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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Nedda, borrowing the bicycle of Clara's maid, Sirrett, had been over to Joyfields, and only learned on her return of her grandmother's arrival.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In her bath before dinner there came to her one of those strategic thoughts that even such as are no longer quite children will sometimes conceive.
arrival
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From this reading Nedda, borrowing the bicycle of Clara's maid, Sirrett, had been over to Joyfields, and only learned on her return of her grandmother's arrival.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In her bath before dinner there came to her one of those strategic thoughts that even such as are no longer quite children will sometimes conceive.
astonishment
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From this reading Frances Freeland had just pulled THIS, and, to her astonishment, THAT had not gone in properly.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She was looking at it somewhat severely, when she heard Nedda's knock.
bath
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From this reading In her bath before dinner there came to her one of those strategic thoughts that even such as are no longer quite children will sometimes conceive.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Nedda, borrowing the bicycle of Clara's maid, Sirrett, had been over to Joyfields, and only learned on her return of her grandmother's arrival.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading In her bath before dinner there came to her one of those strategic thoughts that even such as are no longer quite children will sometimes conceive.
bicycle
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From this reading Nedda, borrowing the bicycle of Clara's maid, Sirrett, had been over to Joyfields, and only learned on her return of her grandmother's arrival.
borrowing
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From this reading Nedda, borrowing the bicycle of Clara's maid, Sirrett, had been over to Joyfields, and only learned on her return of her grandmother's arrival.
came
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children
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Clara's
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From this reading Nedda, borrowing the bicycle of Clara's maid, Sirrett, had been over to Joyfields, and only learned on her return of her grandmother's arrival.
clothes
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From this reading She hurried desperately into her clothes, and, ready full twenty minutes before the gong was due to sound, made her way to her grandmother's room.
conceive
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From this reading In her bath before dinner there came to her one of those strategic thoughts that even such as are no longer quite children will sometimes conceive.
desperately
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dinner
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From this reading In her bath before dinner there came to her one of those strategic thoughts that even such as are no longer quite children will sometimes conceive.
due
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From this reading She hurried desperately into her clothes, and, ready full twenty minutes before the gong was due to sound, made her way to her grandmother's room.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In her bath before dinner there came to her one of those strategic thoughts that even such as are no longer quite children will sometimes conceive.
Frances
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From this reading Frances Freeland had just pulled THIS, and, to her astonishment, THAT had not gone in properly.
Freeland
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From this reading Frances Freeland had just pulled THIS, and, to her astonishment, THAT had not gone in properly.
full
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gone
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From this reading Frances Freeland had just pulled THIS, and, to her astonishment, THAT had not gone in properly.
gong
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From this reading She hurried desperately into her clothes, and, ready full twenty minutes before the gong was due to sound, made her way to her grandmother's room.
grandmother's
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From this reading Nedda, borrowing the bicycle of Clara's maid, Sirrett, had been over to Joyfields, and only learned on her return of her grandmother's arrival.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Nedda, borrowing the bicycle of Clara's maid, Sirrett, had been over to Joyfields, and only learned on her return of her grandmother's arrival.
heard
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From this reading She was looking at it somewhat severely, when she heard Nedda's knock.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Nedda, borrowing the bicycle of Clara's maid, Sirrett, had been over to Joyfields, and only learned on her return of her grandmother's arrival.
hurried
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From this reading She hurried desperately into her clothes, and, ready full twenty minutes before the gong was due to sound, made her way to her grandmother's room.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In her bath before dinner there came to her one of those strategic thoughts that even such as are no longer quite children will sometimes conceive.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She hurried desperately into her clothes, and, ready full twenty minutes before the gong was due to sound, made her way to her grandmother's room.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She was looking at it somewhat severely, when she heard Nedda's knock.
Joyfields
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From this reading Nedda, borrowing the bicycle of Clara's maid, Sirrett, had been over to Joyfields, and only learned on her return of her grandmother's arrival.
just
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From this reading Frances Freeland had just pulled THIS, and, to her astonishment, THAT had not gone in properly.
knock
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From this reading She was looking at it somewhat severely, when she heard Nedda's knock.
learned
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From this reading Nedda, borrowing the bicycle of Clara's maid, Sirrett, had been over to Joyfields, and only learned on her return of her grandmother's arrival.
longer
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From this reading In her bath before dinner there came to her one of those strategic thoughts that even such as are no longer quite children will sometimes conceive.
looking
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From this reading She was looking at it somewhat severely, when she heard Nedda's knock.
made
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From this reading She hurried desperately into her clothes, and, ready full twenty minutes before the gong was due to sound, made her way to her grandmother's room.
maid
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From this reading Nedda, borrowing the bicycle of Clara's maid, Sirrett, had been over to Joyfields, and only learned on her return of her grandmother's arrival.
minutes
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From this reading She hurried desperately into her clothes, and, ready full twenty minutes before the gong was due to sound, made her way to her grandmother's room.
