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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 Miss Courtenay, of Langton-Courtenay, had scarcely ever in her life been promoted before to the glories of a late dinner.
age
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From this reading She had received no visitors, and the house was still under school-room sway, as became her age, consequently this was a great era to Kate.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Blank, who was troubled by fears of being in the way--fears which her charge made no effort to enlighten--and whose digestion, besides, was feeble, preferred to have the usual two o’clock dinner, and to leave Kate alone to entertain her uncle.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had received no visitors, and the house was still under school-room sway, as became her age, consequently this was a great era to Kate.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She had received no visitors, and the house was still under school-room sway, as became her age, consequently this was a great era to Kate.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She placed herself at the head of the table, with a pride and delight which neither her cynical old uncle nor her passive governess had the least notion of.
became
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From this reading She had received no visitors, and the house was still under school-room sway, as became her age, consequently this was a great era to Kate.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Miss Courtenay, of Langton-Courtenay, had scarcely ever in her life been promoted before to the glories of a late dinner.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Miss Courtenay, of Langton-Courtenay, had scarcely ever in her life been promoted before to the glories of a late dinner.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Miss Blank, who was troubled by fears of being in the way--fears which her charge made no effort to enlighten--and whose digestion, besides, was feeble, preferred to have the usual two o’clock dinner, and to leave Kate alone to entertain her uncle.
besidesprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪdz/
in addition to; as well as
From this reading Miss Blank, who was troubled by fears of being in the way--fears which her charge made no effort to enlighten--and whose digestion, besides, was feeble, preferred to have the usual two o’clock dinner, and to leave Kate alone to entertain her uncle.
Blank
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From this reading Miss Blank, who was troubled by fears of being in the way--fears which her charge made no effort to enlighten--and whose digestion, besides, was feeble, preferred to have the usual two o’clock dinner, and to leave Kate alone to entertain her uncle.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The occurrence was trifling to them, but to her its importance was immense.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Miss Blank, who was troubled by fears of being in the way--fears which her charge made no effort to enlighten--and whose digestion, besides, was feeble, preferred to have the usual two o’clock dinner, and to leave Kate alone to entertain her uncle.
charge
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From this reading Miss Blank, who was troubled by fears of being in the way--fears which her charge made no effort to enlighten--and whose digestion, besides, was feeble, preferred to have the usual two o’clock dinner, and to leave Kate alone to entertain her uncle.
consequently
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From this reading She had received no visitors, and the house was still under school-room sway, as became her age, consequently this was a great era to Kate.
Courtenay
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From this reading Miss Courtenay, of Langton-Courtenay, had scarcely ever in her life been promoted before to the glories of a late dinner.
cynical
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From this reading She placed herself at the head of the table, with a pride and delight which neither her cynical old uncle nor her passive governess had the least notion of.
delight
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From this reading She placed herself at the head of the table, with a pride and delight which neither her cynical old uncle nor her passive governess had the least notion of.
digestion
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From this reading Miss Blank, who was troubled by fears of being in the way--fears which her charge made no effort to enlighten--and whose digestion, besides, was feeble, preferred to have the usual two o’clock dinner, and to leave Kate alone to entertain her uncle.
dinner
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From this reading Miss Courtenay, of Langton-Courtenay, had scarcely ever in her life been promoted before to the glories of a late dinner.
effort
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From this reading Miss Blank, who was troubled by fears of being in the way--fears which her charge made no effort to enlighten--and whose digestion, besides, was feeble, preferred to have the usual two o’clock dinner, and to leave Kate alone to entertain her uncle.
enlighten
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From this reading Miss Blank, who was troubled by fears of being in the way--fears which her charge made no effort to enlighten--and whose digestion, besides, was feeble, preferred to have the usual two o’clock dinner, and to leave Kate alone to entertain her uncle.
entertain
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From this reading Miss Blank, who was troubled by fears of being in the way--fears which her charge made no effort to enlighten--and whose digestion, besides, was feeble, preferred to have the usual two o’clock dinner, and to leave Kate alone to entertain her uncle.
era
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From this reading She had received no visitors, and the house was still under school-room sway, as became her age, consequently this was a great era to Kate.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Courtenay, of Langton-Courtenay, had scarcely ever in her life been promoted before to the glories of a late dinner.
