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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 At the very least, they had a ghost-story in the family.
absolutely
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From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN CONCLUDED No, the Mesuriers had absolutely nothing to hope for from their relations,--nothing to look back upon, less to look forward to.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading To have had even a curate for an ancestor, or a connection, would have been something, some frail link with gentility.
ancestor
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From this reading To have had even a curate for an ancestor, or a connection, would have been something, some frail link with gentility.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Most families, however poor and even _bourgeois_, had some memories to dignify them or some one possible contingency of pecuniary inheritance.
artists
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From this reading You seldom read the biographies of writers or artists without finding references, however remote, to at least one person of some distinction or substance.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the very least, they had a ghost-story in the family.
back
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From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN CONCLUDED No, the Mesuriers had absolutely nothing to hope for from their relations,--nothing to look back upon, less to look forward to.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading To have had even a curate for an ancestor, or a connection, would have been something, some frail link with gentility.
biographies
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From this reading You seldom read the biographies of writers or artists without finding references, however remote, to at least one person of some distinction or substance.
bourgeois
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From this reading Most families, however poor and even _bourgeois_, had some memories to dignify them or some one possible contingency of pecuniary inheritance.
CHAPTER
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From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN CONCLUDED No, the Mesuriers had absolutely nothing to hope for from their relations,--nothing to look back upon, less to look forward to.
CONCLUDED
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From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN CONCLUDED No, the Mesuriers had absolutely nothing to hope for from their relations,--nothing to look back upon, less to look forward to.
connection
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From this reading To have had even a curate for an ancestor, or a connection, would have been something, some frail link with gentility.
contingency
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From this reading Most families, however poor and even _bourgeois_, had some memories to dignify them or some one possible contingency of pecuniary inheritance.
curate
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From this reading To have had even a curate for an ancestor, or a connection, would have been something, some frail link with gentility.
dignify
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From this reading Most families, however poor and even _bourgeois_, had some memories to dignify them or some one possible contingency of pecuniary inheritance.
distinction
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From this reading You seldom read the biographies of writers or artists without finding references, however remote, to at least one person of some distinction or substance.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Most families, however poor and even _bourgeois_, had some memories to dignify them or some one possible contingency of pecuniary inheritance.
families
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From this reading Most families, however poor and even _bourgeois_, had some memories to dignify them or some one possible contingency of pecuniary inheritance.
family
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From this reading At the very least, they had a ghost-story in the family.
finding
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From this reading You seldom read the biographies of writers or artists without finding references, however remote, to at least one person of some distinction or substance.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN CONCLUDED No, the Mesuriers had absolutely nothing to hope for from their relations,--nothing to look back upon, less to look forward to.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN CONCLUDED No, the Mesuriers had absolutely nothing to hope for from their relations,--nothing to look back upon, less to look forward to.
FOURTEEN
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From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN CONCLUDED No, the Mesuriers had absolutely nothing to hope for from their relations,--nothing to look back upon, less to look forward to.
frail
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From this reading To have had even a curate for an ancestor, or a connection, would have been something, some frail link with gentility.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN CONCLUDED No, the Mesuriers had absolutely nothing to hope for from their relations,--nothing to look back upon, less to look forward to.
gentility
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From this reading To have had even a curate for an ancestor, or a connection, would have been something, some frail link with gentility.
ghost-story
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From this reading At the very least, they had a ghost-story in the family.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN CONCLUDED No, the Mesuriers had absolutely nothing to hope for from their relations,--nothing to look back upon, less to look forward to.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading To have had even a curate for an ancestor, or a connection, would have been something, some frail link with gentility.
hope
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From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN CONCLUDED No, the Mesuriers had absolutely nothing to hope for from their relations,--nothing to look back upon, less to look forward to.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Most families, however poor and even _bourgeois_, had some memories to dignify them or some one possible contingency of pecuniary inheritance.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading At the very least, they had a ghost-story in the family.
inheritance
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From this reading Most families, however poor and even _bourgeois_, had some memories to dignify them or some one possible contingency of pecuniary inheritance.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the very least, they had a ghost-story in the family.
less
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From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN CONCLUDED No, the Mesuriers had absolutely nothing to hope for from their relations,--nothing to look back upon, less to look forward to.
link
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From this reading To have had even a curate for an ancestor, or a connection, would have been something, some frail link with gentility.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN CONCLUDED No, the Mesuriers had absolutely nothing to hope for from their relations,--nothing to look back upon, less to look forward to.
memoriesnounUS /ˈmɛm.ə.riz/
Recollections of past events.
