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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 Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
all
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From this reading She had joined as a tiny child, and the contemporaries of her first year had all left.
always
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From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
Andrews
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From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
any
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From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
anybodypronounUS /ˈenibədi/
any person at all
From this reading She happened to have been longer at the school than anybody else.
approaching
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From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She had joined as a tiny child, and the contemporaries of her first year had all left.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She happened to have been longer at the school than anybody else.
attribute
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From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She happened to have been longer at the school than anybody else.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
birthdays
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From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
brain
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From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
capacity
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From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
child
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From this reading She had joined as a tiny child, and the contemporaries of her first year had all left.
contemporaries
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From this reading She had joined as a tiny child, and the contemporaries of her first year had all left.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
difference
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From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
eighteenth
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From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
eldest
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From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
else
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From this reading She happened to have been longer at the school than anybody else.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
Ferrars
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From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had joined as a tiny child, and the contemporaries of her first year had all left.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
form
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From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
gifted
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From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had joined as a tiny child, and the contemporaries of her first year had all left.
happened
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From this reading She happened to have been longer at the school than anybody else.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She happened to have been longer at the school than anybody else.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
immense
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From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
indeed
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From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
joined
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From this reading She had joined as a tiny child, and the contemporaries of her first year had all left.
languages
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From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had joined as a tiny child, and the contemporaries of her first year had all left.
Lesbia
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From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
longer
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From this reading She happened to have been longer at the school than anybody else.
Mabel
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From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
mathematical
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From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
Oldest
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From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
other
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From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
place
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From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
Pupil
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From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
respect
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From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
Rose
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From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
school
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From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
scorenounUS /score/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
shade
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From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
sixteen
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From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
SixthnounUS /sixth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
solitary
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From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
special
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From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
stars
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From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
Stirling
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From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
talent
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From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She happened to have been longer at the school than anybody else.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
there
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From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
tiny
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From this reading She had joined as a tiny child, and the contemporaries of her first year had all left.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was the oldest pupil.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
work
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From this reading The Oldest Pupil Though Lesbia Ferrars might not be gifted with a good memory, or a mathematical brain, or a talent for languages, or even a great capacity for work, or any other special attribute to place her among the stars of her form, in one solitary respect she could always score over the rest of the school.
year
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From this reading She had joined as a tiny child, and the contemporaries of her first year had all left.
years
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From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Not indeed in years--there is an immense shade of difference between oldest and eldest--for she was not yet sixteen, while Rose Stirling and Mabel Andrews in the Sixth were approaching their eighteenth birthdays.
