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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 Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading WHAT FLOCKART FORESAW The following afternoon was glaring and breathless.
amidprepositionUS /əˈmɪd/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading Beneath the blazing sun Glencardine lay amid its rose-gardens, its cut beech-hedges, and its bowers of greenery.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading WHAT FLOCKART FORESAW The following afternoon was glaring and breathless.
beech-hedges
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From this reading Beneath the blazing sun Glencardine lay amid its rose-gardens, its cut beech-hedges, and its bowers of greenery.
BeneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading Beneath the blazing sun Glencardine lay amid its rose-gardens, its cut beech-hedges, and its bowers of greenery.
blazing
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From this reading Beneath the blazing sun Glencardine lay amid its rose-gardens, its cut beech-hedges, and its bowers of greenery.
bowers
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From this reading Beneath the blazing sun Glencardine lay amid its rose-gardens, its cut beech-hedges, and its bowers of greenery.
breathless
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From this reading WHAT FLOCKART FORESAW The following afternoon was glaring and breathless.
Connachan
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From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
country
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From this reading It was three o'clock, the hour when silence is upon a summer house-party in the country.
cut
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From this reading Beneath the blazing sun Glencardine lay amid its rose-gardens, its cut beech-hedges, and its bowers of greenery.
day
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From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
driven
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From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
FLOCKART
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From this reading WHAT FLOCKART FORESAW The following afternoon was glaring and breathless.
following
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From this reading WHAT FLOCKART FORESAW The following afternoon was glaring and breathless.
FORESAW
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From this reading WHAT FLOCKART FORESAW The following afternoon was glaring and breathless.
friend
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From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
Gabrielle
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From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
girl
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From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
glaring
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From this reading WHAT FLOCKART FORESAW The following afternoon was glaring and breathless.
Glencardine
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From this reading Beneath the blazing sun Glencardine lay amid its rose-gardens, its cut beech-hedges, and its bowers of greenery.
greenery
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From this reading Beneath the blazing sun Glencardine lay amid its rose-gardens, its cut beech-hedges, and its bowers of greenery.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
heat
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From this reading The palpitating heat was terrible--the hottest day that summer.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
hottest
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From this reading The palpitating heat was terrible--the hottest day that summer.
hour
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From this reading It was three o'clock, the hour when silence is upon a summer house-party in the country.
house-party
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From this reading It was three o'clock, the hour when silence is upon a summer house-party in the country.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was three o'clock, the hour when silence is upon a summer house-party in the country.
invitation
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From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was three o'clock, the hour when silence is upon a summer house-party in the country.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was three o'clock, the hour when silence is upon a summer house-party in the country.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Beneath the blazing sun Glencardine lay amid its rose-gardens, its cut beech-hedges, and its bowers of greenery.
Lady
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From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
lay
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From this reading Beneath the blazing sun Glencardine lay amid its rose-gardens, its cut beech-hedges, and its bowers of greenery.
luncheon
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From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
message
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From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
mother
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From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
Murie
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From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
o'clock
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From this reading It was three o'clock, the hour when silence is upon a summer house-party in the country.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Beneath the blazing sun Glencardine lay amid its rose-gardens, its cut beech-hedges, and its bowers of greenery.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
palpitating
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From this reading The palpitating heat was terrible--the hottest day that summer.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
rose-gardens
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From this reading Beneath the blazing sun Glencardine lay amid its rose-gardens, its cut beech-hedges, and its bowers of greenery.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading It was three o'clock, the hour when silence is upon a summer house-party in the country.
sixteen
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From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
Spencer
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From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
Stokes
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From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
summer
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From this reading It was three o'clock, the hour when silence is upon a summer house-party in the country.
sun
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From this reading Beneath the blazing sun Glencardine lay amid its rose-gardens, its cut beech-hedges, and its bowers of greenery.
taken
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From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
tennis
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From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The palpitating heat was terrible--the hottest day that summer.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The palpitating heat was terrible--the hottest day that summer.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WHAT FLOCKART FORESAW The following afternoon was glaring and breathless.
three
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From this reading It was three o'clock, the hour when silence is upon a summer house-party in the country.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It was three o'clock, the hour when silence is upon a summer house-party in the country.
visiting
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From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading WHAT FLOCKART FORESAW The following afternoon was glaring and breathless.
WHATpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading WHAT FLOCKART FORESAW The following afternoon was glaring and breathless.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was three o'clock, the hour when silence is upon a summer house-party in the country.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Gabrielle had taken Stokes, with May Spencer (a girl friend visiting her mother), and driven the "sixteen" over to Connachan with a message from her mother--an invitation to Lady Murie and her party to luncheon and tennis on the following day.
