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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 Some days later Elizabeth Chantrey went away for about a month, to pay a few long-promised visits.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Some days later Elizabeth Chantrey went away for about a month, to pay a few long-promised visits.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading She had been engaged for about six months to Douglas Strange, and was expecting to marry him as soon as he returned from his latest, and most hazardous journey across Equatorial Africa.
Africa
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From this reading She had been engaged for about six months to Douglas Strange, and was expecting to marry him as soon as he returned from his latest, and most hazardous journey across Equatorial Africa.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Agneta Mainwaring had moved to town after her mother’s death, and was sharing a small flat with her brother Louis, in a very fashionable quarter.
Agneta
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From this reading Agneta Mainwaring had moved to town after her mother’s death, and was sharing a small flat with her brother Louis, in a very fashionable quarter.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She went first to an old school-friend, then to some relations, and lastly to the Mainwarings.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Whatever ways we walk in and whatever dreams come true, You still shall say, “God speed” to me, and I, “God go with you.”
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She had been engaged for about six months to Douglas Strange, and was expecting to marry him as soon as he returned from his latest, and most hazardous journey across Equatorial Africa.
away
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From this reading Some days later Elizabeth Chantrey went away for about a month, to pay a few long-promised visits.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had been engaged for about six months to Douglas Strange, and was expecting to marry him as soon as he returned from his latest, and most hazardous journey across Equatorial Africa.
brother
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From this reading Agneta Mainwaring had moved to town after her mother’s death, and was sharing a small flat with her brother Louis, in a very fashionable quarter.
Chantrey
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From this reading Some days later Elizabeth Chantrey went away for about a month, to pay a few long-promised visits.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Whatever ways we walk in and whatever dreams come true, You still shall say, “God speed” to me, and I, “God go with you.”
days
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From this reading Some days later Elizabeth Chantrey went away for about a month, to pay a few long-promised visits.
death
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From this reading Agneta Mainwaring had moved to town after her mother’s death, and was sharing a small flat with her brother Louis, in a very fashionable quarter.
Douglas
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From this reading She had been engaged for about six months to Douglas Strange, and was expecting to marry him as soon as he returned from his latest, and most hazardous journey across Equatorial Africa.
dreams
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From this reading Whatever ways we walk in and whatever dreams come true, You still shall say, “God speed” to me, and I, “God go with you.”
Elizabeth
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From this reading Some days later Elizabeth Chantrey went away for about a month, to pay a few long-promised visits.
engaged
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From this reading She had been engaged for about six months to Douglas Strange, and was expecting to marry him as soon as he returned from his latest, and most hazardous journey across Equatorial Africa.
Equatorial
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From this reading She had been engaged for about six months to Douglas Strange, and was expecting to marry him as soon as he returned from his latest, and most hazardous journey across Equatorial Africa.
expectingverbUS /ɪkˈspektɪŋ/
thinking that somebody or something will arrive
From this reading She had been engaged for about six months to Douglas Strange, and was expecting to marry him as soon as he returned from his latest, and most hazardous journey across Equatorial Africa.
fashionable
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From this reading Agneta Mainwaring had moved to town after her mother’s death, and was sharing a small flat with her brother Louis, in a very fashionable quarter.
few
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From this reading Some days later Elizabeth Chantrey went away for about a month, to pay a few long-promised visits.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She went first to an old school-friend, then to some relations, and lastly to the Mainwarings.
flat
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From this reading Agneta Mainwaring had moved to town after her mother’s death, and was sharing a small flat with her brother Louis, in a very fashionable quarter.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Some days later Elizabeth Chantrey went away for about a month, to pay a few long-promised visits.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She had been engaged for about six months to Douglas Strange, and was expecting to marry him as soon as he returned from his latest, and most hazardous journey across Equatorial Africa.
go
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From this reading Whatever ways we walk in and whatever dreams come true, You still shall say, “God speed” to me, and I, “God go with you.”
God
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From this reading Whatever ways we walk in and whatever dreams come true, You still shall say, “God speed” to me, and I, “God go with you.”
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Agneta Mainwaring had moved to town after her mother’s death, and was sharing a small flat with her brother Louis, in a very fashionable quarter.
hazardous
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From this reading She had been engaged for about six months to Douglas Strange, and was expecting to marry him as soon as he returned from his latest, and most hazardous journey across Equatorial Africa.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had been engaged for about six months to Douglas Strange, and was expecting to marry him as soon as he returned from his latest, and most hazardous journey across Equatorial Africa.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Agneta Mainwaring had moved to town after her mother’s death, and was sharing a small flat with her brother Louis, in a very fashionable quarter.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She had been engaged for about six months to Douglas Strange, and was expecting to marry him as soon as he returned from his latest, and most hazardous journey across Equatorial Africa.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She had been engaged for about six months to Douglas Strange, and was expecting to marry him as soon as he returned from his latest, and most hazardous journey across Equatorial Africa.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Whatever ways we walk in and whatever dreams come true, You still shall say, “God speed” to me, and I, “God go with you.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Whatever ways we walk in and whatever dreams come true, You still shall say, “God speed” to me, and I, “God go with you.”
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She had been engaged for about six months to Douglas Strange, and was expecting to marry him as soon as he returned from his latest, and most hazardous journey across Equatorial Africa.
lastly
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From this reading She went first to an old school-friend, then to some relations, and lastly to the Mainwarings.
later
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From this reading Some days later Elizabeth Chantrey went away for about a month, to pay a few long-promised visits.
latest
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From this reading She had been engaged for about six months to Douglas Strange, and was expecting to marry him as soon as he returned from his latest, and most hazardous journey across Equatorial Africa.
long-promised
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From this reading Some days later Elizabeth Chantrey went away for about a month, to pay a few long-promised visits.
