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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 Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
accusers
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From this reading She felt herself in an atmosphere of suspicion; she was confronted by accusers; she was made to witness her handiwork; the sight and the sound of the shattered edifice menaced her eyes and ears.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading IDOL AND DEVOTEE After drinking his coffee quickly--with no word to anyone the while--Arthur had gone out of the room.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She felt herself in an atmosphere of suspicion; she was confronted by accusers; she was made to witness her handiwork; the sight and the sound of the shattered edifice menaced her eyes and ears.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading IDOL AND DEVOTEE After drinking his coffee quickly--with no word to anyone the while--Arthur had gone out of the room.
anyonepronounUS /ˈeniwʌn/
any person at all
From this reading IDOL AND DEVOTEE After drinking his coffee quickly--with no word to anyone the while--Arthur had gone out of the room.
arm-chair
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From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
Arthur
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From this reading IDOL AND DEVOTEE After drinking his coffee quickly--with no word to anyone the while--Arthur had gone out of the room.
article
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From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
atmosphere
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From this reading She felt herself in an atmosphere of suspicion; she was confronted by accusers; she was made to witness her handiwork; the sight and the sound of the shattered edifice menaced her eyes and ears.
avoid
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From this reading Just what she had planned to avoid, just what she hated, was happening or threatening to happen.
Bernadette
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From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
book
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From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She felt herself in an atmosphere of suspicion; she was confronted by accusers; she was made to witness her handiwork; the sight and the sound of the shattered edifice menaced her eyes and ears.
City
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From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
coffee
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From this reading IDOL AND DEVOTEE After drinking his coffee quickly--with no word to anyone the while--Arthur had gone out of the room.
confronted
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From this reading She felt herself in an atmosphere of suspicion; she was confronted by accusers; she was made to witness her handiwork; the sight and the sound of the shattered edifice menaced her eyes and ears.
DEVOTEE
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drinking
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From this reading IDOL AND DEVOTEE After drinking his coffee quickly--with no word to anyone the while--Arthur had gone out of the room.
ears
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From this reading She felt herself in an atmosphere of suspicion; she was confronted by accusers; she was made to witness her handiwork; the sight and the sound of the shattered edifice menaced her eyes and ears.
edifice
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From this reading She felt herself in an atmosphere of suspicion; she was confronted by accusers; she was made to witness her handiwork; the sight and the sound of the shattered edifice menaced her eyes and ears.
evening
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expression
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eyes
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From this reading She felt herself in an atmosphere of suspicion; she was confronted by accusers; she was made to witness her handiwork; the sight and the sound of the shattered edifice menaced her eyes and ears.
felt
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From this reading She felt herself in an atmosphere of suspicion; she was confronted by accusers; she was made to witness her handiwork; the sight and the sound of the shattered edifice menaced her eyes and ears.
fretful
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frock
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glancing
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From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
gone
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From this reading IDOL AND DEVOTEE After drinking his coffee quickly--with no word to anyone the while--Arthur had gone out of the room.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading IDOL AND DEVOTEE After drinking his coffee quickly--with no word to anyone the while--Arthur had gone out of the room.
handiwork
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From this reading She felt herself in an atmosphere of suspicion; she was confronted by accusers; she was made to witness her handiwork; the sight and the sound of the shattered edifice menaced her eyes and ears.
happen
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From this reading Just what she had planned to avoid, just what she hated, was happening or threatening to happen.
happening
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From this reading Just what she had planned to avoid, just what she hated, was happening or threatening to happen.
hated
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From this reading Just what she had planned to avoid, just what she hated, was happening or threatening to happen.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She felt herself in an atmosphere of suspicion; she was confronted by accusers; she was made to witness her handiwork; the sight and the sound of the shattered edifice menaced her eyes and ears.
high-backed
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From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading IDOL AND DEVOTEE After drinking his coffee quickly--with no word to anyone the while--Arthur had gone out of the room.
