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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 But that night had given Ambrose a terrible cough, so that Dennet kept him in bed two days.
absence
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From this reading When the absence of the barbarous token of the execution was discovered, suspicion instantly fell on the More family, and Margaret, her husband, and her brother, were all imprisoned.
all
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From this reading When the absence of the barbarous token of the execution was discovered, suspicion instantly fell on the More family, and Margaret, her husband, and her brother, were all imprisoned.
Ambrose
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From this reading But that night had given Ambrose a terrible cough, so that Dennet kept him in bed two days.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “O the oak, and the birch, and the bonny holly tree, They flourish best at home in my own countree.”
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The brave lady took all upon herself, and gave no names of her associates in the deed, and as Henry VIII. still sometimes had better moods, all were soon released.
associates
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From this reading The brave lady took all upon herself, and gave no names of her associates in the deed, and as Henry VIII. still sometimes had better moods, all were soon released.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “O the oak, and the birch, and the bonny holly tree, They flourish best at home in my own countree.”
barbarous
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From this reading When the absence of the barbarous token of the execution was discovered, suspicion instantly fell on the More family, and Margaret, her husband, and her brother, were all imprisoned.
bed
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From this reading But that night had given Ambrose a terrible cough, so that Dennet kept him in bed two days.
best
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From this reading “O the oak, and the birch, and the bonny holly tree, They flourish best at home in my own countree.”
better
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From this reading The brave lady took all upon herself, and gave no names of her associates in the deed, and as Henry VIII. still sometimes had better moods, all were soon released.
birch
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From this reading “O the oak, and the birch, and the bonny holly tree, They flourish best at home in my own countree.”
bonny
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From this reading “O the oak, and the birch, and the bonny holly tree, They flourish best at home in my own countree.”
brave
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From this reading The brave lady took all upon herself, and gave no names of her associates in the deed, and as Henry VIII. still sometimes had better moods, all were soon released.
brother
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From this reading When the absence of the barbarous token of the execution was discovered, suspicion instantly fell on the More family, and Margaret, her husband, and her brother, were all imprisoned.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But that night had given Ambrose a terrible cough, so that Dennet kept him in bed two days.
cared
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From this reading Indeed he hardly cared to rise from it.
cough
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From this reading But that night had given Ambrose a terrible cough, so that Dennet kept him in bed two days.
countree
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From this reading “O the oak, and the birch, and the bonny holly tree, They flourish best at home in my own countree.”
days
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From this reading But that night had given Ambrose a terrible cough, so that Dennet kept him in bed two days.
deed
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From this reading The brave lady took all upon herself, and gave no names of her associates in the deed, and as Henry VIII. still sometimes had better moods, all were soon released.
Dennet
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From this reading But that night had given Ambrose a terrible cough, so that Dennet kept him in bed two days.
discovered
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From this reading When the absence of the barbarous token of the execution was discovered, suspicion instantly fell on the More family, and Margaret, her husband, and her brother, were all imprisoned.
execution
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From this reading When the absence of the barbarous token of the execution was discovered, suspicion instantly fell on the More family, and Margaret, her husband, and her brother, were all imprisoned.
family
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From this reading When the absence of the barbarous token of the execution was discovered, suspicion instantly fell on the More family, and Margaret, her husband, and her brother, were all imprisoned.
fell
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From this reading When the absence of the barbarous token of the execution was discovered, suspicion instantly fell on the More family, and Margaret, her husband, and her brother, were all imprisoned.
flourish
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From this reading “O the oak, and the birch, and the bonny holly tree, They flourish best at home in my own countree.”
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Indeed he hardly cared to rise from it.
gave
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From this reading The brave lady took all upon herself, and gave no names of her associates in the deed, and as Henry VIII. still sometimes had better moods, all were soon released.
given
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From this reading But that night had given Ambrose a terrible cough, so that Dennet kept him in bed two days.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The brave lady took all upon herself, and gave no names of her associates in the deed, and as Henry VIII. still sometimes had better moods, all were soon released.
hardly
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From this reading Indeed he hardly cared to rise from it.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Indeed he hardly cared to rise from it.
Henry
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From this reading The brave lady took all upon herself, and gave no names of her associates in the deed, and as Henry VIII. still sometimes had better moods, all were soon released.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When the absence of the barbarous token of the execution was discovered, suspicion instantly fell on the More family, and Margaret, her husband, and her brother, were all imprisoned.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading The brave lady took all upon herself, and gave no names of her associates in the deed, and as Henry VIII. still sometimes had better moods, all were soon released.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But that night had given Ambrose a terrible cough, so that Dennet kept him in bed two days.
holly
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From this reading “O the oak, and the birch, and the bonny holly tree, They flourish best at home in my own countree.”
home
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From this reading “O the oak, and the birch, and the bonny holly tree, They flourish best at home in my own countree.”
husband
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From this reading When the absence of the barbarous token of the execution was discovered, suspicion instantly fell on the More family, and Margaret, her husband, and her brother, were all imprisoned.
imprisoned
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From this reading When the absence of the barbarous token of the execution was discovered, suspicion instantly fell on the More family, and Margaret, her husband, and her brother, were all imprisoned.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “O the oak, and the birch, and the bonny holly tree, They flourish best at home in my own countree.”
