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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 Miss Silver's Sunday-school class was a little girl of the name of Cissie Vane.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She and her father had lived together in the country (her mother had died when Cissie was a tiny mite), and there Mr. Vane had painted his pictures, the sale of which just kept the little home going and the wolf from the door.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading In the bygone times, which had so nearly faded away from Cissie's memory, she had been as happy as the day was long.
away
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From this reading In the bygone times, which had so nearly faded away from Cissie's memory, she had been as happy as the day was long.
bairn
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From this reading She was a motherless bairn, who, sad to say, was generally in somebody's way.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading In the bygone times, which had so nearly faded away from Cissie's memory, she had been as happy as the day was long.
bygone
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From this reading In the bygone times, which had so nearly faded away from Cissie's memory, she had been as happy as the day was long.
Cissie
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From this reading Cissie Vane.
Cissie's
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From this reading In the bygone times, which had so nearly faded away from Cissie's memory, she had been as happy as the day was long.
class
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From this reading IN Miss Silver's Sunday-school class was a little girl of the name of Cissie Vane.
country
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From this reading She and her father had lived together in the country (her mother had died when Cissie was a tiny mite), and there Mr. Vane had painted his pictures, the sale of which just kept the little home going and the wolf from the door.
day
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From this reading In the bygone times, which had so nearly faded away from Cissie's memory, she had been as happy as the day was long.
died
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From this reading She and her father had lived together in the country (her mother had died when Cissie was a tiny mite), and there Mr. Vane had painted his pictures, the sale of which just kept the little home going and the wolf from the door.
door
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From this reading She and her father had lived together in the country (her mother had died when Cissie was a tiny mite), and there Mr. Vane had painted his pictures, the sale of which just kept the little home going and the wolf from the door.
faded
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From this reading In the bygone times, which had so nearly faded away from Cissie's memory, she had been as happy as the day was long.
father
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From this reading She and her father had lived together in the country (her mother had died when Cissie was a tiny mite), and there Mr. Vane had painted his pictures, the sale of which just kept the little home going and the wolf from the door.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading In the bygone times, which had so nearly faded away from Cissie's memory, she had been as happy as the day was long.
generally
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From this reading She was a motherless bairn, who, sad to say, was generally in somebody's way.
girl
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From this reading IN Miss Silver's Sunday-school class was a little girl of the name of Cissie Vane.
going
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From this reading She and her father had lived together in the country (her mother had died when Cissie was a tiny mite), and there Mr. Vane had painted his pictures, the sale of which just kept the little home going and the wolf from the door.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In the bygone times, which had so nearly faded away from Cissie's memory, she had been as happy as the day was long.
happy
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From this reading In the bygone times, which had so nearly faded away from Cissie's memory, she had been as happy as the day was long.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She and her father had lived together in the country (her mother had died when Cissie was a tiny mite), and there Mr. Vane had painted his pictures, the sale of which just kept the little home going and the wolf from the door.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She and her father had lived together in the country (her mother had died when Cissie was a tiny mite), and there Mr. Vane had painted his pictures, the sale of which just kept the little home going and the wolf from the door.
home
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From this reading She and her father had lived together in the country (her mother had died when Cissie was a tiny mite), and there Mr. Vane had painted his pictures, the sale of which just kept the little home going and the wolf from the door.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading IN Miss Silver's Sunday-school class was a little girl of the name of Cissie Vane.
just
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From this reading She and her father had lived together in the country (her mother had died when Cissie was a tiny mite), and there Mr. Vane had painted his pictures, the sale of which just kept the little home going and the wolf from the door.
kept
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From this reading She and her father had lived together in the country (her mother had died when Cissie was a tiny mite), and there Mr. Vane had painted his pictures, the sale of which just kept the little home going and the wolf from the door.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IN Miss Silver's Sunday-school class was a little girl of the name of Cissie Vane.
lived
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From this reading She and her father had lived together in the country (her mother had died when Cissie was a tiny mite), and there Mr. Vane had painted his pictures, the sale of which just kept the little home going and the wolf from the door.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the bygone times, which had so nearly faded away from Cissie's memory, she had been as happy as the day was long.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading In the bygone times, which had so nearly faded away from Cissie's memory, she had been as happy as the day was long.
