used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury
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used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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at the same time that; because; in the way that
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in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
the lower side of anything
From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other
From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
showing who or what does the action
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clenchedadjectiveUS /klentʃt/
closed or squeezed together tightly
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an institution created to conduct business
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utter a sudden loud cry
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dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
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showing where something starts, or who sent it
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a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
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a young female
From this reading The cry was passionate and tense, as the girl clenched the newspaper in her slender hands.
the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions
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(with “in”) guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child
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a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
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belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
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belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
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hostess's
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inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The cry was passionate and tense, as the girl clenched the newspaper in her slender hands.
lazilyadverbUS /ˈlæzəli/
in a slow and lazy manner
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departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
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the capital and largest city of England; located on the Thames in southeastern England; financial and industrial and cultural center
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less than normal in degree or intensity or amount
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LTD
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the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
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an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman)
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the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
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MelbournenounUS /ˈmelbərn/
a resort town in east central Florida
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mooredverbUS /mʊrd/
past form of “moor” — secure in or as if in a berth or dock
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not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
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a daily or weekly publication on folded sheets; contains news and articles and advertisements
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belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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a midwestern state in north central United States in the Great Lakes region
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overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
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overheardverbUS /ˈoʊvərˈhɜːrd/
inflected form of “overhear” — hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers
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having or expressing strong emotions
From this reading The cry was passionate and tense, as the girl clenched the newspaper in her slender hands.
puntverbUS /pʌnt/
kick the ball
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free of extraneous elements of any kind
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screenedverbUS /skriːnd/
past form of “screen” — test or examine for the presence of disease or infection
From this reading He was lying lazily in a punt moored at the bottom of his hostess's garden, and the girl was leaning over a broad low wall, screened from view by a thick bush of syringa.
being of delicate or slender build
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syringanoun
large hardy shrub with showy and strongly fragrant creamy-white flowers in short terminal racemes
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impart skills or knowledge to
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tensenounUS /tens/
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time
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used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The cry was passionate and tense, as the girl clenched the newspaper in her slender hands.
not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
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used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
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TorontonounUS /tərˈɑːntoʊ/
the provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada)
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a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
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an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure
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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
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the English royal house (a branch of the Plantagenet line) that reigned from 1461 to 1485; its emblem was a white rose
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