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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 orders that the servants must know nothing; she was to tell them that the family would stay in town for a few days, and for me to be careful what I said before them.
again
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From this reading She’d wish me good-night, she was going to her room and not coming down again—no, thanks, she’d take no dinner, she was very tired.
alighted
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From this reading We alighted as silent as we started, and I was following Miss Maitland into the hall, Ferguson behind me, when she turned in the doorway and spoke.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We alighted as silent as we started, and I was following Miss Maitland into the hall, Ferguson behind me, when she turned in the doorway and spoke.
answer
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From this reading Then, before I could answer, she glanced at Ferguson and said good-by, her eyes just touching him for a moment and passing, cold and weary, back to me.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading We alighted as silent as we started, and I was following Miss Maitland into the hall, Ferguson behind me, when she turned in the doorway and spoke.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then, before I could answer, she glanced at Ferguson and said good-by, her eyes just touching him for a moment and passing, cold and weary, back to me.
back
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From this reading It was nearly seven when we got back to Grasslands.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She had orders that the servants must know nothing; she was to tell them that the family would stay in town for a few days, and for me to be careful what I said before them.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She had orders that the servants must know nothing; she was to tell them that the family would stay in town for a few days, and for me to be careful what I said before them.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading We alighted as silent as we started, and I was following Miss Maitland into the hall, Ferguson behind me, when she turned in the doorway and spoke.
careful
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From this reading She had orders that the servants must know nothing; she was to tell them that the family would stay in town for a few days, and for me to be careful what I said before them.
cold
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From this reading Then, before I could answer, she glanced at Ferguson and said good-by, her eyes just touching him for a moment and passing, cold and weary, back to me.
coming
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From this reading She’d wish me good-night, she was going to her room and not coming down again—no, thanks, she’d take no dinner, she was very tired.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Then, before I could answer, she glanced at Ferguson and said good-by, her eyes just touching him for a moment and passing, cold and weary, back to me.
days
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From this reading She had orders that the servants must know nothing; she was to tell them that the family would stay in town for a few days, and for me to be careful what I said before them.
dinner
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From this reading She’d wish me good-night, she was going to her room and not coming down again—no, thanks, she’d take no dinner, she was very tired.
doorway
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From this reading We alighted as silent as we started, and I was following Miss Maitland into the hall, Ferguson behind me, when she turned in the doorway and spoke.
down
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From this reading She’d wish me good-night, she was going to her room and not coming down again—no, thanks, she’d take no dinner, she was very tired.
eyes
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From this reading Then, before I could answer, she glanced at Ferguson and said good-by, her eyes just touching him for a moment and passing, cold and weary, back to me.
family
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From this reading She had orders that the servants must know nothing; she was to tell them that the family would stay in town for a few days, and for me to be careful what I said before them.
Ferguson
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From this reading We alighted as silent as we started, and I was following Miss Maitland into the hall, Ferguson behind me, when she turned in the doorway and spoke.
few
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From this reading She had orders that the servants must know nothing; she was to tell them that the family would stay in town for a few days, and for me to be careful what I said before them.
following
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From this reading We alighted as silent as we started, and I was following Miss Maitland into the hall, Ferguson behind me, when she turned in the doorway and spoke.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She had orders that the servants must know nothing; she was to tell them that the family would stay in town for a few days, and for me to be careful what I said before them.
glanced
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From this reading Then, before I could answer, she glanced at Ferguson and said good-by, her eyes just touching him for a moment and passing, cold and weary, back to me.
going
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From this reading She’d wish me good-night, she was going to her room and not coming down again—no, thanks, she’d take no dinner, she was very tired.
good-by
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From this reading Then, before I could answer, she glanced at Ferguson and said good-by, her eyes just touching him for a moment and passing, cold and weary, back to me.
good-night
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From this reading She’d wish me good-night, she was going to her room and not coming down again—no, thanks, she’d take no dinner, she was very tired.
got
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From this reading It was nearly seven when we got back to Grasslands.
Grasslands
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From this reading It was nearly seven when we got back to Grasslands.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had orders that the servants must know nothing; she was to tell them that the family would stay in town for a few days, and for me to be careful what I said before them.
hall
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From this reading We alighted as silent as we started, and I was following Miss Maitland into the hall, Ferguson behind me, when she turned in the doorway and spoke.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Then, before I could answer, she glanced at Ferguson and said good-by, her eyes just touching him for a moment and passing, cold and weary, back to me.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Then, before I could answer, she glanced at Ferguson and said good-by, her eyes just touching him for a moment and passing, cold and weary, back to me.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading We alighted as silent as we started, and I was following Miss Maitland into the hall, Ferguson behind me, when she turned in the doorway and spoke.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading We alighted as silent as we started, and I was following Miss Maitland into the hall, Ferguson behind me, when she turned in the doorway and spoke.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading We alighted as silent as we started, and I was following Miss Maitland into the hall, Ferguson behind me, when she turned in the doorway and spoke.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was nearly seven when we got back to Grasslands.
just
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From this reading Then, before I could answer, she glanced at Ferguson and said good-by, her eyes just touching him for a moment and passing, cold and weary, back to me.
know
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From this reading She had orders that the servants must know nothing; she was to tell them that the family would stay in town for a few days, and for me to be careful what I said before them.