Miss
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From this reading IN Miss Silver's Sunday-school class was a little girl of the name of Cissie Vane.
mite
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From this reading She and her father had lived together in the country (her mother had died when Cissie was a tiny mite), and there Mr. Vane had painted his pictures, the sale of which just kept the little home going and the wolf from the door.
mother
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From this reading She and her father had lived together in the country (her mother had died when Cissie was a tiny mite), and there Mr. Vane had painted his pictures, the sale of which just kept the little home going and the wolf from the door.
motherless
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From this reading She was a motherless bairn, who, sad to say, was generally in somebody's way.
Mr
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From this reading She and her father had lived together in the country (her mother had died when Cissie was a tiny mite), and there Mr. Vane had painted his pictures, the sale of which just kept the little home going and the wolf from the door.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading IN Miss Silver's Sunday-school class was a little girl of the name of Cissie Vane.
nearly
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From this reading In the bygone times, which had so nearly faded away from Cissie's memory, she had been as happy as the day was long.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IN Miss Silver's Sunday-school class was a little girl of the name of Cissie Vane.
painted
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From this reading She and her father had lived together in the country (her mother had died when Cissie was a tiny mite), and there Mr. Vane had painted his pictures, the sale of which just kept the little home going and the wolf from the door.
pictures
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From this reading She and her father had lived together in the country (her mother had died when Cissie was a tiny mite), and there Mr. Vane had painted his pictures, the sale of which just kept the little home going and the wolf from the door.
sad
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From this reading She was a motherless bairn, who, sad to say, was generally in somebody's way.
sale
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From this reading She and her father had lived together in the country (her mother had died when Cissie was a tiny mite), and there Mr. Vane had painted his pictures, the sale of which just kept the little home going and the wolf from the door.
say
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From this reading She was a motherless bairn, who, sad to say, was generally in somebody's way.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was a motherless bairn, who, sad to say, was generally in somebody's way.
Silver's
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From this reading IN Miss Silver's Sunday-school class was a little girl of the name of Cissie Vane.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading In the bygone times, which had so nearly faded away from Cissie's memory, she had been as happy as the day was long.
somebody's
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From this reading She was a motherless bairn, who, sad to say, was generally in somebody's way.
Sunday-school
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From this reading IN Miss Silver's Sunday-school class was a little girl of the name of Cissie Vane.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IN Miss Silver's Sunday-school class was a little girl of the name of Cissie Vane.
there
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From this reading She and her father had lived together in the country (her mother had died when Cissie was a tiny mite), and there Mr. Vane had painted his pictures, the sale of which just kept the little home going and the wolf from the door.
times
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From this reading In the bygone times, which had so nearly faded away from Cissie's memory, she had been as happy as the day was long.
tiny
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From this reading She and her father had lived together in the country (her mother had died when Cissie was a tiny mite), and there Mr. Vane had painted his pictures, the sale of which just kept the little home going and the wolf from the door.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was a motherless bairn, who, sad to say, was generally in somebody's way.
together
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From this reading She and her father had lived together in the country (her mother had died when Cissie was a tiny mite), and there Mr. Vane had painted his pictures, the sale of which just kept the little home going and the wolf from the door.
Vane
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From this reading Cissie Vane.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading IN Miss Silver's Sunday-school class was a little girl of the name of Cissie Vane.
way
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From this reading She was a motherless bairn, who, sad to say, was generally in somebody's way.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She and her father had lived together in the country (her mother had died when Cissie was a tiny mite), and there Mr. Vane had painted his pictures, the sale of which just kept the little home going and the wolf from the door.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In the bygone times, which had so nearly faded away from Cissie's memory, she had been as happy as the day was long.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She was a motherless bairn, who, sad to say, was generally in somebody's way.
wolf
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From this reading She and her father had lived together in the country (her mother had died when Cissie was a tiny mite), and there Mr. Vane had painted his pictures, the sale of which just kept the little home going and the wolf from the door.
