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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 Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading He moved from end to end of his voluptuous room, looking now and again at a picture which hung just above a Persian couch, covered with a half dozen embroidered pillows.
advantages
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From this reading A good opportunity for consideration, surrounded by the advantages of solitude.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He moved from end to end of his voluptuous room, looking now and again at a picture which hung just above a Persian couch, covered with a half dozen embroidered pillows.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In his fashionable apartments, Willard Frost walked back and forth in his loose dressing-gown.
apartments
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From this reading In his fashionable apartments, Willard Frost walked back and forth in his loose dressing-gown.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He moved from end to end of his voluptuous room, looking now and again at a picture which hung just above a Persian couch, covered with a half dozen embroidered pillows.
back
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From this reading In his fashionable apartments, Willard Frost walked back and forth in his loose dressing-gown.
BEAUTIFUL
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From this reading THE IMAGE OF BEAUTIFUL SIN.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading A good opportunity for consideration, surrounded by the advantages of solitude.
change
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From this reading Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
coming
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consideration
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From this reading A good opportunity for consideration, surrounded by the advantages of solitude.
couch
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From this reading He moved from end to end of his voluptuous room, looking now and again at a picture which hung just above a Persian couch, covered with a half dozen embroidered pillows.
covered
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From this reading He moved from end to end of his voluptuous room, looking now and again at a picture which hung just above a Persian couch, covered with a half dozen embroidered pillows.
dozen
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From this reading He moved from end to end of his voluptuous room, looking now and again at a picture which hung just above a Persian couch, covered with a half dozen embroidered pillows.
dressing-gown
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From this reading In his fashionable apartments, Willard Frost walked back and forth in his loose dressing-gown.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
embroidered
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enchantedadjectiveUS /ɪnˈtʃæn.tɪd/
Filled with or placed under the influence of magical power or charm.
From this reading Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
end
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fashionable
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From this reading In his fashionable apartments, Willard Frost walked back and forth in his loose dressing-gown.
feet
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floor
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forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A good opportunity for consideration, surrounded by the advantages of solitude.
forth
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From this reading In his fashionable apartments, Willard Frost walked back and forth in his loose dressing-gown.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
Frost
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From this reading In his fashionable apartments, Willard Frost walked back and forth in his loose dressing-gown.
going
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goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A good opportunity for consideration, surrounded by the advantages of solitude.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He moved from end to end of his voluptuous room, looking now and again at a picture which hung just above a Persian couch, covered with a half dozen embroidered pillows.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading In his fashionable apartments, Willard Frost walked back and forth in his loose dressing-gown.
hung
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From this reading He moved from end to end of his voluptuous room, looking now and again at a picture which hung just above a Persian couch, covered with a half dozen embroidered pillows.
IMAGE
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From this reading THE IMAGE OF BEAUTIFUL SIN.
impenitently
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From this reading Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In his fashionable apartments, Willard Frost walked back and forth in his loose dressing-gown.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
just
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like
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lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
looking
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From this reading He moved from end to end of his voluptuous room, looking now and again at a picture which hung just above a Persian couch, covered with a half dozen embroidered pillows.
loose
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From this reading In his fashionable apartments, Willard Frost walked back and forth in his loose dressing-gown.
making
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From this reading Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
man
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marquis
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From this reading Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
moved
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nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
noise
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From this reading Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
now
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From this reading He moved from end to end of his voluptuous room, looking now and again at a picture which hung just above a Persian couch, covered with a half dozen embroidered pillows.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE IMAGE OF BEAUTIFUL SIN.
off
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onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
opportunity
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From this reading A good opportunity for consideration, surrounded by the advantages of solitude.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
periodical
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From this reading Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
Persian
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From this reading He moved from end to end of his voluptuous room, looking now and again at a picture which hung just above a Persian couch, covered with a half dozen embroidered pillows.
picture
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From this reading He moved from end to end of his voluptuous room, looking now and again at a picture which hung just above a Persian couch, covered with a half dozen embroidered pillows.
pillows
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From this reading He moved from end to end of his voluptuous room, looking now and again at a picture which hung just above a Persian couch, covered with a half dozen embroidered pillows.
refined
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From this reading Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
room
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Rustling
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From this reading Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
SIN
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From this reading THE IMAGE OF BEAUTIFUL SIN.
slippered
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From this reading Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
softly
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From this reading Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
solitude
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From this reading A good opportunity for consideration, surrounded by the advantages of solitude.
some
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From this reading Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
sort
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story
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surrounded
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From this reading A good opportunity for consideration, surrounded by the advantages of solitude.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE IMAGE OF BEAUTIFUL SIN.
tiger
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He moved from end to end of his voluptuous room, looking now and again at a picture which hung just above a Persian couch, covered with a half dozen embroidered pillows.
voluptuous
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From this reading He moved from end to end of his voluptuous room, looking now and again at a picture which hung just above a Persian couch, covered with a half dozen embroidered pillows.
walked
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From this reading In his fashionable apartments, Willard Frost walked back and forth in his loose dressing-gown.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He moved from end to end of his voluptuous room, looking now and again at a picture which hung just above a Persian couch, covered with a half dozen embroidered pillows.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Rustling about the room, his softly slippered feet making no noise on the floor, he moved like a refined tiger--looked like “some enchanted marquis of the impenitently wicked sort, in story, whose periodical change into tiger from man was either just going off or just coming on.”
wicked
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Willard
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From this reading In his fashionable apartments, Willard Frost walked back and forth in his loose dressing-gown.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He moved from end to end of his voluptuous room, looking now and again at a picture which hung just above a Persian couch, covered with a half dozen embroidered pillows.
