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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 "Now I’ll go out and post it before the Family come home, and then perhaps a little walk round Bloomsbury will give me an appetite for tea."
addressed
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From this reading THE FINAL FREAK Tilly finished writing her letter, signed and addressed it, and leaned back in her chair.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "Now I’ll go out and post it before the Family come home, and then perhaps a little walk round Bloomsbury will give me an appetite for tea."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE FINAL FREAK Tilly finished writing her letter, signed and addressed it, and leaned back in her chair.
answer
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From this reading But as Tilly rose briskly to her feet her eye fell upon the letter from Dicky, lying beside the answer to it which she had just written.
anyhow
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From this reading "That’s done, anyhow," she said to herself, with the instinctive cheerfulness of those who are born plucky.
appetitenounUS /ˈæpətaɪt/
a desire for food
From this reading "Now I’ll go out and post it before the Family come home, and then perhaps a little walk round Bloomsbury will give me an appetite for tea."
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "That’s done, anyhow," she said to herself, with the instinctive cheerfulness of those who are born plucky.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But as Tilly rose briskly to her feet her eye fell upon the letter from Dicky, lying beside the answer to it which she had just written.
back
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From this reading THE FINAL FREAK Tilly finished writing her letter, signed and addressed it, and leaned back in her chair.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "Now I’ll go out and post it before the Family come home, and then perhaps a little walk round Bloomsbury will give me an appetite for tea."
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading But as Tilly rose briskly to her feet her eye fell upon the letter from Dicky, lying beside the answer to it which she had just written.
Bloomsbury
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From this reading "Now I’ll go out and post it before the Family come home, and then perhaps a little walk round Bloomsbury will give me an appetite for tea."
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "That’s done, anyhow," she said to herself, with the instinctive cheerfulness of those who are born plucky.
briskly
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From this reading But as Tilly rose briskly to her feet her eye fell upon the letter from Dicky, lying beside the answer to it which she had just written.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But as Tilly rose briskly to her feet her eye fell upon the letter from Dicky, lying beside the answer to it which she had just written.
chair
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From this reading THE FINAL FREAK Tilly finished writing her letter, signed and addressed it, and leaned back in her chair.
cheerfulness
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From this reading "That’s done, anyhow," she said to herself, with the instinctive cheerfulness of those who are born plucky.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Now I’ll go out and post it before the Family come home, and then perhaps a little walk round Bloomsbury will give me an appetite for tea."
declined
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From this reading She had just declined to marry Dicky Mainwaring.
Dicky
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From this reading She had just declined to marry Dicky Mainwaring.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "That’s done, anyhow," she said to herself, with the instinctive cheerfulness of those who are born plucky.
eye
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From this reading But as Tilly rose briskly to her feet her eye fell upon the letter from Dicky, lying beside the answer to it which she had just written.
Family
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From this reading "Now I’ll go out and post it before the Family come home, and then perhaps a little walk round Bloomsbury will give me an appetite for tea."
feet
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From this reading But as Tilly rose briskly to her feet her eye fell upon the letter from Dicky, lying beside the answer to it which she had just written.
fell
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From this reading But as Tilly rose briskly to her feet her eye fell upon the letter from Dicky, lying beside the answer to it which she had just written.
FINAL
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From this reading THE FINAL FREAK Tilly finished writing her letter, signed and addressed it, and leaned back in her chair.
finished
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From this reading THE FINAL FREAK Tilly finished writing her letter, signed and addressed it, and leaned back in her chair.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "Now I’ll go out and post it before the Family come home, and then perhaps a little walk round Bloomsbury will give me an appetite for tea."
FREAK
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From this reading THE FINAL FREAK Tilly finished writing her letter, signed and addressed it, and leaned back in her chair.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But as Tilly rose briskly to her feet her eye fell upon the letter from Dicky, lying beside the answer to it which she had just written.
give
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From this reading "Now I’ll go out and post it before the Family come home, and then perhaps a little walk round Bloomsbury will give me an appetite for tea."
go
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From this reading "Now I’ll go out and post it before the Family come home, and then perhaps a little walk round Bloomsbury will give me an appetite for tea."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had just declined to marry Dicky Mainwaring.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE FINAL FREAK Tilly finished writing her letter, signed and addressed it, and leaned back in her chair.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading "That’s done, anyhow," she said to herself, with the instinctive cheerfulness of those who are born plucky.
home
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From this reading "Now I’ll go out and post it before the Family come home, and then perhaps a little walk round Bloomsbury will give me an appetite for tea."
