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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 Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
absorbing
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From this reading Lesbia's first instinct was to fling everything to the winds and to devote herself in season and out of season to her absorbing hobby.
afford
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From this reading "You're not so well up in your work that you can afford to waste a moment," she warned.
always
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From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
answer
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From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
Artauxiliary verbUS /ɑːrt/
an old form of “are”, used with “thou”
From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
brushes
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From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
burning
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From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading "You're not so well up in your work that you can afford to waste a moment," she warned.
canvasses
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From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
coming
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From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
Cottage
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From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
Country
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From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
devote
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From this reading Lesbia's first instinct was to fling everything to the winds and to devote herself in season and out of season to her absorbing hobby.
doesauxiliary verbUS /dʌz/
the form of “do” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
doing
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From this reading "You ought to be doing more preparation instead of less.
enthusiasm
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From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Lesbia's first instinct was to fling everything to the winds and to devote herself in season and out of season to her absorbing hobby.
examinations
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From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
expectverbUS /ɪkˈspekt/
to think that something will happen
From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
extracted
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From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lesbia's first instinct was to fling everything to the winds and to devote herself in season and out of season to her absorbing hobby.
fling
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From this reading Lesbia's first instinct was to fling everything to the winds and to devote herself in season and out of season to her absorbing hobby.
Given
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From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Lesbia's first instinct was to fling everything to the winds and to devote herself in season and out of season to her absorbing hobby.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Lesbia's first instinct was to fling everything to the winds and to devote herself in season and out of season to her absorbing hobby.
High
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From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
hobby
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From this reading Lesbia's first instinct was to fling everything to the winds and to devote herself in season and out of season to her absorbing hobby.
holidays
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From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
honours
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From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lesbia's first instinct was to fling everything to the winds and to devote herself in season and out of season to her absorbing hobby.
instead
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From this reading "You ought to be doing more preparation instead of less.
instinct
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From this reading Lesbia's first instinct was to fling everything to the winds and to devote herself in season and out of season to her absorbing hobby.
Lesbia's
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From this reading Lesbia's first instinct was to fling everything to the winds and to devote herself in season and out of season to her absorbing hobby.
less
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From this reading "You ought to be doing more preparation instead of less.
marks
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From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
Miss
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From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
moment
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From this reading "You're not so well up in your work that you can afford to waste a moment," she warned.
more
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From this reading "You ought to be doing more preparation instead of less.
Mrs
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From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
much
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From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
new
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From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Lesbia's first instinct was to fling everything to the winds and to devote herself in season and out of season to her absorbing hobby.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading "You ought to be doing more preparation instead of less.
out
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From this reading Lesbia's first instinct was to fling everything to the winds and to devote herself in season and out of season to her absorbing hobby.
paint-box
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From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
palette
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From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
Patterson
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From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
percentage
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From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
preparation
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From this reading "You ought to be doing more preparation instead of less.
promise
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From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
reminded
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From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
school
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From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
season
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From this reading Lesbia's first instinct was to fling everything to the winds and to devote herself in season and out of season to her absorbing hobby.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "You're not so well up in your work that you can afford to waste a moment," she warned.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
sketching-materials
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From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "You're not so well up in your work that you can afford to waste a moment," she warned.
spell
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From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
Tatham
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From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Lesbia's first instinct was to fling everything to the winds and to devote herself in season and out of season to her absorbing hobby.
together
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From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
touched
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From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
up
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From this reading "You're not so well up in your work that you can afford to waste a moment," she warned.
warned
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From this reading "You're not so well up in your work that you can afford to waste a moment," she warned.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Lesbia's first instinct was to fling everything to the winds and to devote herself in season and out of season to her absorbing hobby.
wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading "You're not so well up in your work that you can afford to waste a moment," she warned.
well
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From this reading "You're not so well up in your work that you can afford to waste a moment," she warned.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
winds
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From this reading Lesbia's first instinct was to fling everything to the winds and to devote herself in season and out of season to her absorbing hobby.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A Country Cottage Given a new paint-box, palette, brushes, and canvasses, together with a burning enthusiasm but no time, the answer does not always spell High Art.
work
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From this reading "You're not so well up in your work that you can afford to waste a moment," she warned.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But the examinations were coming on, and Mrs. Patterson, who thought much of school honours, reminded her that Miss Tatham would expect a high percentage of marks, and extracted a promise that the sketching-materials should not be touched until the holidays.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You're not so well up in your work that you can afford to waste a moment," she warned.
You're
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From this reading "You're not so well up in your work that you can afford to waste a moment," she warned.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You're not so well up in your work that you can afford to waste a moment," she warned.
