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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 Margaret herself, in a linen gown of cornflower-blue, the product of her own deft fingers, which became her hugely.
actors
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From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
admiration
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From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Miss Dorothy Johnson, from the rooms below, who indulged her fondness for unconventional attitudes by perching herself on the back of one chair and her feet on the seat of another.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Miss Dorothy Johnson, from the rooms below, who indulged her fondness for unconventional attitudes by perching herself on the back of one chair and her feet on the seat of another.
assembled
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From this reading IN COUNCIL There were five of them assembled in Margaret Wallace's sitting-room.
attitudes
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From this reading Miss Dorothy Johnson, from the rooms below, who indulged her fondness for unconventional attitudes by perching herself on the back of one chair and her feet on the seat of another.
autograph
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From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
back
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From this reading Miss Dorothy Johnson, from the rooms below, who indulged her fondness for unconventional attitudes by perching herself on the back of one chair and her feet on the seat of another.
became
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From this reading Margaret herself, in a linen gown of cornflower-blue, the product of her own deft fingers, which became her hugely.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Miss Dorothy Johnson, from the rooms below, who indulged her fondness for unconventional attitudes by perching herself on the back of one chair and her feet on the seat of another.
Bertram
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From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
big
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From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
bought
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From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Miss Dorothy Johnson, from the rooms below, who indulged her fondness for unconventional attitudes by perching herself on the back of one chair and her feet on the seat of another.
chair
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From this reading Miss Dorothy Johnson, from the rooms below, who indulged her fondness for unconventional attitudes by perching herself on the back of one chair and her feet on the seat of another.
clothes
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From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
considerable
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From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
cornflower-blue
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From this reading Margaret herself, in a linen gown of cornflower-blue, the product of her own deft fingers, which became her hugely.
COUNCILnounUS /council/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IN COUNCIL There were five of them assembled in Margaret Wallace's sitting-room.
creaseless
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From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
curly
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From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
dark
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From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
deft
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From this reading Margaret herself, in a linen gown of cornflower-blue, the product of her own deft fingers, which became her hugely.
Dorothy
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From this reading Miss Dorothy Johnson, from the rooms below, who indulged her fondness for unconventional attitudes by perching herself on the back of one chair and her feet on the seat of another.
eyes
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From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
feet
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From this reading Miss Dorothy Johnson, from the rooms below, who indulged her fondness for unconventional attitudes by perching herself on the back of one chair and her feet on the seat of another.
feminine
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From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
fingers
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From this reading Margaret herself, in a linen gown of cornflower-blue, the product of her own deft fingers, which became her hugely.
fittedadjectiveUS /ˈfɪtɪd/
prepared and equipped for a particular purpose
From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
five
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From this reading IN COUNCIL There were five of them assembled in Margaret Wallace's sitting-room.
fondness
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From this reading Miss Dorothy Johnson, from the rooms below, who indulged her fondness for unconventional attitudes by perching herself on the back of one chair and her feet on the seat of another.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Miss Dorothy Johnson, from the rooms below, who indulged her fondness for unconventional attitudes by perching herself on the back of one chair and her feet on the seat of another.
Frank
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From this reading Frank Staines, who was something of a mystery.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Miss Dorothy Johnson, from the rooms below, who indulged her fondness for unconventional attitudes by perching herself on the back of one chair and her feet on the seat of another.
gown
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From this reading Margaret herself, in a linen gown of cornflower-blue, the product of her own deft fingers, which became her hugely.
hair
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From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
handsomest
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From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Margaret herself, in a linen gown of cornflower-blue, the product of her own deft fingers, which became her hugely.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Margaret herself, in a linen gown of cornflower-blue, the product of her own deft fingers, which became her hugely.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
hugely
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From this reading Margaret herself, in a linen gown of cornflower-blue, the product of her own deft fingers, which became her hugely.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN COUNCIL There were five of them assembled in Margaret Wallace's sitting-room.
indulged
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From this reading Miss Dorothy Johnson, from the rooms below, who indulged her fondness for unconventional attitudes by perching herself on the back of one chair and her feet on the seat of another.
Johnson
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From this reading Miss Dorothy Johnson, from the rooms below, who indulged her fondness for unconventional attitudes by perching herself on the back of one chair and her feet on the seat of another.
linen
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From this reading Margaret herself, in a linen gown of cornflower-blue, the product of her own deft fingers, which became her hugely.
Margaret
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From this reading IN COUNCIL There were five of them assembled in Margaret Wallace's sitting-room.
Miss
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From this reading Miss Dorothy Johnson, from the rooms below, who indulged her fondness for unconventional attitudes by perching herself on the back of one chair and her feet on the seat of another.
mystery
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From this reading Frank Staines, who was something of a mystery.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IN COUNCIL There were five of them assembled in Margaret Wallace's sitting-room.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Miss Dorothy Johnson, from the rooms below, who indulged her fondness for unconventional attitudes by perching herself on the back of one chair and her feet on the seat of another.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Miss Dorothy Johnson, from the rooms below, who indulged her fondness for unconventional attitudes by perching herself on the back of one chair and her feet on the seat of another.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
own
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From this reading Margaret herself, in a linen gown of cornflower-blue, the product of her own deft fingers, which became her hugely.
perching
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From this reading Miss Dorothy Johnson, from the rooms below, who indulged her fondness for unconventional attitudes by perching herself on the back of one chair and her feet on the seat of another.
perfection
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From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
photographs
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From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
product
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From this reading Margaret herself, in a linen gown of cornflower-blue, the product of her own deft fingers, which became her hugely.
public
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From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
rooms
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From this reading Miss Dorothy Johnson, from the rooms below, who indulged her fondness for unconventional attitudes by perching herself on the back of one chair and her feet on the seat of another.
seat
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From this reading Miss Dorothy Johnson, from the rooms below, who indulged her fondness for unconventional attitudes by perching herself on the back of one chair and her feet on the seat of another.
sitting-room
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From this reading IN COUNCIL There were five of them assembled in Margaret Wallace's sitting-room.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Frank Staines, who was something of a mystery.
Staines
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From this reading Frank Staines, who was something of a mystery.
tall
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From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Margaret herself, in a linen gown of cornflower-blue, the product of her own deft fingers, which became her hugely.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading IN COUNCIL There were five of them assembled in Margaret Wallace's sitting-room.
There
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From this reading IN COUNCIL There were five of them assembled in Margaret Wallace's sitting-room.
unconventional
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From this reading Miss Dorothy Johnson, from the rooms below, who indulged her fondness for unconventional attitudes by perching herself on the back of one chair and her feet on the seat of another.
Wallace's
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From this reading IN COUNCIL There were five of them assembled in Margaret Wallace's sitting-room.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Frank Staines, who was something of a mystery.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading IN COUNCIL There were five of them assembled in Margaret Wallace's sitting-room.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Margaret herself, in a linen gown of cornflower-blue, the product of her own deft fingers, which became her hugely.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Miss Dorothy Johnson, from the rooms below, who indulged her fondness for unconventional attitudes by perching herself on the back of one chair and her feet on the seat of another.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
Winton
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From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
won
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From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
wrote
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From this reading Bertram Winton, one of the handsomest of our actors, tall and dark, with big eyes and curly hair, whose clothes fitted him with a creaseless perfection which won the admiration of that considerable feminine public which bought his photographs and wrote for his autograph.
