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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 Mr. Enderby only remained with them two or three days at a time, business requiring his frequent presence in town.
altogether
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From this reading They occupied handsome rooms, and altogether lived in a more expensive way than when at home.
amusements
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From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading STRAYING The Enderbys were at Brighton during the autumn.
autumn
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From this reading STRAYING The Enderbys were at Brighton during the autumn.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Maud was glad to see her mother happy, but could not be at ease herself in this kind of life.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
Brighton
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From this reading STRAYING The Enderbys were at Brighton during the autumn.
business
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From this reading Mr. Enderby only remained with them two or three days at a time, business requiring his frequent presence in town.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Maud was glad to see her mother happy, but could not be at ease herself in this kind of life.
days
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From this reading Mr. Enderby only remained with them two or three days at a time, business requiring his frequent presence in town.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading STRAYING The Enderbys were at Brighton during the autumn.
ease
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From this reading Maud was glad to see her mother happy, but could not be at ease herself in this kind of life.
Enderby
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From this reading Mr. Enderby only remained with them two or three days at a time, business requiring his frequent presence in town.
Enderbys
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From this reading STRAYING The Enderbys were at Brighton during the autumn.
enjoyed
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From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
expensive
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From this reading They occupied handsome rooms, and altogether lived in a more expensive way than when at home.
far
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From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
frequent
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From this reading Mr. Enderby only remained with them two or three days at a time, business requiring his frequent presence in town.
glad
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From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
grow
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From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They occupied handsome rooms, and altogether lived in a more expensive way than when at home.
happy
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From this reading Maud was glad to see her mother happy, but could not be at ease herself in this kind of life.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Mr. Enderby only remained with them two or three days at a time, business requiring his frequent presence in town.
holidays
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From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
home
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From this reading They occupied handsome rooms, and altogether lived in a more expensive way than when at home.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mr. Enderby only remained with them two or three days at a time, business requiring his frequent presence in town.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
kind
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From this reading Maud was glad to see her mother happy, but could not be at ease herself in this kind of life.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Maud was glad to see her mother happy, but could not be at ease herself in this kind of life.
lived
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From this reading They occupied handsome rooms, and altogether lived in a more expensive way than when at home.
Maud
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From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
more
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From this reading They occupied handsome rooms, and altogether lived in a more expensive way than when at home.
mother
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From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
Mr
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From this reading Mr. Enderby only remained with them two or three days at a time, business requiring his frequent presence in town.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Maud was glad to see her mother happy, but could not be at ease herself in this kind of life.
occupied
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From this reading They occupied handsome rooms, and altogether lived in a more expensive way than when at home.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
only
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From this reading Mr. Enderby only remained with them two or three days at a time, business requiring his frequent presence in town.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Mr. Enderby only remained with them two or three days at a time, business requiring his frequent presence in town.
place
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From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
presence
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From this reading Mr. Enderby only remained with them two or three days at a time, business requiring his frequent presence in town.
quieter
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From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Mr. Enderby only remained with them two or three days at a time, business requiring his frequent presence in town.
requiring
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From this reading Mr. Enderby only remained with them two or three days at a time, business requiring his frequent presence in town.
rooms
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From this reading They occupied handsome rooms, and altogether lived in a more expensive way than when at home.
see
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From this reading Maud was glad to see her mother happy, but could not be at ease herself in this kind of life.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
some
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From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
spend
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From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
spirits
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From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
STRAYING
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From this reading STRAYING The Enderbys were at Brighton during the autumn.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading They occupied handsome rooms, and altogether lived in a more expensive way than when at home.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading STRAYING The Enderbys were at Brighton during the autumn.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Mr. Enderby only remained with them two or three days at a time, business requiring his frequent presence in town.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They occupied handsome rooms, and altogether lived in a more expensive way than when at home.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Maud was glad to see her mother happy, but could not be at ease herself in this kind of life.
three
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From this reading Mr. Enderby only remained with them two or three days at a time, business requiring his frequent presence in town.
threw
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From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mr. Enderby only remained with them two or three days at a time, business requiring his frequent presence in town.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
town
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From this reading Mr. Enderby only remained with them two or three days at a time, business requiring his frequent presence in town.
two
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From this reading Mr. Enderby only remained with them two or three days at a time, business requiring his frequent presence in town.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Maud was glad to see her mother happy, but could not be at ease herself in this kind of life.
way
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From this reading They occupied handsome rooms, and altogether lived in a more expensive way than when at home.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading STRAYING The Enderbys were at Brighton during the autumn.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading They occupied handsome rooms, and altogether lived in a more expensive way than when at home.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Mr. Enderby only remained with them two or three days at a time, business requiring his frequent presence in town.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
younger
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From this reading Maud would have been glad to spend her holidays at some far quieter place, but her mother enjoyed Brighton, and threw herself into its amusements of the place with spirits which seemed to grow younger.
