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Sarah's School Friend
Sarah's School Friend

Chapter XVI

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THE MILLIONAIRE'S PICNIC.
'Oh dear! my head aches, at any rate,' sighed Horatia when they came out of about the fiftieth room.
'I am glad we are going motoring; it will blow my headache away.'
'Ay, it's a big place, is Clay's,' said the millionaire with an air of satisfaction.
'There's Uncle Howroyd.
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Sarah's School Friend

Chapter XVI

Reading 1/30 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
THE MILLIONAIRE'S PICNIC.
Line 2
'Oh dear! my head aches, at any rate,' sighed Horatia when they came out of about the fiftieth room.
Line 3
'I am glad we are going motoring; it will blow my headache away.'
Line 4
'Ay, it's a big place, is Clay's,' said the millionaire with an air of satisfaction.
Line 5
'There's Uncle Howroyd.

Learner Dictionary

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About preposition US /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading “'Oh dear! my head aches, at any rate,' sighed Horatia when they came out of about the fiftieth room.”

All words in this reading · 49

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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 'Ay, it's a big place, is Clay's,' said the millionaire with an air of satisfaction.

aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/

on the subject of; concerning

From this reading 'Oh dear! my head aches, at any rate,' sighed Horatia when they came out of about the fiftieth room.

aches

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From this reading 'Oh dear! my head aches, at any rate,' sighed Horatia when they came out of about the fiftieth room.

air

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From this reading 'Ay, it's a big place, is Clay's,' said the millionaire with an air of satisfaction.

amauxiliary verbUS /æm/

the form of “be” used with “I”

From this reading 'I am glad we are going motoring; it will blow my headache away.'

andeterminerUS /æn/

the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound

From this reading 'Ay, it's a big place, is Clay's,' said the millionaire with an air of satisfaction.

any

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From this reading 'Oh dear! my head aches, at any rate,' sighed Horatia when they came out of about the fiftieth room.

areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

From this reading 'I am glad we are going motoring; it will blow my headache away.'

atprepositionUS /æt/

in or near a particular place or position

From this reading 'Oh dear! my head aches, at any rate,' sighed Horatia when they came out of about the fiftieth room.

away

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From this reading 'I am glad we are going motoring; it will blow my headache away.'

Ay

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From this reading 'Ay, it's a big place, is Clay's,' said the millionaire with an air of satisfaction.

big

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From this reading 'Ay, it's a big place, is Clay's,' said the millionaire with an air of satisfaction.

blow

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From this reading 'I am glad we are going motoring; it will blow my headache away.'

came

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From this reading 'Oh dear! my head aches, at any rate,' sighed Horatia when they came out of about the fiftieth room.

Clay's

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From this reading 'Ay, it's a big place, is Clay's,' said the millionaire with an air of satisfaction.

dear

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From this reading 'Oh dear! my head aches, at any rate,' sighed Horatia when they came out of about the fiftieth room.

fiftieth

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From this reading 'Oh dear! my head aches, at any rate,' sighed Horatia when they came out of about the fiftieth room.

glad

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From this reading 'I am glad we are going motoring; it will blow my headache away.'

going

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From this reading 'I am glad we are going motoring; it will blow my headache away.'

head

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From this reading 'Oh dear! my head aches, at any rate,' sighed Horatia when they came out of about the fiftieth room.

headache

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From this reading 'I am glad we are going motoring; it will blow my headache away.'

Horatia

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From this reading 'Oh dear! my head aches, at any rate,' sighed Horatia when they came out of about the fiftieth room.

Howroyd

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From this reading 'There's Uncle Howroyd.

IpronounUS /aɪ/

the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb

From this reading 'I am glad we are going motoring; it will blow my headache away.'

isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading 'Ay, it's a big place, is Clay's,' said the millionaire with an air of satisfaction.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading 'I am glad we are going motoring; it will blow my headache away.'

it's

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From this reading 'Ay, it's a big place, is Clay's,' said the millionaire with an air of satisfaction.

millionaire

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From this reading 'Ay, it's a big place, is Clay's,' said the millionaire with an air of satisfaction.

MILLIONAIRE'S

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From this reading THE MILLIONAIRE'S PICNIC.

motoring

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From this reading 'I am glad we are going motoring; it will blow my headache away.'

mydeterminerUS /maɪ/

belonging to the person speaking

From this reading 'Oh dear! my head aches, at any rate,' sighed Horatia when they came out of about the fiftieth room.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading 'Oh dear! my head aches, at any rate,' sighed Horatia when they came out of about the fiftieth room.

Oh

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From this reading 'Oh dear! my head aches, at any rate,' sighed Horatia when they came out of about the fiftieth room.

out

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From this reading 'Oh dear! my head aches, at any rate,' sighed Horatia when they came out of about the fiftieth room.

PICNIC

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From this reading THE MILLIONAIRE'S PICNIC.

place

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From this reading 'Ay, it's a big place, is Clay's,' said the millionaire with an air of satisfaction.

rate

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From this reading 'Oh dear! my head aches, at any rate,' sighed Horatia when they came out of about the fiftieth room.

room

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From this reading 'Oh dear! my head aches, at any rate,' sighed Horatia when they came out of about the fiftieth room.

said

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From this reading 'Ay, it's a big place, is Clay's,' said the millionaire with an air of satisfaction.

satisfaction

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From this reading 'Ay, it's a big place, is Clay's,' said the millionaire with an air of satisfaction.

sighed

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From this reading 'Oh dear! my head aches, at any rate,' sighed Horatia when they came out of about the fiftieth room.

THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE MILLIONAIRE'S PICNIC.

There's

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From this reading 'There's Uncle Howroyd.

theypronounUS /ðeɪ/

the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading 'Oh dear! my head aches, at any rate,' sighed Horatia when they came out of about the fiftieth room.

Uncle

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From this reading 'There's Uncle Howroyd.

wepronounUS /wiː/

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading 'I am glad we are going motoring; it will blow my headache away.'

whenconjunctionUS /wen/

at the time that

From this reading 'Oh dear! my head aches, at any rate,' sighed Horatia when they came out of about the fiftieth room.

willmodal verbUS /wɪl/

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading 'I am glad we are going motoring; it will blow my headache away.'

withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading 'Ay, it's a big place, is Clay's,' said the millionaire with an air of satisfaction.