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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 Elizabeth looked rather surprised when Bill wandered up to her steps a second time in one day.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
Bill
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From this reading Elizabeth looked rather surprised when Bill wandered up to her steps a second time in one day.
boy
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From this reading If Bill had not been a mere boy, this in itself would have made him wonder.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
call
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From this reading It was Elizabeth’s silent little sarcasm to offer it to Bill when he was pretending that he had come to call on her.
chair
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From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was Elizabeth’s silent little sarcasm to offer it to Bill when he was pretending that he had come to call on her.
day
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From this reading Elizabeth looked rather surprised when Bill wandered up to her steps a second time in one day.
De
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From this reading Elizabeth’s chair faced the De Lorme house.
Elizabeth
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From this reading Elizabeth looked rather surprised when Bill wandered up to her steps a second time in one day.
Elizabeth's
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From this reading Elizabeth’s chair faced the De Lorme house.
faced
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From this reading Elizabeth’s chair faced the De Lorme house.
gave
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From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
girl
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From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
greeted
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From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading If Bill had not been a mere boy, this in itself would have made him wonder.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was Elizabeth’s silent little sarcasm to offer it to Bill when he was pretending that he had come to call on her.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Elizabeth looked rather surprised when Bill wandered up to her steps a second time in one day.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
house
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From this reading Elizabeth’s chair faced the De Lorme house.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If Bill had not been a mere boy, this in itself would have made him wonder.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Elizabeth looked rather surprised when Bill wandered up to her steps a second time in one day.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Elizabeth’s silent little sarcasm to offer it to Bill when he was pretending that he had come to call on her.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading If Bill had not been a mere boy, this in itself would have made him wonder.
just
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From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
kind
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From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Elizabeth looked rather surprised when Bill wandered up to her steps a second time in one day.
Lorme
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From this reading Elizabeth’s chair faced the De Lorme house.
low
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From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
made
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From this reading If Bill had not been a mere boy, this in itself would have made him wonder.
mere
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From this reading If Bill had not been a mere boy, this in itself would have made him wonder.
much
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From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading If Bill had not been a mere boy, this in itself would have made him wonder.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
offer
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From this reading It was Elizabeth’s silent little sarcasm to offer it to Bill when he was pretending that he had come to call on her.
oh
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From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading It was Elizabeth’s silent little sarcasm to offer it to Bill when he was pretending that he had come to call on her.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Elizabeth looked rather surprised when Bill wandered up to her steps a second time in one day.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
pretending
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From this reading It was Elizabeth’s silent little sarcasm to offer it to Bill when he was pretending that he had come to call on her.
rather
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From this reading Elizabeth looked rather surprised when Bill wandered up to her steps a second time in one day.
said
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From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
sarcasm
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From this reading It was Elizabeth’s silent little sarcasm to offer it to Bill when he was pretending that he had come to call on her.
second
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From this reading Elizabeth looked rather surprised when Bill wandered up to her steps a second time in one day.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
silent
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From this reading It was Elizabeth’s silent little sarcasm to offer it to Bill when he was pretending that he had come to call on her.
sitting
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From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
steps
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From this reading Elizabeth looked rather surprised when Bill wandered up to her steps a second time in one day.
surprisednounUS /surprised/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Elizabeth looked rather surprised when Bill wandered up to her steps a second time in one day.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It was Elizabeth’s silent little sarcasm to offer it to Bill when he was pretending that he had come to call on her.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading If Bill had not been a mere boy, this in itself would have made him wonder.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Elizabeth looked rather surprised when Bill wandered up to her steps a second time in one day.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Elizabeth looked rather surprised when Bill wandered up to her steps a second time in one day.
up
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From this reading Elizabeth looked rather surprised when Bill wandered up to her steps a second time in one day.
voice
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From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
wandered
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From this reading Elizabeth looked rather surprised when Bill wandered up to her steps a second time in one day.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Elizabeth looked rather surprised when Bill wandered up to her steps a second time in one day.
wise
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From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
wiser
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From this reading But she was a wise little girl, oh, much, much wiser than her kind, and she said nothing; just greeted him in her pleasant low voice, and gave Bill the chair she had been sitting in.
wonder
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From this reading If Bill had not been a mere boy, this in itself would have made him wonder.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If Bill had not been a mere boy, this in itself would have made him wonder.
