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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 For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was on a sunny afternoon, in the middle of October, that she first awoke to the consciousness that she was herself.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading The afternoon sun was glinting through the white blind of her bedroom window, and a little breeze caused it to flap gently against the latticed panes.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Nell lay on her bed, as weak and unreasoning and incurious as a little child, and watched the tassel of the blind bobbing up and down, without questioning why she lay there, unable to move or think.
aware
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From this reading But she was too weak to do more than be aware of it.
awoke
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From this reading It was on a sunny afternoon, in the middle of October, that she first awoke to the consciousness that she was herself.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But she was too weak to do more than be aware of it.
bed
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From this reading Nell lay on her bed, as weak and unreasoning and incurious as a little child, and watched the tassel of the blind bobbing up and down, without questioning why she lay there, unable to move or think.
bedroom
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From this reading The afternoon sun was glinting through the white blind of her bedroom window, and a little breeze caused it to flap gently against the latticed panes.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
blind
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From this reading The afternoon sun was glinting through the white blind of her bedroom window, and a little breeze caused it to flap gently against the latticed panes.
bobbing
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From this reading Nell lay on her bed, as weak and unreasoning and incurious as a little child, and watched the tassel of the blind bobbing up and down, without questioning why she lay there, unable to move or think.
breeze
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From this reading The afternoon sun was glinting through the white blind of her bedroom window, and a little breeze caused it to flap gently against the latticed panes.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she was too weak to do more than be aware of it.
cares
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From this reading For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
caused
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From this reading The afternoon sun was glinting through the white blind of her bedroom window, and a little breeze caused it to flap gently against the latticed panes.
child
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From this reading Nell lay on her bed, as weak and unreasoning and incurious as a little child, and watched the tassel of the blind bobbing up and down, without questioning why she lay there, unable to move or think.
consciousness
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From this reading It was on a sunny afternoon, in the middle of October, that she first awoke to the consciousness that she was herself.
death
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From this reading For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading But she was too weak to do more than be aware of it.
down
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From this reading Nell lay on her bed, as weak and unreasoning and incurious as a little child, and watched the tassel of the blind bobbing up and down, without questioning why she lay there, unable to move or think.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was on a sunny afternoon, in the middle of October, that she first awoke to the consciousness that she was herself.
flap
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From this reading The afternoon sun was glinting through the white blind of her bedroom window, and a little breeze caused it to flap gently against the latticed panes.
fluctuated
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From this reading For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
fully
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From this reading For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
gently
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From this reading The afternoon sun was glinting through the white blind of her bedroom window, and a little breeze caused it to flap gently against the latticed panes.
glinting
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From this reading The afternoon sun was glinting through the white blind of her bedroom window, and a little breeze caused it to flap gently against the latticed panes.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The afternoon sun was glinting through the white blind of her bedroom window, and a little breeze caused it to flap gently against the latticed panes.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading It was on a sunny afternoon, in the middle of October, that she first awoke to the consciousness that she was herself.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was on a sunny afternoon, in the middle of October, that she first awoke to the consciousness that she was herself.
incurious
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From this reading Nell lay on her bed, as weak and unreasoning and incurious as a little child, and watched the tassel of the blind bobbing up and down, without questioning why she lay there, unable to move or think.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was on a sunny afternoon, in the middle of October, that she first awoke to the consciousness that she was herself.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
latticed
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From this reading The afternoon sun was glinting through the white blind of her bedroom window, and a little breeze caused it to flap gently against the latticed panes.
lay
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From this reading Nell lay on her bed, as weak and unreasoning and incurious as a little child, and watched the tassel of the blind bobbing up and down, without questioning why she lay there, unable to move or think.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The afternoon sun was glinting through the white blind of her bedroom window, and a little breeze caused it to flap gently against the latticed panes.
living
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From this reading For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
Llewellyn
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From this reading For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
middle
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From this reading It was on a sunny afternoon, in the middle of October, that she first awoke to the consciousness that she was herself.
more
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From this reading But she was too weak to do more than be aware of it.
move
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From this reading Nell lay on her bed, as weak and unreasoning and incurious as a little child, and watched the tassel of the blind bobbing up and down, without questioning why she lay there, unable to move or think.
