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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 Now there was a skeleton in the cupboard of General Napoleon Smith.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Very obediently Janet Sheepshanks vanished from the sick-room, and presently returned with an oblong parcel, which she handed to the hero of battles.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But that of the new field-marshal was particularly dark and disgraceful.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading No distinguished family can be respectable without at least one such.
battles
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From this reading Very obediently Janet Sheepshanks vanished from the sick-room, and presently returned with an oblong parcel, which she handed to the hero of battles.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading No distinguished family can be respectable without at least one such.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But that of the new field-marshal was particularly dark and disgraceful.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading No distinguished family can be respectable without at least one such.
cupboard
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dark
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disgraceful
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From this reading But that of the new field-marshal was particularly dark and disgraceful.
distinguished
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From this reading No distinguished family can be respectable without at least one such.
FAMILIAR
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From this reading THE FAMILIAR SPIRIT.
family
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From this reading No distinguished family can be respectable without at least one such.
field-marshal
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fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Very obediently Janet Sheepshanks vanished from the sick-room, and presently returned with an oblong parcel, which she handed to the hero of battles.
General
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handed
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From this reading Very obediently Janet Sheepshanks vanished from the sick-room, and presently returned with an oblong parcel, which she handed to the hero of battles.
hero
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From this reading Very obediently Janet Sheepshanks vanished from the sick-room, and presently returned with an oblong parcel, which she handed to the hero of battles.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Now there was a skeleton in the cupboard of General Napoleon Smith.
Janet
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From this reading Very obediently Janet Sheepshanks vanished from the sick-room, and presently returned with an oblong parcel, which she handed to the hero of battles.
least
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From this reading No distinguished family can be respectable without at least one such.
Napoleon
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new
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NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No distinguished family can be respectable without at least one such.
Now
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From this reading Now there was a skeleton in the cupboard of General Napoleon Smith.
obediently
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From this reading Very obediently Janet Sheepshanks vanished from the sick-room, and presently returned with an oblong parcel, which she handed to the hero of battles.
oblong
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From this reading Very obediently Janet Sheepshanks vanished from the sick-room, and presently returned with an oblong parcel, which she handed to the hero of battles.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Now there was a skeleton in the cupboard of General Napoleon Smith.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading No distinguished family can be respectable without at least one such.
parcel
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From this reading Very obediently Janet Sheepshanks vanished from the sick-room, and presently returned with an oblong parcel, which she handed to the hero of battles.
particularly
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presently
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From this reading Very obediently Janet Sheepshanks vanished from the sick-room, and presently returned with an oblong parcel, which she handed to the hero of battles.
respectable
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From this reading No distinguished family can be respectable without at least one such.
returned
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From this reading Very obediently Janet Sheepshanks vanished from the sick-room, and presently returned with an oblong parcel, which she handed to the hero of battles.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Very obediently Janet Sheepshanks vanished from the sick-room, and presently returned with an oblong parcel, which she handed to the hero of battles.
Sheepshanks
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From this reading Very obediently Janet Sheepshanks vanished from the sick-room, and presently returned with an oblong parcel, which she handed to the hero of battles.
sick-room
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From this reading Very obediently Janet Sheepshanks vanished from the sick-room, and presently returned with an oblong parcel, which she handed to the hero of battles.
skeleton
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From this reading Now there was a skeleton in the cupboard of General Napoleon Smith.
Smith
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From this reading Now there was a skeleton in the cupboard of General Napoleon Smith.
SPIRIT
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From this reading THE FAMILIAR SPIRIT.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading No distinguished family can be respectable without at least one such.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But that of the new field-marshal was particularly dark and disgraceful.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FAMILIAR SPIRIT.
there
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From this reading Now there was a skeleton in the cupboard of General Napoleon Smith.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Very obediently Janet Sheepshanks vanished from the sick-room, and presently returned with an oblong parcel, which she handed to the hero of battles.
vanished
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From this reading Very obediently Janet Sheepshanks vanished from the sick-room, and presently returned with an oblong parcel, which she handed to the hero of battles.
Very
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From this reading Very obediently Janet Sheepshanks vanished from the sick-room, and presently returned with an oblong parcel, which she handed to the hero of battles.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Now there was a skeleton in the cupboard of General Napoleon Smith.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Very obediently Janet Sheepshanks vanished from the sick-room, and presently returned with an oblong parcel, which she handed to the hero of battles.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Very obediently Janet Sheepshanks vanished from the sick-room, and presently returned with an oblong parcel, which she handed to the hero of battles.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading No distinguished family can be respectable without at least one such.