I'll
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From this reading "Now I’ll go out and post it before the Family come home, and then perhaps a little walk round Bloomsbury will give me an appetite for tea."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE FINAL FREAK Tilly finished writing her letter, signed and addressed it, and leaned back in her chair.
instinctive
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From this reading "That’s done, anyhow," she said to herself, with the instinctive cheerfulness of those who are born plucky.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE FINAL FREAK Tilly finished writing her letter, signed and addressed it, and leaned back in her chair.
just
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From this reading She had just declined to marry Dicky Mainwaring.
leaned
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From this reading THE FINAL FREAK Tilly finished writing her letter, signed and addressed it, and leaned back in her chair.
letter
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From this reading THE FINAL FREAK Tilly finished writing her letter, signed and addressed it, and leaned back in her chair.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Now I’ll go out and post it before the Family come home, and then perhaps a little walk round Bloomsbury will give me an appetite for tea."
lying
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From this reading But as Tilly rose briskly to her feet her eye fell upon the letter from Dicky, lying beside the answer to it which she had just written.
Mainwaring
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From this reading She had just declined to marry Dicky Mainwaring.
marry
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From this reading She had just declined to marry Dicky Mainwaring.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "Now I’ll go out and post it before the Family come home, and then perhaps a little walk round Bloomsbury will give me an appetite for tea."
Now
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From this reading "Now I’ll go out and post it before the Family come home, and then perhaps a little walk round Bloomsbury will give me an appetite for tea."
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "That’s done, anyhow," she said to herself, with the instinctive cheerfulness of those who are born plucky.
out
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From this reading "Now I’ll go out and post it before the Family come home, and then perhaps a little walk round Bloomsbury will give me an appetite for tea."
perhaps
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From this reading "Now I’ll go out and post it before the Family come home, and then perhaps a little walk round Bloomsbury will give me an appetite for tea."
plucky
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From this reading "That’s done, anyhow," she said to herself, with the instinctive cheerfulness of those who are born plucky.
post
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From this reading "Now I’ll go out and post it before the Family come home, and then perhaps a little walk round Bloomsbury will give me an appetite for tea."
rose
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From this reading But as Tilly rose briskly to her feet her eye fell upon the letter from Dicky, lying beside the answer to it which she had just written.
round
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From this reading "Now I’ll go out and post it before the Family come home, and then perhaps a little walk round Bloomsbury will give me an appetite for tea."
said
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From this reading "That’s done, anyhow," she said to herself, with the instinctive cheerfulness of those who are born plucky.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had just declined to marry Dicky Mainwaring.
signed
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From this reading THE FINAL FREAK Tilly finished writing her letter, signed and addressed it, and leaned back in her chair.
tea
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From this reading "Now I’ll go out and post it before the Family come home, and then perhaps a little walk round Bloomsbury will give me an appetite for tea."
That's
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From this reading "That’s done, anyhow," she said to herself, with the instinctive cheerfulness of those who are born plucky.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FINAL FREAK Tilly finished writing her letter, signed and addressed it, and leaned back in her chair.
then
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From this reading "Now I’ll go out and post it before the Family come home, and then perhaps a little walk round Bloomsbury will give me an appetite for tea."
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading "That’s done, anyhow," she said to herself, with the instinctive cheerfulness of those who are born plucky.
Tilly
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From this reading THE FINAL FREAK Tilly finished writing her letter, signed and addressed it, and leaned back in her chair.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had just declined to marry Dicky Mainwaring.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading But as Tilly rose briskly to her feet her eye fell upon the letter from Dicky, lying beside the answer to it which she had just written.
walk
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From this reading "Now I’ll go out and post it before the Family come home, and then perhaps a little walk round Bloomsbury will give me an appetite for tea."
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But as Tilly rose briskly to her feet her eye fell upon the letter from Dicky, lying beside the answer to it which she had just written.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading "That’s done, anyhow," she said to herself, with the instinctive cheerfulness of those who are born plucky.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Now I’ll go out and post it before the Family come home, and then perhaps a little walk round Bloomsbury will give me an appetite for tea."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "That’s done, anyhow," she said to herself, with the instinctive cheerfulness of those who are born plucky.
writing
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From this reading THE FINAL FREAK Tilly finished writing her letter, signed and addressed it, and leaned back in her chair.
written
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From this reading But as Tilly rose briskly to her feet her eye fell upon the letter from Dicky, lying beside the answer to it which she had just written.