fears
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From this reading Miss Blank, who was troubled by fears of being in the way--fears which her charge made no effort to enlighten--and whose digestion, besides, was feeble, preferred to have the usual two o’clock dinner, and to leave Kate alone to entertain her uncle.
feeble
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From this reading Miss Blank, who was troubled by fears of being in the way--fears which her charge made no effort to enlighten--and whose digestion, besides, was feeble, preferred to have the usual two o’clock dinner, and to leave Kate alone to entertain her uncle.
glories
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From this reading Miss Courtenay, of Langton-Courtenay, had scarcely ever in her life been promoted before to the glories of a late dinner.
governess
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From this reading She placed herself at the head of the table, with a pride and delight which neither her cynical old uncle nor her passive governess had the least notion of.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had received no visitors, and the house was still under school-room sway, as became her age, consequently this was a great era to Kate.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Miss Courtenay, of Langton-Courtenay, had scarcely ever in her life been promoted before to the glories of a late dinner.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Miss Blank, who was troubled by fears of being in the way--fears which her charge made no effort to enlighten--and whose digestion, besides, was feeble, preferred to have the usual two o’clock dinner, and to leave Kate alone to entertain her uncle.
head
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From this reading She placed herself at the head of the table, with a pride and delight which neither her cynical old uncle nor her passive governess had the least notion of.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Miss Courtenay, of Langton-Courtenay, had scarcely ever in her life been promoted before to the glories of a late dinner.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She placed herself at the head of the table, with a pride and delight which neither her cynical old uncle nor her passive governess had the least notion of.
house
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From this reading She had received no visitors, and the house was still under school-room sway, as became her age, consequently this was a great era to Kate.
immense
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From this reading The occurrence was trifling to them, but to her its importance was immense.
importance
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From this reading The occurrence was trifling to them, but to her its importance was immense.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Miss Courtenay, of Langton-Courtenay, had scarcely ever in her life been promoted before to the glories of a late dinner.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The occurrence was trifling to them, but to her its importance was immense.
Kate
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From this reading She had received no visitors, and the house was still under school-room sway, as became her age, consequently this was a great era to Kate.
Langton-Courtenay
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From this reading Miss Courtenay, of Langton-Courtenay, had scarcely ever in her life been promoted before to the glories of a late dinner.
late
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From this reading Miss Courtenay, of Langton-Courtenay, had scarcely ever in her life been promoted before to the glories of a late dinner.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She placed herself at the head of the table, with a pride and delight which neither her cynical old uncle nor her passive governess had the least notion of.
leave
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From this reading Miss Blank, who was troubled by fears of being in the way--fears which her charge made no effort to enlighten--and whose digestion, besides, was feeble, preferred to have the usual two o’clock dinner, and to leave Kate alone to entertain her uncle.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Courtenay, of Langton-Courtenay, had scarcely ever in her life been promoted before to the glories of a late dinner.
made
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From this reading Miss Blank, who was troubled by fears of being in the way--fears which her charge made no effort to enlighten--and whose digestion, besides, was feeble, preferred to have the usual two o’clock dinner, and to leave Kate alone to entertain her uncle.
Miss
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From this reading Miss Courtenay, of Langton-Courtenay, had scarcely ever in her life been promoted before to the glories of a late dinner.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading She placed herself at the head of the table, with a pride and delight which neither her cynical old uncle nor her passive governess had the least notion of.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading She had received no visitors, and the house was still under school-room sway, as became her age, consequently this was a great era to Kate.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading She placed herself at the head of the table, with a pride and delight which neither her cynical old uncle nor her passive governess had the least notion of.
notion
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From this reading She placed herself at the head of the table, with a pride and delight which neither her cynical old uncle nor her passive governess had the least notion of.
o'clock
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From this reading Miss Blank, who was troubled by fears of being in the way--fears which her charge made no effort to enlighten--and whose digestion, besides, was feeble, preferred to have the usual two o’clock dinner, and to leave Kate alone to entertain her uncle.
occurrence
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From this reading The occurrence was trifling to them, but to her its importance was immense.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Miss Courtenay, of Langton-Courtenay, had scarcely ever in her life been promoted before to the glories of a late dinner.
