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always
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From this reading Kingsland Court had from time immemorial been one of the show-places of the county, Thursday being always set apart as the visitors' day.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
apart
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From this reading Kingsland Court had from time immemorial been one of the show-places of the county, Thursday being always set apart as the visitors' day.
armor
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From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Kingsland Court had from time immemorial been one of the show-places of the county, Thursday being always set apart as the visitors' day.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Kingsland Court had from time immemorial been one of the show-places of the county, Thursday being always set apart as the visitors' day.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Kingsland Court had from time immemorial been one of the show-places of the county, Thursday being always set apart as the visitors' day.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
cabinets
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From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
came
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From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
cicerone
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From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
Comfit's
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From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
county
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From this reading Kingsland Court had from time immemorial been one of the show-places of the county, Thursday being always set apart as the visitors' day.
Court
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From this reading Kingsland Court had from time immemorial been one of the show-places of the county, Thursday being always set apart as the visitors' day.
curiosities
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From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
day
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From this reading Kingsland Court had from time immemorial been one of the show-places of the county, Thursday being always set apart as the visitors' day.
down
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From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
explanations
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From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Kingsland Court had from time immemorial been one of the show-places of the county, Thursday being always set apart as the visitors' day.
gasping
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From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
got
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From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
growing
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From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Kingsland Court had from time immemorial been one of the show-places of the county, Thursday being always set apart as the visitors' day.
heart
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From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
history
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From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
house
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From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
housekeeper
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From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
immemorial
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From this reading Kingsland Court had from time immemorial been one of the show-places of the county, Thursday being always set apart as the visitors' day.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
Kingsland
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From this reading Kingsland Court had from time immemorial been one of the show-places of the county, Thursday being always set apart as the visitors' day.
LITTLEnounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PARMALEE'S LITTLE MYSTERY.
Miss
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From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
MR
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From this reading MR.
Mrs
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From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
MYSTERY
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From this reading PARMALEE'S LITTLE MYSTERY.
nature
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From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Kingsland Court had from time immemorial been one of the show-places of the county, Thursday being always set apart as the visitors' day.
old
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From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
older
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From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Kingsland Court had from time immemorial been one of the show-places of the county, Thursday being always set apart as the visitors' day.
out
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From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
pant
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From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
PARMALEE'S
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From this reading PARMALEE'S LITTLE MYSTERY.
pictures
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From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
place
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From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
play
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From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
portlier
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From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
portly
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From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
rescue
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From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
set
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From this reading Kingsland Court had from time immemorial been one of the show-places of the county, Thursday being always set apart as the visitors' day.
show-places
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From this reading Kingsland Court had from time immemorial been one of the show-places of the county, Thursday being always set apart as the visitors' day.
Silver
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From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
strangers
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From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
suits
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From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
Sybilla
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From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Kingsland Court had from time immemorial been one of the show-places of the county, Thursday being always set apart as the visitors' day.
things
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From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
Thursday
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From this reading Kingsland Court had from time immemorial been one of the show-places of the county, Thursday being always set apart as the visitors' day.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Kingsland Court had from time immemorial been one of the show-places of the county, Thursday being always set apart as the visitors' day.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
unable
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From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
up
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From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
used
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From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
usual
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From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
visitors
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From this reading Kingsland Court had from time immemorial been one of the show-places of the county, Thursday being always set apart as the visitors' day.
waddle
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From this reading The portly old housekeeper used to play cicerone, but the portly old housekeeper, growing portlier and older every day, got in time quite unable to waddle up and down and pant out gasping explanations to the strangers.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading So Miss Sybilla Silver, with her usual good nature, came to the rescue, got the history of the old house, and the old pictures, and cabinets, and curiosities, and suits of armor and things by heart, and took Mrs. Comfit's place.
