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Chapter XIII

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Cynthia and Georgina Welwyn were dining at Beechmark on the eventful evening.
They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.
In the hurried conversation that followed, Cynthia scarcely joined, and she was more than ready when Georgina proposed to go.
Julian Horne found them their wraps, and saw them off.
It was a beautiful night, and they were to walk home through the park.
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LEARNER DICTIONARY
Archivist
/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/
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A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.

Helena

Chapter XIII

Reading 1/70 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Cynthia and Georgina Welwyn were dining at Beechmark on the eventful evening.
Line 2
They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.
Line 3
In the hurried conversation that followed, Cynthia scarcely joined, and she was more than ready when Georgina proposed to go.
Line 4
Julian Horne found them their wraps, and saw them off.
Line 5
It was a beautiful night, and they were to walk home through the park.

Learner Dictionary

Oxford-style entry order: headword, part of speech, US IPA, concise definition, contextual example, audio, and collocations from this reading.

After preposition US /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading “They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.”

Found noun US /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “Julian Horne found them their wraps, and saw them off.”

Through noun US /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading “It was a beautiful night, and they were to walk home through the park.”

Took noun US /took/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading “They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.”

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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 It was a beautiful night, and they were to walk home through the park.

afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/

later than; following

From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading Cynthia and Georgina Welwyn were dining at Beechmark on the eventful evening.

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading Cynthia and Georgina Welwyn were dining at Beechmark on the eventful evening.

beautiful

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From this reading It was a beautiful night, and they were to walk home through the park.

Beechmark

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From this reading Cynthia and Georgina Welwyn were dining at Beechmark on the eventful evening.

Buntingford's

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From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

conversation

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From this reading In the hurried conversation that followed, Cynthia scarcely joined, and she was more than ready when Georgina proposed to go.

cousin's

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From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

Cynthia

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From this reading Cynthia and Georgina Welwyn were dining at Beechmark on the eventful evening.

departure

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From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

dining

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From this reading Cynthia and Georgina Welwyn were dining at Beechmark on the eventful evening.

drawing-room

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From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

evening

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From this reading Cynthia and Georgina Welwyn were dining at Beechmark on the eventful evening.

eventful

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From this reading Cynthia and Georgina Welwyn were dining at Beechmark on the eventful evening.

followed

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From this reading In the hurried conversation that followed, Cynthia scarcely joined, and she was more than ready when Georgina proposed to go.

foundnounUS /found/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading Julian Horne found them their wraps, and saw them off.

French

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From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

gathered

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From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

Geoffrey

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From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

Georgina

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From this reading Cynthia and Georgina Welwyn were dining at Beechmark on the eventful evening.

go

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From this reading In the hurried conversation that followed, Cynthia scarcely joined, and she was more than ready when Georgina proposed to go.

guests

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From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/

belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned

From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

home

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From this reading It was a beautiful night, and they were to walk home through the park.

Horne

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From this reading Julian Horne found them their wraps, and saw them off.

hurried

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From this reading In the hurried conversation that followed, Cynthia scarcely joined, and she was more than ready when Georgina proposed to go.

identity

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From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

immediately

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From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

inprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

ItpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading It was a beautiful night, and they were to walk home through the park.

joined

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From this reading In the hurried conversation that followed, Cynthia scarcely joined, and she was more than ready when Georgina proposed to go.

Julian

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From this reading Julian Horne found them their wraps, and saw them off.

more

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From this reading In the hurried conversation that followed, Cynthia scarcely joined, and she was more than ready when Georgina proposed to go.

night

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From this reading It was a beautiful night, and they were to walk home through the park.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

off

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From this reading Julian Horne found them their wraps, and saw them off.

onprepositionUS /ɑːn/

touching and supported by a surface

From this reading Cynthia and Georgina Welwyn were dining at Beechmark on the eventful evening.

park

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From this reading It was a beautiful night, and they were to walk home through the park.

proposed

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From this reading In the hurried conversation that followed, Cynthia scarcely joined, and she was more than ready when Georgina proposed to go.

ready

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From this reading In the hurried conversation that followed, Cynthia scarcely joined, and she was more than ready when Georgina proposed to go.

revealed

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From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

saw

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From this reading Julian Horne found them their wraps, and saw them off.

scarcely

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From this reading In the hurried conversation that followed, Cynthia scarcely joined, and she was more than ready when Georgina proposed to go.

scene

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From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

shepronounUS /ʃiː/

a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading In the hurried conversation that followed, Cynthia scarcely joined, and she was more than ready when Georgina proposed to go.

thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading In the hurried conversation that followed, Cynthia scarcely joined, and she was more than ready when Georgina proposed to go.

thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading In the hurried conversation that followed, Cynthia scarcely joined, and she was more than ready when Georgina proposed to go.

thedeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading Cynthia and Georgina Welwyn were dining at Beechmark on the eventful evening.

theirdeterminerUS /ðer/

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

thempronounUS /ðem/

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading Julian Horne found them their wraps, and saw them off.

TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

throughnounUS /ˈthrough/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

From this reading It was a beautiful night, and they were to walk home through the park.

toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading In the hurried conversation that followed, Cynthia scarcely joined, and she was more than ready when Georgina proposed to go.

together

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From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

tooknounUS /took/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

walk

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From this reading It was a beautiful night, and they were to walk home through the park.

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading In the hurried conversation that followed, Cynthia scarcely joined, and she was more than ready when Georgina proposed to go.

Welwyn

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From this reading Cynthia and Georgina Welwyn were dining at Beechmark on the eventful evening.

wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/

the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading Cynthia and Georgina Welwyn were dining at Beechmark on the eventful evening.

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

wish

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From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

woman

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From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

wood

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From this reading They took their departure immediately after the scene in the drawing-room when Geoffrey French, at his cousin's wish, gathered Buntingford's guests together, and revealed the identity of the woman in the wood.

wraps

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From this reading Julian Horne found them their wraps, and saw them off.