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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 Lesbia, therefore, was packed off to Westhampton, and arrived in a thick fog, to be met by Miss Parry, her aunt's companion, and conducted to Sycamore Villa, on the London Road.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Lesbia's cup was at present full of new experiences, and this could hardly be called an exhilarating one.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
arrived
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From this reading Lesbia, therefore, was packed off to Westhampton, and arrived in a thick fog, to be met by Miss Parry, her aunt's companion, and conducted to Sycamore Villa, on the London Road.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Those Juniors Lesbia spent Christmas at the house of her great-aunt Newton.
Aunt
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From this reading Aunt Newton meant to be kind, but she was a fussy and fidgetty old lady, and quite unaccustomed to young people.
aunt's
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From this reading Lesbia, therefore, was packed off to Westhampton, and arrived in a thick fog, to be met by Miss Parry, her aunt's companion, and conducted to Sycamore Villa, on the London Road.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Lesbia, therefore, was packed off to Westhampton, and arrived in a thick fog, to be met by Miss Parry, her aunt's companion, and conducted to Sycamore Villa, on the London Road.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Aunt Newton meant to be kind, but she was a fussy and fidgetty old lady, and quite unaccustomed to young people.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Lesbia, therefore, was packed off to Westhampton, and arrived in a thick fog, to be met by Miss Parry, her aunt's companion, and conducted to Sycamore Villa, on the London Road.
called
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From this reading Lesbia's cup was at present full of new experiences, and this could hardly be called an exhilarating one.
Christmas
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From this reading Those Juniors Lesbia spent Christmas at the house of her great-aunt Newton.
companion
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From this reading Lesbia, therefore, was packed off to Westhampton, and arrived in a thick fog, to be met by Miss Parry, her aunt's companion, and conducted to Sycamore Villa, on the London Road.
conducted
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From this reading Lesbia, therefore, was packed off to Westhampton, and arrived in a thick fog, to be met by Miss Parry, her aunt's companion, and conducted to Sycamore Villa, on the London Road.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
cousin
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From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
cup
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From this reading Lesbia's cup was at present full of new experiences, and this could hardly be called an exhilarating one.
decided
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From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
exhilarating
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From this reading Lesbia's cup was at present full of new experiences, and this could hardly be called an exhilarating one.
expectingverbUS /ɪkˈspektɪŋ/
thinking that somebody or something will arrive
From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
experiences
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From this reading Lesbia's cup was at present full of new experiences, and this could hardly be called an exhilarating one.
fidgetty
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From this reading Aunt Newton meant to be kind, but she was a fussy and fidgetty old lady, and quite unaccustomed to young people.
find
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From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
fog
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From this reading Lesbia, therefore, was packed off to Westhampton, and arrived in a thick fog, to be met by Miss Parry, her aunt's companion, and conducted to Sycamore Villa, on the London Road.
full
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From this reading Lesbia's cup was at present full of new experiences, and this could hardly be called an exhilarating one.
fussy
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From this reading Aunt Newton meant to be kind, but she was a fussy and fidgetty old lady, and quite unaccustomed to young people.
great-aunt
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From this reading Those Juniors Lesbia spent Christmas at the house of her great-aunt Newton.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
hardly
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From this reading Lesbia's cup was at present full of new experiences, and this could hardly be called an exhilarating one.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Those Juniors Lesbia spent Christmas at the house of her great-aunt Newton.
holidays
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From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
home
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From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
house
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From this reading Those Juniors Lesbia spent Christmas at the house of her great-aunt Newton.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lesbia, therefore, was packed off to Westhampton, and arrived in a thick fog, to be met by Miss Parry, her aunt's companion, and conducted to Sycamore Villa, on the London Road.
invited
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From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
Juniors
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From this reading Those Juniors Lesbia spent Christmas at the house of her great-aunt Newton.
keep
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From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
kind
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From this reading Aunt Newton meant to be kind, but she was a fussy and fidgetty old lady, and quite unaccustomed to young people.
lady
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From this reading Aunt Newton meant to be kind, but she was a fussy and fidgetty old lady, and quite unaccustomed to young people.
Lesbia
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From this reading Those Juniors Lesbia spent Christmas at the house of her great-aunt Newton.
Lesbia's
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From this reading Lesbia's cup was at present full of new experiences, and this could hardly be called an exhilarating one.
