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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 LOAN OF A GENTLEMAN FRIEND The wives and mothers, with sleepy, crying children, cluttered up the lower decks.
all
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From this reading The young people by some common instinct seemed all to be drawn to the quiet and moonlight of the upper deck.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE LOAN OF A GENTLEMAN FRIEND The wives and mothers, with sleepy, crying children, cluttered up the lower decks.
apart
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From this reading There Rosie's party found them, a thousand couples more or less, each couple sitting somewhat apart from its neighbours, but frightfully close to itself.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The young people by some common instinct seemed all to be drawn to the quiet and moonlight of the upper deck.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading George and Janet found the unoccupied half of a deck bench, not too far from the rail, and Rosie and Tom seated themselves on campstools some distance behind.
bench
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From this reading George and Janet found the unoccupied half of a deck bench, not too far from the rail, and Rosie and Tom seated themselves on campstools some distance behind.
blushed
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From this reading "I suppose they're all engaged," Rosie remarked to Tom Sullivan, and even in the moonlight Tom blushed furiously.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There Rosie's party found them, a thousand couples more or less, each couple sitting somewhat apart from its neighbours, but frightfully close to itself.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The young people by some common instinct seemed all to be drawn to the quiet and moonlight of the upper deck.
campstools
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From this reading George and Janet found the unoccupied half of a deck bench, not too far from the rail, and Rosie and Tom seated themselves on campstools some distance behind.
children
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From this reading THE LOAN OF A GENTLEMAN FRIEND The wives and mothers, with sleepy, crying children, cluttered up the lower decks.
close
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From this reading There Rosie's party found them, a thousand couples more or less, each couple sitting somewhat apart from its neighbours, but frightfully close to itself.
cluttered
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From this reading THE LOAN OF A GENTLEMAN FRIEND The wives and mothers, with sleepy, crying children, cluttered up the lower decks.
common
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From this reading The young people by some common instinct seemed all to be drawn to the quiet and moonlight of the upper deck.
couplenounUS /ˈkʌpəl/
two people or things considered together
From this reading There Rosie's party found them, a thousand couples more or less, each couple sitting somewhat apart from its neighbours, but frightfully close to itself.
couples
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From this reading There Rosie's party found them, a thousand couples more or less, each couple sitting somewhat apart from its neighbours, but frightfully close to itself.
crying
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From this reading THE LOAN OF A GENTLEMAN FRIEND The wives and mothers, with sleepy, crying children, cluttered up the lower decks.
deck
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From this reading The young people by some common instinct seemed all to be drawn to the quiet and moonlight of the upper deck.
decks
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From this reading THE LOAN OF A GENTLEMAN FRIEND The wives and mothers, with sleepy, crying children, cluttered up the lower decks.
distance
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From this reading George and Janet found the unoccupied half of a deck bench, not too far from the rail, and Rosie and Tom seated themselves on campstools some distance behind.
drawn
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From this reading The young people by some common instinct seemed all to be drawn to the quiet and moonlight of the upper deck.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading There Rosie's party found them, a thousand couples more or less, each couple sitting somewhat apart from its neighbours, but frightfully close to itself.
engaged
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From this reading "I suppose they're all engaged," Rosie remarked to Tom Sullivan, and even in the moonlight Tom blushed furiously.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I suppose they're all engaged," Rosie remarked to Tom Sullivan, and even in the moonlight Tom blushed furiously.
far
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From this reading George and Janet found the unoccupied half of a deck bench, not too far from the rail, and Rosie and Tom seated themselves on campstools some distance behind.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There Rosie's party found them, a thousand couples more or less, each couple sitting somewhat apart from its neighbours, but frightfully close to itself.
FRIEND
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From this reading THE LOAN OF A GENTLEMAN FRIEND The wives and mothers, with sleepy, crying children, cluttered up the lower decks.
frightfully
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From this reading There Rosie's party found them, a thousand couples more or less, each couple sitting somewhat apart from its neighbours, but frightfully close to itself.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There Rosie's party found them, a thousand couples more or less, each couple sitting somewhat apart from its neighbours, but frightfully close to itself.
furiously
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From this reading "I suppose they're all engaged," Rosie remarked to Tom Sullivan, and even in the moonlight Tom blushed furiously.
GENTLEMANnounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE LOAN OF A GENTLEMAN FRIEND The wives and mothers, with sleepy, crying children, cluttered up the lower decks.
George
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From this reading George and Janet found the unoccupied half of a deck bench, not too far from the rail, and Rosie and Tom seated themselves on campstools some distance behind.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading George and Janet found the unoccupied half of a deck bench, not too far from the rail, and Rosie and Tom seated themselves on campstools some distance behind.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I suppose they're all engaged," Rosie remarked to Tom Sullivan, and even in the moonlight Tom blushed furiously.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I suppose they're all engaged," Rosie remarked to Tom Sullivan, and even in the moonlight Tom blushed furiously.
instinct
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From this reading The young people by some common instinct seemed all to be drawn to the quiet and moonlight of the upper deck.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading There Rosie's party found them, a thousand couples more or less, each couple sitting somewhat apart from its neighbours, but frightfully close to itself.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading There Rosie's party found them, a thousand couples more or less, each couple sitting somewhat apart from its neighbours, but frightfully close to itself.
Janet
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From this reading George and Janet found the unoccupied half of a deck bench, not too far from the rail, and Rosie and Tom seated themselves on campstools some distance behind.
less
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From this reading There Rosie's party found them, a thousand couples more or less, each couple sitting somewhat apart from its neighbours, but frightfully close to itself.
