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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 She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
account
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From this reading He bore no malice to its inmates on account of the missing will.
all
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From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
allowing
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From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
assisting
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From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading During the eleven years since her disappointment, Mrs. Walter Scott had never once been to Millbank.
bore
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From this reading He bore no malice to its inmates on account of the missing will.
Boston
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From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
car
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From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
constantly
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From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
contrary
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From this reading Frank, on the contrary, was a frequent visitor there.
crossed
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From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
debts
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From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
deuced
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From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
disappointmentnounUS /ˈdisappointment/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading During the eleven years since her disappointment, Mrs. Walter Scott had never once been to Millbank.
DuringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading During the eleven years since her disappointment, Mrs. Walter Scott had never once been to Millbank.
eleven
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From this reading During the eleven years since her disappointment, Mrs. Walter Scott had never once been to Millbank.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
four
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From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
Frank
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From this reading Frank, on the contrary, was a frequent visitor there.
frequent
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From this reading Frank, on the contrary, was a frequent visitor there.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
generous
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From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading During the eleven years since her disappointment, Mrs. Walter Scott had never once been to Millbank.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He bore no malice to its inmates on account of the missing will.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading During the eleven years since her disappointment, Mrs. Walter Scott had never once been to Millbank.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
house
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From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
hundred
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From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
incurring
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From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
inmates
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From this reading He bore no malice to its inmates on account of the missing will.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading He bore no malice to its inmates on account of the missing will.
keep
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From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
kind
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From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
liquidating
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From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
malice
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From this reading He bore no malice to its inmates on account of the missing will.
managed
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From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
many
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From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
Millbank
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From this reading During the eleven years since her disappointment, Mrs. Walter Scott had never once been to Millbank.
missing
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From this reading He bore no malice to its inmates on account of the missing will.
more
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From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
Mrs
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From this reading During the eleven years since her disappointment, Mrs. Walter Scott had never once been to Millbank.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading During the eleven years since her disappointment, Mrs. Walter Scott had never once been to Millbank.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading He bore no malice to its inmates on account of the missing will.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
once
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From this reading During the eleven years since her disappointment, Mrs. Walter Scott had never once been to Millbank.
ostensible
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From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
out
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From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
oversight
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From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
Roger
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From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
said
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From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
Scott
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From this reading During the eleven years since her disappointment, Mrs. Walter Scott had never once been to Millbank.
scrape
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From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
seen
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From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
several
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From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading During the eleven years since her disappointment, Mrs. Walter Scott had never once been to Millbank.
termed
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From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading During the eleven years since her disappointment, Mrs. Walter Scott had never once been to Millbank.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
there
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From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
threshold
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From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
times
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From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading During the eleven years since her disappointment, Mrs. Walter Scott had never once been to Millbank.
transpiring
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From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
Uncle
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From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
very
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From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
visitor
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From this reading Frank, on the contrary, was a frequent visitor there.
Walter
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From this reading During the eleven years since her disappointment, Mrs. Walter Scott had never once been to Millbank.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
way
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From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
whirled
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From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading He bore no malice to its inmates on account of the missing will.
window
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From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She had seen the house several times from the car window as she was whirled by on her way to Boston, and she managed to keep a kind of oversight of all that was transpiring there, but she never crossed the threshold, and had said she never would.
year
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From this reading Roger had been very generous with him, allowing him more than the four hundred a year, and assisting him out of many a “deuced scrape,” as Frank termed the debts he was constantly incurring, with no ostensible way of liquidating them except through his _Uncle Roger_.
years
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From this reading During the eleven years since her disappointment, Mrs. Walter Scott had never once been to Millbank.
