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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 _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
accurate
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From this reading Exceptionally high rates, tripling those ever previously paid in America will be given for accurate authentic work.
advertisement
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From this reading The waiting heap of correspondence was forgotten, and she read and reread as if hypnotized the chance advertisement which had caught her eye:
America
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From this reading Exceptionally high rates, tripling those ever previously paid in America will be given for accurate authentic work.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The waiting heap of correspondence was forgotten, and she read and reread as if hypnotized the chance advertisement which had caught her eye:
arrived
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From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The waiting heap of correspondence was forgotten, and she read and reread as if hypnotized the chance advertisement which had caught her eye:
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
authentic
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From this reading Exceptionally high rates, tripling those ever previously paid in America will be given for accurate authentic work.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Exceptionally high rates, tripling those ever previously paid in America will be given for accurate authentic work.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
Betty
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From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
caught
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chance
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From this reading The waiting heap of correspondence was forgotten, and she read and reread as if hypnotized the chance advertisement which had caught her eye:
conversant
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copy
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From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
correspondence
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desk
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From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
Digest
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From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
dynastic
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From this reading "Wanted:--Translator of Egyptian inscriptions and papyri of later dynastic periods.
Egyptian
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From this reading "Wanted:--Translator of Egyptian inscriptions and papyri of later dynastic periods.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Exceptionally high rates, tripling those ever previously paid in America will be given for accurate authentic work.
Exceptionally
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From this reading Exceptionally high rates, tripling those ever previously paid in America will be given for accurate authentic work.
eye
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From this reading The waiting heap of correspondence was forgotten, and she read and reread as if hypnotized the chance advertisement which had caught her eye:
following
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From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Exceptionally high rates, tripling those ever previously paid in America will be given for accurate authentic work.
forgottenadjectiveUS /fərˈɡɑːt.n̩/
Not remembered; lapsed from memory.
From this reading The waiting heap of correspondence was forgotten, and she read and reread as if hypnotized the chance advertisement which had caught her eye:
FromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
given
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From this reading Exceptionally high rates, tripling those ever previously paid in America will be given for accurate authentic work.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
heap
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From this reading The waiting heap of correspondence was forgotten, and she read and reread as if hypnotized the chance advertisement which had caught her eye:
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
high
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From this reading Exceptionally high rates, tripling those ever previously paid in America will be given for accurate authentic work.
hypnotized
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From this reading The waiting heap of correspondence was forgotten, and she read and reread as if hypnotized the chance advertisement which had caught her eye:
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The waiting heap of correspondence was forgotten, and she read and reread as if hypnotized the chance advertisement which had caught her eye:
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
inscriptions
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From this reading "Wanted:--Translator of Egyptian inscriptions and papyri of later dynastic periods.
just
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From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
later
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From this reading "Wanted:--Translator of Egyptian inscriptions and papyri of later dynastic periods.
library
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From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
Literary
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mail
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From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
Mallory
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From this reading Scholar conversant with Mallory method preferred.
Message
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From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
method
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From this reading Scholar conversant with Mallory method preferred.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
opera
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From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
out
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From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
paid
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From this reading Exceptionally high rates, tripling those ever previously paid in America will be given for accurate authentic work.
papyri
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From this reading "Wanted:--Translator of Egyptian inscriptions and papyri of later dynastic periods.
periods
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From this reading "Wanted:--Translator of Egyptian inscriptions and papyri of later dynastic periods.
Pharaoh
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From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
preferred
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previously
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rates
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read
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From this reading The waiting heap of correspondence was forgotten, and she read and reread as if hypnotized the chance advertisement which had caught her eye:
reread
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From this reading The waiting heap of correspondence was forgotten, and she read and reread as if hypnotized the chance advertisement which had caught her eye:
sat
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From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
ScholarnounUS /ˈskɒl.ər/
A specialist in a particular branch of study; a distinguished student.
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shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The waiting heap of correspondence was forgotten, and she read and reread as if hypnotized the chance advertisement which had caught her eye:
spread
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From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Exceptionally high rates, tripling those ever previously paid in America will be given for accurate authentic work.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
Translator
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From this reading "Wanted:--Translator of Egyptian inscriptions and papyri of later dynastic periods.
tripling
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From this reading Exceptionally high rates, tripling those ever previously paid in America will be given for accurate authentic work.
visit
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From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
waiting
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From this reading The waiting heap of correspondence was forgotten, and she read and reread as if hypnotized the chance advertisement which had caught her eye:
Wanted
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From this reading "Wanted:--Translator of Egyptian inscriptions and papyri of later dynastic periods.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The waiting heap of correspondence was forgotten, and she read and reread as if hypnotized the chance advertisement which had caught her eye:
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Exceptionally high rates, tripling those ever previously paid in America will be given for accurate authentic work.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading _A Message From Pharaoh._ On the morning following her visit to the opera, Betty sat at her desk in the library, with a copy of the _Literary Digest_, which had just arrived in the mail spread out before her.
work
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From this reading Exceptionally high rates, tripling those ever previously paid in America will be given for accurate authentic work.
