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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 What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
AFTERNOONnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading AFTERNOON TEA "I feel," said Sally Lane, impressively, "that the way to receive them properly is to have afternoon tea on the lawn.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
ancestral
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From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
Areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Are they coming over before we call on them?"
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading "Are they coming over before we call on them?"
Burnside
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From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
busy
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From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
call
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From this reading "Are they coming over before we call on them?"
coming
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From this reading "Are they coming over before we call on them?"
desk
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From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
don't
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From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
doorway
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From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
English
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From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
feel
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From this reading AFTERNOON TEA "I feel," said Sally Lane, impressively, "that the way to receive them properly is to have afternoon tea on the lawn.
four
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From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
front
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From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading AFTERNOON TEA "I feel," said Sally Lane, impressively, "that the way to receive them properly is to have afternoon tea on the lawn.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
hummocky
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From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading AFTERNOON TEA "I feel," said Sally Lane, impressively, "that the way to receive them properly is to have afternoon tea on the lawn.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
impressively
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From this reading AFTERNOON TEA "I feel," said Sally Lane, impressively, "that the way to receive them properly is to have afternoon tea on the lawn.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
inquirednounUS /ˈinquired/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Josephine inquired, with poised pen.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading AFTERNOON TEA "I feel," said Sally Lane, impressively, "that the way to receive them properly is to have afternoon tea on the lawn.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
it's
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From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
Josephine
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From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
Lane
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From this reading AFTERNOON TEA "I feel," said Sally Lane, impressively, "that the way to receive them properly is to have afternoon tea on the lawn.
lawn
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From this reading AFTERNOON TEA "I feel," said Sally Lane, impressively, "that the way to receive them properly is to have afternoon tea on the lawn.
letters
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From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
like
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From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
magnificent
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From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
Mrs
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From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
novel
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From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
oaks
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From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading AFTERNOON TEA "I feel," said Sally Lane, impressively, "that the way to receive them properly is to have afternoon tea on the lawn.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
other
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From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading "Are they coming over before we call on them?"
pen
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From this reading Josephine inquired, with poised pen.
piece
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From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
poised
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From this reading Josephine inquired, with poised pen.
properly
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From this reading AFTERNOON TEA "I feel," said Sally Lane, impressively, "that the way to receive them properly is to have afternoon tea on the lawn.
rather
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From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
receive
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From this reading AFTERNOON TEA "I feel," said Sally Lane, impressively, "that the way to receive them properly is to have afternoon tea on the lawn.
room
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From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
said
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From this reading AFTERNOON TEA "I feel," said Sally Lane, impressively, "that the way to receive them properly is to have afternoon tea on the lawn.
Sally
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From this reading AFTERNOON TEA "I feel," said Sally Lane, impressively, "that the way to receive them properly is to have afternoon tea on the lawn.
sewing
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From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
sitting
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From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
small
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From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
some
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From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
sounds
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From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
TEA
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From this reading AFTERNOON TEA "I feel," said Sally Lane, impressively, "that the way to receive them properly is to have afternoon tea on the lawn.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading AFTERNOON TEA "I feel," said Sally Lane, impressively, "that the way to receive them properly is to have afternoon tea on the lawn.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AFTERNOON TEA "I feel," said Sally Lane, impressively, "that the way to receive them properly is to have afternoon tea on the lawn.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading AFTERNOON TEA "I feel," said Sally Lane, impressively, "that the way to receive them properly is to have afternoon tea on the lawn.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Are they coming over before we call on them?"
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AFTERNOON TEA "I feel," said Sally Lane, impressively, "that the way to receive them properly is to have afternoon tea on the lawn.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
use
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From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
way
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From this reading AFTERNOON TEA "I feel," said Sally Lane, impressively, "that the way to receive them properly is to have afternoon tea on the lawn.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
west
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From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What is the use of having a lawn--even though it's still rather hummocky--and four magnificent ancestral oaks--ancestral oaks sounds like an English novel--if we don't have afternoon tea on It--under Them?"
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
wing
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From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
writing
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From this reading She stood in the doorway of the front room in the west wing, where Mrs. Burnside and Josephine were sitting, the one busy with some small piece of sewing, the other writing letters at a desk.
