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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 Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers--even nice ones--to understand at first.
acidly
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From this reading "Now it will not be necessary to try," said Miss Minchin, acidly, as Ram Dass salaamed her out of the room.
admitted
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From this reading She sat closeted with her all the rest of the afternoon, and it must be admitted that poor Miss Amelia passed through more than one bad quarter of an hour.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She sat closeted with her all the rest of the afternoon, and it must be admitted that poor Miss Amelia passed through more than one bad quarter of an hour.
all
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From this reading She sat closeted with her all the rest of the afternoon, and it must be admitted that poor Miss Amelia passed through more than one bad quarter of an hour.
Amelia
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From this reading She returned home and, going to her sitting room, sent at once for Miss Amelia.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She sat closeted with her all the rest of the afternoon, and it must be admitted that poor Miss Amelia passed through more than one bad quarter of an hour.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers--even nice ones--to understand at first.
answerednounUS /ˈanswered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "I--TRIED not to be anything else," she answered in a low voice--"even when I was coldest and hungriest--I tried not to be."
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading "I--TRIED not to be anything else," she answered in a low voice--"even when I was coldest and hungriest--I tried not to be."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Now it will not be necessary to try," said Miss Minchin, acidly, as Ram Dass salaamed her out of the room.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers--even nice ones--to understand at first.
bad
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From this reading She sat closeted with her all the rest of the afternoon, and it must be admitted that poor Miss Amelia passed through more than one bad quarter of an hour.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers--even nice ones--to understand at first.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers--even nice ones--to understand at first.
closeted
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From this reading She sat closeted with her all the rest of the afternoon, and it must be admitted that poor Miss Amelia passed through more than one bad quarter of an hour.
coldest
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From this reading "I--TRIED not to be anything else," she answered in a low voice--"even when I was coldest and hungriest--I tried not to be."
Dass
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From this reading "Now it will not be necessary to try," said Miss Minchin, acidly, as Ram Dass salaamed her out of the room.
down
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From this reading Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers--even nice ones--to understand at first.
easy
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From this reading Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers--even nice ones--to understand at first.
else
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From this reading "I--TRIED not to be anything else," she answered in a low voice--"even when I was coldest and hungriest--I tried not to be."
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers--even nice ones--to understand at first.
fancy
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firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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flushed
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From this reading Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers--even nice ones--to understand at first.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers--even nice ones--to understand at first.
going
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From this reading She returned home and, going to her sitting room, sent at once for Miss Amelia.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
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home
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From this reading She returned home and, going to her sitting room, sent at once for Miss Amelia.
hour
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From this reading She sat closeted with her all the rest of the afternoon, and it must be admitted that poor Miss Amelia passed through more than one bad quarter of an hour.
hungriest
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From this reading "I--TRIED not to be anything else," she answered in a low voice--"even when I was coldest and hungriest--I tried not to be."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I--TRIED not to be anything else," she answered in a low voice--"even when I was coldest and hungriest--I tried not to be."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "I--TRIED not to be anything else," she answered in a low voice--"even when I was coldest and hungriest--I tried not to be."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Now it will not be necessary to try," said Miss Minchin, acidly, as Ram Dass salaamed her out of the room.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers--even nice ones--to understand at first.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers--even nice ones--to understand at first.
low
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From this reading "I--TRIED not to be anything else," she answered in a low voice--"even when I was coldest and hungriest--I tried not to be."
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers--even nice ones--to understand at first.
Minchin
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From this reading "Now it will not be necessary to try," said Miss Minchin, acidly, as Ram Dass salaamed her out of the room.
Miss
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From this reading "Now it will not be necessary to try," said Miss Minchin, acidly, as Ram Dass salaamed her out of the room.
more
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From this reading She sat closeted with her all the rest of the afternoon, and it must be admitted that poor Miss Amelia passed through more than one bad quarter of an hour.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading She sat closeted with her all the rest of the afternoon, and it must be admitted that poor Miss Amelia passed through more than one bad quarter of an hour.
necessary
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From this reading "Now it will not be necessary to try," said Miss Minchin, acidly, as Ram Dass salaamed her out of the room.
nice
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From this reading Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers--even nice ones--to understand at first.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers--even nice ones--to understand at first.
