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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 On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
air
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From this reading On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading POLLY AND MR.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
aunt's
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From this reading On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
Battersea
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From this reading On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading At a table near to her sat two girls, for some reason taking a holiday, who conversed in a way which proved them to be "mantle hands," and Polly listened and smiled.
cakes
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From this reading On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
Clover
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From this reading Mrs. Clover, though the quarrel was prolonged until four o'clock, had offered no refreshments, which seemed to Miss Sparkes a very gross instance of meanness and inhospitality.
conversed
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From this reading At a table near to her sat two girls, for some reason taking a holiday, who conversed in a way which proved them to be "mantle hands," and Polly listened and smiled.
day
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From this reading PARISH Two first-rate quarrels in one day put Polly Sparkes into high good humour.
first-ratenounUS /ˈfirst-rate/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading PARISH Two first-rate quarrels in one day put Polly Sparkes into high good humour.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading At a table near to her sat two girls, for some reason taking a holiday, who conversed in a way which proved them to be "mantle hands," and Polly listened and smiled.
four
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From this reading Mrs. Clover, though the quarrel was prolonged until four o'clock, had offered no refreshments, which seemed to Miss Sparkes a very gross instance of meanness and inhospitality.
girls
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From this reading At a table near to her sat two girls, for some reason taking a holiday, who conversed in a way which proved them to be "mantle hands," and Polly listened and smiled.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading PARISH Two first-rate quarrels in one day put Polly Sparkes into high good humour.
gross
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From this reading Mrs. Clover, though the quarrel was prolonged until four o'clock, had offered no refreshments, which seemed to Miss Sparkes a very gross instance of meanness and inhospitality.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Mrs. Clover, though the quarrel was prolonged until four o'clock, had offered no refreshments, which seemed to Miss Sparkes a very gross instance of meanness and inhospitality.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading At a table near to her sat two girls, for some reason taking a holiday, who conversed in a way which proved them to be "mantle hands," and Polly listened and smiled.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
high
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From this reading PARISH Two first-rate quarrels in one day put Polly Sparkes into high good humour.
holiday
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From this reading At a table near to her sat two girls, for some reason taking a holiday, who conversed in a way which proved them to be "mantle hands," and Polly listened and smiled.
house
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From this reading On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
humour
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From this reading PARISH Two first-rate quarrels in one day put Polly Sparkes into high good humour.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading PARISH Two first-rate quarrels in one day put Polly Sparkes into high good humour.
inhospitality
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From this reading Mrs. Clover, though the quarrel was prolonged until four o'clock, had offered no refreshments, which seemed to Miss Sparkes a very gross instance of meanness and inhospitality.
instance
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From this reading Mrs. Clover, though the quarrel was prolonged until four o'clock, had offered no refreshments, which seemed to Miss Sparkes a very gross instance of meanness and inhospitality.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading PARISH Two first-rate quarrels in one day put Polly Sparkes into high good humour.
leaving
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From this reading On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
listened
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From this reading At a table near to her sat two girls, for some reason taking a holiday, who conversed in a way which proved them to be "mantle hands," and Polly listened and smiled.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
mantlenounUS /ˈmæntəl/
a loose covering like a cloak
From this reading At a table near to her sat two girls, for some reason taking a holiday, who conversed in a way which proved them to be "mantle hands," and Polly listened and smiled.
meanness
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From this reading Mrs. Clover, though the quarrel was prolonged until four o'clock, had offered no refreshments, which seemed to Miss Sparkes a very gross instance of meanness and inhospitality.
Miss
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From this reading Mrs. Clover, though the quarrel was prolonged until four o'clock, had offered no refreshments, which seemed to Miss Sparkes a very gross instance of meanness and inhospitality.
MR
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From this reading POLLY AND MR.
Mrs
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From this reading Mrs. Clover, though the quarrel was prolonged until four o'clock, had offered no refreshments, which seemed to Miss Sparkes a very gross instance of meanness and inhospitality.
near
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From this reading At a table near to her sat two girls, for some reason taking a holiday, who conversed in a way which proved them to be "mantle hands," and Polly listened and smiled.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Mrs. Clover, though the quarrel was prolonged until four o'clock, had offered no refreshments, which seemed to Miss Sparkes a very gross instance of meanness and inhospitality.
o'clock
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From this reading Mrs. Clover, though the quarrel was prolonged until four o'clock, had offered no refreshments, which seemed to Miss Sparkes a very gross instance of meanness and inhospitality.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mrs. Clover, though the quarrel was prolonged until four o'clock, had offered no refreshments, which seemed to Miss Sparkes a very gross instance of meanness and inhospitality.
offered
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From this reading Mrs. Clover, though the quarrel was prolonged until four o'clock, had offered no refreshments, which seemed to Miss Sparkes a very gross instance of meanness and inhospitality.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading PARISH Two first-rate quarrels in one day put Polly Sparkes into high good humour.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
PARISH
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From this reading PARISH Two first-rate quarrels in one day put Polly Sparkes into high good humour.
