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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 day was cloudless and sunless; one of those days that so often instil a sentiment of melancholy into the heart of an English summer.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The day was cloudless and sunless; one of those days that so often instil a sentiment of melancholy into the heart of an English summer.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
any
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From this reading Lily turned her face to him, without any start of surprise, with no brightening change in its pensive expression,--an expression rare to the mobile play of her features.
approached
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From this reading "You come here too often, Miss Mordaunt," said Kenelm, very softly, as he approached.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "You come here too often, Miss Mordaunt," said Kenelm, very softly, as he approached.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading And there he found her, standing beside the flower border which she had placed round the grave of the child whom she had tended and nursed in vain.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
border
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From this reading And there he found her, standing beside the flower border which she had placed round the grave of the child whom she had tended and nursed in vain.
brightening
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From this reading Lily turned her face to him, without any start of surprise, with no brightening change in its pensive expression,--an expression rare to the mobile play of her features.
burial-ground
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From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
Cameron
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change
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From this reading Lily turned her face to him, without any start of surprise, with no brightening change in its pensive expression,--an expression rare to the mobile play of her features.
child
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From this reading And there he found her, standing beside the flower border which she had placed round the grave of the child whom she had tended and nursed in vain.
cloudless
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From this reading The day was cloudless and sunless; one of those days that so often instil a sentiment of melancholy into the heart of an English summer.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You come here too often, Miss Mordaunt," said Kenelm, very softly, as he approached.
conversation
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From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
day
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From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
days
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From this reading The day was cloudless and sunless; one of those days that so often instil a sentiment of melancholy into the heart of an English summer.
Elsie
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From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
English
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From this reading The day was cloudless and sunless; one of those days that so often instil a sentiment of melancholy into the heart of an English summer.
entered
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From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
expression
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From this reading Lily turned her face to him, without any start of surprise, with no brightening change in its pensive expression,--an expression rare to the mobile play of her features.
face
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From this reading Lily turned her face to him, without any start of surprise, with no brightening change in its pensive expression,--an expression rare to the mobile play of her features.
features
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From this reading Lily turned her face to him, without any start of surprise, with no brightening change in its pensive expression,--an expression rare to the mobile play of her features.
flower
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From this reading And there he found her, standing beside the flower border which she had placed round the grave of the child whom she had tended and nursed in vain.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And there he found her, standing beside the flower border which she had placed round the grave of the child whom she had tended and nursed in vain.
grave
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From this reading And there he found her, standing beside the flower border which she had placed round the grave of the child whom she had tended and nursed in vain.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And there he found her, standing beside the flower border which she had placed round the grave of the child whom she had tended and nursed in vain.
heart
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From this reading The day was cloudless and sunless; one of those days that so often instil a sentiment of melancholy into the heart of an English summer.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And there he found her, standing beside the flower border which she had placed round the grave of the child whom she had tended and nursed in vain.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You come here too often, Miss Mordaunt," said Kenelm, very softly, as he approached.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
hour
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From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
instil
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From this reading The day was cloudless and sunless; one of those days that so often instil a sentiment of melancholy into the heart of an English summer.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The day was cloudless and sunless; one of those days that so often instil a sentiment of melancholy into the heart of an English summer.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Lily turned her face to him, without any start of surprise, with no brightening change in its pensive expression,--an expression rare to the mobile play of her features.
just
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From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
Kenelm
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From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
Lily
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From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
melancholy
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From this reading The day was cloudless and sunless; one of those days that so often instil a sentiment of melancholy into the heart of an English summer.
Miss
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From this reading "You come here too often, Miss Mordaunt," said Kenelm, very softly, as he approached.
mobile
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From this reading Lily turned her face to him, without any start of surprise, with no brightening change in its pensive expression,--an expression rare to the mobile play of her features.
Mordaunt
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From this reading "You come here too often, Miss Mordaunt," said Kenelm, very softly, as he approached.
