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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 The dinner was a success, the party to the opera having gone off without a drawback to the unbroken joyousness of the affair.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading We know a great deal about France, Germany and the Continent generally, because we are always running backwards and forwards.
admitted
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From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
affair
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From this reading The dinner was a success, the party to the opera having gone off without a drawback to the unbroken joyousness of the affair.
all
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From this reading She wondered, indeed, what she could have been thinking of to imagine that when she came to Australia all artistic luxuries were to be banished from her thoughts.
always
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From this reading We know a great deal about France, Germany and the Continent generally, because we are always running backwards and forwards.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading “The fact is,” she said, “we are frightfully narrow and prejudiced in England.
artistic
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From this reading She wondered, indeed, what she could have been thinking of to imagine that when she came to Australia all artistic luxuries were to be banished from her thoughts.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
Australia
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From this reading She wondered, indeed, what she could have been thinking of to imagine that when she came to Australia all artistic luxuries were to be banished from her thoughts.
backwards
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From this reading We know a great deal about France, Germany and the Continent generally, because we are always running backwards and forwards.
banished
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From this reading She wondered, indeed, what she could have been thinking of to imagine that when she came to Australia all artistic luxuries were to be banished from her thoughts.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She wondered, indeed, what she could have been thinking of to imagine that when she came to Australia all artistic luxuries were to be banished from her thoughts.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading We know a great deal about France, Germany and the Continent generally, because we are always running backwards and forwards.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She wondered, indeed, what she could have been thinking of to imagine that when she came to Australia all artistic luxuries were to be banished from her thoughts.
came
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From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
Continent
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From this reading We know a great deal about France, Germany and the Continent generally, because we are always running backwards and forwards.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She wondered, indeed, what she could have been thinking of to imagine that when she came to Australia all artistic luxuries were to be banished from her thoughts.
Dacre
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From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
deal
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From this reading We know a great deal about France, Germany and the Continent generally, because we are always running backwards and forwards.
dinner
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From this reading The dinner was a success, the party to the opera having gone off without a drawback to the unbroken joyousness of the affair.
drawback
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From this reading The dinner was a success, the party to the opera having gone off without a drawback to the unbroken joyousness of the affair.
England
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From this reading “The fact is,” she said, “we are frightfully narrow and prejudiced in England.
equal
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From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
expected
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From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
fact
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From this reading “The fact is,” she said, “we are frightfully narrow and prejudiced in England.
feats
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From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
Flemington
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From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
Flemington's
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From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
forwardsnounUS /ˈforwards/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We know a great deal about France, Germany and the Continent generally, because we are always running backwards and forwards.
France
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From this reading We know a great deal about France, Germany and the Continent generally, because we are always running backwards and forwards.
frightfully
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From this reading “The fact is,” she said, “we are frightfully narrow and prejudiced in England.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She wondered, indeed, what she could have been thinking of to imagine that when she came to Australia all artistic luxuries were to be banished from her thoughts.
generally
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From this reading We know a great deal about France, Germany and the Continent generally, because we are always running backwards and forwards.
Germany
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From this reading We know a great deal about France, Germany and the Continent generally, because we are always running backwards and forwards.
gone
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From this reading The dinner was a success, the party to the opera having gone off without a drawback to the unbroken joyousness of the affair.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We know a great deal about France, Germany and the Continent generally, because we are always running backwards and forwards.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She wondered, indeed, what she could have been thinking of to imagine that when she came to Australia all artistic luxuries were to be banished from her thoughts.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading The dinner was a success, the party to the opera having gone off without a drawback to the unbroken joyousness of the affair.
heard
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From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She wondered, indeed, what she could have been thinking of to imagine that when she came to Australia all artistic luxuries were to be banished from her thoughts.
imaginenounUS /ˈimagine/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She wondered, indeed, what she could have been thinking of to imagine that when she came to Australia all artistic luxuries were to be banished from her thoughts.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “The fact is,” she said, “we are frightfully narrow and prejudiced in England.
indeed
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From this reading She wondered, indeed, what she could have been thinking of to imagine that when she came to Australia all artistic luxuries were to be banished from her thoughts.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “The fact is,” she said, “we are frightfully narrow and prejudiced in England.
joyousness
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From this reading The dinner was a success, the party to the opera having gone off without a drawback to the unbroken joyousness of the affair.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We know a great deal about France, Germany and the Continent generally, because we are always running backwards and forwards.
luxuries
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From this reading She wondered, indeed, what she could have been thinking of to imagine that when she came to Australia all artistic luxuries were to be banished from her thoughts.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
Miss
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From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
Misses
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From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
musical
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From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
narrow
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From this reading “The fact is,” she said, “we are frightfully narrow and prejudiced in England.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The dinner was a success, the party to the opera having gone off without a drawback to the unbroken joyousness of the affair.
off
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From this reading The dinner was a success, the party to the opera having gone off without a drawback to the unbroken joyousness of the affair.
opera
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From this reading The dinner was a success, the party to the opera having gone off without a drawback to the unbroken joyousness of the affair.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The dinner was a success, the party to the opera having gone off without a drawback to the unbroken joyousness of the affair.
performed
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From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
prejudiced
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From this reading “The fact is,” she said, “we are frightfully narrow and prejudiced in England.
runningnounUS /ˈrunning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading We know a great deal about France, Germany and the Continent generally, because we are always running backwards and forwards.
said
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From this reading “The fact is,” she said, “we are frightfully narrow and prejudiced in England.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
success
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From this reading The dinner was a success, the party to the opera having gone off without a drawback to the unbroken joyousness of the affair.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The dinner was a success, the party to the opera having gone off without a drawback to the unbroken joyousness of the affair.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She wondered, indeed, what she could have been thinking of to imagine that when she came to Australia all artistic luxuries were to be banished from her thoughts.
thoughts
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From this reading She wondered, indeed, what she could have been thinking of to imagine that when she came to Australia all artistic luxuries were to be banished from her thoughts.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The dinner was a success, the party to the opera having gone off without a drawback to the unbroken joyousness of the affair.
unbroken
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From this reading The dinner was a success, the party to the opera having gone off without a drawback to the unbroken joyousness of the affair.
unprofessional
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From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
voice
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From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The dinner was a success, the party to the opera having gone off without a drawback to the unbroken joyousness of the affair.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “The fact is,” she said, “we are frightfully narrow and prejudiced in England.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading She wondered, indeed, what she could have been thinking of to imagine that when she came to Australia all artistic luxuries were to be banished from her thoughts.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She wondered, indeed, what she could have been thinking of to imagine that when she came to Australia all artistic luxuries were to be banished from her thoughts.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The dinner was a success, the party to the opera having gone off without a drawback to the unbroken joyousness of the affair.
wonderednounUS /wondered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She wondered, indeed, what she could have been thinking of to imagine that when she came to Australia all artistic luxuries were to be banished from her thoughts.
years
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From this reading The Misses Flemington came and performed such musical feats as were expected of them, and Miss Dacre admitted that she had not heard a voice unprofessional for years to equal May Flemington’s.
