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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 I made my tea for myself, and a tankard filled from a barrel of ale of my uncle’s brewing, with a piece of bread and cheese, was my unvarying supper.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Mrs Herbert attended me during the forenoon, but left me after my early dinner.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
ale
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From this reading I made my tea for myself, and a tankard filled from a barrel of ale of my uncle’s brewing, with a piece of bread and cheese, was my unvarying supper.
almost
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From this reading The first night I felt very lonely, almost indeed what the Scotch call _eerie_.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
amidstprepositionUS /əˈmɪdst/
in the middle of; surrounded by
From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
ancientadjectiveUS /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
Belonging to the very distant past and no longer in existence or deeply revered.
From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading I made my tea for myself, and a tankard filled from a barrel of ale of my uncle’s brewing, with a piece of bread and cheese, was my unvarying supper.
apart
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From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
attended
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From this reading Mrs Herbert attended me during the forenoon, but left me after my early dinner.
back
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From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
barrel
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From this reading I made my tea for myself, and a tankard filled from a barrel of ale of my uncle’s brewing, with a piece of bread and cheese, was my unvarying supper.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
bread
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From this reading I made my tea for myself, and a tankard filled from a barrel of ale of my uncle’s brewing, with a piece of bread and cheese, was my unvarying supper.
brewing
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From this reading I made my tea for myself, and a tankard filled from a barrel of ale of my uncle’s brewing, with a piece of bread and cheese, was my unvarying supper.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Mrs Herbert attended me during the forenoon, but left me after my early dinner.
call
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From this reading The first night I felt very lonely, almost indeed what the Scotch call _eerie_.
cheese
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From this reading I made my tea for myself, and a tankard filled from a barrel of ale of my uncle’s brewing, with a piece of bread and cheese, was my unvarying supper.
condemned
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From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
dinner
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From this reading Mrs Herbert attended me during the forenoon, but left me after my early dinner.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
duringprepositionUS /ˈdʊrɪŋ/
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Mrs Herbert attended me during the forenoon, but left me after my early dinner.
earliest
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From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
early
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From this reading Mrs Herbert attended me during the forenoon, but left me after my early dinner.
eerie
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From this reading The first night I felt very lonely, almost indeed what the Scotch call _eerie_.
felt
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From this reading The first night I felt very lonely, almost indeed what the Scotch call _eerie_.
field
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From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
filled
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From this reading I made my tea for myself, and a tankard filled from a barrel of ale of my uncle’s brewing, with a piece of bread and cheese, was my unvarying supper.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first night I felt very lonely, almost indeed what the Scotch call _eerie_.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I made my tea for myself, and a tankard filled from a barrel of ale of my uncle’s brewing, with a piece of bread and cheese, was my unvarying supper.
forenoon
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From this reading Mrs Herbert attended me during the forenoon, but left me after my early dinner.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I made my tea for myself, and a tankard filled from a barrel of ale of my uncle’s brewing, with a piece of bread and cheese, was my unvarying supper.
ghost
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From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
Herbert
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From this reading Mrs Herbert attended me during the forenoon, but left me after my early dinner.
house
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From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I made my tea for myself, and a tankard filled from a barrel of ale of my uncle’s brewing, with a piece of bread and cheese, was my unvarying supper.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
indeed
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From this reading The first night I felt very lonely, almost indeed what the Scotch call _eerie_.
inseparably
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From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
interwoven
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From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Mrs Herbert attended me during the forenoon, but left me after my early dinner.
like
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From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
live
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From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
lonely
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From this reading The first night I felt very lonely, almost indeed what the Scotch call _eerie_.
made
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From this reading I made my tea for myself, and a tankard filled from a barrel of ale of my uncle’s brewing, with a piece of bread and cheese, was my unvarying supper.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Mrs Herbert attended me during the forenoon, but left me after my early dinner.
Mrs
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From this reading Mrs Herbert attended me during the forenoon, but left me after my early dinner.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Mrs Herbert attended me during the forenoon, but left me after my early dinner.
myselfpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading I made my tea for myself, and a tankard filled from a barrel of ale of my uncle’s brewing, with a piece of bread and cheese, was my unvarying supper.
night
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From this reading The first night I felt very lonely, almost indeed what the Scotch call _eerie_.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I made my tea for myself, and a tankard filled from a barrel of ale of my uncle’s brewing, with a piece of bread and cheese, was my unvarying supper.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
piece
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From this reading I made my tea for myself, and a tankard filled from a barrel of ale of my uncle’s brewing, with a piece of bread and cheese, was my unvarying supper.
place
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From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
PROPOSALS
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From this reading PROPOSALS.
recollections
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From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
return
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From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
Scotch
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From this reading The first night I felt very lonely, almost indeed what the Scotch call _eerie_.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
supper
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From this reading I made my tea for myself, and a tankard filled from a barrel of ale of my uncle’s brewing, with a piece of bread and cheese, was my unvarying supper.
tankard
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From this reading I made my tea for myself, and a tankard filled from a barrel of ale of my uncle’s brewing, with a piece of bread and cheese, was my unvarying supper.
tea
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From this reading I made my tea for myself, and a tankard filled from a barrel of ale of my uncle’s brewing, with a piece of bread and cheese, was my unvarying supper.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mrs Herbert attended me during the forenoon, but left me after my early dinner.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
uncle's
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From this reading I made my tea for myself, and a tankard filled from a barrel of ale of my uncle’s brewing, with a piece of bread and cheese, was my unvarying supper.
unvarying
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From this reading I made my tea for myself, and a tankard filled from a barrel of ale of my uncle’s brewing, with a piece of bread and cheese, was my unvarying supper.
vanished
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From this reading The place, although inseparably interwoven with my earliest recollections, drew back and stood apart from me--a thing to be thought about; and, in the ancient house, amidst the lonely field, I felt like a ghost condemned to return and live the vanished time over again.
very
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From this reading The first night I felt very lonely, almost indeed what the Scotch call _eerie_.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading I made my tea for myself, and a tankard filled from a barrel of ale of my uncle’s brewing, with a piece of bread and cheese, was my unvarying supper.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The first night I felt very lonely, almost indeed what the Scotch call _eerie_.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading I made my tea for myself, and a tankard filled from a barrel of ale of my uncle’s brewing, with a piece of bread and cheese, was my unvarying supper.
