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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 I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport:
AFFAIRS
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From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Next week I hope to Bar Harbor for a few days, and the week after that I hope to Narragansett for a short period.
Alice
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From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
all
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From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
Bar
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From this reading Next week I hope to Bar Harbor for a few days, and the week after that I hope to Narragansett for a short period.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
Bunch
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From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
Cecil
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From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
Clarence
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From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
Clorinda
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From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
days
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From this reading Next week I hope to Bar Harbor for a few days, and the week after that I hope to Narragansett for a short period.
Dear
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From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
doing
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From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
fashionable
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From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
few
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From this reading Next week I hope to Bar Harbor for a few days, and the week after that I hope to Narragansett for a short period.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Next week I hope to Bar Harbor for a few days, and the week after that I hope to Narragansett for a short period.
friends
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From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
Fritters
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From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport:
Fussyface
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From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
George
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From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
Harbor
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From this reading Next week I hope to Bar Harbor for a few days, and the week after that I hope to Narragansett for a short period.
Harry
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From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
HENRY
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From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
hope
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From this reading Next week I hope to Bar Harbor for a few days, and the week after that I hope to Narragansett for a short period.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport:
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
JOHN
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From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
LastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
letter
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From this reading I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport:
Llewellyn
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From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport:
Miss
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From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
Mrs
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From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport:
Narragansett
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From this reading Next week I hope to Bar Harbor for a few days, and the week after that I hope to Narragansett for a short period.
Newport
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From this reading I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport:
Newporting
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From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport:
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
period
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From this reading Next week I hope to Bar Harbor for a few days, and the week after that I hope to Narragansett for a short period.
Pifflemind
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From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
Plentycash
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From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
put
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From this reading I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport:
resorts
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From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
seaside
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From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
several
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From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading Next week I hope to Bar Harbor for a few days, and the week after that I hope to Narragansett for a short period.
Shortbrow
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From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
SOCIAL
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From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
society
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From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
spent
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From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
stunt
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From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Next week I hope to Bar Harbor for a few days, and the week after that I hope to Narragansett for a short period.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport:
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
Vanwigglevandoozen
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From this reading In the party with us here are Clarence Fussyface, Llewellyn Shortbrow, Harry Pifflemind, Cecil Vanwigglevandoozen, Mrs. George Plentycash and Miss Clorinda Fritters.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
week
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From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
weeks
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From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Dear John: With a party of our society friends we have been Newporting all this week.
wrote
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From this reading I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport:
year
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From this reading JOHN HENRY ON SOCIAL AFFAIRS Last year Bunch and Alice spent several weeks doing the society stunt at the fashionable seaside resorts.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading I must put you next to a letter Bunch wrote me from Newport:
