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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 Anne had the horrible idea that it had been also a haunt of Lady Cayley, of the infamy itself.
aged
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From this reading The week-old honeymoon looked at them out of its clouds with such an aged, sinister, and disastrous aspect that they resolved to get away from it.
aimless
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From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
also
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From this reading Anne had the horrible idea that it had been also a haunt of Lady Cayley, of the infamy itself.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The week-old honeymoon looked at them out of its clouds with such an aged, sinister, and disastrous aspect that they resolved to get away from it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The place was haunted by the presence and the voice of scandalous rumour.
Anne
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From this reading Anne had the horrible idea that it had been also a haunt of Lady Cayley, of the infamy itself.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
any
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From this reading It was impossible for them to stay any longer at Scarby.
appearances
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From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
aspect
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From this reading The week-old honeymoon looked at them out of its clouds with such an aged, sinister, and disastrous aspect that they resolved to get away from it.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was impossible for them to stay any longer at Scarby.
away
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From this reading The week-old honeymoon looked at them out of its clouds with such an aged, sinister, and disastrous aspect that they resolved to get away from it.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Anne had the horrible idea that it had been also a haunt of Lady Cayley, of the infamy itself.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
business
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From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The place was haunted by the presence and the voice of scandalous rumour.
Cayley
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From this reading Anne had the horrible idea that it had been also a haunt of Lady Cayley, of the infamy itself.
clouds
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From this reading The week-old honeymoon looked at them out of its clouds with such an aged, sinister, and disastrous aspect that they resolved to get away from it.
coast
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From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
decided
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From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
detested
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From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
disastrous
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From this reading The week-old honeymoon looked at them out of its clouds with such an aged, sinister, and disastrous aspect that they resolved to get away from it.
East
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From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
fate
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From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was impossible for them to stay any longer at Scarby.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The week-old honeymoon looked at them out of its clouds with such an aged, sinister, and disastrous aspect that they resolved to get away from it.
get
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From this reading The week-old honeymoon looked at them out of its clouds with such an aged, sinister, and disastrous aspect that they resolved to get away from it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Anne had the horrible idea that it had been also a haunt of Lady Cayley, of the infamy itself.
haunt
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From this reading Anne had the horrible idea that it had been also a haunt of Lady Cayley, of the infamy itself.
haunted
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From this reading The place was haunted by the presence and the voice of scandalous rumour.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
honeymoon
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From this reading The week-old honeymoon looked at them out of its clouds with such an aged, sinister, and disastrous aspect that they resolved to get away from it.
horrible
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From this reading Anne had the horrible idea that it had been also a haunt of Lady Cayley, of the infamy itself.
house
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From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
idea
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From this reading Anne had the horrible idea that it had been also a haunt of Lady Cayley, of the infamy itself.
impossible
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From this reading It was impossible for them to stay any longer at Scarby.
infamy
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From this reading Anne had the horrible idea that it had been also a haunt of Lady Cayley, of the infamy itself.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was impossible for them to stay any longer at Scarby.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The week-old honeymoon looked at them out of its clouds with such an aged, sinister, and disastrous aspect that they resolved to get away from it.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading Anne had the horrible idea that it had been also a haunt of Lady Cayley, of the infamy itself.
Lady
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From this reading Anne had the horrible idea that it had been also a haunt of Lady Cayley, of the infamy itself.
longer
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From this reading It was impossible for them to stay any longer at Scarby.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The week-old honeymoon looked at them out of its clouds with such an aged, sinister, and disastrous aspect that they resolved to get away from it.
Majendie
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From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The place was haunted by the presence and the voice of scandalous rumour.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
out
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From this reading The week-old honeymoon looked at them out of its clouds with such an aged, sinister, and disastrous aspect that they resolved to get away from it.
place
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From this reading The place was haunted by the presence and the voice of scandalous rumour.
presence
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From this reading The place was haunted by the presence and the voice of scandalous rumour.
resolved
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From this reading The week-old honeymoon looked at them out of its clouds with such an aged, sinister, and disastrous aspect that they resolved to get away from it.
returning
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From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
rumour
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From this reading The place was haunted by the presence and the voice of scandalous rumour.
sake
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From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
scandalous
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From this reading The place was haunted by the presence and the voice of scandalous rumour.
Scarby
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From this reading It was impossible for them to stay any longer at Scarby.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
sinister
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From this reading The week-old honeymoon looked at them out of its clouds with such an aged, sinister, and disastrous aspect that they resolved to get away from it.
spent
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From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
stay
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From this reading It was impossible for them to stay any longer at Scarby.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The week-old honeymoon looked at them out of its clouds with such an aged, sinister, and disastrous aspect that they resolved to get away from it.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Anne had the horrible idea that it had been also a haunt of Lady Cayley, of the infamy itself.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The place was haunted by the presence and the voice of scandalous rumour.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It was impossible for them to stay any longer at Scarby.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The week-old honeymoon looked at them out of its clouds with such an aged, sinister, and disastrous aspect that they resolved to get away from it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was impossible for them to stay any longer at Scarby.
town
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From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
unintelligible
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From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
voice
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From this reading The place was haunted by the presence and the voice of scandalous rumour.
wandering
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From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was impossible for them to stay any longer at Scarby.
week
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From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
week-old
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From this reading The week-old honeymoon looked at them out of its clouds with such an aged, sinister, and disastrous aspect that they resolved to get away from it.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading For the sake of appearances, they spent another week of aimless wandering on the East coast, before returning to the town where an unintelligible fate had decided that Majendie should have a business he detested, and a house.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The week-old honeymoon looked at them out of its clouds with such an aged, sinister, and disastrous aspect that they resolved to get away from it.
