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1854
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From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
1879
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From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Author of "Polly, a New-Fashioned Girl," "Sue, a Little Heroine," "Daddy's Girl," "A Sweet Girl Graduate," etc.
age
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From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
Atlanta
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From this reading She edited _Atlanta_ for six years.
Atlantic
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From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
attaining
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From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
Author
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From this reading Author of "Polly, a New-Fashioned Girl," "Sue, a Little Heroine," "Daddy's Girl," "A Sweet Girl Graduate," etc.
Bandon
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From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
Bishopsgate
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From this reading She worked in the British Museum, living in Bishopsgate Without, making special studies of East London life which she incorporated in her stories.
book
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From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
British
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From this reading She worked in the British Museum, living in Bishopsgate Without, making special studies of East London life which she incorporated in her stories.
Cork
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From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
County
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From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
Daddy's
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From this reading Author of "Polly, a New-Fashioned Girl," "Sue, a Little Heroine," "Daddy's Girl," "A Sweet Girl Graduate," etc.
daughter
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From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
East
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From this reading She worked in the British Museum, living in Bishopsgate Without, making special studies of East London life which she incorporated in her stories.
edited
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From this reading She edited _Atlanta_ for six years.
Elizabeth
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From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
English
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From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
etc
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From this reading Author of "Polly, a New-Fashioned Girl," "Sue, a Little Heroine," "Daddy's Girl," "A Sweet Girl Graduate," etc.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She edited _Atlanta_ for six years.
Girl
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From this reading Author of "Polly, a New-Fashioned Girl," "Sue, a Little Heroine," "Daddy's Girl," "A Sweet Girl Graduate," etc.
Graduate
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From this reading Author of "Polly, a New-Fashioned Girl," "Sue, a Little Heroine," "Daddy's Girl," "A Sweet Girl Graduate," etc.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
Heroine
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From this reading Author of "Polly, a New-Fashioned Girl," "Sue, a Little Heroine," "Daddy's Girl," "A Sweet Girl Graduate," etc.
Home
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From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
incorporated
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From this reading She worked in the British Museum, living in Bishopsgate Without, making special studies of East London life which she incorporated in her stories.
Ireland
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From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
L
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From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
LastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
Lettie's
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From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She worked in the British Museum, living in Bishopsgate Without, making special studies of East London life which she incorporated in her stories.
LittlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Author of "Polly, a New-Fashioned Girl," "Sue, a Little Heroine," "Daddy's Girl," "A Sweet Girl Graduate," etc.
living
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From this reading She worked in the British Museum, living in Bishopsgate Without, making special studies of East London life which she incorporated in her stories.
London
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From this reading She worked in the British Museum, living in Bishopsgate Without, making special studies of East London life which she incorporated in her stories.
making
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From this reading She worked in the British Museum, living in Bishopsgate Without, making special studies of East London life which she incorporated in her stories.
married
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From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
Meade
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From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
Mrs
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From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
Museum
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From this reading She worked in the British Museum, living in Bishopsgate Without, making special studies of East London life which she incorporated in her stories.
New-Fashioned
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From this reading Author of "Polly, a New-Fashioned Girl," "Sue, a Little Heroine," "Daddy's Girl," "A Sweet Girl Graduate," etc.
novelist
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From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
Novohal
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From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Author of "Polly, a New-Fashioned Girl," "Sue, a Little Heroine," "Daddy's Girl," "A Sweet Girl Graduate," etc.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
Polly
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From this reading Author of "Polly, a New-Fashioned Girl," "Sue, a Little Heroine," "Daddy's Girl," "A Sweet Girl Graduate," etc.
popularity
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From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
prolific
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From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
R
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From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
Rector
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From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
Rev
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From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
seventeen
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From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
sides
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From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
six
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From this reading She edited _Atlanta_ for six years.
Smith
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From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
special
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From this reading She worked in the British Museum, living in Bishopsgate Without, making special studies of East London life which she incorporated in her stories.
stories
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From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
studies
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From this reading She worked in the British Museum, living in Bishopsgate Without, making special studies of East London life which she incorporated in her stories.
Sue
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From this reading Author of "Polly, a New-Fashioned Girl," "Sue, a Little Heroine," "Daddy's Girl," "A Sweet Girl Graduate," etc.
Sweet
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From this reading Author of "Polly, a New-Fashioned Girl," "Sue, a Little Heroine," "Daddy's Girl," "A Sweet Girl Graduate," etc.
T
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From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
then
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From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
Thomasina
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From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
Toulmin
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From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
unusually
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From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading L. T. Meade (Mrs. Elizabeth Thomasina Smith), English novelist, was born at Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, 1854, the daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, Rector of Novohal, County Cork, and married Toulmin Smith in 1879.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She worked in the British Museum, living in Bishopsgate Without, making special studies of East London life which she incorporated in her stories.
wide
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From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
WithoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading She worked in the British Museum, living in Bishopsgate Without, making special studies of East London life which she incorporated in her stories.
worked
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From this reading She worked in the British Museum, living in Bishopsgate Without, making special studies of East London life which she incorporated in her stories.
writer
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From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
wrote
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From this reading She wrote her first book, _Lettie's Last Home_, at the age of seventeen and since then has been an unusually prolific writer, her stories attaining wide popularity on both sides of the Atlantic.
years
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From this reading She edited _Atlanta_ for six years.