Mrs
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From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Lily turned her face to him, without any start of surprise, with no brightening change in its pensive expression,--an expression rare to the mobile play of her features.
noonday
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From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
NOW
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From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
nursed
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From this reading And there he found her, standing beside the flower border which she had placed round the grave of the child whom she had tended and nursed in vain.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And there he found her, standing beside the flower border which she had placed round the grave of the child whom she had tended and nursed in vain.
often
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From this reading The day was cloudless and sunless; one of those days that so often instil a sentiment of melancholy into the heart of an English summer.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The day was cloudless and sunless; one of those days that so often instil a sentiment of melancholy into the heart of an English summer.
pensive
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From this reading Lily turned her face to him, without any start of surprise, with no brightening change in its pensive expression,--an expression rare to the mobile play of her features.
place
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From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
placed
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From this reading And there he found her, standing beside the flower border which she had placed round the grave of the child whom she had tended and nursed in vain.
play
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From this reading Lily turned her face to him, without any start of surprise, with no brightening change in its pensive expression,--an expression rare to the mobile play of her features.
rare
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From this reading Lily turned her face to him, without any start of surprise, with no brightening change in its pensive expression,--an expression rare to the mobile play of her features.
recorded
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From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
round
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From this reading And there he found her, standing beside the flower border which she had placed round the grave of the child whom she had tended and nursed in vain.
said
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From this reading "You come here too often, Miss Mordaunt," said Kenelm, very softly, as he approached.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
sentiment
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From this reading The day was cloudless and sunless; one of those days that so often instil a sentiment of melancholy into the heart of an English summer.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And there he found her, standing beside the flower border which she had placed round the grave of the child whom she had tended and nursed in vain.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The day was cloudless and sunless; one of those days that so often instil a sentiment of melancholy into the heart of an English summer.
softly
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From this reading "You come here too often, Miss Mordaunt," said Kenelm, very softly, as he approached.
solitary
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From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
some
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From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And there he found her, standing beside the flower border which she had placed round the grave of the child whom she had tended and nursed in vain.
startnounUS /start/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lily turned her face to him, without any start of surprise, with no brightening change in its pensive expression,--an expression rare to the mobile play of her features.
summer
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From this reading The day was cloudless and sunless; one of those days that so often instil a sentiment of melancholy into the heart of an English summer.
sunless
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From this reading The day was cloudless and sunless; one of those days that so often instil a sentiment of melancholy into the heart of an English summer.
surprise
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From this reading Lily turned her face to him, without any start of surprise, with no brightening change in its pensive expression,--an expression rare to the mobile play of her features.
surprisednounUS /surprised/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
tended
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From this reading And there he found her, standing beside the flower border which she had placed round the grave of the child whom she had tended and nursed in vain.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
there
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From this reading And there he found her, standing beside the flower border which she had placed round the grave of the child whom she had tended and nursed in vain.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The day was cloudless and sunless; one of those days that so often instil a sentiment of melancholy into the heart of an English summer.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Lily turned her face to him, without any start of surprise, with no brightening change in its pensive expression,--an expression rare to the mobile play of her features.
too
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From this reading "You come here too often, Miss Mordaunt," said Kenelm, very softly, as he approached.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
turned
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From this reading Lily turned her face to him, without any start of surprise, with no brightening change in its pensive expression,--an expression rare to the mobile play of her features.
vain
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From this reading And there he found her, standing beside the flower border which she had placed round the grave of the child whom she had tended and nursed in vain.
very
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From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
wanderings
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From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The day was cloudless and sunless; one of those days that so often instil a sentiment of melancholy into the heart of an English summer.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading NOW, on that very day, and about the same hour in which the conversation just recorded between Elsie and Mrs. Cameron took place, Kenelm, in his solitary noonday wanderings, entered the burial-ground in which Lily had some short time before surprised him.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And there he found her, standing beside the flower border which she had placed round the grave of the child whom she had tended and nursed in vain.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Lily turned her face to him, without any start of surprise, with no brightening change in its pensive expression,--an expression rare to the mobile play of her features.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Lily turned her face to him, without any start of surprise, with no brightening change in its pensive expression,--an expression rare to the mobile play of her features.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You come here too often, Miss Mordaunt," said Kenelm, very softly, as he approached.
