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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 ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
air
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From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
amiss
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From this reading Her bearing seemed so artless that Jack, rendered genial by the good fare, told himself that there must be something amiss in his recollection of their last meeting.
Areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Are you satisfied?”
artless
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From this reading Her bearing seemed so artless that Jack, rendered genial by the good fare, told himself that there must be something amiss in his recollection of their last meeting.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
banqueters
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From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Her bearing seemed so artless that Jack, rendered genial by the good fare, told himself that there must be something amiss in his recollection of their last meeting.
bearing
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From this reading Her bearing seemed so artless that Jack, rendered genial by the good fare, told himself that there must be something amiss in his recollection of their last meeting.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Her bearing seemed so artless that Jack, rendered genial by the good fare, told himself that there must be something amiss in his recollection of their last meeting.
came
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From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
conscious
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From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
dinner
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From this reading “I tried to make a dinner for you that would remind you of home,” she said.
don't
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From this reading “We Saturnians don’t use food of this kind.
fareverbUS /fer/
to do or succeed in a particular way
From this reading Her bearing seemed so artless that Jack, rendered genial by the good fare, told himself that there must be something amiss in his recollection of their last meeting.
food
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From this reading “We Saturnians don’t use food of this kind.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
forward
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From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
genial
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From this reading Her bearing seemed so artless that Jack, rendered genial by the good fare, told himself that there must be something amiss in his recollection of their last meeting.
good
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From this reading Her bearing seemed so artless that Jack, rendered genial by the good fare, told himself that there must be something amiss in his recollection of their last meeting.
guests
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From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Her bearing seemed so artless that Jack, rendered genial by the good fare, told himself that there must be something amiss in his recollection of their last meeting.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Her bearing seemed so artless that Jack, rendered genial by the good fare, told himself that there must be something amiss in his recollection of their last meeting.
home
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From this reading “I tried to make a dinner for you that would remind you of home,” she said.
hostess
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From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I tried to make a dinner for you that would remind you of home,” she said.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Her bearing seemed so artless that Jack, rendered genial by the good fare, told himself that there must be something amiss in his recollection of their last meeting.
Jack
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From this reading Her bearing seemed so artless that Jack, rendered genial by the good fare, told himself that there must be something amiss in his recollection of their last meeting.
kind
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From this reading “We Saturnians don’t use food of this kind.
last
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From this reading Her bearing seemed so artless that Jack, rendered genial by the good fare, told himself that there must be something amiss in his recollection of their last meeting.
make
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From this reading “I tried to make a dinner for you that would remind you of home,” she said.
meeting
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From this reading Her bearing seemed so artless that Jack, rendered genial by the good fare, told himself that there must be something amiss in his recollection of their last meeting.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Her bearing seemed so artless that Jack, rendered genial by the good fare, told himself that there must be something amiss in his recollection of their last meeting.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
once
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From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
pleased
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From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
recollection
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From this reading Her bearing seemed so artless that Jack, rendered genial by the good fare, told himself that there must be something amiss in his recollection of their last meeting.
recover
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From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
remind
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From this reading “I tried to make a dinner for you that would remind you of home,” she said.
rendered
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From this reading Her bearing seemed so artless that Jack, rendered genial by the good fare, told himself that there must be something amiss in his recollection of their last meeting.
said
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From this reading “I tried to make a dinner for you that would remind you of home,” she said.
satisfied
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From this reading Are you satisfied?”
Saturnians
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From this reading “We Saturnians don’t use food of this kind.
seemed
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From this reading Her bearing seemed so artless that Jack, rendered genial by the good fare, told himself that there must be something amiss in his recollection of their last meeting.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “I tried to make a dinner for you that would remind you of home,” she said.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Her bearing seemed so artless that Jack, rendered genial by the good fare, told himself that there must be something amiss in his recollection of their last meeting.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Her bearing seemed so artless that Jack, rendered genial by the good fare, told himself that there must be something amiss in his recollection of their last meeting.
surprise
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From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Her bearing seemed so artless that Jack, rendered genial by the good fare, told himself that there must be something amiss in his recollection of their last meeting.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
there
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From this reading Her bearing seemed so artless that Jack, rendered genial by the good fare, told himself that there must be something amiss in his recollection of their last meeting.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading “We Saturnians don’t use food of this kind.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
told
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From this reading Her bearing seemed so artless that Jack, rendered genial by the good fare, told himself that there must be something amiss in his recollection of their last meeting.
tried
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From this reading “I tried to make a dinner for you that would remind you of home,” she said.
use
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From this reading “We Saturnians don’t use food of this kind.
wait
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From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “We Saturnians don’t use food of this kind.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “I tried to make a dinner for you that would remind you of home,” she said.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “I tried to make a dinner for you that would remind you of home,” she said.
ZARGA
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From this reading ZARGA did not wait for the banqueters to recover from their surprise, but came forward at once with the air of a hostess conscious of having pleased her guests.