Nedda
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From this reading Nedda, borrowing the bicycle of Clara's maid, Sirrett, had been over to Joyfields, and only learned on her return of her grandmother's arrival.
Nedda's
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From this reading She was looking at it somewhat severely, when she heard Nedda's knock.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading In her bath before dinner there came to her one of those strategic thoughts that even such as are no longer quite children will sometimes conceive.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Frances Freeland had just pulled THIS, and, to her astonishment, THAT had not gone in properly.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Nedda, borrowing the bicycle of Clara's maid, Sirrett, had been over to Joyfields, and only learned on her return of her grandmother's arrival.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Nedda, borrowing the bicycle of Clara's maid, Sirrett, had been over to Joyfields, and only learned on her return of her grandmother's arrival.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In her bath before dinner there came to her one of those strategic thoughts that even such as are no longer quite children will sometimes conceive.
only
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From this reading Nedda, borrowing the bicycle of Clara's maid, Sirrett, had been over to Joyfields, and only learned on her return of her grandmother's arrival.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Nedda, borrowing the bicycle of Clara's maid, Sirrett, had been over to Joyfields, and only learned on her return of her grandmother's arrival.
properly
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From this reading Frances Freeland had just pulled THIS, and, to her astonishment, THAT had not gone in properly.
pullednounUS /pulled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frances Freeland had just pulled THIS, and, to her astonishment, THAT had not gone in properly.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In her bath before dinner there came to her one of those strategic thoughts that even such as are no longer quite children will sometimes conceive.
ready
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From this reading She hurried desperately into her clothes, and, ready full twenty minutes before the gong was due to sound, made her way to her grandmother's room.
return
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From this reading Nedda, borrowing the bicycle of Clara's maid, Sirrett, had been over to Joyfields, and only learned on her return of her grandmother's arrival.
room
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From this reading She hurried desperately into her clothes, and, ready full twenty minutes before the gong was due to sound, made her way to her grandmother's room.
severely
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From this reading She was looking at it somewhat severely, when she heard Nedda's knock.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She hurried desperately into her clothes, and, ready full twenty minutes before the gong was due to sound, made her way to her grandmother's room.
Sirrett
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From this reading Nedda, borrowing the bicycle of Clara's maid, Sirrett, had been over to Joyfields, and only learned on her return of her grandmother's arrival.
sometimes
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From this reading In her bath before dinner there came to her one of those strategic thoughts that even such as are no longer quite children will sometimes conceive.
somewhat
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From this reading She was looking at it somewhat severely, when she heard Nedda's knock.
sound
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From this reading She hurried desperately into her clothes, and, ready full twenty minutes before the gong was due to sound, made her way to her grandmother's room.
strategic
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From this reading In her bath before dinner there came to her one of those strategic thoughts that even such as are no longer quite children will sometimes conceive.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading In her bath before dinner there came to her one of those strategic thoughts that even such as are no longer quite children will sometimes conceive.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In her bath before dinner there came to her one of those strategic thoughts that even such as are no longer quite children will sometimes conceive.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Nedda, borrowing the bicycle of Clara's maid, Sirrett, had been over to Joyfields, and only learned on her return of her grandmother's arrival.
there
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From this reading In her bath before dinner there came to her one of those strategic thoughts that even such as are no longer quite children will sometimes conceive.
THISdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Frances Freeland had just pulled THIS, and, to her astonishment, THAT had not gone in properly.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading In her bath before dinner there came to her one of those strategic thoughts that even such as are no longer quite children will sometimes conceive.
thoughts
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From this reading In her bath before dinner there came to her one of those strategic thoughts that even such as are no longer quite children will sometimes conceive.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Nedda, borrowing the bicycle of Clara's maid, Sirrett, had been over to Joyfields, and only learned on her return of her grandmother's arrival.
twenty
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From this reading She hurried desperately into her clothes, and, ready full twenty minutes before the gong was due to sound, made her way to her grandmother's room.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She hurried desperately into her clothes, and, ready full twenty minutes before the gong was due to sound, made her way to her grandmother's room.
way
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From this reading She hurried desperately into her clothes, and, ready full twenty minutes before the gong was due to sound, made her way to her grandmother's room.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She was looking at it somewhat severely, when she heard Nedda's knock.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading In her bath before dinner there came to her one of those strategic thoughts that even such as are no longer quite children will sometimes conceive.
