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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 THE “MEDIC”--_Continued_ Our Caddie’s greeting was a pleasant surprise when we went back to College that second year.
anatomy
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From this reading Stopping me and beaming on me, she congratulated me warmly on my anatomy paper:
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Stopping me and beaming on me, she congratulated me warmly on my anatomy paper:
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
Arnold
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From this reading “Frankly, Miss Arnold, I was astonished when I learned it was your paper.
astonishedadjectiveUS /əˈstɑːnɪʃt/
very surprised
From this reading “Frankly, Miss Arnold, I was astonished when I learned it was your paper.
back
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From this reading THE “MEDIC”--_Continued_ Our Caddie’s greeting was a pleasant surprise when we went back to College that second year.
beaming
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From this reading Stopping me and beaming on me, she congratulated me warmly on my anatomy paper:
blush
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From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
Caddie's
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city
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From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
College
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confessed
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From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
congratulated
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From this reading Stopping me and beaming on me, she congratulated me warmly on my anatomy paper:
constrained
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From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
ContinuednounUS /ˈcontinued/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE “MEDIC”--_Continued_ Our Caddie’s greeting was a pleasant surprise when we went back to College that second year.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading You seldom did yourself justice in quizzes, it seems.”
driving
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From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
fear
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From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
former
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From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
Frankly
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From this reading “Frankly, Miss Arnold, I was astonished when I learned it was your paper.
graciousness
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From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
greeting
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From this reading THE “MEDIC”--_Continued_ Our Caddie’s greeting was a pleasant surprise when we went back to College that second year.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Frankly, Miss Arnold, I was astonished when I learned it was your paper.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You seldom did yourself justice in quizzes, it seems.”
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Frankly, Miss Arnold, I was astonished when I learned it was your paper.
justice
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From this reading You seldom did yourself justice in quizzes, it seems.”
later
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From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
learned
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From this reading “Frankly, Miss Arnold, I was astonished when I learned it was your paper.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Stopping me and beaming on me, she congratulated me warmly on my anatomy paper:
MEDIC
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From this reading THE “MEDIC”--_Continued_ Our Caddie’s greeting was a pleasant surprise when we went back to College that second year.
Miss
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From this reading “Frankly, Miss Arnold, I was astonished when I learned it was your paper.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Stopping me and beaming on me, she congratulated me warmly on my anatomy paper:
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Stopping me and beaming on me, she congratulated me warmly on my anatomy paper:
only
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From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
OurdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading THE “MEDIC”--_Continued_ Our Caddie’s greeting was a pleasant surprise when we went back to College that second year.
out
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From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
paper
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From this reading Stopping me and beaming on me, she congratulated me warmly on my anatomy paper:
physician
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From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE “MEDIC”--_Continued_ Our Caddie’s greeting was a pleasant surprise when we went back to College that second year.
pleasednounUS /ˈpleased/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
practising
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From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
quizzes
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From this reading You seldom did yourself justice in quizzes, it seems.”
second
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seems
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From this reading You seldom did yourself justice in quizzes, it seems.”
seldom
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From this reading You seldom did yourself justice in quizzes, it seems.”
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Stopping me and beaming on me, she congratulated me warmly on my anatomy paper:
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
some
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From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
Stopping
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From this reading Stopping me and beaming on me, she congratulated me warmly on my anatomy paper:
surprise
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From this reading THE “MEDIC”--_Continued_ Our Caddie’s greeting was a pleasant surprise when we went back to College that second year.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading THE “MEDIC”--_Continued_ Our Caddie’s greeting was a pleasant surprise when we went back to College that second year.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE “MEDIC”--_Continued_ Our Caddie’s greeting was a pleasant surprise when we went back to College that second year.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE “MEDIC”--_Continued_ Our Caddie’s greeting was a pleasant surprise when we went back to College that second year.
visited
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From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
warmly
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From this reading Stopping me and beaming on me, she congratulated me warmly on my anatomy paper:
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE “MEDIC”--_Continued_ Our Caddie’s greeting was a pleasant surprise when we went back to College that second year.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading THE “MEDIC”--_Continued_ Our Caddie’s greeting was a pleasant surprise when we went back to College that second year.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE “MEDIC”--_Continued_ Our Caddie’s greeting was a pleasant surprise when we went back to College that second year.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading THE “MEDIC”--_Continued_ Our Caddie’s greeting was a pleasant surprise when we went back to College that second year.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
woman
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From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
year
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years
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From this reading Even to this graciousness I was so constrained I could only blush and look pleased; but some years later when she visited in the city where I was practising, and I was driving out with her and another woman physician, I confessed my former fear.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You seldom did yourself justice in quizzes, it seems.”
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Frankly, Miss Arnold, I was astonished when I learned it was your paper.
yourselfpronounUS /jərˈself/
used when the person spoken to is also the object of the action
From this reading You seldom did yourself justice in quizzes, it seems.”