London
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From this reading Lesbia, therefore, was packed off to Westhampton, and arrived in a thick fog, to be met by Miss Parry, her aunt's companion, and conducted to Sycamore Villa, on the London Road.
meant
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From this reading Aunt Newton meant to be kind, but she was a fussy and fidgetty old lady, and quite unaccustomed to young people.
met
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From this reading Lesbia, therefore, was packed off to Westhampton, and arrived in a thick fog, to be met by Miss Parry, her aunt's companion, and conducted to Sycamore Villa, on the London Road.
Miss
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From this reading Lesbia, therefore, was packed off to Westhampton, and arrived in a thick fog, to be met by Miss Parry, her aunt's companion, and conducted to Sycamore Villa, on the London Road.
Mrs
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From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
new
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From this reading Lesbia's cup was at present full of new experiences, and this could hardly be called an exhilarating one.
Newton
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From this reading Those Juniors Lesbia spent Christmas at the house of her great-aunt Newton.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Those Juniors Lesbia spent Christmas at the house of her great-aunt Newton.
off
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From this reading Lesbia, therefore, was packed off to Westhampton, and arrived in a thick fog, to be met by Miss Parry, her aunt's companion, and conducted to Sycamore Villa, on the London Road.
old
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From this reading Aunt Newton meant to be kind, but she was a fussy and fidgetty old lady, and quite unaccustomed to young people.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Lesbia, therefore, was packed off to Westhampton, and arrived in a thick fog, to be met by Miss Parry, her aunt's companion, and conducted to Sycamore Villa, on the London Road.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Lesbia's cup was at present full of new experiences, and this could hardly be called an exhilarating one.
packed
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From this reading Lesbia, therefore, was packed off to Westhampton, and arrived in a thick fog, to be met by Miss Parry, her aunt's companion, and conducted to Sycamore Villa, on the London Road.
Parry
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From this reading Lesbia, therefore, was packed off to Westhampton, and arrived in a thick fog, to be met by Miss Parry, her aunt's companion, and conducted to Sycamore Villa, on the London Road.
Patterson
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From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
people
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From this reading Aunt Newton meant to be kind, but she was a fussy and fidgetty old lady, and quite unaccustomed to young people.
possibly
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From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
present
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From this reading Lesbia's cup was at present full of new experiences, and this could hardly be called an exhilarating one.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Aunt Newton meant to be kind, but she was a fussy and fidgetty old lady, and quite unaccustomed to young people.
Road
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From this reading Lesbia, therefore, was packed off to Westhampton, and arrived in a thick fog, to be met by Miss Parry, her aunt's companion, and conducted to Sycamore Villa, on the London Road.
room
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From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
several
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From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
sons
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From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
spent
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From this reading Those Juniors Lesbia spent Christmas at the house of her great-aunt Newton.
Sycamore
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From this reading Lesbia, therefore, was packed off to Westhampton, and arrived in a thick fog, to be met by Miss Parry, her aunt's companion, and conducted to Sycamore Villa, on the London Road.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Those Juniors Lesbia spent Christmas at the house of her great-aunt Newton.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading Lesbia, therefore, was packed off to Westhampton, and arrived in a thick fog, to be met by Miss Parry, her aunt's companion, and conducted to Sycamore Villa, on the London Road.
thick
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From this reading Lesbia, therefore, was packed off to Westhampton, and arrived in a thick fog, to be met by Miss Parry, her aunt's companion, and conducted to Sycamore Villa, on the London Road.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Lesbia's cup was at present full of new experiences, and this could hardly be called an exhilarating one.
ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those Juniors Lesbia spent Christmas at the house of her great-aunt Newton.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
unaccustomed
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From this reading Aunt Newton meant to be kind, but she was a fussy and fidgetty old lady, and quite unaccustomed to young people.
Villa
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From this reading Lesbia, therefore, was packed off to Westhampton, and arrived in a thick fog, to be met by Miss Parry, her aunt's companion, and conducted to Sycamore Villa, on the London Road.
visitors
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From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
Westhampton
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From this reading Lesbia, therefore, was packed off to Westhampton, and arrived in a thick fog, to be met by Miss Parry, her aunt's companion, and conducted to Sycamore Villa, on the London Road.
young
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From this reading Mrs. Patterson was expecting her sons home, and had invited several visitors, so decided that she could not possibly find room to keep her young cousin during the holidays.