Now
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From this reading "Now it will not be necessary to try," said Miss Minchin, acidly, as Ram Dass salaamed her out of the room.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Now it will not be necessary to try," said Miss Minchin, acidly, as Ram Dass salaamed her out of the room.
once
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From this reading She returned home and, going to her sitting room, sent at once for Miss Amelia.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She sat closeted with her all the rest of the afternoon, and it must be admitted that poor Miss Amelia passed through more than one bad quarter of an hour.
ones
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From this reading Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers--even nice ones--to understand at first.
out
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From this reading "Now it will not be necessary to try," said Miss Minchin, acidly, as Ram Dass salaamed her out of the room.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She sat closeted with her all the rest of the afternoon, and it must be admitted that poor Miss Amelia passed through more than one bad quarter of an hour.
pet
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From this reading Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers--even nice ones--to understand at first.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She sat closeted with her all the rest of the afternoon, and it must be admitted that poor Miss Amelia passed through more than one bad quarter of an hour.
quarter
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From this reading She sat closeted with her all the rest of the afternoon, and it must be admitted that poor Miss Amelia passed through more than one bad quarter of an hour.
Ram
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From this reading "Now it will not be necessary to try," said Miss Minchin, acidly, as Ram Dass salaamed her out of the room.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She sat closeted with her all the rest of the afternoon, and it must be admitted that poor Miss Amelia passed through more than one bad quarter of an hour.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She returned home and, going to her sitting room, sent at once for Miss Amelia.
room
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From this reading "Now it will not be necessary to try," said Miss Minchin, acidly, as Ram Dass salaamed her out of the room.
said
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From this reading "Now it will not be necessary to try," said Miss Minchin, acidly, as Ram Dass salaamed her out of the room.
salaamed
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From this reading "Now it will not be necessary to try," said Miss Minchin, acidly, as Ram Dass salaamed her out of the room.
Sara
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From this reading Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers--even nice ones--to understand at first.
sat
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From this reading She sat closeted with her all the rest of the afternoon, and it must be admitted that poor Miss Amelia passed through more than one bad quarter of an hour.
sent
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From this reading She returned home and, going to her sitting room, sent at once for Miss Amelia.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers--even nice ones--to understand at first.
sitting
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From this reading She returned home and, going to her sitting room, sent at once for Miss Amelia.
strangers
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From this reading Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers--even nice ones--to understand at first.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She sat closeted with her all the rest of the afternoon, and it must be admitted that poor Miss Amelia passed through more than one bad quarter of an hour.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She sat closeted with her all the rest of the afternoon, and it must be admitted that poor Miss Amelia passed through more than one bad quarter of an hour.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Now it will not be necessary to try," said Miss Minchin, acidly, as Ram Dass salaamed her out of the room.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers--even nice ones--to understand at first.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She sat closeted with her all the rest of the afternoon, and it must be admitted that poor Miss Amelia passed through more than one bad quarter of an hour.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers--even nice ones--to understand at first.
TRIED
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From this reading "I--TRIED not to be anything else," she answered in a low voice--"even when I was coldest and hungriest--I tried not to be."
try
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From this reading "Now it will not be necessary to try," said Miss Minchin, acidly, as Ram Dass salaamed her out of the room.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sara looked down and flushed a little, because she thought her pet fancy might not be easy for strangers--even nice ones--to understand at first.
voice
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From this reading "I--TRIED not to be anything else," she answered in a low voice--"even when I was coldest and hungriest--I tried not to be."
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "I--TRIED not to be anything else," she answered in a low voice--"even when I was coldest and hungriest--I tried not to be."
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "I--TRIED not to be anything else," she answered in a low voice--"even when I was coldest and hungriest--I tried not to be."
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Now it will not be necessary to try," said Miss Minchin, acidly, as Ram Dass salaamed her out of the room.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She sat closeted with her all the rest of the afternoon, and it must be admitted that poor Miss Amelia passed through more than one bad quarter of an hour.
