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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 carriage in which I was travelling contained a party of three, at whom I took the most casual of glances before settling down to the daily paper.
adventure
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From this reading I had an adventure upon the way to Bradfield.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading I had an adventure upon the way to Bradfield.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was an elderly lady, with a bright rosy face, gold spectacles, and a dash of red velvet in her bonnet.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The two ladies sat by each other in the far corner, and the son (as I presume him to be) sat opposite me.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The carriage in which I was travelling contained a party of three, at whom I took the most casual of glances before settling down to the daily paper.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The carriage in which I was travelling contained a party of three, at whom I took the most casual of glances before settling down to the daily paper.
black
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From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
bonnet
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From this reading There was an elderly lady, with a bright rosy face, gold spectacles, and a dash of red velvet in her bonnet.
Bradfield
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From this reading I had an adventure upon the way to Bradfield.
bright
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From this reading There was an elderly lady, with a bright rosy face, gold spectacles, and a dash of red velvet in her bonnet.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The two ladies sat by each other in the far corner, and the son (as I presume him to be) sat opposite me.
carriage
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From this reading The carriage in which I was travelling contained a party of three, at whom I took the most casual of glances before settling down to the daily paper.
casual
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From this reading The carriage in which I was travelling contained a party of three, at whom I took the most casual of glances before settling down to the daily paper.
contained
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From this reading The carriage in which I was travelling contained a party of three, at whom I took the most casual of glances before settling down to the daily paper.
corner
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From this reading The two ladies sat by each other in the far corner, and the son (as I presume him to be) sat opposite me.
daily
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From this reading The carriage in which I was travelling contained a party of three, at whom I took the most casual of glances before settling down to the daily paper.
dash
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From this reading There was an elderly lady, with a bright rosy face, gold spectacles, and a dash of red velvet in her bonnet.
daughter
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From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
down
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From this reading The carriage in which I was travelling contained a party of three, at whom I took the most casual of glances before settling down to the daily paper.
dressed
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From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading The two ladies sat by each other in the far corner, and the son (as I presume him to be) sat opposite me.
elderly
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From this reading There was an elderly lady, with a bright rosy face, gold spectacles, and a dash of red velvet in her bonnet.
face
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From this reading There was an elderly lady, with a bright rosy face, gold spectacles, and a dash of red velvet in her bonnet.
far
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From this reading The two ladies sat by each other in the far corner, and the son (as I presume him to be) sat opposite me.
fellow
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From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
gentle-looking
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From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
girl
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From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
glances
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From this reading The carriage in which I was travelling contained a party of three, at whom I took the most casual of glances before settling down to the daily paper.
gold
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From this reading There was an elderly lady, with a bright rosy face, gold spectacles, and a dash of red velvet in her bonnet.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I had an adventure upon the way to Bradfield.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There was an elderly lady, with a bright rosy face, gold spectacles, and a dash of red velvet in her bonnet.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The two ladies sat by each other in the far corner, and the son (as I presume him to be) sat opposite me.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I had an adventure upon the way to Bradfield.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The carriage in which I was travelling contained a party of three, at whom I took the most casual of glances before settling down to the daily paper.
ladies
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From this reading The two ladies sat by each other in the far corner, and the son (as I presume him to be) sat opposite me.
lady
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From this reading There was an elderly lady, with a bright rosy face, gold spectacles, and a dash of red velvet in her bonnet.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The two ladies sat by each other in the far corner, and the son (as I presume him to be) sat opposite me.
most
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From this reading The carriage in which I was travelling contained a party of three, at whom I took the most casual of glances before settling down to the daily paper.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The carriage in which I was travelling contained a party of three, at whom I took the most casual of glances before settling down to the daily paper.
older
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From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
opposite
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From this reading The two ladies sat by each other in the far corner, and the son (as I presume him to be) sat opposite me.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
other
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From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
paper
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From this reading The carriage in which I was travelling contained a party of three, at whom I took the most casual of glances before settling down to the daily paper.
partynounUS /party/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The carriage in which I was travelling contained a party of three, at whom I took the most casual of glances before settling down to the daily paper.
people
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From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
presume
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From this reading The two ladies sat by each other in the far corner, and the son (as I presume him to be) sat opposite me.
quiet
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From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
red
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From this reading There was an elderly lady, with a bright rosy face, gold spectacles, and a dash of red velvet in her bonnet.
rosy
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From this reading There was an elderly lady, with a bright rosy face, gold spectacles, and a dash of red velvet in her bonnet.
sat
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From this reading The two ladies sat by each other in the far corner, and the son (as I presume him to be) sat opposite me.
settling
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From this reading The carriage in which I was travelling contained a party of three, at whom I took the most casual of glances before settling down to the daily paper.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
son
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From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
spectacles
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From this reading There was an elderly lady, with a bright rosy face, gold spectacles, and a dash of red velvet in her bonnet.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading I had an adventure upon the way to Bradfield.
There
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From this reading There was an elderly lady, with a bright rosy face, gold spectacles, and a dash of red velvet in her bonnet.
thick-set
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From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
three
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From this reading The carriage in which I was travelling contained a party of three, at whom I took the most casual of glances before settling down to the daily paper.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading I had an adventure upon the way to Bradfield.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The carriage in which I was travelling contained a party of three, at whom I took the most casual of glances before settling down to the daily paper.
travelling
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From this reading The carriage in which I was travelling contained a party of three, at whom I took the most casual of glances before settling down to the daily paper.
twenty
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From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
two
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From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading I had an adventure upon the way to Bradfield.
velvet
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From this reading There was an elderly lady, with a bright rosy face, gold spectacles, and a dash of red velvet in her bonnet.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The carriage in which I was travelling contained a party of three, at whom I took the most casual of glances before settling down to the daily paper.
way
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From this reading I had an adventure upon the way to Bradfield.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The carriage in which I was travelling contained a party of three, at whom I took the most casual of glances before settling down to the daily paper.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The carriage in which I was travelling contained a party of three, at whom I took the most casual of glances before settling down to the daily paper.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was an elderly lady, with a bright rosy face, gold spectacles, and a dash of red velvet in her bonnet.
year
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From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
young
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From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
younger
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From this reading With her were two younger people, who I took to be her son and her daughter--the one a quiet, gentle-looking girl of twenty or so, dressed in black, and the other a short, thick-set young fellow, a year or two older.
