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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 As yet they had not received many calls, and those venturing had come in a reconnoitring kind of way.
agreed
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From this reading WE CAN'T WORK The gentlemen agreed to meet the ladies the next day at church.
Allen
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From this reading Mrs. Allen insisted upon it, as she wished to show the natives of Pushton that they were visited by people of style from the city.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As yet they had not received many calls, and those venturing had come in a reconnoitring kind of way.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Mrs. Allen insisted upon it, as she wished to show the natives of Pushton that they were visited by people of style from the city.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading WE CAN'T WORK The gentlemen agreed to meet the ladies the next day at church.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Mrs. Allen insisted upon it, as she wished to show the natives of Pushton that they were visited by people of style from the city.
calls
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From this reading As yet they had not received many calls, and those venturing had come in a reconnoitring kind of way.
CAN'T
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child
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From this reading The latter, with a shrug and grimace at Zell, which she, poor child, thought funny, promised to do so, and then they took leave with great cordiality.
church
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city
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From this reading Mrs. Allen insisted upon it, as she wished to show the natives of Pushton that they were visited by people of style from the city.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As yet they had not received many calls, and those venturing had come in a reconnoitring kind of way.
cordiality
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From this reading The latter, with a shrug and grimace at Zell, which she, poor child, thought funny, promised to do so, and then they took leave with great cordiality.
country
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From this reading She knew so little of solid country people as to suppose that two young men, like Gus Elliot and Van Dam, would make a favorable impression.
Dam
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From this reading She knew so little of solid country people as to suppose that two young men, like Gus Elliot and Van Dam, would make a favorable impression.
day
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doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading The latter, with a shrug and grimace at Zell, which she, poor child, thought funny, promised to do so, and then they took leave with great cordiality.
Elliot
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From this reading She knew so little of solid country people as to suppose that two young men, like Gus Elliot and Van Dam, would make a favorable impression.
favorable
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From this reading She knew so little of solid country people as to suppose that two young men, like Gus Elliot and Van Dam, would make a favorable impression.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Mrs. Allen insisted upon it, as she wished to show the natives of Pushton that they were visited by people of style from the city.
funny
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From this reading The latter, with a shrug and grimace at Zell, which she, poor child, thought funny, promised to do so, and then they took leave with great cordiality.
gentlemennounUS /gentlemen/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WE CAN'T WORK The gentlemen agreed to meet the ladies the next day at church.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The latter, with a shrug and grimace at Zell, which she, poor child, thought funny, promised to do so, and then they took leave with great cordiality.
grimace
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From this reading The latter, with a shrug and grimace at Zell, which she, poor child, thought funny, promised to do so, and then they took leave with great cordiality.
Gus
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From this reading She knew so little of solid country people as to suppose that two young men, like Gus Elliot and Van Dam, would make a favorable impression.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading As yet they had not received many calls, and those venturing had come in a reconnoitring kind of way.
impression
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From this reading She knew so little of solid country people as to suppose that two young men, like Gus Elliot and Van Dam, would make a favorable impression.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As yet they had not received many calls, and those venturing had come in a reconnoitring kind of way.
insistedverbUS /ɪnˈsɪstɪd/
demanded something firmly
From this reading Mrs. Allen insisted upon it, as she wished to show the natives of Pushton that they were visited by people of style from the city.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Allen insisted upon it, as she wished to show the natives of Pushton that they were visited by people of style from the city.
kind
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From this reading As yet they had not received many calls, and those venturing had come in a reconnoitring kind of way.
knew
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From this reading She knew so little of solid country people as to suppose that two young men, like Gus Elliot and Van Dam, would make a favorable impression.
ladies
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latter
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From this reading The latter, with a shrug and grimace at Zell, which she, poor child, thought funny, promised to do so, and then they took leave with great cordiality.
leave
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From this reading The latter, with a shrug and grimace at Zell, which she, poor child, thought funny, promised to do so, and then they took leave with great cordiality.
like
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From this reading She knew so little of solid country people as to suppose that two young men, like Gus Elliot and Van Dam, would make a favorable impression.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She knew so little of solid country people as to suppose that two young men, like Gus Elliot and Van Dam, would make a favorable impression.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She knew so little of solid country people as to suppose that two young men, like Gus Elliot and Van Dam, would make a favorable impression.
many
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From this reading As yet they had not received many calls, and those venturing had come in a reconnoitring kind of way.
meet
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From this reading WE CAN'T WORK The gentlemen agreed to meet the ladies the next day at church.
men
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From this reading She knew so little of solid country people as to suppose that two young men, like Gus Elliot and Van Dam, would make a favorable impression.
