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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 Mrs. Boyce was stooping over a piece of needlework beside a window in the Mellor drawing-room, trying to catch the rapidly failing light.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Well, Marcella, have you and Lady Winterbourne arranged your classes?"
arranged
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From this reading "Well, Marcella, have you and Lady Winterbourne arranged your classes?"
arrive
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From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading Mrs. Boyce was stooping over a piece of needlework beside a window in the Mellor drawing-room, trying to catch the rapidly failing light.
Boyce
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From this reading Mrs. Boyce was stooping over a piece of needlework beside a window in the Mellor drawing-room, trying to catch the rapidly failing light.
catch
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From this reading Mrs. Boyce was stooping over a piece of needlework beside a window in the Mellor drawing-room, trying to catch the rapidly failing light.
chair
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From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
classes
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From this reading "Well, Marcella, have you and Lady Winterbourne arranged your classes?"
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
days
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From this reading It was one of the last days of December.
December
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From this reading It was one of the last days of December.
drawing-room
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From this reading Mrs. Boyce was stooping over a piece of needlework beside a window in the Mellor drawing-room, trying to catch the rapidly failing light.
early
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From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
eleven
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From this reading "We have got about ten or eleven of the younger women to join; none of the old ones will come," said Marcella.
expectingverbUS /ɪkˈspektɪŋ/
thinking that somebody or something will arrive
From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
failing
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From this reading Mrs. Boyce was stooping over a piece of needlework beside a window in the Mellor drawing-room, trying to catch the rapidly failing light.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
got
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From this reading "We have got about ten or eleven of the younger women to join; none of the old ones will come," said Marcella.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "Well, Marcella, have you and Lady Winterbourne arranged your classes?"
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mrs. Boyce was stooping over a piece of needlework beside a window in the Mellor drawing-room, trying to catch the rapidly failing light.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was one of the last days of December.
join
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From this reading "We have got about ten or eleven of the younger women to join; none of the old ones will come," said Marcella.
just
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From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
Lady
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From this reading "Well, Marcella, have you and Lady Winterbourne arranged your classes?"
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was one of the last days of December.
light
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From this reading Mrs. Boyce was stooping over a piece of needlework beside a window in the Mellor drawing-room, trying to catch the rapidly failing light.
Marcella
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From this reading "Well, Marcella, have you and Lady Winterbourne arranged your classes?"
Mellor
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From this reading Mrs. Boyce was stooping over a piece of needlework beside a window in the Mellor drawing-room, trying to catch the rapidly failing light.
mother
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From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
Mrs
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From this reading Mrs. Boyce was stooping over a piece of needlework beside a window in the Mellor drawing-room, trying to catch the rapidly failing light.
near
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From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
needlework
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From this reading Mrs. Boyce was stooping over a piece of needlework beside a window in the Mellor drawing-room, trying to catch the rapidly failing light.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading "We have got about ten or eleven of the younger women to join; none of the old ones will come," said Marcella.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mrs. Boyce was stooping over a piece of needlework beside a window in the Mellor drawing-room, trying to catch the rapidly failing light.
old
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From this reading "We have got about ten or eleven of the younger women to join; none of the old ones will come," said Marcella.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was one of the last days of December.
ones
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From this reading "We have got about ten or eleven of the younger women to join; none of the old ones will come," said Marcella.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading "We have got about ten or eleven of the younger women to join; none of the old ones will come," said Marcella.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Mrs. Boyce was stooping over a piece of needlework beside a window in the Mellor drawing-room, trying to catch the rapidly failing light.
piece
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From this reading Mrs. Boyce was stooping over a piece of needlework beside a window in the Mellor drawing-room, trying to catch the rapidly failing light.
rapidly
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From this reading Mrs. Boyce was stooping over a piece of needlework beside a window in the Mellor drawing-room, trying to catch the rapidly failing light.
rather
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From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
said
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From this reading "We have got about ten or eleven of the younger women to join; none of the old ones will come," said Marcella.
stooping
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From this reading Mrs. Boyce was stooping over a piece of needlework beside a window in the Mellor drawing-room, trying to catch the rapidly failing light.
tea
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From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
ten
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From this reading "We have got about ten or eleven of the younger women to join; none of the old ones will come," said Marcella.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mrs. Boyce was stooping over a piece of needlework beside a window in the Mellor drawing-room, trying to catch the rapidly failing light.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
thrown
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From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
tired
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From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Mrs. Boyce was stooping over a piece of needlework beside a window in the Mellor drawing-room, trying to catch the rapidly failing light.
trying
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From this reading Mrs. Boyce was stooping over a piece of needlework beside a window in the Mellor drawing-room, trying to catch the rapidly failing light.
village
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From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
visitor
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From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mrs. Boyce was stooping over a piece of needlework beside a window in the Mellor drawing-room, trying to catch the rapidly failing light.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading "We have got about ten or eleven of the younger women to join; none of the old ones will come," said Marcella.
Well
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From this reading "Well, Marcella, have you and Lady Winterbourne arranged your classes?"
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Marcella had just come in from the village rather early, for they were expecting a visitor to arrive about tea time, and had thrown herself, tired, into a chair near her mother.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "We have got about ten or eleven of the younger women to join; none of the old ones will come," said Marcella.
window
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From this reading Mrs. Boyce was stooping over a piece of needlework beside a window in the Mellor drawing-room, trying to catch the rapidly failing light.
Winterbourne
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From this reading "Well, Marcella, have you and Lady Winterbourne arranged your classes?"
women
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From this reading "We have got about ten or eleven of the younger women to join; none of the old ones will come," said Marcella.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Well, Marcella, have you and Lady Winterbourne arranged your classes?"
younger
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From this reading "We have got about ten or eleven of the younger women to join; none of the old ones will come," said Marcella.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Well, Marcella, have you and Lady Winterbourne arranged your classes?"
