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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 IN a bed sitting-room at the top of an old house off the Waterloo Road three women were watching by the bedside of a man.
all
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From this reading The third was beautiful, all in black, her sumptuous neck and shoulders bare.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading IN a bed sitting-room at the top of an old house off the Waterloo Road three women were watching by the bedside of a man.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading IN a bed sitting-room at the top of an old house off the Waterloo Road three women were watching by the bedside of a man.
back
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From this reading Then the beautiful woman threw back her cloak and her long jade earrings tinkled.
bare
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From this reading The third was beautiful, all in black, her sumptuous neck and shoulders bare.
beautiful
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From this reading The third was beautiful, all in black, her sumptuous neck and shoulders bare.
bed
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From this reading IN a bed sitting-room at the top of an old house off the Waterloo Road three women were watching by the bedside of a man.
bedside
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From this reading IN a bed sitting-room at the top of an old house off the Waterloo Road three women were watching by the bedside of a man.
billow
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From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
black
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From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
bodice
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From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
breast
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From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
buttoned
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From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading IN a bed sitting-room at the top of an old house off the Waterloo Road three women were watching by the bedside of a man.
cloak
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From this reading Then the beautiful woman threw back her cloak and her long jade earrings tinkled.
crowned
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From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
dressed
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From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
earrings
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From this reading Then the beautiful woman threw back her cloak and her long jade earrings tinkled.
faced
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From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading None of them moved for a moment.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
hair
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From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
house
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From this reading IN a bed sitting-room at the top of an old house off the Waterloo Road three women were watching by the bedside of a man.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN a bed sitting-room at the top of an old house off the Waterloo Road three women were watching by the bedside of a man.
jade
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From this reading Then the beautiful woman threw back her cloak and her long jade earrings tinkled.
light
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From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
like
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From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then the beautiful woman threw back her cloak and her long jade earrings tinkled.
man
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From this reading IN a bed sitting-room at the top of an old house off the Waterloo Road three women were watching by the bedside of a man.
middle-aged
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From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
moment
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From this reading None of them moved for a moment.
moved
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From this reading None of them moved for a moment.
neck
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From this reading The third was beautiful, all in black, her sumptuous neck and shoulders bare.
NonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading None of them moved for a moment.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IN a bed sitting-room at the top of an old house off the Waterloo Road three women were watching by the bedside of a man.
off
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From this reading IN a bed sitting-room at the top of an old house off the Waterloo Road three women were watching by the bedside of a man.
old
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From this reading IN a bed sitting-room at the top of an old house off the Waterloo Road three women were watching by the bedside of a man.
OnepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
other
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From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
pale
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From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
Road
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From this reading IN a bed sitting-room at the top of an old house off the Waterloo Road three women were watching by the bedside of a man.
rolled
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From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
rusty
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From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
shifting
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From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
shoulders
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From this reading The third was beautiful, all in black, her sumptuous neck and shoulders bare.
sitting-room
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From this reading IN a bed sitting-room at the top of an old house off the Waterloo Road three women were watching by the bedside of a man.
stout
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From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
sumptuous
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From this reading The third was beautiful, all in black, her sumptuous neck and shoulders bare.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN a bed sitting-room at the top of an old house off the Waterloo Road three women were watching by the bedside of a man.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading None of them moved for a moment.
Then
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From this reading Then the beautiful woman threw back her cloak and her long jade earrings tinkled.
thirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The third was beautiful, all in black, her sumptuous neck and shoulders bare.
three
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From this reading IN a bed sitting-room at the top of an old house off the Waterloo Road three women were watching by the bedside of a man.
threw
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From this reading Then the beautiful woman threw back her cloak and her long jade earrings tinkled.
tinkled
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From this reading Then the beautiful woman threw back her cloak and her long jade earrings tinkled.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
top
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From this reading IN a bed sitting-room at the top of an old house off the Waterloo Road three women were watching by the bedside of a man.
uneasily
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From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
very
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From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
watching
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From this reading IN a bed sitting-room at the top of an old house off the Waterloo Road three women were watching by the bedside of a man.
Waterloo
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From this reading IN a bed sitting-room at the top of an old house off the Waterloo Road three women were watching by the bedside of a man.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading IN a bed sitting-room at the top of an old house off the Waterloo Road three women were watching by the bedside of a man.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading One was dressed in rusty black; she was pale faced, crowned with light hair; the other, shifting uneasily from one foot to the other, was middle-aged and very stout; her breast rolled like a billow in her half buttoned bodice.
woman
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From this reading Then the beautiful woman threw back her cloak and her long jade earrings tinkled.
women
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From this reading IN a bed sitting-room at the top of an old house off the Waterloo Road three women were watching by the bedside of a man.
