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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 A Blue Hungarian Band was playing dreamily the waltz of the season, to the accompaniment of light laughter and gaily tripping feet.
accompaniment
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From this reading A Blue Hungarian Band was playing dreamily the waltz of the season, to the accompaniment of light laughter and gaily tripping feet.
air
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From this reading The scent of roses filled the air.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If wealth and luxury alone could bring happiness, then surely Eveline Merivale should have been the most envied woman in the world.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A Blue Hungarian Band was playing dreamily the waltz of the season, to the accompaniment of light laughter and gaily tripping feet.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was the night of the great ball at Lady Merivale's town house.
ball
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From this reading It was the night of the great ball at Lady Merivale's town house.
Band
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From this reading A Blue Hungarian Band was playing dreamily the waltz of the season, to the accompaniment of light laughter and gaily tripping feet.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading If wealth and luxury alone could bring happiness, then surely Eveline Merivale should have been the most envied woman in the world.
blooms
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From this reading Masses of their great pink blooms lurked in every small nook and corner; while in the centre of the room, half-hidden by them, a fountain sent its silver spray into the heated air.
Blue
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From this reading A Blue Hungarian Band was playing dreamily the waltz of the season, to the accompaniment of light laughter and gaily tripping feet.
bring
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From this reading If wealth and luxury alone could bring happiness, then surely Eveline Merivale should have been the most envied woman in the world.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Masses of their great pink blooms lurked in every small nook and corner; while in the centre of the room, half-hidden by them, a fountain sent its silver spray into the heated air.
centre
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From this reading Masses of their great pink blooms lurked in every small nook and corner; while in the centre of the room, half-hidden by them, a fountain sent its silver spray into the heated air.
corner
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From this reading Masses of their great pink blooms lurked in every small nook and corner; while in the centre of the room, half-hidden by them, a fountain sent its silver spray into the heated air.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading If wealth and luxury alone could bring happiness, then surely Eveline Merivale should have been the most envied woman in the world.
dreamily
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From this reading A Blue Hungarian Band was playing dreamily the waltz of the season, to the accompaniment of light laughter and gaily tripping feet.
envied
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From this reading If wealth and luxury alone could bring happiness, then surely Eveline Merivale should have been the most envied woman in the world.
Eveline
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From this reading If wealth and luxury alone could bring happiness, then surely Eveline Merivale should have been the most envied woman in the world.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Masses of their great pink blooms lurked in every small nook and corner; while in the centre of the room, half-hidden by them, a fountain sent its silver spray into the heated air.
feet
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From this reading A Blue Hungarian Band was playing dreamily the waltz of the season, to the accompaniment of light laughter and gaily tripping feet.
filled
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From this reading The scent of roses filled the air.
fountain
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From this reading Masses of their great pink blooms lurked in every small nook and corner; while in the centre of the room, half-hidden by them, a fountain sent its silver spray into the heated air.
gaily
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From this reading A Blue Hungarian Band was playing dreamily the waltz of the season, to the accompaniment of light laughter and gaily tripping feet.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the night of the great ball at Lady Merivale's town house.
half-hidden
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From this reading Masses of their great pink blooms lurked in every small nook and corner; while in the centre of the room, half-hidden by them, a fountain sent its silver spray into the heated air.
happiness
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From this reading If wealth and luxury alone could bring happiness, then surely Eveline Merivale should have been the most envied woman in the world.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If wealth and luxury alone could bring happiness, then surely Eveline Merivale should have been the most envied woman in the world.
heated
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From this reading Masses of their great pink blooms lurked in every small nook and corner; while in the centre of the room, half-hidden by them, a fountain sent its silver spray into the heated air.
house
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From this reading It was the night of the great ball at Lady Merivale's town house.
Hungarian
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From this reading A Blue Hungarian Band was playing dreamily the waltz of the season, to the accompaniment of light laughter and gaily tripping feet.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If wealth and luxury alone could bring happiness, then surely Eveline Merivale should have been the most envied woman in the world.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Masses of their great pink blooms lurked in every small nook and corner; while in the centre of the room, half-hidden by them, a fountain sent its silver spray into the heated air.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Masses of their great pink blooms lurked in every small nook and corner; while in the centre of the room, half-hidden by them, a fountain sent its silver spray into the heated air.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the night of the great ball at Lady Merivale's town house.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Masses of their great pink blooms lurked in every small nook and corner; while in the centre of the room, half-hidden by them, a fountain sent its silver spray into the heated air.