IDOL
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From this reading IDOL AND DEVOTEE After drinking his coffee quickly--with no word to anyone the while--Arthur had gone out of the room.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
Judith
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From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
Just
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From this reading Just what she had planned to avoid, just what she hated, was happening or threatening to happen.
looking
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From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
made
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From this reading She felt herself in an atmosphere of suspicion; she was confronted by accusers; she was made to witness her handiwork; the sight and the sound of the shattered edifice menaced her eyes and ears.
menaced
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From this reading She felt herself in an atmosphere of suspicion; she was confronted by accusers; she was made to witness her handiwork; the sight and the sound of the shattered edifice menaced her eyes and ears.
moody
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From this reading Glancing at her over his paper, Oliver saw that she was moody.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading IDOL AND DEVOTEE After drinking his coffee quickly--with no word to anyone the while--Arthur had gone out of the room.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading IDOL AND DEVOTEE After drinking his coffee quickly--with no word to anyone the while--Arthur had gone out of the room.
Oliver
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From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Just what she had planned to avoid, just what she hated, was happening or threatening to happen.
out
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From this reading IDOL AND DEVOTEE After drinking his coffee quickly--with no word to anyone the while--Arthur had gone out of the room.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Glancing at her over his paper, Oliver saw that she was moody.
paper
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From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
planned
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From this reading Just what she had planned to avoid, just what she hated, was happening or threatening to happen.
quickly
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From this reading IDOL AND DEVOTEE After drinking his coffee quickly--with no word to anyone the while--Arthur had gone out of the room.
quiet
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room
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sat
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From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
saw
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From this reading Glancing at her over his paper, Oliver saw that she was moody.
shattered
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From this reading She felt herself in an atmosphere of suspicion; she was confronted by accusers; she was made to witness her handiwork; the sight and the sound of the shattered edifice menaced her eyes and ears.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Just what she had planned to avoid, just what she hated, was happening or threatening to happen.
sight
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From this reading She felt herself in an atmosphere of suspicion; she was confronted by accusers; she was made to witness her handiwork; the sight and the sound of the shattered edifice menaced her eyes and ears.
slight
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From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
sound
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From this reading She felt herself in an atmosphere of suspicion; she was confronted by accusers; she was made to witness her handiwork; the sight and the sound of the shattered edifice menaced her eyes and ears.
suspicion
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From this reading She felt herself in an atmosphere of suspicion; she was confronted by accusers; she was made to witness her handiwork; the sight and the sound of the shattered edifice menaced her eyes and ears.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Glancing at her over his paper, Oliver saw that she was moody.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading IDOL AND DEVOTEE After drinking his coffee quickly--with no word to anyone the while--Arthur had gone out of the room.
threatening
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From this reading Just what she had planned to avoid, just what she hated, was happening or threatening to happen.
tired
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From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading IDOL AND DEVOTEE After drinking his coffee quickly--with no word to anyone the while--Arthur had gone out of the room.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
up
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From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
very
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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
wearing
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weekly
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From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading Just what she had planned to avoid, just what she hated, was happening or threatening to happen.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading IDOL AND DEVOTEE After drinking his coffee quickly--with no word to anyone the while--Arthur had gone out of the room.
white
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From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading IDOL AND DEVOTEE After drinking his coffee quickly--with no word to anyone the while--Arthur had gone out of the room.
witness
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From this reading She felt herself in an atmosphere of suspicion; she was confronted by accusers; she was made to witness her handiwork; the sight and the sound of the shattered edifice menaced her eyes and ears.
word
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From this reading IDOL AND DEVOTEE After drinking his coffee quickly--with no word to anyone the while--Arthur had gone out of the room.
Wyse
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From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
young
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From this reading Judith took up her book, Oliver Wyse was glancing at the City article in a weekly paper, Bernadette sat quiet in her high-backed arm-chair, looking very slight and young in her white evening frock, but wearing a tired and fretful expression.
