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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 But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
accents
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From this reading "Oh, mamma!" she gasped, in terror-stricken accents, "what is it?
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
all
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From this reading But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
anguished
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From this reading But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
apart
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From this reading But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Xenie sprang to her feet, broad awake at those fearful words.
awake
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From this reading Xenie sprang to her feet, broad awake at those fearful words.
bed
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From this reading But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
breath
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From this reading But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
bring
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From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
broad
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From this reading Xenie sprang to her feet, broad awake at those fearful words.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
Carroll
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From this reading But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
dark
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From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
death
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From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
exhausted
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From this reading But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
eyes
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From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
face
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From this reading But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
fearful
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From this reading Xenie sprang to her feet, broad awake at those fearful words.
feet
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From this reading Xenie sprang to her feet, broad awake at those fearful words.
fell
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From this reading But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
frame
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From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
frantic
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From this reading But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
frightened
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From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
gasped
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From this reading "Oh, mamma!" she gasped, in terror-stricken accents, "what is it?
growing
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From this reading But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Xenie sprang to her feet, broad awake at those fearful words.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Oh, mamma!" she gasped, in terror-stricken accents, "what is it?
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Oh, mamma!" she gasped, in terror-stricken accents, "what is it?
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Oh, mamma!" she gasped, in terror-stricken accents, "what is it?
lips
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From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
mamma
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From this reading "Oh, mamma!" she gasped, in terror-stricken accents, "what is it?
mother
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From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
Mrs
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From this reading But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My sister--is she worse?
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
Oh
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From this reading "Oh, mamma!" she gasped, in terror-stricken accents, "what is it?
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
parted
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From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
paused
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From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
powersnounUS /powers/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
purple
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From this reading But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
sentence
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From this reading But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh, mamma!" she gasped, in terror-stricken accents, "what is it?
sister
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From this reading My sister--is she worse?
speak
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From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
speechlessly
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From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
sprang
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From this reading Xenie sprang to her feet, broad awake at those fearful words.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
struggle
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From this reading But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
terror-stricken
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From this reading "Oh, mamma!" she gasped, in terror-stricken accents, "what is it?
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But Mrs. Carroll, as if that one anguished sentence had exhausted all her powers, fell forward across the bed, her face growing purple, her lips apart in a frantic struggle for breath.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Xenie sprang to her feet, broad awake at those fearful words.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Xenie sprang to her feet, broad awake at those fearful words.
waiting
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From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Oh, mamma!" she gasped, in terror-stricken accents, "what is it?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
word
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From this reading Is she----" She thought of death, but she paused, and could not bring her lips to frame that terrible word, and stood waiting speechlessly, with parted lips and frightened, dark eyes, for her mother to speak.
words
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From this reading Xenie sprang to her feet, broad awake at those fearful words.
worse
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From this reading My sister--is she worse?
Xenie
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From this reading Xenie sprang to her feet, broad awake at those fearful words.