Park
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From this reading On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
POLLY
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From this reading POLLY AND MR.
prolonged
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From this reading Mrs. Clover, though the quarrel was prolonged until four o'clock, had offered no refreshments, which seemed to Miss Sparkes a very gross instance of meanness and inhospitality.
proved
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From this reading At a table near to her sat two girls, for some reason taking a holiday, who conversed in a way which proved them to be "mantle hands," and Polly listened and smiled.
put
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From this reading PARISH Two first-rate quarrels in one day put Polly Sparkes into high good humour.
quarrelnounUS /ˈkwɔːrəl/
an angry argument or disagreement
From this reading Mrs. Clover, though the quarrel was prolonged until four o'clock, had offered no refreshments, which seemed to Miss Sparkes a very gross instance of meanness and inhospitality.
quarrels
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From this reading PARISH Two first-rate quarrels in one day put Polly Sparkes into high good humour.
reason
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From this reading At a table near to her sat two girls, for some reason taking a holiday, who conversed in a way which proved them to be "mantle hands," and Polly listened and smiled.
refreshments
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From this reading Mrs. Clover, though the quarrel was prolonged until four o'clock, had offered no refreshments, which seemed to Miss Sparkes a very gross instance of meanness and inhospitality.
round
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From this reading On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
sat
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From this reading At a table near to her sat two girls, for some reason taking a holiday, who conversed in a way which proved them to be "mantle hands," and Polly listened and smiled.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs. Clover, though the quarrel was prolonged until four o'clock, had offered no refreshments, which seemed to Miss Sparkes a very gross instance of meanness and inhospitality.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
smiled
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From this reading At a table near to her sat two girls, for some reason taking a holiday, who conversed in a way which proved them to be "mantle hands," and Polly listened and smiled.
some
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From this reading At a table near to her sat two girls, for some reason taking a holiday, who conversed in a way which proved them to be "mantle hands," and Polly listened and smiled.
Sparkes
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From this reading PARISH Two first-rate quarrels in one day put Polly Sparkes into high good humour.
strolled
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From this reading On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
table
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From this reading On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
taking
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From this reading At a table near to her sat two girls, for some reason taking a holiday, who conversed in a way which proved them to be "mantle hands," and Polly listened and smiled.
tea
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From this reading On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading At a table near to her sat two girls, for some reason taking a holiday, who conversed in a way which proved them to be "mantle hands," and Polly listened and smiled.
there
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From this reading On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Mrs. Clover, though the quarrel was prolonged until four o'clock, had offered no refreshments, which seemed to Miss Sparkes a very gross instance of meanness and inhospitality.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
treated
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From this reading On leaving her aunt's house in the afternoon she strolled into Battersea Park, and there treated herself to tea and cakes at a little round table in the open air.
Two
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From this reading PARISH Two first-rate quarrels in one day put Polly Sparkes into high good humour.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Mrs. Clover, though the quarrel was prolonged until four o'clock, had offered no refreshments, which seemed to Miss Sparkes a very gross instance of meanness and inhospitality.
very
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From this reading Mrs. Clover, though the quarrel was prolonged until four o'clock, had offered no refreshments, which seemed to Miss Sparkes a very gross instance of meanness and inhospitality.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mrs. Clover, though the quarrel was prolonged until four o'clock, had offered no refreshments, which seemed to Miss Sparkes a very gross instance of meanness and inhospitality.
way
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From this reading At a table near to her sat two girls, for some reason taking a holiday, who conversed in a way which proved them to be "mantle hands," and Polly listened and smiled.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Clover, though the quarrel was prolonged until four o'clock, had offered no refreshments, which seemed to Miss Sparkes a very gross instance of meanness and inhospitality.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading At a table near to her sat two girls, for some reason taking a holiday, who conversed in a way which proved them to be "mantle hands," and Polly listened and smiled.
