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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 Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
accompanied
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From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
all
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From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was the visiting of one another’s rooms and cubicles.
another's
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From this reading There was the visiting of one another’s rooms and cubicles.
apartment
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From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
bed
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From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
blind
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From this reading When Mrs. Pembrose took this to Lady Harman she found her extraordinarily blind to the conceivable evils of this free intercourse.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But graver things were to rouse the preventive prohibitionist in the soul of Mrs. Pembrose.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
chair
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From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
conceivable
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From this reading When Mrs. Pembrose took this to Lady Harman she found her extraordinarily blind to the conceivable evils of this free intercourse.
conversations
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From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
conversing
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From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
costumes
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From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
cubicles
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From this reading There was the visiting of one another’s rooms and cubicles.
decorative
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From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
dreamtverbUS /drɛmt/
Experienced dreams during sleep.
From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
dust-gathering
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From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
effect
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From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
evils
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From this reading When Mrs. Pembrose took this to Lady Harman she found her extraordinarily blind to the conceivable evils of this free intercourse.
extraordinarily
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From this reading When Mrs. Pembrose took this to Lady Harman she found her extraordinarily blind to the conceivable evils of this free intercourse.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Mrs. Pembrose took this to Lady Harman she found her extraordinarily blind to the conceivable evils of this free intercourse.
four
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From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
framing
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From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading When Mrs. Pembrose took this to Lady Harman she found her extraordinarily blind to the conceivable evils of this free intercourse.
graver
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From this reading But graver things were to rouse the preventive prohibitionist in the soul of Mrs. Pembrose.
groups
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From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
hammering
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From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
Harman
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From this reading When Mrs. Pembrose took this to Lady Harman she found her extraordinarily blind to the conceivable evils of this free intercourse.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When Mrs. Pembrose took this to Lady Harman she found her extraordinarily blind to the conceivable evils of this free intercourse.
hours
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From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But graver things were to rouse the preventive prohibitionist in the soul of Mrs. Pembrose.
intercourse
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From this reading When Mrs. Pembrose took this to Lady Harman she found her extraordinarily blind to the conceivable evils of this free intercourse.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
Lady
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From this reading When Mrs. Pembrose took this to Lady Harman she found her extraordinarily blind to the conceivable evils of this free intercourse.
late
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From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
laughter
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From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
litter
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From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
Most
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From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
Mrs
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From this reading But graver things were to rouse the preventive prohibitionist in the soul of Mrs. Pembrose.
nails
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From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But graver things were to rouse the preventive prohibitionist in the soul of Mrs. Pembrose.
often
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From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading There was the visiting of one another’s rooms and cubicles.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
outbreak
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From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
Pembrose
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From this reading But graver things were to rouse the preventive prohibitionist in the soul of Mrs. Pembrose.
people
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From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
photographs
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From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
possessed
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From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
possessing
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From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
presentable
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From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
pretty
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From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
preventive
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From this reading But graver things were to rouse the preventive prohibitionist in the soul of Mrs. Pembrose.
produce
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From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
prohibitionist
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From this reading But graver things were to rouse the preventive prohibitionist in the soul of Mrs. Pembrose.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
rooms
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From this reading There was the visiting of one another’s rooms and cubicles.
rouse
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From this reading But graver things were to rouse the preventive prohibitionist in the soul of Mrs. Pembrose.
sat
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From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Mrs. Pembrose took this to Lady Harman she found her extraordinarily blind to the conceivable evils of this free intercourse.
soul
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From this reading But graver things were to rouse the preventive prohibitionist in the soul of Mrs. Pembrose.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But graver things were to rouse the preventive prohibitionist in the soul of Mrs. Pembrose.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
then
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From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
There
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From this reading There was the visiting of one another’s rooms and cubicles.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
things
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From this reading But graver things were to rouse the preventive prohibitionist in the soul of Mrs. Pembrose.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
three
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From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But graver things were to rouse the preventive prohibitionist in the soul of Mrs. Pembrose.
too
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From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Mrs. Pembrose took this to Lady Harman she found her extraordinarily blind to the conceivable evils of this free intercourse.
uncensored
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From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
vigorous
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From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
visited
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From this reading They visited at all hours and in all costumes; they sat in groups of three or four, one on the chair and the rest on the bed conversing into late hours,—entirely uncensored conversations too often accompanied by laughter.
visiting
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From this reading There was the visiting of one another’s rooms and cubicles.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was the visiting of one another’s rooms and cubicles.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading But graver things were to rouse the preventive prohibitionist in the soul of Mrs. Pembrose.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When Mrs. Pembrose took this to Lady Harman she found her extraordinarily blind to the conceivable evils of this free intercourse.
young
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From this reading Most of these young people had never possessed or dreamt of possessing a pretty and presentable apartment to themselves, and the first effect of this was to produce a decorative outbreak, a vigorous framing of photographs and hammering of nails (“dust-gathering litter.”—_Mrs. Pembrose_) and then—visiting.
