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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 The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
Affairs
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From this reading Affairs had shaped themselves in such a manner that a complete revelation of all that had been kept hidden from her was imperative.
all
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From this reading Affairs had shaped themselves in such a manner that a complete revelation of all that had been kept hidden from her was imperative.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The master of the house made one more effort at postponement, but the young mistress would have none of it.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It must be that night, and at once.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The master of the house made one more effort at postponement, but the young mistress would have none of it.
colt
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From this reading So Peter fetched the long-stemmed meerschaum pipe which his master never smoked except of evenings, and received his instructions regarding the colt.
comfortable
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From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
completenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Affairs had shaped themselves in such a manner that a complete revelation of all that had been kept hidden from her was imperative.
day
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From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
decided
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From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
Dudley
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From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
effort
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From this reading The master of the house made one more effort at postponement, but the young mistress would have none of it.
evenings
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From this reading So Peter fetched the long-stemmed meerschaum pipe which his master never smoked except of evenings, and received his instructions regarding the colt.
exceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading So Peter fetched the long-stemmed meerschaum pipe which his master never smoked except of evenings, and received his instructions regarding the colt.
fetched
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From this reading So Peter fetched the long-stemmed meerschaum pipe which his master never smoked except of evenings, and received his instructions regarding the colt.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Affairs had shaped themselves in such a manner that a complete revelation of all that had been kept hidden from her was imperative.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The master of the house made one more effort at postponement, but the young mistress would have none of it.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Affairs had shaped themselves in such a manner that a complete revelation of all that had been kept hidden from her was imperative.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
hidden
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From this reading Affairs had shaped themselves in such a manner that a complete revelation of all that had been kept hidden from her was imperative.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading So Peter fetched the long-stemmed meerschaum pipe which his master never smoked except of evenings, and received his instructions regarding the colt.
house
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From this reading The master of the house made one more effort at postponement, but the young mistress would have none of it.
imperative
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From this reading Affairs had shaped themselves in such a manner that a complete revelation of all that had been kept hidden from her was imperative.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Affairs had shaped themselves in such a manner that a complete revelation of all that had been kept hidden from her was imperative.
instructions
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From this reading So Peter fetched the long-stemmed meerschaum pipe which his master never smoked except of evenings, and received his instructions regarding the colt.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
Julia
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From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
kept
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From this reading Affairs had shaped themselves in such a manner that a complete revelation of all that had been kept hidden from her was imperative.
long-stemmed
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From this reading So Peter fetched the long-stemmed meerschaum pipe which his master never smoked except of evenings, and received his instructions regarding the colt.
made
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From this reading The master of the house made one more effort at postponement, but the young mistress would have none of it.
Major
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From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
manner
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From this reading Affairs had shaped themselves in such a manner that a complete revelation of all that had been kept hidden from her was imperative.
master
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From this reading The master of the house made one more effort at postponement, but the young mistress would have none of it.
meerschaum
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From this reading So Peter fetched the long-stemmed meerschaum pipe which his master never smoked except of evenings, and received his instructions regarding the colt.
mistress
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From this reading The master of the house made one more effort at postponement, but the young mistress would have none of it.
more
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From this reading The master of the house made one more effort at postponement, but the young mistress would have none of it.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It must be that night, and at once.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So Peter fetched the long-stemmed meerschaum pipe which his master never smoked except of evenings, and received his instructions regarding the colt.
night
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From this reading It must be that night, and at once.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading The master of the house made one more effort at postponement, but the young mistress would have none of it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The master of the house made one more effort at postponement, but the young mistress would have none of it.
offered
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From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
old
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From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
once
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From this reading It must be that night, and at once.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The master of the house made one more effort at postponement, but the young mistress would have none of it.
Peter
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From this reading So Peter fetched the long-stemmed meerschaum pipe which his master never smoked except of evenings, and received his instructions regarding the colt.
pipe
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From this reading So Peter fetched the long-stemmed meerschaum pipe which his master never smoked except of evenings, and received his instructions regarding the colt.
portico
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From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
postponement
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From this reading The master of the house made one more effort at postponement, but the young mistress would have none of it.
received
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From this reading So Peter fetched the long-stemmed meerschaum pipe which his master never smoked except of evenings, and received his instructions regarding the colt.
regarding
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From this reading So Peter fetched the long-stemmed meerschaum pipe which his master never smoked except of evenings, and received his instructions regarding the colt.
revelation
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From this reading Affairs had shaped themselves in such a manner that a complete revelation of all that had been kept hidden from her was imperative.
seat
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From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
settee
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From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
shaped
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From this reading Affairs had shaped themselves in such a manner that a complete revelation of all that had been kept hidden from her was imperative.
smoked
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From this reading So Peter fetched the long-stemmed meerschaum pipe which his master never smoked except of evenings, and received his instructions regarding the colt.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
stay
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From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Affairs had shaped themselves in such a manner that a complete revelation of all that had been kept hidden from her was imperative.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It must be that night, and at once.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Affairs had shaped themselves in such a manner that a complete revelation of all that had been kept hidden from her was imperative.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
very
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From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
warm
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From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The day had been very warm, and the old settee on the portico offered a comfortable seat, so it was here Major Dudley and Julia decided to stay.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading So Peter fetched the long-stemmed meerschaum pipe which his master never smoked except of evenings, and received his instructions regarding the colt.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading The master of the house made one more effort at postponement, but the young mistress would have none of it.
young
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From this reading The master of the house made one more effort at postponement, but the young mistress would have none of it.