Lady
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From this reading It was the night of the great ball at Lady Merivale's town house.
laughter
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From this reading A Blue Hungarian Band was playing dreamily the waltz of the season, to the accompaniment of light laughter and gaily tripping feet.
light
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From this reading A Blue Hungarian Band was playing dreamily the waltz of the season, to the accompaniment of light laughter and gaily tripping feet.
lurked
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From this reading Masses of their great pink blooms lurked in every small nook and corner; while in the centre of the room, half-hidden by them, a fountain sent its silver spray into the heated air.
luxury
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From this reading If wealth and luxury alone could bring happiness, then surely Eveline Merivale should have been the most envied woman in the world.
Masses
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From this reading Masses of their great pink blooms lurked in every small nook and corner; while in the centre of the room, half-hidden by them, a fountain sent its silver spray into the heated air.
Merivale
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From this reading If wealth and luxury alone could bring happiness, then surely Eveline Merivale should have been the most envied woman in the world.
Merivale's
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From this reading It was the night of the great ball at Lady Merivale's town house.
most
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From this reading If wealth and luxury alone could bring happiness, then surely Eveline Merivale should have been the most envied woman in the world.
night
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From this reading It was the night of the great ball at Lady Merivale's town house.
nook
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From this reading Masses of their great pink blooms lurked in every small nook and corner; while in the centre of the room, half-hidden by them, a fountain sent its silver spray into the heated air.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was the night of the great ball at Lady Merivale's town house.
pink
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From this reading Masses of their great pink blooms lurked in every small nook and corner; while in the centre of the room, half-hidden by them, a fountain sent its silver spray into the heated air.
playing
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From this reading A Blue Hungarian Band was playing dreamily the waltz of the season, to the accompaniment of light laughter and gaily tripping feet.
room
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From this reading Masses of their great pink blooms lurked in every small nook and corner; while in the centre of the room, half-hidden by them, a fountain sent its silver spray into the heated air.
roses
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From this reading The scent of roses filled the air.
scentnounUS /sɛnt/
A distinctive smell or aroma.
From this reading The scent of roses filled the air.
season
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From this reading A Blue Hungarian Band was playing dreamily the waltz of the season, to the accompaniment of light laughter and gaily tripping feet.
sent
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From this reading Masses of their great pink blooms lurked in every small nook and corner; while in the centre of the room, half-hidden by them, a fountain sent its silver spray into the heated air.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading If wealth and luxury alone could bring happiness, then surely Eveline Merivale should have been the most envied woman in the world.
silver
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From this reading Masses of their great pink blooms lurked in every small nook and corner; while in the centre of the room, half-hidden by them, a fountain sent its silver spray into the heated air.
small
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From this reading Masses of their great pink blooms lurked in every small nook and corner; while in the centre of the room, half-hidden by them, a fountain sent its silver spray into the heated air.
spray
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From this reading Masses of their great pink blooms lurked in every small nook and corner; while in the centre of the room, half-hidden by them, a fountain sent its silver spray into the heated air.
surely
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From this reading If wealth and luxury alone could bring happiness, then surely Eveline Merivale should have been the most envied woman in the world.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the night of the great ball at Lady Merivale's town house.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Masses of their great pink blooms lurked in every small nook and corner; while in the centre of the room, half-hidden by them, a fountain sent its silver spray into the heated air.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Masses of their great pink blooms lurked in every small nook and corner; while in the centre of the room, half-hidden by them, a fountain sent its silver spray into the heated air.
then
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From this reading If wealth and luxury alone could bring happiness, then surely Eveline Merivale should have been the most envied woman in the world.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A Blue Hungarian Band was playing dreamily the waltz of the season, to the accompaniment of light laughter and gaily tripping feet.
town
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From this reading It was the night of the great ball at Lady Merivale's town house.
tripping
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From this reading A Blue Hungarian Band was playing dreamily the waltz of the season, to the accompaniment of light laughter and gaily tripping feet.
waltz
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From this reading A Blue Hungarian Band was playing dreamily the waltz of the season, to the accompaniment of light laughter and gaily tripping feet.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the night of the great ball at Lady Merivale's town house.
wealth
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From this reading If wealth and luxury alone could bring happiness, then surely Eveline Merivale should have been the most envied woman in the world.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Masses of their great pink blooms lurked in every small nook and corner; while in the centre of the room, half-hidden by them, a fountain sent its silver spray into the heated air.
woman
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From this reading If wealth and luxury alone could bring happiness, then surely Eveline Merivale should have been the most envied woman in the world.
world
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From this reading If wealth and luxury alone could bring happiness, then surely Eveline Merivale should have been the most envied woman in the world.
