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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 She looked intently through the fissures of the spruce shrub walls till at length she saw a light carriage drive away from the college grounds with the clergyman and his brother in it.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading After waiting till the last church-going gig had passed on the road and the bells had stopped, she went into the college grounds by a back way, and on to the front of Trenholme's house.
almost
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From this reading She knew now that their house would be left almost empty.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She looked intently through the fissures of the spruce shrub walls till at length she saw a light carriage drive away from the college grounds with the clergyman and his brother in it.
away
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From this reading She looked intently through the fissures of the spruce shrub walls till at length she saw a light carriage drive away from the college grounds with the clergyman and his brother in it.
back
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From this reading After waiting till the last church-going gig had passed on the road and the bells had stopped, she went into the college grounds by a back way, and on to the front of Trenholme's house.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She knew now that their house would be left almost empty.
bells
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From this reading She had seen the cows milked, and now heard the church bells ring.
bough
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From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
brother
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From this reading She looked intently through the fissures of the spruce shrub walls till at length she saw a light carriage drive away from the college grounds with the clergyman and his brother in it.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading After waiting till the last church-going gig had passed on the road and the bells had stopped, she went into the college grounds by a back way, and on to the front of Trenholme's house.
carriage
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From this reading She looked intently through the fissures of the spruce shrub walls till at length she saw a light carriage drive away from the college grounds with the clergyman and his brother in it.
chamber
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From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
church
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From this reading She had seen the cows milked, and now heard the church bells ring.
church-going
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From this reading After waiting till the last church-going gig had passed on the road and the bells had stopped, she went into the college grounds by a back way, and on to the front of Trenholme's house.
clergyman
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From this reading She looked intently through the fissures of the spruce shrub walls till at length she saw a light carriage drive away from the college grounds with the clergyman and his brother in it.
college
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From this reading She looked intently through the fissures of the spruce shrub walls till at length she saw a light carriage drive away from the college grounds with the clergyman and his brother in it.
cows
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From this reading She had seen the cows milked, and now heard the church bells ring.
drive
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From this reading She looked intently through the fissures of the spruce shrub walls till at length she saw a light carriage drive away from the college grounds with the clergyman and his brother in it.
Eliza
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From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
elm
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From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
empty
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From this reading She knew now that their house would be left almost empty.
fissures
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From this reading She looked intently through the fissures of the spruce shrub walls till at length she saw a light carriage drive away from the college grounds with the clergyman and his brother in it.
floor
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From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She looked intently through the fissures of the spruce shrub walls till at length she saw a light carriage drive away from the college grounds with the clergyman and his brother in it.
front
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From this reading After waiting till the last church-going gig had passed on the road and the bells had stopped, she went into the college grounds by a back way, and on to the front of Trenholme's house.
gig
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From this reading After waiting till the last church-going gig had passed on the road and the bells had stopped, she went into the college grounds by a back way, and on to the front of Trenholme's house.
grounds
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From this reading She looked intently through the fissures of the spruce shrub walls till at length she saw a light carriage drive away from the college grounds with the clergyman and his brother in it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
heard
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From this reading She had seen the cows milked, and now heard the church bells ring.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
high
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From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She looked intently through the fissures of the spruce shrub walls till at length she saw a light carriage drive away from the college grounds with the clergyman and his brother in it.
house
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From this reading She knew now that their house would be left almost empty.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
intently
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From this reading She looked intently through the fissures of the spruce shrub walls till at length she saw a light carriage drive away from the college grounds with the clergyman and his brother in it.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading After waiting till the last church-going gig had passed on the road and the bells had stopped, she went into the college grounds by a back way, and on to the front of Trenholme's house.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She looked intently through the fissures of the spruce shrub walls till at length she saw a light carriage drive away from the college grounds with the clergyman and his brother in it.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
knew
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From this reading She knew now that their house would be left almost empty.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After waiting till the last church-going gig had passed on the road and the bells had stopped, she went into the college grounds by a back way, and on to the front of Trenholme's house.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
lengthnounUS /leŋθ/
a period of time or extent
From this reading She looked intently through the fissures of the spruce shrub walls till at length she saw a light carriage drive away from the college grounds with the clergyman and his brother in it.
light
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From this reading She looked intently through the fissures of the spruce shrub walls till at length she saw a light carriage drive away from the college grounds with the clergyman and his brother in it.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked intently through the fissures of the spruce shrub walls till at length she saw a light carriage drive away from the college grounds with the clergyman and his brother in it.
milked
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From this reading She had seen the cows milked, and now heard the church bells ring.
moss
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From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
now
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From this reading She had seen the cows milked, and now heard the church bells ring.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading After waiting till the last church-going gig had passed on the road and the bells had stopped, she went into the college grounds by a back way, and on to the front of Trenholme's house.
only
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From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After waiting till the last church-going gig had passed on the road and the bells had stopped, she went into the college grounds by a back way, and on to the front of Trenholme's house.
played
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From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
ring
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From this reading She had seen the cows milked, and now heard the church bells ring.
road
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From this reading After waiting till the last church-going gig had passed on the road and the bells had stopped, she went into the college grounds by a back way, and on to the front of Trenholme's house.
roof
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From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
rough
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From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
sat
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From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
saw
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From this reading She looked intently through the fissures of the spruce shrub walls till at length she saw a light carriage drive away from the college grounds with the clergyman and his brother in it.
seen
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From this reading She had seen the cows milked, and now heard the church bells ring.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had seen the cows milked, and now heard the church bells ring.
shrub
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From this reading She looked intently through the fissures of the spruce shrub walls till at length she saw a light carriage drive away from the college grounds with the clergyman and his brother in it.
spruce
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From this reading She looked intently through the fissures of the spruce shrub walls till at length she saw a light carriage drive away from the college grounds with the clergyman and his brother in it.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After waiting till the last church-going gig had passed on the road and the bells had stopped, she went into the college grounds by a back way, and on to the front of Trenholme's house.
stray
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From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
sunbeams
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From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She knew now that their house would be left almost empty.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading She knew now that their house would be left almost empty.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading After waiting till the last church-going gig had passed on the road and the bells had stopped, she went into the college grounds by a back way, and on to the front of Trenholme's house.
Trenholme's
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From this reading After waiting till the last church-going gig had passed on the road and the bells had stopped, she went into the college grounds by a back way, and on to the front of Trenholme's house.
waiting
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From this reading After waiting till the last church-going gig had passed on the road and the bells had stopped, she went into the college grounds by a back way, and on to the front of Trenholme's house.
walls
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From this reading She looked intently through the fissures of the spruce shrub walls till at length she saw a light carriage drive away from the college grounds with the clergyman and his brother in it.
way
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From this reading After waiting till the last church-going gig had passed on the road and the bells had stopped, she went into the college grounds by a back way, and on to the front of Trenholme's house.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading After waiting till the last church-going gig had passed on the road and the bells had stopped, she went into the college grounds by a back way, and on to the front of Trenholme's house.
windows
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From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She looked intently through the fissures of the spruce shrub walls till at length she saw a light carriage drive away from the college grounds with the clergyman and his brother in it.
woodland
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From this reading Eliza sat still in her rough woodland chamber till the stray sunbeams had left its floor of moss and played only through the high open windows in the elm bough roof.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She knew now that their house would be left almost empty.
