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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 Ce qu'on dit a l'etre a qui on dit tout n'est pas la moitie de ce qu'on lui cache.
Agatha
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From this reading Agatha sent her maid to bed and sat down before her bedroom fire to brush her hair.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Agatha sent her maid to bed and sat down before her bedroom fire to brush her hair.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading In the one they are educated with a view of faring well in this world, in the other the teaching mostly bears upon matters connected with the next.
battle
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From this reading Miss Ingham-Baker had, only four years earlier, left a fashionable South Coast boarding-school fully educated for the battle of life.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading There seem to be two classes of young ladies' boarding-schools.
bears
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bed
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bedroom
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From this reading Agatha sent her maid to bed and sat down before her bedroom fire to brush her hair.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Agatha sent her maid to bed and sat down before her bedroom fire to brush her hair.
boarding-school
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boarding-schools
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brush
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From this reading Agatha sent her maid to bed and sat down before her bedroom fire to brush her hair.
cachenounUS /kæʃ/
a hidden store of valuable objects or supplies
From this reading Ce qu'on dit a l'etre a qui on dit tout n'est pas la moitie de ce qu'on lui cache.
Ce
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From this reading Ce qu'on dit a l'etre a qui on dit tout n'est pas la moitie de ce qu'on lui cache.
classes
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Coast
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connected
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de
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From this reading Ce qu'on dit a l'etre a qui on dit tout n'est pas la moitie de ce qu'on lui cache.
dit
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From this reading Ce qu'on dit a l'etre a qui on dit tout n'est pas la moitie de ce qu'on lui cache.
down
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earlier
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educated
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faring
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fashionable
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From this reading Miss Ingham-Baker had, only four years earlier, left a fashionable South Coast boarding-school fully educated for the battle of life.
fire
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From this reading Agatha sent her maid to bed and sat down before her bedroom fire to brush her hair.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Miss Ingham-Baker had, only four years earlier, left a fashionable South Coast boarding-school fully educated for the battle of life.
four
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From this reading Miss Ingham-Baker had, only four years earlier, left a fashionable South Coast boarding-school fully educated for the battle of life.
fully
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From this reading Miss Ingham-Baker had, only four years earlier, left a fashionable South Coast boarding-school fully educated for the battle of life.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Miss Ingham-Baker had, only four years earlier, left a fashionable South Coast boarding-school fully educated for the battle of life.
hair
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From this reading Agatha sent her maid to bed and sat down before her bedroom fire to brush her hair.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Agatha sent her maid to bed and sat down before her bedroom fire to brush her hair.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the one they are educated with a view of faring well in this world, in the other the teaching mostly bears upon matters connected with the next.
Ingham-Baker
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l'etre
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From this reading Ce qu'on dit a l'etre a qui on dit tout n'est pas la moitie de ce qu'on lui cache.
la
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From this reading Ce qu'on dit a l'etre a qui on dit tout n'est pas la moitie de ce qu'on lui cache.
ladies
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From this reading There seem to be two classes of young ladies' boarding-schools.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Ingham-Baker had, only four years earlier, left a fashionable South Coast boarding-school fully educated for the battle of life.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Ingham-Baker had, only four years earlier, left a fashionable South Coast boarding-school fully educated for the battle of life.
lui
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From this reading Ce qu'on dit a l'etre a qui on dit tout n'est pas la moitie de ce qu'on lui cache.
maid
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matters
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From this reading In the one they are educated with a view of faring well in this world, in the other the teaching mostly bears upon matters connected with the next.
Miss
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From this reading Miss Ingham-Baker had, only four years earlier, left a fashionable South Coast boarding-school fully educated for the battle of life.
moitie
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mostly
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From this reading In the one they are educated with a view of faring well in this world, in the other the teaching mostly bears upon matters connected with the next.
n'est
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From this reading Ce qu'on dit a l'etre a qui on dit tout n'est pas la moitie de ce qu'on lui cache.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the one they are educated with a view of faring well in this world, in the other the teaching mostly bears upon matters connected with the next.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Miss Ingham-Baker had, only four years earlier, left a fashionable South Coast boarding-school fully educated for the battle of life.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Ce qu'on dit a l'etre a qui on dit tout n'est pas la moitie de ce qu'on lui cache.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In the one they are educated with a view of faring well in this world, in the other the teaching mostly bears upon matters connected with the next.
only
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From this reading Miss Ingham-Baker had, only four years earlier, left a fashionable South Coast boarding-school fully educated for the battle of life.
other
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From this reading In the one they are educated with a view of faring well in this world, in the other the teaching mostly bears upon matters connected with the next.
pas
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From this reading Ce qu'on dit a l'etre a qui on dit tout n'est pas la moitie de ce qu'on lui cache.
qu'on
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From this reading Ce qu'on dit a l'etre a qui on dit tout n'est pas la moitie de ce qu'on lui cache.
qui
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sat
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seem
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From this reading There seem to be two classes of young ladies' boarding-schools.
sent
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South
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teaching
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From this reading In the one they are educated with a view of faring well in this world, in the other the teaching mostly bears upon matters connected with the next.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Miss Ingham-Baker had, only four years earlier, left a fashionable South Coast boarding-school fully educated for the battle of life.
There
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From this reading There seem to be two classes of young ladies' boarding-schools.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In the one they are educated with a view of faring well in this world, in the other the teaching mostly bears upon matters connected with the next.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In the one they are educated with a view of faring well in this world, in the other the teaching mostly bears upon matters connected with the next.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Agatha sent her maid to bed and sat down before her bedroom fire to brush her hair.
tout
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From this reading Ce qu'on dit a l'etre a qui on dit tout n'est pas la moitie de ce qu'on lui cache.
two
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From this reading There seem to be two classes of young ladies' boarding-schools.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading In the one they are educated with a view of faring well in this world, in the other the teaching mostly bears upon matters connected with the next.
view
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From this reading In the one they are educated with a view of faring well in this world, in the other the teaching mostly bears upon matters connected with the next.
well
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From this reading In the one they are educated with a view of faring well in this world, in the other the teaching mostly bears upon matters connected with the next.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading In the one they are educated with a view of faring well in this world, in the other the teaching mostly bears upon matters connected with the next.
world
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From this reading In the one they are educated with a view of faring well in this world, in the other the teaching mostly bears upon matters connected with the next.
years
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From this reading Miss Ingham-Baker had, only four years earlier, left a fashionable South Coast boarding-school fully educated for the battle of life.
young
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From this reading There seem to be two classes of young ladies' boarding-schools.
