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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 In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading By eight o’clock he was again at Churton.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading He had meant to stay at Merton, as we know, for the night.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He had meant to stay at Merton, as we know, for the night.
back
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From this reading Now, his one thought was to get back to Catherine.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The urgency of Mr. Grey’s words was upon him, and love had a miserable pang that it should have needed to be urged.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By eight o’clock he was again at Churton.
Catherine
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From this reading Now, his one thought was to get back to Catherine.
caught
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From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
Churton
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From this reading By eight o’clock he was again at Churton.
closed
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From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
convenient
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From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
cross-country
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From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
door
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From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
eight
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From this reading By eight o’clock he was again at Churton.
Elsmere
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From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
far
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From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
flat
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From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading He had meant to stay at Merton, as we know, for the night.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
get
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From this reading Now, his one thought was to get back to Catherine.
Grey's
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From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The urgency of Mr. Grey’s words was upon him, and love had a miserable pang that it should have needed to be urged.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He had meant to stay at Merton, as we know, for the night.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Now, his one thought was to get back to Catherine.
hot
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From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
hour
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From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
Isis
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From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The urgency of Mr. Grey’s words was upon him, and love had a miserable pang that it should have needed to be urged.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He had meant to stay at Merton, as we know, for the night.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
love
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From this reading The urgency of Mr. Grey’s words was upon him, and love had a miserable pang that it should have needed to be urged.
meadows
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From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
meant
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From this reading He had meant to stay at Merton, as we know, for the night.
Merton
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From this reading He had meant to stay at Merton, as we know, for the night.
miserable
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From this reading The urgency of Mr. Grey’s words was upon him, and love had a miserable pang that it should have needed to be urged.
Mr
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From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
needed
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From this reading The urgency of Mr. Grey’s words was upon him, and love had a miserable pang that it should have needed to be urged.
night
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From this reading He had meant to stay at Merton, as we know, for the night.
Now
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From this reading Now, his one thought was to get back to Catherine.
o'clock
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From this reading By eight o’clock he was again at Churton.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The urgency of Mr. Grey’s words was upon him, and love had a miserable pang that it should have needed to be urged.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Now, his one thought was to get back to Catherine.
Oxford
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From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
pang
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From this reading The urgency of Mr. Grey’s words was upon him, and love had a miserable pang that it should have needed to be urged.
river
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From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading The urgency of Mr. Grey’s words was upon him, and love had a miserable pang that it should have needed to be urged.
shrunken
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From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
spires
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From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
stay
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From this reading He had meant to stay at Merton, as we know, for the night.
summer
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From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The urgency of Mr. Grey’s words was upon him, and love had a miserable pang that it should have needed to be urged.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Now, his one thought was to get back to Catherine.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He had meant to stay at Merton, as we know, for the night.
towers
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From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
train
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From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading In half an hour from the time Mr. Grey’s door closed upon him, Elsmere had caught a convenient cross-country train, and had left the Oxford towers and spires, the shrunken summer Isis, and the flat, hot, river meadows far behind him.
urged
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From this reading The urgency of Mr. Grey’s words was upon him, and love had a miserable pang that it should have needed to be urged.
urgency
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From this reading The urgency of Mr. Grey’s words was upon him, and love had a miserable pang that it should have needed to be urged.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Now, his one thought was to get back to Catherine.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading He had meant to stay at Merton, as we know, for the night.
words
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From this reading The urgency of Mr. Grey’s words was upon him, and love had a miserable pang that it should have needed to be urged.
