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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 WORDS AND LETTEBS Mary Blythe and her brother arrived on Tuesday for a two days' visit.
Alix
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From this reading Alix motored to town and brought them out in the automobile.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The cold, steady rains of the past few days had brought on an attack of pleurisy, and the doctor ordered him to remain in bed.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WORDS AND LETTEBS Mary Blythe and her brother arrived on Tuesday for a two days' visit.
arrived
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From this reading WORDS AND LETTEBS Mary Blythe and her brother arrived on Tuesday for a two days' visit.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She was surprised and gratified when Courtney, revoking his own decree, volunteered to go up with her to meet the visitors at the railway station in the city.
attack
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From this reading The cold, steady rains of the past few days had brought on an attack of pleurisy, and the doctor ordered him to remain in bed.
automobile
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From this reading Alix motored to town and brought them out in the automobile.
bed
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From this reading The cold, steady rains of the past few days had brought on an attack of pleurisy, and the doctor ordered him to remain in bed.
Blythe
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From this reading WORDS AND LETTEBS Mary Blythe and her brother arrived on Tuesday for a two days' visit.
brother
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From this reading WORDS AND LETTEBS Mary Blythe and her brother arrived on Tuesday for a two days' visit.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Alix motored to town and brought them out in the automobile.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But when the day came, he was ill and unable to leave his room.
came
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From this reading But when the day came, he was ill and unable to leave his room.
city
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From this reading She was surprised and gratified when Courtney, revoking his own decree, volunteered to go up with her to meet the visitors at the railway station in the city.
cold
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From this reading The cold, steady rains of the past few days had brought on an attack of pleurisy, and the doctor ordered him to remain in bed.
Courtney
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From this reading She was surprised and gratified when Courtney, revoking his own decree, volunteered to go up with her to meet the visitors at the railway station in the city.
day
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From this reading But when the day came, he was ill and unable to leave his room.
days
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From this reading WORDS AND LETTEBS Mary Blythe and her brother arrived on Tuesday for a two days' visit.
decree
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From this reading She was surprised and gratified when Courtney, revoking his own decree, volunteered to go up with her to meet the visitors at the railway station in the city.
doctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The cold, steady rains of the past few days had brought on an attack of pleurisy, and the doctor ordered him to remain in bed.
few
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From this reading The cold, steady rains of the past few days had brought on an attack of pleurisy, and the doctor ordered him to remain in bed.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading WORDS AND LETTEBS Mary Blythe and her brother arrived on Tuesday for a two days' visit.
go
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From this reading She was surprised and gratified when Courtney, revoking his own decree, volunteered to go up with her to meet the visitors at the railway station in the city.
gratified
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From this reading She was surprised and gratified when Courtney, revoking his own decree, volunteered to go up with her to meet the visitors at the railway station in the city.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The cold, steady rains of the past few days had brought on an attack of pleurisy, and the doctor ordered him to remain in bed.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But when the day came, he was ill and unable to leave his room.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading WORDS AND LETTEBS Mary Blythe and her brother arrived on Tuesday for a two days' visit.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The cold, steady rains of the past few days had brought on an attack of pleurisy, and the doctor ordered him to remain in bed.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She was surprised and gratified when Courtney, revoking his own decree, volunteered to go up with her to meet the visitors at the railway station in the city.
ill
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From this reading But when the day came, he was ill and unable to leave his room.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Alix motored to town and brought them out in the automobile.
leave
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From this reading But when the day came, he was ill and unable to leave his room.
LETTEBS
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From this reading WORDS AND LETTEBS Mary Blythe and her brother arrived on Tuesday for a two days' visit.
Mary
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From this reading WORDS AND LETTEBS Mary Blythe and her brother arrived on Tuesday for a two days' visit.
meet
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From this reading She was surprised and gratified when Courtney, revoking his own decree, volunteered to go up with her to meet the visitors at the railway station in the city.
motored
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From this reading Alix motored to town and brought them out in the automobile.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The cold, steady rains of the past few days had brought on an attack of pleurisy, and the doctor ordered him to remain in bed.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading WORDS AND LETTEBS Mary Blythe and her brother arrived on Tuesday for a two days' visit.
ordered
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From this reading The cold, steady rains of the past few days had brought on an attack of pleurisy, and the doctor ordered him to remain in bed.
out
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From this reading Alix motored to town and brought them out in the automobile.
own
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From this reading She was surprised and gratified when Courtney, revoking his own decree, volunteered to go up with her to meet the visitors at the railway station in the city.
past
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From this reading The cold, steady rains of the past few days had brought on an attack of pleurisy, and the doctor ordered him to remain in bed.
pleurisy
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From this reading The cold, steady rains of the past few days had brought on an attack of pleurisy, and the doctor ordered him to remain in bed.
railway
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From this reading She was surprised and gratified when Courtney, revoking his own decree, volunteered to go up with her to meet the visitors at the railway station in the city.
rains
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From this reading The cold, steady rains of the past few days had brought on an attack of pleurisy, and the doctor ordered him to remain in bed.
remain
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From this reading The cold, steady rains of the past few days had brought on an attack of pleurisy, and the doctor ordered him to remain in bed.
revoking
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From this reading She was surprised and gratified when Courtney, revoking his own decree, volunteered to go up with her to meet the visitors at the railway station in the city.
room
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From this reading But when the day came, he was ill and unable to leave his room.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was surprised and gratified when Courtney, revoking his own decree, volunteered to go up with her to meet the visitors at the railway station in the city.
station
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From this reading She was surprised and gratified when Courtney, revoking his own decree, volunteered to go up with her to meet the visitors at the railway station in the city.
steady
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From this reading The cold, steady rains of the past few days had brought on an attack of pleurisy, and the doctor ordered him to remain in bed.
surprisednounUS /surprised/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was surprised and gratified when Courtney, revoking his own decree, volunteered to go up with her to meet the visitors at the railway station in the city.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Alix motored to town and brought them out in the automobile.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Alix motored to town and brought them out in the automobile.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Alix motored to town and brought them out in the automobile.
town
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From this reading Alix motored to town and brought them out in the automobile.
Tuesday
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From this reading WORDS AND LETTEBS Mary Blythe and her brother arrived on Tuesday for a two days' visit.
two
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From this reading WORDS AND LETTEBS Mary Blythe and her brother arrived on Tuesday for a two days' visit.
unable
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From this reading But when the day came, he was ill and unable to leave his room.
up
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From this reading She was surprised and gratified when Courtney, revoking his own decree, volunteered to go up with her to meet the visitors at the railway station in the city.
visit
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From this reading WORDS AND LETTEBS Mary Blythe and her brother arrived on Tuesday for a two days' visit.
visitors
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From this reading She was surprised and gratified when Courtney, revoking his own decree, volunteered to go up with her to meet the visitors at the railway station in the city.
volunteered
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From this reading She was surprised and gratified when Courtney, revoking his own decree, volunteered to go up with her to meet the visitors at the railway station in the city.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was surprised and gratified when Courtney, revoking his own decree, volunteered to go up with her to meet the visitors at the railway station in the city.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She was surprised and gratified when Courtney, revoking his own decree, volunteered to go up with her to meet the visitors at the railway station in the city.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was surprised and gratified when Courtney, revoking his own decree, volunteered to go up with her to meet the visitors at the railway station in the city.
WORDS
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From this reading WORDS AND LETTEBS Mary Blythe and her brother arrived on Tuesday for a two days' visit.
