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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 parents of the pupils were more than delighted at the thought of their children being educated in such a home of beauty and romance.
all
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From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The parents of the pupils were more than delighted at the thought of their children being educated in such a home of beauty and romance.
Ardshiel
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From this reading Now Ardshiel, by means of Miss Delacour and Mrs Macintyre, had been very much spoken of before the opening day.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The parents of the pupils were more than delighted at the thought of their children being educated in such a home of beauty and romance.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
beauty
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From this reading The parents of the pupils were more than delighted at the thought of their children being educated in such a home of beauty and romance.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Now Ardshiel, by means of Miss Delacour and Mrs Macintyre, had been very much spoken of before the opening day.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Now Ardshiel, by means of Miss Delacour and Mrs Macintyre, had been very much spoken of before the opening day.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading The parents of the pupils were more than delighted at the thought of their children being educated in such a home of beauty and romance.
boys
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From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
bride
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From this reading The story of the drowned man and the deep lake and the mourning bride was carefully buried in oblivion.
buried
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From this reading The story of the drowned man and the deep lake and the mourning bride was carefully buried in oblivion.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Now Ardshiel, by means of Miss Delacour and Mrs Macintyre, had been very much spoken of before the opening day.
carefully
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From this reading The story of the drowned man and the deep lake and the mourning bride was carefully buried in oblivion.
children
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From this reading The parents of the pupils were more than delighted at the thought of their children being educated in such a home of beauty and romance.
day
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From this reading Now Ardshiel, by means of Miss Delacour and Mrs Macintyre, had been very much spoken of before the opening day.
deep
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From this reading The story of the drowned man and the deep lake and the mourning bride was carefully buried in oblivion.
Delacour
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From this reading Now Ardshiel, by means of Miss Delacour and Mrs Macintyre, had been very much spoken of before the opening day.
delight
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From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
delighted
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From this reading The parents of the pupils were more than delighted at the thought of their children being educated in such a home of beauty and romance.
difficult
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From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
drowned
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From this reading The story of the drowned man and the deep lake and the mourning bride was carefully buried in oblivion.
Edinburgh
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From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
educated
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From this reading The parents of the pupils were more than delighted at the thought of their children being educated in such a home of beauty and romance.
English
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From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
find
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From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
girls
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From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
go
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From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
GREATnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE OPENING OF THE GREAT SCHOOL.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Now Ardshiel, by means of Miss Delacour and Mrs Macintyre, had been very much spoken of before the opening day.
home
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From this reading The parents of the pupils were more than delighted at the thought of their children being educated in such a home of beauty and romance.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The parents of the pupils were more than delighted at the thought of their children being educated in such a home of beauty and romance.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
lake
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From this reading The story of the drowned man and the deep lake and the mourning bride was carefully buried in oblivion.
lovely
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From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
Macintyre
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From this reading Now Ardshiel, by means of Miss Delacour and Mrs Macintyre, had been very much spoken of before the opening day.
man
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From this reading The story of the drowned man and the deep lake and the mourning bride was carefully buried in oblivion.
means
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From this reading Now Ardshiel, by means of Miss Delacour and Mrs Macintyre, had been very much spoken of before the opening day.
Miss
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From this reading Now Ardshiel, by means of Miss Delacour and Mrs Macintyre, had been very much spoken of before the opening day.
more
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From this reading The parents of the pupils were more than delighted at the thought of their children being educated in such a home of beauty and romance.
mourning
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From this reading The story of the drowned man and the deep lake and the mourning bride was carefully buried in oblivion.
Mrs
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From this reading Now Ardshiel, by means of Miss Delacour and Mrs Macintyre, had been very much spoken of before the opening day.
much
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From this reading Now Ardshiel, by means of Miss Delacour and Mrs Macintyre, had been very much spoken of before the opening day.
Now
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From this reading Now Ardshiel, by means of Miss Delacour and Mrs Macintyre, had been very much spoken of before the opening day.
oblivion
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From this reading The story of the drowned man and the deep lake and the mourning bride was carefully buried in oblivion.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE OPENING OF THE GREAT SCHOOL.
OPENING
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From this reading THE OPENING OF THE GREAT SCHOOL.
parents
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From this reading The parents of the pupils were more than delighted at the thought of their children being educated in such a home of beauty and romance.
place
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From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
pupils
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From this reading The parents of the pupils were more than delighted at the thought of their children being educated in such a home of beauty and romance.
romance
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From this reading The parents of the pupils were more than delighted at the thought of their children being educated in such a home of beauty and romance.
SCHOOL
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From this reading THE OPENING OF THE GREAT SCHOOL.
spoken
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From this reading Now Ardshiel, by means of Miss Delacour and Mrs Macintyre, had been very much spoken of before the opening day.
story
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From this reading The story of the drowned man and the deep lake and the mourning bride was carefully buried in oblivion.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The parents of the pupils were more than delighted at the thought of their children being educated in such a home of beauty and romance.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The parents of the pupils were more than delighted at the thought of their children being educated in such a home of beauty and romance.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE OPENING OF THE GREAT SCHOOL.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The parents of the pupils were more than delighted at the thought of their children being educated in such a home of beauty and romance.
there
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From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The parents of the pupils were more than delighted at the thought of their children being educated in such a home of beauty and romance.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
truth
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From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
turned
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From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
very
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From this reading Now Ardshiel, by means of Miss Delacour and Mrs Macintyre, had been very much spoken of before the opening day.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The story of the drowned man and the deep lake and the mourning bride was carefully buried in oblivion.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The parents of the pupils were more than delighted at the thought of their children being educated in such a home of beauty and romance.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
wild
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From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Those English girls and boys who were to go there, and the girls and boys from Edinburgh, were all wild with delight; and, in truth, it would be difficult to find a more lovely place than that which Ardshiel had been turned into.
