh
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
Fritz
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From this reading It was easy to see from the shy gentleness of their demeanour that Fritz had taken great pains with their training.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It was easy to see from the shy gentleness of their demeanour that Fritz had taken great pains with their training.
gentleness
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From this reading It was easy to see from the shy gentleness of their demeanour that Fritz had taken great pains with their training.
gilt
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
girl
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From this reading Malzin's children, a girl and a boy, respectively five and three years old, shared the meal.
great
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From this reading It was easy to see from the shy gentleness of their demeanour that Fritz had taken great pains with their training.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was easy to see from the shy gentleness of their demeanour that Fritz had taken great pains with their training.
hostess
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
inscriptions
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was easy to see from the shy gentleness of their demeanour that Fritz had taken great pains with their training.
laurel
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
loaded
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From this reading The long table was loaded with viands.
long
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
Malzin's
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From this reading Malzin's children, a girl and a boy, respectively five and three years old, shared the meal.
meal
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From this reading Malzin's children, a girl and a boy, respectively five and three years old, shared the meal.
mouth
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From this reading They were pale, and sickly, but extremely pretty with a wonderfully sympathetic expression about the mouth and eyes, reminding one of their father.
narrow
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
old
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From this reading Malzin's children, a girl and a boy, respectively five and three years old, shared the meal.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading They were pale, and sickly, but extremely pretty with a wonderfully sympathetic expression about the mouth and eyes, reminding one of their father.
pains
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From this reading It was easy to see from the shy gentleness of their demeanour that Fritz had taken great pains with their training.
pale
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From this reading They were pale, and sickly, but extremely pretty with a wonderfully sympathetic expression about the mouth and eyes, reminding one of their father.
photographs
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
pretty
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From this reading They were pale, and sickly, but extremely pretty with a wonderfully sympathetic expression about the mouth and eyes, reminding one of their father.
reminding
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From this reading They were pale, and sickly, but extremely pretty with a wonderfully sympathetic expression about the mouth and eyes, reminding one of their father.
respectively
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From this reading Malzin's children, a girl and a boy, respectively five and three years old, shared the meal.
ribbons
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
see
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From this reading It was easy to see from the shy gentleness of their demeanour that Fritz had taken great pains with their training.
several
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
shared
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From this reading Malzin's children, a girl and a boy, respectively five and three years old, shared the meal.
shy
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From this reading It was easy to see from the shy gentleness of their demeanour that Fritz had taken great pains with their training.
sickly
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From this reading They were pale, and sickly, but extremely pretty with a wonderfully sympathetic expression about the mouth and eyes, reminding one of their father.
smelled
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
sympathetic
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From this reading They were pale, and sickly, but extremely pretty with a wonderfully sympathetic expression about the mouth and eyes, reminding one of their father.
table
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From this reading The long table was loaded with viands.
taken
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From this reading It was easy to see from the shy gentleness of their demeanour that Fritz had taken great pains with their training.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was easy to see from the shy gentleness of their demeanour that Fritz had taken great pains with their training.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They were pale, and sickly, but extremely pretty with a wonderfully sympathetic expression about the mouth and eyes, reminding one of their father.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were pale, and sickly, but extremely pretty with a wonderfully sympathetic expression about the mouth and eyes, reminding one of their father.
three
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
tights
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was easy to see from the shy gentleness of their demeanour that Fritz had taken great pains with their training.
training
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From this reading It was easy to see from the shy gentleness of their demeanour that Fritz had taken great pains with their training.
varnish
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
viands
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From this reading The long table was loaded with viands.
walls
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The long table was loaded with viands.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
windows
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
wonderfully
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From this reading They were pale, and sickly, but extremely pretty with a wonderfully sympathetic expression about the mouth and eyes, reminding one of their father.
wound
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
wreaths
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From this reading The dining-room, a long narrow apartment with three windows, smelled of fresh varnish and fly-poison; the walls were decorated with dusty laurel wreaths wound about with ribbons covered with gilt inscriptions, and with several photographs of the hostess in tights.
years
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From this reading Malzin's children, a girl and a boy, respectively five and three years old, shared the meal.
