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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 variety company was going to leave in November for a tour in eastern Canada.
accomplishment
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From this reading At least two months would be spent in the French provinces, and Sylvia's bilingual accomplishment was exactly what the manager wanted.
almost
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From this reading Circumstances seemed to applaud almost immediately the step that Sylvia had taken.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
applaud
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From this reading Circumstances seemed to applaud almost immediately the step that Sylvia had taken.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At least two months would be spent in the French provinces, and Sylvia's bilingual accomplishment was exactly what the manager wanted.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading At least two months would be spent in the French provinces, and Sylvia's bilingual accomplishment was exactly what the manager wanted.
bilingual
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From this reading At least two months would be spent in the French provinces, and Sylvia's bilingual accomplishment was exactly what the manager wanted.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
Canada
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From this reading A variety company was going to leave in November for a tour in eastern Canada.
caused
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From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
Circumstances
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From this reading Circumstances seemed to applaud almost immediately the step that Sylvia had taken.
company
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From this reading A variety company was going to leave in November for a tour in eastern Canada.
delay
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From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
destroyed
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From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
disappointments
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From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
eastern
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From this reading A variety company was going to leave in November for a tour in eastern Canada.
exactly
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From this reading At least two months would be spent in the French provinces, and Sylvia's bilingual accomplishment was exactly what the manager wanted.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
French
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From this reading At least two months would be spent in the French provinces, and Sylvia's bilingual accomplishment was exactly what the manager wanted.
fretful
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From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
getting
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From this reading "I'm getting on," she laughed.
going
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From this reading A variety company was going to leave in November for a tour in eastern Canada.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Circumstances seemed to applaud almost immediately the step that Sylvia had taken.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
hopes
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From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
I'm
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From this reading "I'm getting on," she laughed.
immediately
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From this reading Circumstances seemed to applaud almost immediately the step that Sylvia had taken.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
interposition
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From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
laughed
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From this reading "I'm getting on," she laughed.
least
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From this reading At least two months would be spent in the French provinces, and Sylvia's bilingual accomplishment was exactly what the manager wanted.
leave
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From this reading A variety company was going to leave in November for a tour in eastern Canada.
long
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From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
looking
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From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
manager
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From this reading At least two months would be spent in the French provinces, and Sylvia's bilingual accomplishment was exactly what the manager wanted.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
months
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From this reading At least two months would be spent in the French provinces, and Sylvia's bilingual accomplishment was exactly what the manager wanted.
New
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From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
November
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From this reading A variety company was going to leave in November for a tour in eastern Canada.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading "I'm getting on," she laughed.
provinces
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From this reading At least two months would be spent in the French provinces, and Sylvia's bilingual accomplishment was exactly what the manager wanted.
romance
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From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
seemed
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From this reading Circumstances seemed to applaud almost immediately the step that Sylvia had taken.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "I'm getting on," she laughed.
spent
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From this reading At least two months would be spent in the French provinces, and Sylvia's bilingual accomplishment was exactly what the manager wanted.
step
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From this reading Circumstances seemed to applaud almost immediately the step that Sylvia had taken.
Sylvia
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From this reading Circumstances seemed to applaud almost immediately the step that Sylvia had taken.
Sylvia's
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From this reading At least two months would be spent in the French provinces, and Sylvia's bilingual accomplishment was exactly what the manager wanted.
taken
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From this reading Circumstances seemed to applaud almost immediately the step that Sylvia had taken.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Circumstances seemed to applaud almost immediately the step that Sylvia had taken.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Circumstances seemed to applaud almost immediately the step that Sylvia had taken.
There
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From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Circumstances seemed to applaud almost immediately the step that Sylvia had taken.
tour
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From this reading A variety company was going to leave in November for a tour in eastern Canada.
two
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From this reading At least two months would be spent in the French provinces, and Sylvia's bilingual accomplishment was exactly what the manager wanted.
variety
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From this reading A variety company was going to leave in November for a tour in eastern Canada.
wanted
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From this reading At least two months would be spent in the French provinces, and Sylvia's bilingual accomplishment was exactly what the manager wanted.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading At least two months would be spent in the French provinces, and Sylvia's bilingual accomplishment was exactly what the manager wanted.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
work
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From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading At least two months would be spent in the French provinces, and Sylvia's bilingual accomplishment was exactly what the manager wanted.
York
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From this reading There was no long delay caused by looking for work in New York, which might have destroyed romance by its interposition of fretful hopes and disappointments.
