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158
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From this reading New York: 158 Fifth Avenue Chicago: 17 North Wabash Ave.
17
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From this reading New York: 158 Fifth Avenue Chicago: 17 North Wabash Ave.
21
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From this reading London: 21 Paternoster Square Edinburgh: 75 Princes Street He was her brother.
75
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From this reading London: 21 Paternoster Square Edinburgh: 75 Princes Street He was her brother.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
arms
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From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
Ave
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From this reading New York: 158 Fifth Avenue Chicago: 17 North Wabash Ave.
Avenue
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From this reading New York: 158 Fifth Avenue Chicago: 17 North Wabash Ave.
baby
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From this reading She had unfolded the baby blanket and slipped on his first little clothes.
baby's
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From this reading Her twelve years then hung heavily on her; her little face, stained with the marks of recent tears, took on a warmer glow as she touched the baby's hand.
back
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From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
blanket
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From this reading She had unfolded the baby blanket and slipped on his first little clothes.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
brother
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From this reading London: 21 Paternoster Square Edinburgh: 75 Princes Street He was her brother.
bundlenounUS /ˈbʌndəl/
a group of things tied or wrapped together
From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
Chicago
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From this reading New York: 158 Fifth Avenue Chicago: 17 North Wabash Ave.
clothes
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From this reading She had unfolded the baby blanket and slipped on his first little clothes.
doctor
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From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
Edinburgh
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From this reading London: 21 Paternoster Square Edinburgh: 75 Princes Street He was her brother.
Elizabeth
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From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
face
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From this reading Her twelve years then hung heavily on her; her little face, stained with the marks of recent tears, took on a warmer glow as she touched the baby's hand.
family
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From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
Fifth
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From this reading New York: 158 Fifth Avenue Chicago: 17 North Wabash Ave.
first
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From this reading She had unfolded the baby blanket and slipped on his first little clothes.
gave
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From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
given
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From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
glow
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From this reading Her twelve years then hung heavily on her; her little face, stained with the marks of recent tears, took on a warmer glow as she touched the baby's hand.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
hand
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From this reading Her twelve years then hung heavily on her; her little face, stained with the marks of recent tears, took on a warmer glow as she touched the baby's hand.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading London: 21 Paternoster Square Edinburgh: 75 Princes Street He was her brother.
heavily
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From this reading Her twelve years then hung heavily on her; her little face, stained with the marks of recent tears, took on a warmer glow as she touched the baby's hand.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading London: 21 Paternoster Square Edinburgh: 75 Princes Street He was her brother.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
hung
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From this reading Her twelve years then hung heavily on her; her little face, stained with the marks of recent tears, took on a warmer glow as she touched the baby's hand.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
laid
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From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
little
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From this reading Her twelve years then hung heavily on her; her little face, stained with the marks of recent tears, took on a warmer glow as she touched the baby's hand.
London
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From this reading London: 21 Paternoster Square Edinburgh: 75 Princes Street He was her brother.
marks
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From this reading Her twelve years then hung heavily on her; her little face, stained with the marks of recent tears, took on a warmer glow as she touched the baby's hand.
morning
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From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
mother
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From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
New
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From this reading New York: 158 Fifth Avenue Chicago: 17 North Wabash Ave.
North
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From this reading New York: 158 Fifth Avenue Chicago: 17 North Wabash Ave.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Her twelve years then hung heavily on her; her little face, stained with the marks of recent tears, took on a warmer glow as she touched the baby's hand.
old
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From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
Paternoster
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From this reading London: 21 Paternoster Square Edinburgh: 75 Princes Street He was her brother.
Princes
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From this reading London: 21 Paternoster Square Edinburgh: 75 Princes Street He was her brother.
recent
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From this reading Her twelve years then hung heavily on her; her little face, stained with the marks of recent tears, took on a warmer glow as she touched the baby's hand.
said
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From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
sameadjectiveUS /seɪm/
Identical; not different.
From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
seventeen
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From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Her twelve years then hung heavily on her; her little face, stained with the marks of recent tears, took on a warmer glow as she touched the baby's hand.
sister
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From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
slipped
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From this reading She had unfolded the baby blanket and slipped on his first little clothes.
Square
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From this reading London: 21 Paternoster Square Edinburgh: 75 Princes Street He was her brother.
stained
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From this reading Her twelve years then hung heavily on her; her little face, stained with the marks of recent tears, took on a warmer glow as she touched the baby's hand.
Street
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From this reading London: 21 Paternoster Square Edinburgh: 75 Princes Street He was her brother.
tears
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From this reading Her twelve years then hung heavily on her; her little face, stained with the marks of recent tears, took on a warmer glow as she touched the baby's hand.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
then
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From this reading Her twelve years then hung heavily on her; her little face, stained with the marks of recent tears, took on a warmer glow as she touched the baby's hand.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
thought
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From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
thrill
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From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
tiny
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From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
took
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From this reading Her twelve years then hung heavily on her; her little face, stained with the marks of recent tears, took on a warmer glow as she touched the baby's hand.
touched
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From this reading Her twelve years then hung heavily on her; her little face, stained with the marks of recent tears, took on a warmer glow as she touched the baby's hand.
twelve
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From this reading Her twelve years then hung heavily on her; her little face, stained with the marks of recent tears, took on a warmer glow as she touched the baby's hand.
unfolded
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From this reading She had unfolded the baby blanket and slipped on his first little clothes.
Wabash
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From this reading New York: 158 Fifth Avenue Chicago: 17 North Wabash Ave.
warmer
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From this reading Her twelve years then hung heavily on her; her little face, stained with the marks of recent tears, took on a warmer glow as she touched the baby's hand.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading London: 21 Paternoster Square Edinburgh: 75 Princes Street He was her brother.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Her twelve years then hung heavily on her; her little face, stained with the marks of recent tears, took on a warmer glow as she touched the baby's hand.
years
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From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
York
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From this reading New York: 158 Fifth Avenue Chicago: 17 North Wabash Ave.
You'll
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From this reading The thought gave her the same thrill this morning as it had given her on a morning seventeen years back, when the old family doctor had laid a tiny bundle in her arms and said, "You'll have to be his sister and mother both, Elizabeth."