old
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From this reading She placed herself at the head of the table, with a pride and delight which neither her cynical old uncle nor her passive governess had the least notion of.
passive
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From this reading She placed herself at the head of the table, with a pride and delight which neither her cynical old uncle nor her passive governess had the least notion of.
placed
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From this reading She placed herself at the head of the table, with a pride and delight which neither her cynical old uncle nor her passive governess had the least notion of.
preferred
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From this reading Miss Blank, who was troubled by fears of being in the way--fears which her charge made no effort to enlighten--and whose digestion, besides, was feeble, preferred to have the usual two o’clock dinner, and to leave Kate alone to entertain her uncle.
pride
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From this reading She placed herself at the head of the table, with a pride and delight which neither her cynical old uncle nor her passive governess had the least notion of.
promoted
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From this reading Miss Courtenay, of Langton-Courtenay, had scarcely ever in her life been promoted before to the glories of a late dinner.
received
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From this reading She had received no visitors, and the house was still under school-room sway, as became her age, consequently this was a great era to Kate.
scarcely
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From this reading Miss Courtenay, of Langton-Courtenay, had scarcely ever in her life been promoted before to the glories of a late dinner.
school-room
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From this reading She had received no visitors, and the house was still under school-room sway, as became her age, consequently this was a great era to Kate.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had received no visitors, and the house was still under school-room sway, as became her age, consequently this was a great era to Kate.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had received no visitors, and the house was still under school-room sway, as became her age, consequently this was a great era to Kate.
sway
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From this reading She had received no visitors, and the house was still under school-room sway, as became her age, consequently this was a great era to Kate.
table
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From this reading She placed herself at the head of the table, with a pride and delight which neither her cynical old uncle nor her passive governess had the least notion of.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Miss Courtenay, of Langton-Courtenay, had scarcely ever in her life been promoted before to the glories of a late dinner.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The occurrence was trifling to them, but to her its importance was immense.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She had received no visitors, and the house was still under school-room sway, as became her age, consequently this was a great era to Kate.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Miss Courtenay, of Langton-Courtenay, had scarcely ever in her life been promoted before to the glories of a late dinner.
trifling
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From this reading The occurrence was trifling to them, but to her its importance was immense.
troubled
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From this reading Miss Blank, who was troubled by fears of being in the way--fears which her charge made no effort to enlighten--and whose digestion, besides, was feeble, preferred to have the usual two o’clock dinner, and to leave Kate alone to entertain her uncle.
two
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From this reading Miss Blank, who was troubled by fears of being in the way--fears which her charge made no effort to enlighten--and whose digestion, besides, was feeble, preferred to have the usual two o’clock dinner, and to leave Kate alone to entertain her uncle.
uncle
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From this reading She placed herself at the head of the table, with a pride and delight which neither her cynical old uncle nor her passive governess had the least notion of.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading She had received no visitors, and the house was still under school-room sway, as became her age, consequently this was a great era to Kate.
usual
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From this reading Miss Blank, who was troubled by fears of being in the way--fears which her charge made no effort to enlighten--and whose digestion, besides, was feeble, preferred to have the usual two o’clock dinner, and to leave Kate alone to entertain her uncle.
visitors
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From this reading She had received no visitors, and the house was still under school-room sway, as became her age, consequently this was a great era to Kate.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She had received no visitors, and the house was still under school-room sway, as became her age, consequently this was a great era to Kate.
way
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From this reading Miss Blank, who was troubled by fears of being in the way--fears which her charge made no effort to enlighten--and whose digestion, besides, was feeble, preferred to have the usual two o’clock dinner, and to leave Kate alone to entertain her uncle.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She placed herself at the head of the table, with a pride and delight which neither her cynical old uncle nor her passive governess had the least notion of.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Miss Blank, who was troubled by fears of being in the way--fears which her charge made no effort to enlighten--and whose digestion, besides, was feeble, preferred to have the usual two o’clock dinner, and to leave Kate alone to entertain her uncle.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Miss Blank, who was troubled by fears of being in the way--fears which her charge made no effort to enlighten--and whose digestion, besides, was feeble, preferred to have the usual two o’clock dinner, and to leave Kate alone to entertain her uncle.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She placed herself at the head of the table, with a pride and delight which neither her cynical old uncle nor her passive governess had the least notion of.