Maitland
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From this reading We alighted as silent as we started, and I was following Miss Maitland into the hall, Ferguson behind me, when she turned in the doorway and spoke.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading We alighted as silent as we started, and I was following Miss Maitland into the hall, Ferguson behind me, when she turned in the doorway and spoke.
Miss
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From this reading We alighted as silent as we started, and I was following Miss Maitland into the hall, Ferguson behind me, when she turned in the doorway and spoke.
moment
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From this reading Then, before I could answer, she glanced at Ferguson and said good-by, her eyes just touching him for a moment and passing, cold and weary, back to me.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading She had orders that the servants must know nothing; she was to tell them that the family would stay in town for a few days, and for me to be careful what I said before them.
nearly
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From this reading It was nearly seven when we got back to Grasslands.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading She’d wish me good-night, she was going to her room and not coming down again—no, thanks, she’d take no dinner, she was very tired.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She’d wish me good-night, she was going to her room and not coming down again—no, thanks, she’d take no dinner, she was very tired.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading She had orders that the servants must know nothing; she was to tell them that the family would stay in town for a few days, and for me to be careful what I said before them.
orders
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From this reading She had orders that the servants must know nothing; she was to tell them that the family would stay in town for a few days, and for me to be careful what I said before them.
passing
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From this reading Then, before I could answer, she glanced at Ferguson and said good-by, her eyes just touching him for a moment and passing, cold and weary, back to me.
room
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From this reading She’d wish me good-night, she was going to her room and not coming down again—no, thanks, she’d take no dinner, she was very tired.
said
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From this reading She had orders that the servants must know nothing; she was to tell them that the family would stay in town for a few days, and for me to be careful what I said before them.
servants
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From this reading She had orders that the servants must know nothing; she was to tell them that the family would stay in town for a few days, and for me to be careful what I said before them.
seven
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From this reading It was nearly seven when we got back to Grasslands.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We alighted as silent as we started, and I was following Miss Maitland into the hall, Ferguson behind me, when she turned in the doorway and spoke.
She'd
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From this reading She’d wish me good-night, she was going to her room and not coming down again—no, thanks, she’d take no dinner, she was very tired.
silent
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From this reading We alighted as silent as we started, and I was following Miss Maitland into the hall, Ferguson behind me, when she turned in the doorway and spoke.
spoke
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From this reading We alighted as silent as we started, and I was following Miss Maitland into the hall, Ferguson behind me, when she turned in the doorway and spoke.
started
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From this reading We alighted as silent as we started, and I was following Miss Maitland into the hall, Ferguson behind me, when she turned in the doorway and spoke.
stay
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From this reading She had orders that the servants must know nothing; she was to tell them that the family would stay in town for a few days, and for me to be careful what I said before them.
take
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From this reading She’d wish me good-night, she was going to her room and not coming down again—no, thanks, she’d take no dinner, she was very tired.
tell
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From this reading She had orders that the servants must know nothing; she was to tell them that the family would stay in town for a few days, and for me to be careful what I said before them.
thanks
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From this reading She’d wish me good-night, she was going to her room and not coming down again—no, thanks, she’d take no dinner, she was very tired.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had orders that the servants must know nothing; she was to tell them that the family would stay in town for a few days, and for me to be careful what I said before them.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading We alighted as silent as we started, and I was following Miss Maitland into the hall, Ferguson behind me, when she turned in the doorway and spoke.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She had orders that the servants must know nothing; she was to tell them that the family would stay in town for a few days, and for me to be careful what I said before them.
Then
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From this reading Then, before I could answer, she glanced at Ferguson and said good-by, her eyes just touching him for a moment and passing, cold and weary, back to me.
tired
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From this reading She’d wish me good-night, she was going to her room and not coming down again—no, thanks, she’d take no dinner, she was very tired.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was nearly seven when we got back to Grasslands.
touching
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From this reading Then, before I could answer, she glanced at Ferguson and said good-by, her eyes just touching him for a moment and passing, cold and weary, back to me.
town
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From this reading She had orders that the servants must know nothing; she was to tell them that the family would stay in town for a few days, and for me to be careful what I said before them.
turned
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From this reading We alighted as silent as we started, and I was following Miss Maitland into the hall, Ferguson behind me, when she turned in the doorway and spoke.
very
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From this reading She’d wish me good-night, she was going to her room and not coming down again—no, thanks, she’d take no dinner, she was very tired.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was nearly seven when we got back to Grasslands.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading It was nearly seven when we got back to Grasslands.
weary
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From this reading Then, before I could answer, she glanced at Ferguson and said good-by, her eyes just touching him for a moment and passing, cold and weary, back to me.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading She had orders that the servants must know nothing; she was to tell them that the family would stay in town for a few days, and for me to be careful what I said before them.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was nearly seven when we got back to Grasslands.
wish
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From this reading She’d wish me good-night, she was going to her room and not coming down again—no, thanks, she’d take no dinner, she was very tired.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She had orders that the servants must know nothing; she was to tell them that the family would stay in town for a few days, and for me to be careful what I said before them.
