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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 She made, therefore, the best of her way with Gibbie to the _Muckle Hoose_, but, as the latter expected, found it a ruin in a wilderness.
Acres
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From this reading Acres of trees and shrubbery had disappeared, and a hollow waste of sand and gravel was in their place.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Acres of trees and shrubbery had disappeared, and a hollow waste of sand and gravel was in their place.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She made, therefore, the best of her way with Gibbie to the _Muckle Hoose_, but, as the latter expected, found it a ruin in a wilderness.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
best
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From this reading She made, therefore, the best of her way with Gibbie to the _Muckle Hoose_, but, as the latter expected, found it a ruin in a wilderness.
bound
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From this reading The next morning, Janet felt herself in duty bound to make inquiry concerning those interested in Miss Galbraith.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She made, therefore, the best of her way with Gibbie to the _Muckle Hoose_, but, as the latter expected, found it a ruin in a wilderness.
carried
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From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
concerning
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From this reading The next morning, Janet felt herself in duty bound to make inquiry concerning those interested in Miss Galbraith.
disappearednounUS /ˈdisappeared/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Acres of trees and shrubbery had disappeared, and a hollow waste of sand and gravel was in their place.
dutynounUS /ˈduːti/
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading The next morning, Janet felt herself in duty bound to make inquiry concerning those interested in Miss Galbraith.
edge
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From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
expected
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From this reading She made, therefore, the best of her way with Gibbie to the _Muckle Hoose_, but, as the latter expected, found it a ruin in a wilderness.
feet
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From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
felt
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From this reading The next morning, Janet felt herself in duty bound to make inquiry concerning those interested in Miss Galbraith.
fifty
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From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She made, therefore, the best of her way with Gibbie to the _Muckle Hoose_, but, as the latter expected, found it a ruin in a wilderness.
Galbraith
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From this reading The next morning, Janet felt herself in duty bound to make inquiry concerning those interested in Miss Galbraith.
Gibbie
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From this reading She made, therefore, the best of her way with Gibbie to the _Muckle Hoose_, but, as the latter expected, found it a ruin in a wilderness.
Ginevra
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From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
gravel
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From this reading Acres of trees and shrubbery had disappeared, and a hollow waste of sand and gravel was in their place.
gravelly
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From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Acres of trees and shrubbery had disappeared, and a hollow waste of sand and gravel was in their place.
height
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From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She made, therefore, the best of her way with Gibbie to the _Muckle Hoose_, but, as the latter expected, found it a ruin in a wilderness.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading The next morning, Janet felt herself in duty bound to make inquiry concerning those interested in Miss Galbraith.
hollow
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From this reading Acres of trees and shrubbery had disappeared, and a hollow waste of sand and gravel was in their place.
HOOSE
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From this reading THE MUCKLE HOOSE.
house
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From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The next morning, Janet felt herself in duty bound to make inquiry concerning those interested in Miss Galbraith.
inquiry
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From this reading The next morning, Janet felt herself in duty bound to make inquiry concerning those interested in Miss Galbraith.
interested
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From this reading The next morning, Janet felt herself in duty bound to make inquiry concerning those interested in Miss Galbraith.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She made, therefore, the best of her way with Gibbie to the _Muckle Hoose_, but, as the latter expected, found it a ruin in a wilderness.
Janet
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From this reading The next morning, Janet felt herself in duty bound to make inquiry concerning those interested in Miss Galbraith.
kitchen-wing
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From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
latter
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From this reading She made, therefore, the best of her way with Gibbie to the _Muckle Hoose_, but, as the latter expected, found it a ruin in a wilderness.
lay
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From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
made
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From this reading She made, therefore, the best of her way with Gibbie to the _Muckle Hoose_, but, as the latter expected, found it a ruin in a wilderness.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning, Janet felt herself in duty bound to make inquiry concerning those interested in Miss Galbraith.
Miss
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From this reading The next morning, Janet felt herself in duty bound to make inquiry concerning those interested in Miss Galbraith.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning, Janet felt herself in duty bound to make inquiry concerning those interested in Miss Galbraith.
MUCKLE
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From this reading THE MUCKLE HOOSE.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next morning, Janet felt herself in duty bound to make inquiry concerning those interested in Miss Galbraith.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She made, therefore, the best of her way with Gibbie to the _Muckle Hoose_, but, as the latter expected, found it a ruin in a wilderness.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
place
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From this reading Acres of trees and shrubbery had disappeared, and a hollow waste of sand and gravel was in their place.
precipice
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From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
red
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From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
room
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From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
ruin
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From this reading She made, therefore, the best of her way with Gibbie to the _Muckle Hoose_, but, as the latter expected, found it a ruin in a wilderness.
sand
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From this reading Acres of trees and shrubbery had disappeared, and a hollow waste of sand and gravel was in their place.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She made, therefore, the best of her way with Gibbie to the _Muckle Hoose_, but, as the latter expected, found it a ruin in a wilderness.
shrubbery
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From this reading Acres of trees and shrubbery had disappeared, and a hollow waste of sand and gravel was in their place.
stones
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From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE MUCKLE HOOSE.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Acres of trees and shrubbery had disappeared, and a hollow waste of sand and gravel was in their place.
thereforeadverbUS /ˈðerfɔːr/
for that reason; as a result
From this reading She made, therefore, the best of her way with Gibbie to the _Muckle Hoose_, but, as the latter expected, found it a ruin in a wilderness.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The next morning, Janet felt herself in duty bound to make inquiry concerning those interested in Miss Galbraith.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The next morning, Janet felt herself in duty bound to make inquiry concerning those interested in Miss Galbraith.
trees
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From this reading Acres of trees and shrubbery had disappeared, and a hollow waste of sand and gravel was in their place.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Acres of trees and shrubbery had disappeared, and a hollow waste of sand and gravel was in their place.
wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading Acres of trees and shrubbery had disappeared, and a hollow waste of sand and gravel was in their place.
way
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From this reading She made, therefore, the best of her way with Gibbie to the _Muckle Hoose_, but, as the latter expected, found it a ruin in a wilderness.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
whenceadverbUS /wens/
an old word meaning “from where”
From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading What was left of the house stood on the edge of a red gravelly precipice of fifty feet in height, at whose foot lay the stones of the kitchen-wing, in which had been the room whence Gibbie carried Ginevra.
wildernessnounUS /ˈwɪldərnəs/
a wild area where few people live
From this reading She made, therefore, the best of her way with Gibbie to the _Muckle Hoose_, but, as the latter expected, found it a ruin in a wilderness.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She made, therefore, the best of her way with Gibbie to the _Muckle Hoose_, but, as the latter expected, found it a ruin in a wilderness.