Nell
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From this reading For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
October
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From this reading It was on a sunny afternoon, in the middle of October, that she first awoke to the consciousness that she was herself.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was on a sunny afternoon, in the middle of October, that she first awoke to the consciousness that she was herself.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Nell lay on her bed, as weak and unreasoning and incurious as a little child, and watched the tassel of the blind bobbing up and down, without questioning why she lay there, unable to move or think.
panes
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From this reading The afternoon sun was glinting through the white blind of her bedroom window, and a little breeze caused it to flap gently against the latticed panes.
questioning
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From this reading Nell lay on her bed, as weak and unreasoning and incurious as a little child, and watched the tassel of the blind bobbing up and down, without questioning why she lay there, unable to move or think.
responsibilities
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From this reading For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
roused
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From this reading For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
sense
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From this reading For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
seven
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From this reading For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
sun
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From this reading The afternoon sun was glinting through the white blind of her bedroom window, and a little breeze caused it to flap gently against the latticed panes.
sunny
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From this reading It was on a sunny afternoon, in the middle of October, that she first awoke to the consciousness that she was herself.
tassel
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From this reading Nell lay on her bed, as weak and unreasoning and incurious as a little child, and watched the tassel of the blind bobbing up and down, without questioning why she lay there, unable to move or think.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading But she was too weak to do more than be aware of it.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was on a sunny afternoon, in the middle of October, that she first awoke to the consciousness that she was herself.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was on a sunny afternoon, in the middle of October, that she first awoke to the consciousness that she was herself.
there
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From this reading Nell lay on her bed, as weak and unreasoning and incurious as a little child, and watched the tassel of the blind bobbing up and down, without questioning why she lay there, unable to move or think.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Nell lay on her bed, as weak and unreasoning and incurious as a little child, and watched the tassel of the blind bobbing up and down, without questioning why she lay there, unable to move or think.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The afternoon sun was glinting through the white blind of her bedroom window, and a little breeze caused it to flap gently against the latticed panes.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
too
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From this reading But she was too weak to do more than be aware of it.
unable
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From this reading Nell lay on her bed, as weak and unreasoning and incurious as a little child, and watched the tassel of the blind bobbing up and down, without questioning why she lay there, unable to move or think.
unreasoning
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From this reading Nell lay on her bed, as weak and unreasoning and incurious as a little child, and watched the tassel of the blind bobbing up and down, without questioning why she lay there, unable to move or think.
up
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From this reading Nell lay on her bed, as weak and unreasoning and incurious as a little child, and watched the tassel of the blind bobbing up and down, without questioning why she lay there, unable to move or think.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
watched
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From this reading Nell lay on her bed, as weak and unreasoning and incurious as a little child, and watched the tassel of the blind bobbing up and down, without questioning why she lay there, unable to move or think.
weak
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From this reading But she was too weak to do more than be aware of it.
weeks
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From this reading For seven weeks Nell Llewellyn fluctuated between life and death before she was fully roused again to a sense of living and its cares and responsibilities.
white
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From this reading The afternoon sun was glinting through the white blind of her bedroom window, and a little breeze caused it to flap gently against the latticed panes.
why
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From this reading Nell lay on her bed, as weak and unreasoning and incurious as a little child, and watched the tassel of the blind bobbing up and down, without questioning why she lay there, unable to move or think.
window
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From this reading The afternoon sun was glinting through the white blind of her bedroom window, and a little breeze caused it to flap gently against the latticed panes.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Nell lay on her bed, as weak and unreasoning and incurious as a little child, and watched the tassel of the blind bobbing up and down, without questioning why she lay there, unable to move or think.
