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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 WRITTEN PROPOSAL.
actually
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From this reading 'Devilled kidneys, actually,' said Sir Ranald, in high good-humour, next morning at breakfast.
Alison
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From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
All
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From this reading All that were in blue envelopes he knew instinctively to be duns, and thrust aside unopened.
anatomy
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From this reading 'I thought the anatomy of our butcher's shop seemed never to include kidneys.'
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
Archie
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From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
aside
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From this reading All that were in blue envelopes he knew instinctively to be duns, and thrust aside unopened.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading 'Devilled kidneys, actually,' said Sir Ranald, in high good-humour, next morning at breakfast.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading All that were in blue envelopes he knew instinctively to be duns, and thrust aside unopened.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
blue
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From this reading All that were in blue envelopes he knew instinctively to be duns, and thrust aside unopened.
breakfast
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From this reading 'Devilled kidneys, actually,' said Sir Ranald, in high good-humour, next morning at breakfast.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
butcher's
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From this reading 'I thought the anatomy of our butcher's shop seemed never to include kidneys.'
Devilled
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From this reading 'Devilled kidneys, actually,' said Sir Ranald, in high good-humour, next morning at breakfast.
duns
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From this reading All that were in blue envelopes he knew instinctively to be duns, and thrust aside unopened.
envelopes
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From this reading All that were in blue envelopes he knew instinctively to be duns, and thrust aside unopened.
evening
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From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
father
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From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
garden
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From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
glanced
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From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
good-humour
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From this reading 'Devilled kidneys, actually,' said Sir Ranald, in high good-humour, next morning at breakfast.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading All that were in blue envelopes he knew instinctively to be duns, and thrust aside unopened.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
high
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From this reading 'Devilled kidneys, actually,' said Sir Ranald, in high good-humour, next morning at breakfast.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading 'I thought the anatomy of our butcher's shop seemed never to include kidneys.'
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading 'Devilled kidneys, actually,' said Sir Ranald, in high good-humour, next morning at breakfast.
include
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From this reading 'I thought the anatomy of our butcher's shop seemed never to include kidneys.'
instinctively
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From this reading All that were in blue envelopes he knew instinctively to be duns, and thrust aside unopened.
kidneys
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From this reading 'Devilled kidneys, actually,' said Sir Ranald, in high good-humour, next morning at breakfast.
knew
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From this reading All that were in blue envelopes he knew instinctively to be duns, and thrust aside unopened.
laid
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From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
letters
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From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
morning
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From this reading 'Devilled kidneys, actually,' said Sir Ranald, in high good-humour, next morning at breakfast.
morning-dress
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From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
nervously
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From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
never
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From this reading 'I thought the anatomy of our butcher's shop seemed never to include kidneys.'
next
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From this reading 'Devilled kidneys, actually,' said Sir Ranald, in high good-humour, next morning at breakfast.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading 'I thought the anatomy of our butcher's shop seemed never to include kidneys.'
officiating
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From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading 'I thought the anatomy of our butcher's shop seemed never to include kidneys.'
plain
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From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
pretty
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From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
PROPOSAL
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From this reading A WRITTEN PROPOSAL.
Ranald
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From this reading 'Devilled kidneys, actually,' said Sir Ranald, in high good-humour, next morning at breakfast.
said
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From this reading 'Devilled kidneys, actually,' said Sir Ranald, in high good-humour, next morning at breakfast.
seemed
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From this reading 'I thought the anatomy of our butcher's shop seemed never to include kidneys.'
shop
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From this reading 'I thought the anatomy of our butcher's shop seemed never to include kidneys.'
Sir
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From this reading 'Devilled kidneys, actually,' said Sir Ranald, in high good-humour, next morning at breakfast.
smilingly
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From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
some
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From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
tea-board
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From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading All that were in blue envelopes he knew instinctively to be duns, and thrust aside unopened.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'I thought the anatomy of our butcher's shop seemed never to include kidneys.'
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
thinking
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From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
thought
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From this reading 'I thought the anatomy of our butcher's shop seemed never to include kidneys.'
thrust
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From this reading All that were in blue envelopes he knew instinctively to be duns, and thrust aside unopened.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'I thought the anatomy of our butcher's shop seemed never to include kidneys.'
twilighted
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From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
tête-à-tête
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From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
unopened
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From this reading All that were in blue envelopes he knew instinctively to be duns, and thrust aside unopened.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading All that were in blue envelopes he knew instinctively to be duns, and thrust aside unopened.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Alison was officiating at the tea-board in her plain but pretty morning-dress, and was thinking smilingly of the _tête-à-tête_ in the twilighted garden the evening before, when Archie laid some letters before her father, who glanced at them nervously.
WRITTEN
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From this reading A WRITTEN PROPOSAL.