LOAN
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From this reading THE LOAN OF A GENTLEMAN FRIEND The wives and mothers, with sleepy, crying children, cluttered up the lower decks.
lower
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From this reading THE LOAN OF A GENTLEMAN FRIEND The wives and mothers, with sleepy, crying children, cluttered up the lower decks.
moonlight
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From this reading The young people by some common instinct seemed all to be drawn to the quiet and moonlight of the upper deck.
more
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From this reading There Rosie's party found them, a thousand couples more or less, each couple sitting somewhat apart from its neighbours, but frightfully close to itself.
mothers
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From this reading THE LOAN OF A GENTLEMAN FRIEND The wives and mothers, with sleepy, crying children, cluttered up the lower decks.
neighbours
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From this reading There Rosie's party found them, a thousand couples more or less, each couple sitting somewhat apart from its neighbours, but frightfully close to itself.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading George and Janet found the unoccupied half of a deck bench, not too far from the rail, and Rosie and Tom seated themselves on campstools some distance behind.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE LOAN OF A GENTLEMAN FRIEND The wives and mothers, with sleepy, crying children, cluttered up the lower decks.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading George and Janet found the unoccupied half of a deck bench, not too far from the rail, and Rosie and Tom seated themselves on campstools some distance behind.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading There Rosie's party found them, a thousand couples more or less, each couple sitting somewhat apart from its neighbours, but frightfully close to itself.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There Rosie's party found them, a thousand couples more or less, each couple sitting somewhat apart from its neighbours, but frightfully close to itself.
people
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From this reading The young people by some common instinct seemed all to be drawn to the quiet and moonlight of the upper deck.
quiet
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From this reading The young people by some common instinct seemed all to be drawn to the quiet and moonlight of the upper deck.
rail
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From this reading George and Janet found the unoccupied half of a deck bench, not too far from the rail, and Rosie and Tom seated themselves on campstools some distance behind.
remarked
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From this reading "I suppose they're all engaged," Rosie remarked to Tom Sullivan, and even in the moonlight Tom blushed furiously.
Rosie
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From this reading "I suppose they're all engaged," Rosie remarked to Tom Sullivan, and even in the moonlight Tom blushed furiously.
Rosie's
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From this reading There Rosie's party found them, a thousand couples more or less, each couple sitting somewhat apart from its neighbours, but frightfully close to itself.
seated
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From this reading George and Janet found the unoccupied half of a deck bench, not too far from the rail, and Rosie and Tom seated themselves on campstools some distance behind.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The young people by some common instinct seemed all to be drawn to the quiet and moonlight of the upper deck.
sitting
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From this reading There Rosie's party found them, a thousand couples more or less, each couple sitting somewhat apart from its neighbours, but frightfully close to itself.
sleepy
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From this reading THE LOAN OF A GENTLEMAN FRIEND The wives and mothers, with sleepy, crying children, cluttered up the lower decks.
some
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From this reading The young people by some common instinct seemed all to be drawn to the quiet and moonlight of the upper deck.
somewhat
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From this reading There Rosie's party found them, a thousand couples more or less, each couple sitting somewhat apart from its neighbours, but frightfully close to itself.
Sullivan
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From this reading "I suppose they're all engaged," Rosie remarked to Tom Sullivan, and even in the moonlight Tom blushed furiously.
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "I suppose they're all engaged," Rosie remarked to Tom Sullivan, and even in the moonlight Tom blushed furiously.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE LOAN OF A GENTLEMAN FRIEND The wives and mothers, with sleepy, crying children, cluttered up the lower decks.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading There Rosie's party found them, a thousand couples more or less, each couple sitting somewhat apart from its neighbours, but frightfully close to itself.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading George and Janet found the unoccupied half of a deck bench, not too far from the rail, and Rosie and Tom seated themselves on campstools some distance behind.
There
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From this reading There Rosie's party found them, a thousand couples more or less, each couple sitting somewhat apart from its neighbours, but frightfully close to itself.
they're
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From this reading "I suppose they're all engaged," Rosie remarked to Tom Sullivan, and even in the moonlight Tom blushed furiously.
thousand
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From this reading There Rosie's party found them, a thousand couples more or less, each couple sitting somewhat apart from its neighbours, but frightfully close to itself.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The young people by some common instinct seemed all to be drawn to the quiet and moonlight of the upper deck.
Tom
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From this reading "I suppose they're all engaged," Rosie remarked to Tom Sullivan, and even in the moonlight Tom blushed furiously.
too
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From this reading George and Janet found the unoccupied half of a deck bench, not too far from the rail, and Rosie and Tom seated themselves on campstools some distance behind.
unoccupied
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From this reading George and Janet found the unoccupied half of a deck bench, not too far from the rail, and Rosie and Tom seated themselves on campstools some distance behind.
up
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From this reading THE LOAN OF A GENTLEMAN FRIEND The wives and mothers, with sleepy, crying children, cluttered up the lower decks.
upper
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From this reading The young people by some common instinct seemed all to be drawn to the quiet and moonlight of the upper deck.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE LOAN OF A GENTLEMAN FRIEND The wives and mothers, with sleepy, crying children, cluttered up the lower decks.
wives
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From this reading THE LOAN OF A GENTLEMAN FRIEND The wives and mothers, with sleepy, crying children, cluttered up the lower decks.
young
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From this reading The young people by some common instinct seemed all to be drawn to the quiet and moonlight of the upper deck.