From this reading Most families, however poor and even _bourgeois_, had some memories to dignify them or some one possible contingency of pecuniary inheritance.
Mesuriers
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From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN CONCLUDED No, the Mesuriers had absolutely nothing to hope for from their relations,--nothing to look back upon, less to look forward to.
Most
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From this reading Most families, however poor and even _bourgeois_, had some memories to dignify them or some one possible contingency of pecuniary inheritance.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN CONCLUDED No, the Mesuriers had absolutely nothing to hope for from their relations,--nothing to look back upon, less to look forward to.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN CONCLUDED No, the Mesuriers had absolutely nothing to hope for from their relations,--nothing to look back upon, less to look forward to.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Most families, however poor and even _bourgeois_, had some memories to dignify them or some one possible contingency of pecuniary inheritance.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Most families, however poor and even _bourgeois_, had some memories to dignify them or some one possible contingency of pecuniary inheritance.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Most families, however poor and even _bourgeois_, had some memories to dignify them or some one possible contingency of pecuniary inheritance.
pecuniary
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From this reading Most families, however poor and even _bourgeois_, had some memories to dignify them or some one possible contingency of pecuniary inheritance.
person
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From this reading You seldom read the biographies of writers or artists without finding references, however remote, to at least one person of some distinction or substance.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Most families, however poor and even _bourgeois_, had some memories to dignify them or some one possible contingency of pecuniary inheritance.
possible
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From this reading Most families, however poor and even _bourgeois_, had some memories to dignify them or some one possible contingency of pecuniary inheritance.
read
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From this reading You seldom read the biographies of writers or artists without finding references, however remote, to at least one person of some distinction or substance.
references
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From this reading You seldom read the biographies of writers or artists without finding references, however remote, to at least one person of some distinction or substance.
relations
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From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN CONCLUDED No, the Mesuriers had absolutely nothing to hope for from their relations,--nothing to look back upon, less to look forward to.
remote
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From this reading You seldom read the biographies of writers or artists without finding references, however remote, to at least one person of some distinction or substance.
seldom
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From this reading You seldom read the biographies of writers or artists without finding references, however remote, to at least one person of some distinction or substance.
some
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From this reading Most families, however poor and even _bourgeois_, had some memories to dignify them or some one possible contingency of pecuniary inheritance.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading To have had even a curate for an ancestor, or a connection, would have been something, some frail link with gentility.
substancenounUS /ˈsʌbstəns/
wealth or financial means
From this reading You seldom read the biographies of writers or artists without finding references, however remote, to at least one person of some distinction or substance.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN CONCLUDED No, the Mesuriers had absolutely nothing to hope for from their relations,--nothing to look back upon, less to look forward to.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN CONCLUDED No, the Mesuriers had absolutely nothing to hope for from their relations,--nothing to look back upon, less to look forward to.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Most families, however poor and even _bourgeois_, had some memories to dignify them or some one possible contingency of pecuniary inheritance.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading At the very least, they had a ghost-story in the family.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN CONCLUDED No, the Mesuriers had absolutely nothing to hope for from their relations,--nothing to look back upon, less to look forward to.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN CONCLUDED No, the Mesuriers had absolutely nothing to hope for from their relations,--nothing to look back upon, less to look forward to.
very
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From this reading At the very least, they had a ghost-story in the family.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading To have had even a curate for an ancestor, or a connection, would have been something, some frail link with gentility.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading You seldom read the biographies of writers or artists without finding references, however remote, to at least one person of some distinction or substance.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading To have had even a curate for an ancestor, or a connection, would have been something, some frail link with gentility.
writers
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From this reading You seldom read the biographies of writers or artists without finding references, however remote, to at least one person of some distinction or substance.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You seldom read the biographies of writers or artists without finding references, however remote, to at least one person of some distinction or substance.
