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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 A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
accustomed
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From this reading Neither had Jane her accustomed brightness, and the frequent glances she east at her grandfather seemed to show that the latter’s condition was causing her anxiety.
always
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From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Neither had Jane her accustomed brightness, and the frequent glances she east at her grandfather seemed to show that the latter’s condition was causing her anxiety.
anxiety
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From this reading Neither had Jane her accustomed brightness, and the frequent glances she east at her grandfather seemed to show that the latter’s condition was causing her anxiety.
any
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From this reading Michael Snowdon was unlike himself, nervously inattentive, moving frequently, indisposed to converse on any subject.
appeared
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From this reading She withdrew very early, and, as at once appeared, in order that Sidney might hear in private what had that day happened.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
astonishment
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From this reading The story of Clem Peckover’s marriage naturally occasioned no little astonishment in Sidney.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Neither had Jane her accustomed brightness, and the frequent glances she east at her grandfather seemed to show that the latter’s condition was causing her anxiety.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
brightness
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From this reading Neither had Jane her accustomed brightness, and the frequent glances she east at her grandfather seemed to show that the latter’s condition was causing her anxiety.
causing
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From this reading Neither had Jane her accustomed brightness, and the frequent glances she east at her grandfather seemed to show that the latter’s condition was causing her anxiety.
Clem
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From this reading The story of Clem Peckover’s marriage naturally occasioned no little astonishment in Sidney.
condition
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From this reading Neither had Jane her accustomed brightness, and the frequent glances she east at her grandfather seemed to show that the latter’s condition was causing her anxiety.
converse
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From this reading Michael Snowdon was unlike himself, nervously inattentive, moving frequently, indisposed to converse on any subject.
day
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From this reading She withdrew very early, and, as at once appeared, in order that Sidney might hear in private what had that day happened.
early
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From this reading She withdrew very early, and, as at once appeared, in order that Sidney might hear in private what had that day happened.
east
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From this reading Neither had Jane her accustomed brightness, and the frequent glances she east at her grandfather seemed to show that the latter’s condition was causing her anxiety.
evening
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From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
felt
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From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
frequent
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From this reading Neither had Jane her accustomed brightness, and the frequent glances she east at her grandfather seemed to show that the latter’s condition was causing her anxiety.
frequently
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From this reading Michael Snowdon was unlike himself, nervously inattentive, moving frequently, indisposed to converse on any subject.
friends
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From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
glances
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From this reading Neither had Jane her accustomed brightness, and the frequent glances she east at her grandfather seemed to show that the latter’s condition was causing her anxiety.
grandfather
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From this reading Neither had Jane her accustomed brightness, and the frequent glances she east at her grandfather seemed to show that the latter’s condition was causing her anxiety.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
happened
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From this reading She withdrew very early, and, as at once appeared, in order that Sidney might hear in private what had that day happened.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She withdrew very early, and, as at once appeared, in order that Sidney might hear in private what had that day happened.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Neither had Jane her accustomed brightness, and the frequent glances she east at her grandfather seemed to show that the latter’s condition was causing her anxiety.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Michael Snowdon was unlike himself, nervously inattentive, moving frequently, indisposed to converse on any subject.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
inattentive
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From this reading Michael Snowdon was unlike himself, nervously inattentive, moving frequently, indisposed to converse on any subject.
indisposed
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From this reading Michael Snowdon was unlike himself, nervously inattentive, moving frequently, indisposed to converse on any subject.
Jane
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From this reading Neither had Jane her accustomed brightness, and the frequent glances she east at her grandfather seemed to show that the latter’s condition was causing her anxiety.
Kirkwood
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From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
latter's
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From this reading Neither had Jane her accustomed brightness, and the frequent glances she east at her grandfather seemed to show that the latter’s condition was causing her anxiety.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The story of Clem Peckover’s marriage naturally occasioned no little astonishment in Sidney.
many
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From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
marriage
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From this reading The story of Clem Peckover’s marriage naturally occasioned no little astonishment in Sidney.
Michael
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From this reading Michael Snowdon was unlike himself, nervously inattentive, moving frequently, indisposed to converse on any subject.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading She withdrew very early, and, as at once appeared, in order that Sidney might hear in private what had that day happened.
minutes
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From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
moving
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From this reading Michael Snowdon was unlike himself, nervously inattentive, moving frequently, indisposed to converse on any subject.
naturally
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From this reading The story of Clem Peckover’s marriage naturally occasioned no little astonishment in Sidney.
NeitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Neither had Jane her accustomed brightness, and the frequent glances she east at her grandfather seemed to show that the latter’s condition was causing her anxiety.
nervously
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From this reading Michael Snowdon was unlike himself, nervously inattentive, moving frequently, indisposed to converse on any subject.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The story of Clem Peckover’s marriage naturally occasioned no little astonishment in Sidney.
occasioned
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From this reading The story of Clem Peckover’s marriage naturally occasioned no little astonishment in Sidney.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The story of Clem Peckover’s marriage naturally occasioned no little astonishment in Sidney.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
once
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From this reading She withdrew very early, and, as at once appeared, in order that Sidney might hear in private what had that day happened.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She withdrew very early, and, as at once appeared, in order that Sidney might hear in private what had that day happened.
Peckover's
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From this reading The story of Clem Peckover’s marriage naturally occasioned no little astonishment in Sidney.
private
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From this reading She withdrew very early, and, as at once appeared, in order that Sidney might hear in private what had that day happened.
quiet
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From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
RETREAT
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From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
room
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From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Neither had Jane her accustomed brightness, and the frequent glances she east at her grandfather seemed to show that the latter’s condition was causing her anxiety.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Neither had Jane her accustomed brightness, and the frequent glances she east at her grandfather seemed to show that the latter’s condition was causing her anxiety.
show
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From this reading Neither had Jane her accustomed brightness, and the frequent glances she east at her grandfather seemed to show that the latter’s condition was causing her anxiety.
Sidney
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From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
Snowdon
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From this reading Michael Snowdon was unlike himself, nervously inattentive, moving frequently, indisposed to converse on any subject.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
story
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From this reading The story of Clem Peckover’s marriage naturally occasioned no little astonishment in Sidney.
subject
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From this reading Michael Snowdon was unlike himself, nervously inattentive, moving frequently, indisposed to converse on any subject.
Sunday
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From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Michael Snowdon was unlike himself, nervously inattentive, moving frequently, indisposed to converse on any subject.
troubling
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From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
unlike
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From this reading Michael Snowdon was unlike himself, nervously inattentive, moving frequently, indisposed to converse on any subject.
unwonted
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From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
usual
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From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
very
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From this reading She withdrew very early, and, as at once appeared, in order that Sidney might hear in private what had that day happened.
Visiting
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From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A RETREAT Visiting his friends as usual on Sunday evening, Sidney Kirkwood felt, before he had been many minutes in the room, that something unwonted was troubling the quiet he always found here.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading She withdrew very early, and, as at once appeared, in order that Sidney might hear in private what had that day happened.
withdrew
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From this reading She withdrew very early, and, as at once appeared, in order that Sidney might hear in private what had that day happened.
