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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 few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading A few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
all
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From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
ANDREW'S
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From this reading ANDREW'S HOPE.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The homesickness, if it could be called so in one who had never had a home, made him uncontrollably restless.
became
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From this reading The sense of loneliness and separation became intolerable to Martin after Dorothy was gone.
Brackenburn
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From this reading A few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
brooding
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From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
called
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From this reading The homesickness, if it could be called so in one who had never had a home, made him uncontrollably restless.
charge
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From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The homesickness, if it could be called so in one who had never had a home, made him uncontrollably restless.
dawn
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From this reading A few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
distract
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From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
Dorothy
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From this reading A few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
empty
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From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
enough
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From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
expanse
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From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
few
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From this reading A few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
gone
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From this reading The sense of loneliness and separation became intolerable to Martin after Dorothy was gone.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The homesickness, if it could be called so in one who had never had a home, made him uncontrollably restless.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The homesickness, if it could be called so in one who had never had a home, made him uncontrollably restless.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
home
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From this reading The homesickness, if it could be called so in one who had never had a home, made him uncontrollably restless.
homesickness
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From this reading The homesickness, if it could be called so in one who had never had a home, made him uncontrollably restless.
HOPE
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From this reading ANDREW'S HOPE.
house
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From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The homesickness, if it could be called so in one who had never had a home, made him uncontrollably restless.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
interest
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From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
intolerable
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From this reading The sense of loneliness and separation became intolerable to Martin after Dorothy was gone.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The homesickness, if it could be called so in one who had never had a home, made him uncontrollably restless.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
kindly
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From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
language
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From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
loneliness
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From this reading The sense of loneliness and separation became intolerable to Martin after Dorothy was gone.
lost
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From this reading A few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
made
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From this reading The homesickness, if it could be called so in one who had never had a home, made him uncontrollably restless.
man
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From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
Margaret
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From this reading A few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
Martin
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From this reading A few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
Martin's
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From this reading A few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
moorland
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From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
moors
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From this reading A few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The homesickness, if it could be called so in one who had never had a home, made him uncontrollably restless.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
now
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From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
object
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From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The sense of loneliness and separation became intolerable to Martin after Dorothy was gone.
old
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From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The homesickness, if it could be called so in one who had never had a home, made him uncontrollably restless.
own
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From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
reached
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From this reading A few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
restless
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From this reading The homesickness, if it could be called so in one who had never had a home, made him uncontrollably restless.
rooms
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From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
searching
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From this reading A few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
sense
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From this reading The sense of loneliness and separation became intolerable to Martin after Dorothy was gone.
separation
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From this reading The sense of loneliness and separation became intolerable to Martin after Dorothy was gone.
Sidney
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From this reading A few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading A few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The homesickness, if it could be called so in one who had never had a home, made him uncontrollably restless.
speak
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From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
special
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From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
telegram
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From this reading A few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sense of loneliness and separation became intolerable to Martin after Dorothy was gone.
There
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From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The sense of loneliness and separation became intolerable to Martin after Dorothy was gone.
town
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From this reading A few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
tutor
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From this reading A few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
uncontrollably
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From this reading The homesickness, if it could be called so in one who had never had a home, made him uncontrollably restless.
uncouth
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From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
vast
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From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sense of loneliness and separation became intolerable to Martin after Dorothy was gone.
weeks
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From this reading A few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The homesickness, if it could be called so in one who had never had a home, made him uncontrollably restless.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was not in all this vast expanse of moorland an object that could distract his brooding memory, and in the old house, with its now empty rooms, there was no one who could speak in his own language except the tutor, a kindly man enough, but with no special interest in his uncouth charge.
yesterday
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From this reading A few weeks after Margaret and Dorothy left Brackenburn, a telegram reached Sidney in town from Martin's tutor: "Martin lost since dawn yesterday; searching moors."
