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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 That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The Visitor Remains Had the billiard-table taken to itself wings and commenced to waltz about the room, those present could scarcely have been more amazed.
all
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From this reading It was all done before they had really time to recover their breath--the lady was in, the orderly had gone, the door was closed; there they were, gaping at her, and she was looking at them.
almost
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From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
amazed
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From this reading The Visitor Remains Had the billiard-table taken to itself wings and commenced to waltz about the room, those present could scarcely have been more amazed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Visitor Remains Had the billiard-table taken to itself wings and commenced to waltz about the room, those present could scarcely have been more amazed.
anyonepronounUS /ˈeniwʌn/
any person at all
From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was all done before they had really time to recover their breath--the lady was in, the orderly had gone, the door was closed; there they were, gaping at her, and she was looking at them.
attention
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From this reading Presently her attention became centred on Noel Draycott.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
became
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From this reading Presently her attention became centred on Noel Draycott.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The Visitor Remains Had the billiard-table taken to itself wings and commenced to waltz about the room, those present could scarcely have been more amazed.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading It was all done before they had really time to recover their breath--the lady was in, the orderly had gone, the door was closed; there they were, gaping at her, and she was looking at them.
bewildering
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From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
billiard-table
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From this reading The Visitor Remains Had the billiard-table taken to itself wings and commenced to waltz about the room, those present could scarcely have been more amazed.
breath
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From this reading It was all done before they had really time to recover their breath--the lady was in, the orderly had gone, the door was closed; there they were, gaping at her, and she was looking at them.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
centred
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From this reading Presently her attention became centred on Noel Draycott.
closed
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From this reading It was all done before they had really time to recover their breath--the lady was in, the orderly had gone, the door was closed; there they were, gaping at her, and she was looking at them.
commenced
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From this reading The Visitor Remains Had the billiard-table taken to itself wings and commenced to waltz about the room, those present could scarcely have been more amazed.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The Visitor Remains Had the billiard-table taken to itself wings and commenced to waltz about the room, those present could scarcely have been more amazed.
crime
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From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was all done before they had really time to recover their breath--the lady was in, the orderly had gone, the door was closed; there they were, gaping at her, and she was looking at them.
door
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From this reading It was all done before they had really time to recover their breath--the lady was in, the orderly had gone, the door was closed; there they were, gaping at her, and she was looking at them.
Draycott
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From this reading Presently her attention became centred on Noel Draycott.
equivalent
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From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
fashion
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From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
gapingadjectiveUS /ˈɡeɪpɪŋ/
wide open
From this reading It was all done before they had really time to recover their breath--the lady was in, the orderly had gone, the door was closed; there they were, gaping at her, and she was looking at them.
gone
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From this reading It was all done before they had really time to recover their breath--the lady was in, the orderly had gone, the door was closed; there they were, gaping at her, and she was looking at them.
Hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Visitor Remains Had the billiard-table taken to itself wings and commenced to waltz about the room, those present could scarcely have been more amazed.
haphazard
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From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The Visitor Remains Had the billiard-table taken to itself wings and commenced to waltz about the room, those present could scarcely have been more amazed.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It was all done before they had really time to recover their breath--the lady was in, the orderly had gone, the door was closed; there they were, gaping at her, and she was looking at them.
high
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From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
introduced
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From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The Visitor Remains Had the billiard-table taken to itself wings and commenced to waltz about the room, those present could scarcely have been more amazed.
knew
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From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
lady
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From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
living
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From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
looking
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From this reading It was all done before they had really time to recover their breath--the lady was in, the orderly had gone, the door was closed; there they were, gaping at her, and she was looking at them.
lost
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From this reading They seemed to have lost their presence of mind, to say nothing of their manners.
manners
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From this reading They seemed to have lost their presence of mind, to say nothing of their manners.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They seemed to have lost their presence of mind, to say nothing of their manners.
more
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From this reading The Visitor Remains Had the billiard-table taken to itself wings and commenced to waltz about the room, those present could scarcely have been more amazed.
Noel
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From this reading Presently her attention became centred on Noel Draycott.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading They seemed to have lost their presence of mind, to say nothing of their manners.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Presently her attention became centred on Noel Draycott.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
orderly
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From this reading It was all done before they had really time to recover their breath--the lady was in, the orderly had gone, the door was closed; there they were, gaping at her, and she was looking at them.
own
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From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
presence
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From this reading They seemed to have lost their presence of mind, to say nothing of their manners.
present
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From this reading The Visitor Remains Had the billiard-table taken to itself wings and commenced to waltz about the room, those present could scarcely have been more amazed.
Presently
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From this reading Presently her attention became centred on Noel Draycott.
really
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From this reading It was all done before they had really time to recover their breath--the lady was in, the orderly had gone, the door was closed; there they were, gaping at her, and she was looking at them.
recover
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From this reading It was all done before they had really time to recover their breath--the lady was in, the orderly had gone, the door was closed; there they were, gaping at her, and she was looking at them.
Remains
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From this reading The Visitor Remains Had the billiard-table taken to itself wings and commenced to waltz about the room, those present could scarcely have been more amazed.
room
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From this reading The Visitor Remains Had the billiard-table taken to itself wings and commenced to waltz about the room, those present could scarcely have been more amazed.
rules
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From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
say
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From this reading They seemed to have lost their presence of mind, to say nothing of their manners.
scarcely
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From this reading The Visitor Remains Had the billiard-table taken to itself wings and commenced to waltz about the room, those present could scarcely have been more amazed.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They seemed to have lost their presence of mind, to say nothing of their manners.
servants
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From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was all done before they had really time to recover their breath--the lady was in, the orderly had gone, the door was closed; there they were, gaping at her, and she was looking at them.
taken
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From this reading The Visitor Remains Had the billiard-table taken to itself wings and commenced to waltz about the room, those present could scarcely have been more amazed.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Visitor Remains Had the billiard-table taken to itself wings and commenced to waltz about the room, those present could scarcely have been more amazed.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading It was all done before they had really time to recover their breath--the lady was in, the orderly had gone, the door was closed; there they were, gaping at her, and she was looking at them.
there
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From this reading It was all done before they had really time to recover their breath--the lady was in, the orderly had gone, the door was closed; there they were, gaping at her, and she was looking at them.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was all done before they had really time to recover their breath--the lady was in, the orderly had gone, the door was closed; there they were, gaping at her, and she was looking at them.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The Visitor Remains Had the billiard-table taken to itself wings and commenced to waltz about the room, those present could scarcely have been more amazed.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was all done before they had really time to recover their breath--the lady was in, the orderly had gone, the door was closed; there they were, gaping at her, and she was looking at them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Visitor Remains Had the billiard-table taken to itself wings and commenced to waltz about the room, those present could scarcely have been more amazed.
treason
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From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
unlooked-for
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From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
unwritten
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From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
Visitor
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From this reading The Visitor Remains Had the billiard-table taken to itself wings and commenced to waltz about the room, those present could scarcely have been more amazed.
waltz
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From this reading The Visitor Remains Had the billiard-table taken to itself wings and commenced to waltz about the room, those present could scarcely have been more amazed.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
well
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From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was all done before they had really time to recover their breath--the lady was in, the orderly had gone, the door was closed; there they were, gaping at her, and she was looking at them.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
wings
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From this reading The Visitor Remains Had the billiard-table taken to itself wings and commenced to waltz about the room, those present could scarcely have been more amazed.
written
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From this reading That a lady could be introduced in that haphazard, unlooked-for, bewildering fashion by one of their own servants, who knew the written and unwritten rules as well as anyone living--it was a crime almost equivalent to high treason.
