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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 She had had a bad cold, but was getting over it, and had come up to London for the purpose of shopping combined with amusement.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then one wet afternoon they sat over a blazing fire together in Lady Lucy's comfortable Early Victorian drawing-room.
amusement
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From this reading She had had a bad cold, but was getting over it, and had come up to London for the purpose of shopping combined with amusement.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had had a bad cold, but was getting over it, and had come up to London for the purpose of shopping combined with amusement.
ANSTICE
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From this reading AWAY FROM HOME ANSTICE found her cousin, as she expected, much in her usual health.
any
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From this reading She shopped a little for herself, and a great deal for Lady Lucy, and it was not till a week had passed that she got any time for a quiet talk with her old cousin.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading AWAY FROM HOME ANSTICE found her cousin, as she expected, much in her usual health.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Anstice was taken everywhere; she found opportunity of seeing her cousins in town, who had been much astonished by the secrecy and suddenness of her marriage, and very much hurt that they had not been asked to it.
astonishedadjectiveUS /əˈstɑːnɪʃt/
very surprised
From this reading Anstice was taken everywhere; she found opportunity of seeing her cousins in town, who had been much astonished by the secrecy and suddenness of her marriage, and very much hurt that they had not been asked to it.
AWAY
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From this reading AWAY FROM HOME ANSTICE found her cousin, as she expected, much in her usual health.
bad
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From this reading She had had a bad cold, but was getting over it, and had come up to London for the purpose of shopping combined with amusement.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Anstice was taken everywhere; she found opportunity of seeing her cousins in town, who had been much astonished by the secrecy and suddenness of her marriage, and very much hurt that they had not been asked to it.
blazing
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From this reading Then one wet afternoon they sat over a blazing fire together in Lady Lucy's comfortable Early Victorian drawing-room.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She had had a bad cold, but was getting over it, and had come up to London for the purpose of shopping combined with amusement.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Anstice was taken everywhere; she found opportunity of seeing her cousins in town, who had been much astonished by the secrecy and suddenness of her marriage, and very much hurt that they had not been asked to it.
cold
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From this reading She had had a bad cold, but was getting over it, and had come up to London for the purpose of shopping combined with amusement.
combined
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From this reading She had had a bad cold, but was getting over it, and had come up to London for the purpose of shopping combined with amusement.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had had a bad cold, but was getting over it, and had come up to London for the purpose of shopping combined with amusement.
comfortable
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From this reading Then one wet afternoon they sat over a blazing fire together in Lady Lucy's comfortable Early Victorian drawing-room.
cousin
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From this reading AWAY FROM HOME ANSTICE found her cousin, as she expected, much in her usual health.
cousins
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From this reading Anstice was taken everywhere; she found opportunity of seeing her cousins in town, who had been much astonished by the secrecy and suddenness of her marriage, and very much hurt that they had not been asked to it.
deal
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From this reading She shopped a little for herself, and a great deal for Lady Lucy, and it was not till a week had passed that she got any time for a quiet talk with her old cousin.
drawing-room
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From this reading Then one wet afternoon they sat over a blazing fire together in Lady Lucy's comfortable Early Victorian drawing-room.
Early
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From this reading Then one wet afternoon they sat over a blazing fire together in Lady Lucy's comfortable Early Victorian drawing-room.
everywhere
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From this reading Anstice was taken everywhere; she found opportunity of seeing her cousins in town, who had been much astonished by the secrecy and suddenness of her marriage, and very much hurt that they had not been asked to it.
expected
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From this reading AWAY FROM HOME ANSTICE found her cousin, as she expected, much in her usual health.
fire
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From this reading Then one wet afternoon they sat over a blazing fire together in Lady Lucy's comfortable Early Victorian drawing-room.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She had had a bad cold, but was getting over it, and had come up to London for the purpose of shopping combined with amusement.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AWAY FROM HOME ANSTICE found her cousin, as she expected, much in her usual health.
FROMprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading AWAY FROM HOME ANSTICE found her cousin, as she expected, much in her usual health.
getting
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From this reading She had had a bad cold, but was getting over it, and had come up to London for the purpose of shopping combined with amusement.
got
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From this reading She shopped a little for herself, and a great deal for Lady Lucy, and it was not till a week had passed that she got any time for a quiet talk with her old cousin.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She shopped a little for herself, and a great deal for Lady Lucy, and it was not till a week had passed that she got any time for a quiet talk with her old cousin.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had had a bad cold, but was getting over it, and had come up to London for the purpose of shopping combined with amusement.
health
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From this reading AWAY FROM HOME ANSTICE found her cousin, as she expected, much in her usual health.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading AWAY FROM HOME ANSTICE found her cousin, as she expected, much in her usual health.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She shopped a little for herself, and a great deal for Lady Lucy, and it was not till a week had passed that she got any time for a quiet talk with her old cousin.
HOME
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From this reading AWAY FROM HOME ANSTICE found her cousin, as she expected, much in her usual health.
hurt
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From this reading Anstice was taken everywhere; she found opportunity of seeing her cousins in town, who had been much astonished by the secrecy and suddenness of her marriage, and very much hurt that they had not been asked to it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading AWAY FROM HOME ANSTICE found her cousin, as she expected, much in her usual health.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She had had a bad cold, but was getting over it, and had come up to London for the purpose of shopping combined with amusement.
Lady
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From this reading She shopped a little for herself, and a great deal for Lady Lucy, and it was not till a week had passed that she got any time for a quiet talk with her old cousin.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She shopped a little for herself, and a great deal for Lady Lucy, and it was not till a week had passed that she got any time for a quiet talk with her old cousin.
London
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From this reading She had had a bad cold, but was getting over it, and had come up to London for the purpose of shopping combined with amusement.
