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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 strange apprehension took hold of him, and he rose from his bed and limped to the window.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
apprehension
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From this reading A strange apprehension took hold of him, and he rose from his bed and limped to the window.
arrived
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
avowal
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From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
awakened
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From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
beats
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
bed
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From this reading A strange apprehension took hold of him, and he rose from his bed and limped to the window.
brake
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
carriage
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
carry
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
come
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From this reading Knocking at the door was none other than Edward Milward, and Henry guessed at once that he must have come to fetch him.
constructed
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
days
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From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
deal
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
distant
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
door
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From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
down
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
early
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From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
Edward
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From this reading Knocking at the door was none other than Edward Milward, and Henry guessed at once that he must have come to fetch him.
eight
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
fetch
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From this reading Knocking at the door was none other than Edward Milward, and Henry guessed at once that he must have come to fetch him.
FIRSTFRUITS
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From this reading THE FIRSTFRUITS.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
guessed
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From this reading Knocking at the door was none other than Edward Milward, and Henry guessed at once that he must have come to fetch him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Knocking at the door was none other than Edward Milward, and Henry guessed at once that he must have come to fetch him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A strange apprehension took hold of him, and he rose from his bed and limped to the window.
Henry
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From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A strange apprehension took hold of him, and he rose from his bed and limped to the window.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A strange apprehension took hold of him, and he rose from his bed and limped to the window.
hold
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From this reading A strange apprehension took hold of him, and he rose from his bed and limped to the window.
inn
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From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
knocking
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From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
length
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
limped
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From this reading A strange apprehension took hold of him, and he rose from his bed and limped to the window.
long
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
Milward
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From this reading Knocking at the door was none other than Edward Milward, and Henry guessed at once that he must have come to fetch him.
more
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
morning
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From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Knocking at the door was none other than Edward Milward, and Henry guessed at once that he must have come to fetch him.
night
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From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
nine
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading Knocking at the door was none other than Edward Milward, and Henry guessed at once that he must have come to fetch him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
old
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
once
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From this reading Knocking at the door was none other than Edward Milward, and Henry guessed at once that he must have come to fetch him.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
other
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From this reading Knocking at the door was none other than Edward Milward, and Henry guessed at once that he must have come to fetch him.
passed
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From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
plain
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
rose
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From this reading A strange apprehension took hold of him, and he rose from his bed and limped to the window.
Rosham
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
running
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
saw
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
seats
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
shooting
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
side
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
sleep
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From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
Some
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From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
sound
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From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
sportsmen
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
strange
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From this reading A strange apprehension took hold of him, and he rose from his bed and limped to the window.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Knocking at the door was none other than Edward Milward, and Henry guessed at once that he must have come to fetch him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FIRSTFRUITS.
Then
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A strange apprehension took hold of him, and he rose from his bed and limped to the window.
took
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From this reading A strange apprehension took hold of him, and he rose from his bed and limped to the window.
vehicle
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From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
very
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From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
wheels
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From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Some days had passed since this night of avowal when, very early one morning, Henry was awakened from sleep by the sound of wheels and of knocking at the inn door.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
window
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From this reading A strange apprehension took hold of him, and he rose from his bed and limped to the window.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then he saw that the carriage which had arrived was the old Rosham shooting brake, a long plain vehicle with deal seats running down its length on either side, constructed to carry eight or nine sportsmen to and from the more distant beats.