Louis
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From this reading Agneta Mainwaring had moved to town after her mother’s death, and was sharing a small flat with her brother Louis, in a very fashionable quarter.
Mainwaring
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From this reading Agneta Mainwaring had moved to town after her mother’s death, and was sharing a small flat with her brother Louis, in a very fashionable quarter.
Mainwarings
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From this reading She went first to an old school-friend, then to some relations, and lastly to the Mainwarings.
marry
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From this reading She had been engaged for about six months to Douglas Strange, and was expecting to marry him as soon as he returned from his latest, and most hazardous journey across Equatorial Africa.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Whatever ways we walk in and whatever dreams come true, You still shall say, “God speed” to me, and I, “God go with you.”
month
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From this reading Some days later Elizabeth Chantrey went away for about a month, to pay a few long-promised visits.
months
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From this reading She had been engaged for about six months to Douglas Strange, and was expecting to marry him as soon as he returned from his latest, and most hazardous journey across Equatorial Africa.
most
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From this reading She had been engaged for about six months to Douglas Strange, and was expecting to marry him as soon as he returned from his latest, and most hazardous journey across Equatorial Africa.
mother's
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From this reading Agneta Mainwaring had moved to town after her mother’s death, and was sharing a small flat with her brother Louis, in a very fashionable quarter.
moved
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From this reading Agneta Mainwaring had moved to town after her mother’s death, and was sharing a small flat with her brother Louis, in a very fashionable quarter.
old
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From this reading She went first to an old school-friend, then to some relations, and lastly to the Mainwarings.
pay
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From this reading Some days later Elizabeth Chantrey went away for about a month, to pay a few long-promised visits.
quarter
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From this reading Agneta Mainwaring had moved to town after her mother’s death, and was sharing a small flat with her brother Louis, in a very fashionable quarter.
relations
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From this reading She went first to an old school-friend, then to some relations, and lastly to the Mainwarings.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She had been engaged for about six months to Douglas Strange, and was expecting to marry him as soon as he returned from his latest, and most hazardous journey across Equatorial Africa.
say
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From this reading Whatever ways we walk in and whatever dreams come true, You still shall say, “God speed” to me, and I, “God go with you.”
school-friend
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From this reading She went first to an old school-friend, then to some relations, and lastly to the Mainwarings.
shallmodal verbUS /ʃæl/
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading Whatever ways we walk in and whatever dreams come true, You still shall say, “God speed” to me, and I, “God go with you.”
sharing
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From this reading Agneta Mainwaring had moved to town after her mother’s death, and was sharing a small flat with her brother Louis, in a very fashionable quarter.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She went first to an old school-friend, then to some relations, and lastly to the Mainwarings.
six
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From this reading She had been engaged for about six months to Douglas Strange, and was expecting to marry him as soon as he returned from his latest, and most hazardous journey across Equatorial Africa.
small
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From this reading Agneta Mainwaring had moved to town after her mother’s death, and was sharing a small flat with her brother Louis, in a very fashionable quarter.
Some
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From this reading Some days later Elizabeth Chantrey went away for about a month, to pay a few long-promised visits.
soon
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From this reading She had been engaged for about six months to Douglas Strange, and was expecting to marry him as soon as he returned from his latest, and most hazardous journey across Equatorial Africa.
speed
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From this reading Whatever ways we walk in and whatever dreams come true, You still shall say, “God speed” to me, and I, “God go with you.”
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Whatever ways we walk in and whatever dreams come true, You still shall say, “God speed” to me, and I, “God go with you.”
Strange
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From this reading She had been engaged for about six months to Douglas Strange, and was expecting to marry him as soon as he returned from his latest, and most hazardous journey across Equatorial Africa.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She went first to an old school-friend, then to some relations, and lastly to the Mainwarings.
then
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From this reading She went first to an old school-friend, then to some relations, and lastly to the Mainwarings.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Whatever ways we walk in and whatever dreams come true, You still shall say, “God speed” to me, and I, “God go with you.”
town
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From this reading Agneta Mainwaring had moved to town after her mother’s death, and was sharing a small flat with her brother Louis, in a very fashionable quarter.
true
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From this reading Whatever ways we walk in and whatever dreams come true, You still shall say, “God speed” to me, and I, “God go with you.”
very
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From this reading Agneta Mainwaring had moved to town after her mother’s death, and was sharing a small flat with her brother Louis, in a very fashionable quarter.
visits
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From this reading Some days later Elizabeth Chantrey went away for about a month, to pay a few long-promised visits.
walk
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From this reading Whatever ways we walk in and whatever dreams come true, You still shall say, “God speed” to me, and I, “God go with you.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Agneta Mainwaring had moved to town after her mother’s death, and was sharing a small flat with her brother Louis, in a very fashionable quarter.
ways
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From this reading Whatever ways we walk in and whatever dreams come true, You still shall say, “God speed” to me, and I, “God go with you.”
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading Whatever ways we walk in and whatever dreams come true, You still shall say, “God speed” to me, and I, “God go with you.”
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some days later Elizabeth Chantrey went away for about a month, to pay a few long-promised visits.
WhateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading Whatever ways we walk in and whatever dreams come true, You still shall say, “God speed” to me, and I, “God go with you.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Whatever ways we walk in and whatever dreams come true, You still shall say, “God speed” to me, and I, “God go with you.”
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Whatever ways we walk in and whatever dreams come true, You still shall say, “God speed” to me, and I, “God go with you.”