Mrs
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From this reading Mrs. Allen insisted upon it, as she wished to show the natives of Pushton that they were visited by people of style from the city.
natives
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From this reading Mrs. Allen insisted upon it, as she wished to show the natives of Pushton that they were visited by people of style from the city.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading WE CAN'T WORK The gentlemen agreed to meet the ladies the next day at church.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading As yet they had not received many calls, and those venturing had come in a reconnoitring kind of way.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Mrs. Allen insisted upon it, as she wished to show the natives of Pushton that they were visited by people of style from the city.
people
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From this reading Mrs. Allen insisted upon it, as she wished to show the natives of Pushton that they were visited by people of style from the city.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The latter, with a shrug and grimace at Zell, which she, poor child, thought funny, promised to do so, and then they took leave with great cordiality.
promised
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From this reading The latter, with a shrug and grimace at Zell, which she, poor child, thought funny, promised to do so, and then they took leave with great cordiality.
Pushton
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From this reading Mrs. Allen insisted upon it, as she wished to show the natives of Pushton that they were visited by people of style from the city.
received
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From this reading As yet they had not received many calls, and those venturing had come in a reconnoitring kind of way.
reconnoitring
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From this reading As yet they had not received many calls, and those venturing had come in a reconnoitring kind of way.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mrs. Allen insisted upon it, as she wished to show the natives of Pushton that they were visited by people of style from the city.
show
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From this reading Mrs. Allen insisted upon it, as she wished to show the natives of Pushton that they were visited by people of style from the city.
shrug
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From this reading The latter, with a shrug and grimace at Zell, which she, poor child, thought funny, promised to do so, and then they took leave with great cordiality.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She knew so little of solid country people as to suppose that two young men, like Gus Elliot and Van Dam, would make a favorable impression.
solid
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From this reading She knew so little of solid country people as to suppose that two young men, like Gus Elliot and Van Dam, would make a favorable impression.
style
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From this reading Mrs. Allen insisted upon it, as she wished to show the natives of Pushton that they were visited by people of style from the city.
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She knew so little of solid country people as to suppose that two young men, like Gus Elliot and Van Dam, would make a favorable impression.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Mrs. Allen insisted upon it, as she wished to show the natives of Pushton that they were visited by people of style from the city.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading WE CAN'T WORK The gentlemen agreed to meet the ladies the next day at church.
then
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From this reading The latter, with a shrug and grimace at Zell, which she, poor child, thought funny, promised to do so, and then they took leave with great cordiality.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Mrs. Allen insisted upon it, as she wished to show the natives of Pushton that they were visited by people of style from the city.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading As yet they had not received many calls, and those venturing had come in a reconnoitring kind of way.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The latter, with a shrug and grimace at Zell, which she, poor child, thought funny, promised to do so, and then they took leave with great cordiality.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading WE CAN'T WORK The gentlemen agreed to meet the ladies the next day at church.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The latter, with a shrug and grimace at Zell, which she, poor child, thought funny, promised to do so, and then they took leave with great cordiality.
two
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From this reading She knew so little of solid country people as to suppose that two young men, like Gus Elliot and Van Dam, would make a favorable impression.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Mrs. Allen insisted upon it, as she wished to show the natives of Pushton that they were visited by people of style from the city.
Van
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From this reading She knew so little of solid country people as to suppose that two young men, like Gus Elliot and Van Dam, would make a favorable impression.
venturing
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From this reading As yet they had not received many calls, and those venturing had come in a reconnoitring kind of way.
visited
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From this reading Mrs. Allen insisted upon it, as she wished to show the natives of Pushton that they were visited by people of style from the city.
way
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From this reading As yet they had not received many calls, and those venturing had come in a reconnoitring kind of way.
WEpronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading WE CAN'T WORK The gentlemen agreed to meet the ladies the next day at church.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Mrs. Allen insisted upon it, as she wished to show the natives of Pushton that they were visited by people of style from the city.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The latter, with a shrug and grimace at Zell, which she, poor child, thought funny, promised to do so, and then they took leave with great cordiality.
wished
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From this reading Mrs. Allen insisted upon it, as she wished to show the natives of Pushton that they were visited by people of style from the city.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The latter, with a shrug and grimace at Zell, which she, poor child, thought funny, promised to do so, and then they took leave with great cordiality.
WORK
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From this reading WE CAN'T WORK The gentlemen agreed to meet the ladies the next day at church.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She knew so little of solid country people as to suppose that two young men, like Gus Elliot and Van Dam, would make a favorable impression.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading As yet they had not received many calls, and those venturing had come in a reconnoitring kind of way.
young
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From this reading She knew so little of solid country people as to suppose that two young men, like Gus Elliot and Van Dam, would make a favorable impression.
Zell
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From this reading The latter, with a shrug and grimace at Zell, which she, poor child, thought funny, promised to do so, and then they took leave with great cordiality.