Indeed
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From this reading Indeed he hardly cared to rise from it.
instantly
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From this reading When the absence of the barbarous token of the execution was discovered, suspicion instantly fell on the More family, and Margaret, her husband, and her brother, were all imprisoned.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Indeed he hardly cared to rise from it.
kept
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From this reading But that night had given Ambrose a terrible cough, so that Dennet kept him in bed two days.
lady
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From this reading The brave lady took all upon herself, and gave no names of her associates in the deed, and as Henry VIII. still sometimes had better moods, all were soon released.
Margaret
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From this reading When the absence of the barbarous token of the execution was discovered, suspicion instantly fell on the More family, and Margaret, her husband, and her brother, were all imprisoned.
moods
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From this reading The brave lady took all upon herself, and gave no names of her associates in the deed, and as Henry VIII. still sometimes had better moods, all were soon released.
More
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From this reading When the absence of the barbarous token of the execution was discovered, suspicion instantly fell on the More family, and Margaret, her husband, and her brother, were all imprisoned.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “O the oak, and the birch, and the bonny holly tree, They flourish best at home in my own countree.”
names
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From this reading The brave lady took all upon herself, and gave no names of her associates in the deed, and as Henry VIII. still sometimes had better moods, all were soon released.
night
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From this reading But that night had given Ambrose a terrible cough, so that Dennet kept him in bed two days.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The brave lady took all upon herself, and gave no names of her associates in the deed, and as Henry VIII. still sometimes had better moods, all were soon released.
O
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From this reading “O the oak, and the birch, and the bonny holly tree, They flourish best at home in my own countree.”
oak
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From this reading “O the oak, and the birch, and the bonny holly tree, They flourish best at home in my own countree.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading When the absence of the barbarous token of the execution was discovered, suspicion instantly fell on the More family, and Margaret, her husband, and her brother, were all imprisoned.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading When the absence of the barbarous token of the execution was discovered, suspicion instantly fell on the More family, and Margaret, her husband, and her brother, were all imprisoned.
own
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From this reading “O the oak, and the birch, and the bonny holly tree, They flourish best at home in my own countree.”
released
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From this reading The brave lady took all upon herself, and gave no names of her associates in the deed, and as Henry VIII. still sometimes had better moods, all were soon released.
rise
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From this reading Indeed he hardly cared to rise from it.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But that night had given Ambrose a terrible cough, so that Dennet kept him in bed two days.
sometimes
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From this reading The brave lady took all upon herself, and gave no names of her associates in the deed, and as Henry VIII. still sometimes had better moods, all were soon released.
soon
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From this reading The brave lady took all upon herself, and gave no names of her associates in the deed, and as Henry VIII. still sometimes had better moods, all were soon released.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The brave lady took all upon herself, and gave no names of her associates in the deed, and as Henry VIII. still sometimes had better moods, all were soon released.
suspicion
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From this reading When the absence of the barbarous token of the execution was discovered, suspicion instantly fell on the More family, and Margaret, her husband, and her brother, were all imprisoned.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But that night had given Ambrose a terrible cough, so that Dennet kept him in bed two days.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But that night had given Ambrose a terrible cough, so that Dennet kept him in bed two days.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “O the oak, and the birch, and the bonny holly tree, They flourish best at home in my own countree.”
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “O the oak, and the birch, and the bonny holly tree, They flourish best at home in my own countree.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Indeed he hardly cared to rise from it.
token
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From this reading When the absence of the barbarous token of the execution was discovered, suspicion instantly fell on the More family, and Margaret, her husband, and her brother, were all imprisoned.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The brave lady took all upon herself, and gave no names of her associates in the deed, and as Henry VIII. still sometimes had better moods, all were soon released.
tree
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From this reading “O the oak, and the birch, and the bonny holly tree, They flourish best at home in my own countree.”
two
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From this reading But that night had given Ambrose a terrible cough, so that Dennet kept him in bed two days.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The brave lady took all upon herself, and gave no names of her associates in the deed, and as Henry VIII. still sometimes had better moods, all were soon released.
VIII
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From this reading The brave lady took all upon herself, and gave no names of her associates in the deed, and as Henry VIII. still sometimes had better moods, all were soon released.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When the absence of the barbarous token of the execution was discovered, suspicion instantly fell on the More family, and Margaret, her husband, and her brother, were all imprisoned.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading When the absence of the barbarous token of the execution was discovered, suspicion instantly fell on the More family, and Margaret, her husband, and her brother, were all imprisoned.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When the absence of the barbarous token of the execution was discovered, suspicion instantly fell on the More family, and Margaret, her husband, and her brother, were all imprisoned.