Lucy
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From this reading She shopped a little for herself, and a great deal for Lady Lucy, and it was not till a week had passed that she got any time for a quiet talk with her old cousin.
Lucy's
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From this reading Then one wet afternoon they sat over a blazing fire together in Lady Lucy's comfortable Early Victorian drawing-room.
marriage
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From this reading Anstice was taken everywhere; she found opportunity of seeing her cousins in town, who had been much astonished by the secrecy and suddenness of her marriage, and very much hurt that they had not been asked to it.
much
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From this reading AWAY FROM HOME ANSTICE found her cousin, as she expected, much in her usual health.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Anstice was taken everywhere; she found opportunity of seeing her cousins in town, who had been much astonished by the secrecy and suddenness of her marriage, and very much hurt that they had not been asked to it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had had a bad cold, but was getting over it, and had come up to London for the purpose of shopping combined with amusement.
old
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From this reading She shopped a little for herself, and a great deal for Lady Lucy, and it was not till a week had passed that she got any time for a quiet talk with her old cousin.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Then one wet afternoon they sat over a blazing fire together in Lady Lucy's comfortable Early Victorian drawing-room.
opportunity
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From this reading Anstice was taken everywhere; she found opportunity of seeing her cousins in town, who had been much astonished by the secrecy and suddenness of her marriage, and very much hurt that they had not been asked to it.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading She had had a bad cold, but was getting over it, and had come up to London for the purpose of shopping combined with amusement.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She shopped a little for herself, and a great deal for Lady Lucy, and it was not till a week had passed that she got any time for a quiet talk with her old cousin.
purpose
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From this reading She had had a bad cold, but was getting over it, and had come up to London for the purpose of shopping combined with amusement.
quiet
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From this reading She shopped a little for herself, and a great deal for Lady Lucy, and it was not till a week had passed that she got any time for a quiet talk with her old cousin.
sat
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From this reading Then one wet afternoon they sat over a blazing fire together in Lady Lucy's comfortable Early Victorian drawing-room.
secrecy
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From this reading Anstice was taken everywhere; she found opportunity of seeing her cousins in town, who had been much astonished by the secrecy and suddenness of her marriage, and very much hurt that they had not been asked to it.
seeing
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From this reading Anstice was taken everywhere; she found opportunity of seeing her cousins in town, who had been much astonished by the secrecy and suddenness of her marriage, and very much hurt that they had not been asked to it.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading AWAY FROM HOME ANSTICE found her cousin, as she expected, much in her usual health.
shopped
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From this reading She shopped a little for herself, and a great deal for Lady Lucy, and it was not till a week had passed that she got any time for a quiet talk with her old cousin.
shopping
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From this reading She had had a bad cold, but was getting over it, and had come up to London for the purpose of shopping combined with amusement.
suddenness
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From this reading Anstice was taken everywhere; she found opportunity of seeing her cousins in town, who had been much astonished by the secrecy and suddenness of her marriage, and very much hurt that they had not been asked to it.
taken
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From this reading Anstice was taken everywhere; she found opportunity of seeing her cousins in town, who had been much astonished by the secrecy and suddenness of her marriage, and very much hurt that they had not been asked to it.
talk
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From this reading She shopped a little for herself, and a great deal for Lady Lucy, and it was not till a week had passed that she got any time for a quiet talk with her old cousin.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Anstice was taken everywhere; she found opportunity of seeing her cousins in town, who had been much astonished by the secrecy and suddenness of her marriage, and very much hurt that they had not been asked to it.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She had had a bad cold, but was getting over it, and had come up to London for the purpose of shopping combined with amusement.
Then
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From this reading Then one wet afternoon they sat over a blazing fire together in Lady Lucy's comfortable Early Victorian drawing-room.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Anstice was taken everywhere; she found opportunity of seeing her cousins in town, who had been much astonished by the secrecy and suddenness of her marriage, and very much hurt that they had not been asked to it.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading She shopped a little for herself, and a great deal for Lady Lucy, and it was not till a week had passed that she got any time for a quiet talk with her old cousin.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She shopped a little for herself, and a great deal for Lady Lucy, and it was not till a week had passed that she got any time for a quiet talk with her old cousin.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She had had a bad cold, but was getting over it, and had come up to London for the purpose of shopping combined with amusement.
together
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From this reading Then one wet afternoon they sat over a blazing fire together in Lady Lucy's comfortable Early Victorian drawing-room.
town
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From this reading Anstice was taken everywhere; she found opportunity of seeing her cousins in town, who had been much astonished by the secrecy and suddenness of her marriage, and very much hurt that they had not been asked to it.
up
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From this reading She had had a bad cold, but was getting over it, and had come up to London for the purpose of shopping combined with amusement.
usual
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From this reading AWAY FROM HOME ANSTICE found her cousin, as she expected, much in her usual health.
very
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From this reading Anstice was taken everywhere; she found opportunity of seeing her cousins in town, who had been much astonished by the secrecy and suddenness of her marriage, and very much hurt that they had not been asked to it.
Victorian
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From this reading Then one wet afternoon they sat over a blazing fire together in Lady Lucy's comfortable Early Victorian drawing-room.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She had had a bad cold, but was getting over it, and had come up to London for the purpose of shopping combined with amusement.
week
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From this reading She shopped a little for herself, and a great deal for Lady Lucy, and it was not till a week had passed that she got any time for a quiet talk with her old cousin.
wet
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From this reading Then one wet afternoon they sat over a blazing fire together in Lady Lucy's comfortable Early Victorian drawing-room.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Anstice was taken everywhere; she found opportunity of seeing her cousins in town, who had been much astonished by the secrecy and suddenness of her marriage, and very much hurt that they had not been asked to it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She had had a bad cold, but was getting over it, and had come up to London for the purpose of shopping combined with amusement.
