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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 "Oh, Virginia, don’t, don’t make a mountain out of a molehill," he began, with a leaning towards his old, seductive persuasiveness.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading "There is nothing to feel so badly about.
all
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From this reading You know that Ann Boyd got there before I—I—" "That’s all _you_ know about it," she said, uncovering eyes that flashed like lightning.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She suddenly covered her impassioned face with her hands and shook convulsively from head to foot.
Ann
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From this reading You know that Ann Boyd got there before I—I—" "That’s all _you_ know about it," she said, uncovering eyes that flashed like lightning.
badly
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From this reading "There is nothing to feel so badly about.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading You know that Ann Boyd got there before I—I—" "That’s all _you_ know about it," she said, uncovering eyes that flashed like lightning.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Oh, Virginia, don’t, don’t make a mountain out of a molehill," he began, with a leaning towards his old, seductive persuasiveness.
Boyd
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From this reading You know that Ann Boyd got there before I—I—" "That’s all _you_ know about it," she said, uncovering eyes that flashed like lightning.
convulsively
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From this reading She suddenly covered her impassioned face with her hands and shook convulsively from head to foot.
covered
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From this reading She suddenly covered her impassioned face with her hands and shook convulsively from head to foot.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "When I went there, with no interest in you further than a silly love of your honeyed words and _to get your money_, I did what I’ll never wipe from my memory."
don't
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From this reading "Oh, Virginia, don’t, don’t make a mountain out of a molehill," he began, with a leaning towards his old, seductive persuasiveness.
eyes
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From this reading You know that Ann Boyd got there before I—I—" "That’s all _you_ know about it," she said, uncovering eyes that flashed like lightning.
face
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From this reading She suddenly covered her impassioned face with her hands and shook convulsively from head to foot.
feel
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From this reading "There is nothing to feel so badly about.
flashed
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From this reading You know that Ann Boyd got there before I—I—" "That’s all _you_ know about it," she said, uncovering eyes that flashed like lightning.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She suddenly covered her impassioned face with her hands and shook convulsively from head to foot.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She suddenly covered her impassioned face with her hands and shook convulsively from head to foot.
further
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From this reading "When I went there, with no interest in you further than a silly love of your honeyed words and _to get your money_, I did what I’ll never wipe from my memory."
get
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From this reading "When I went there, with no interest in you further than a silly love of your honeyed words and _to get your money_, I did what I’ll never wipe from my memory."
got
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From this reading You know that Ann Boyd got there before I—I—" "That’s all _you_ know about it," she said, uncovering eyes that flashed like lightning.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading She suddenly covered her impassioned face with her hands and shook convulsively from head to foot.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Oh, Virginia, don’t, don’t make a mountain out of a molehill," he began, with a leaning towards his old, seductive persuasiveness.
head
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From this reading She suddenly covered her impassioned face with her hands and shook convulsively from head to foot.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She suddenly covered her impassioned face with her hands and shook convulsively from head to foot.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "Oh, Virginia, don’t, don’t make a mountain out of a molehill," he began, with a leaning towards his old, seductive persuasiveness.
honeyed
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From this reading "When I went there, with no interest in you further than a silly love of your honeyed words and _to get your money_, I did what I’ll never wipe from my memory."
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading You know that Ann Boyd got there before I—I—" "That’s all _you_ know about it," she said, uncovering eyes that flashed like lightning.
I'll
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From this reading "When I went there, with no interest in you further than a silly love of your honeyed words and _to get your money_, I did what I’ll never wipe from my memory."
impassioned
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From this reading She suddenly covered her impassioned face with her hands and shook convulsively from head to foot.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "When I went there, with no interest in you further than a silly love of your honeyed words and _to get your money_, I did what I’ll never wipe from my memory."
interest
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From this reading "When I went there, with no interest in you further than a silly love of your honeyed words and _to get your money_, I did what I’ll never wipe from my memory."
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "There is nothing to feel so badly about.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading You know that Ann Boyd got there before I—I—" "That’s all _you_ know about it," she said, uncovering eyes that flashed like lightning.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You know that Ann Boyd got there before I—I—" "That’s all _you_ know about it," she said, uncovering eyes that flashed like lightning.
leaning
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From this reading "Oh, Virginia, don’t, don’t make a mountain out of a molehill," he began, with a leaning towards his old, seductive persuasiveness.
lightning
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From this reading You know that Ann Boyd got there before I—I—" "That’s all _you_ know about it," she said, uncovering eyes that flashed like lightning.
like
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From this reading You know that Ann Boyd got there before I—I—" "That’s all _you_ know about it," she said, uncovering eyes that flashed like lightning.
love
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From this reading "When I went there, with no interest in you further than a silly love of your honeyed words and _to get your money_, I did what I’ll never wipe from my memory."
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Oh, Virginia, don’t, don’t make a mountain out of a molehill," he began, with a leaning towards his old, seductive persuasiveness.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading "When I went there, with no interest in you further than a silly love of your honeyed words and _to get your money_, I did what I’ll never wipe from my memory."
molehill
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From this reading "Oh, Virginia, don’t, don’t make a mountain out of a molehill," he began, with a leaning towards his old, seductive persuasiveness.
money
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From this reading "When I went there, with no interest in you further than a silly love of your honeyed words and _to get your money_, I did what I’ll never wipe from my memory."
mountain
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From this reading "Oh, Virginia, don’t, don’t make a mountain out of a molehill," he began, with a leaning towards his old, seductive persuasiveness.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "When I went there, with no interest in you further than a silly love of your honeyed words and _to get your money_, I did what I’ll never wipe from my memory."
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "When I went there, with no interest in you further than a silly love of your honeyed words and _to get your money_, I did what I’ll never wipe from my memory."
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading "When I went there, with no interest in you further than a silly love of your honeyed words and _to get your money_, I did what I’ll never wipe from my memory."
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "There is nothing to feel so badly about.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Oh, Virginia, don’t, don’t make a mountain out of a molehill," he began, with a leaning towards his old, seductive persuasiveness.
Oh
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From this reading "Oh, Virginia, don’t, don’t make a mountain out of a molehill," he began, with a leaning towards his old, seductive persuasiveness.
old
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From this reading "Oh, Virginia, don’t, don’t make a mountain out of a molehill," he began, with a leaning towards his old, seductive persuasiveness.
out
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From this reading "Oh, Virginia, don’t, don’t make a mountain out of a molehill," he began, with a leaning towards his old, seductive persuasiveness.
persuasiveness
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From this reading "Oh, Virginia, don’t, don’t make a mountain out of a molehill," he began, with a leaning towards his old, seductive persuasiveness.
said
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From this reading You know that Ann Boyd got there before I—I—" "That’s all _you_ know about it," she said, uncovering eyes that flashed like lightning.
seductive
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From this reading "Oh, Virginia, don’t, don’t make a mountain out of a molehill," he began, with a leaning towards his old, seductive persuasiveness.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She suddenly covered her impassioned face with her hands and shook convulsively from head to foot.
shook
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From this reading She suddenly covered her impassioned face with her hands and shook convulsively from head to foot.
silly
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From this reading "When I went there, with no interest in you further than a silly love of your honeyed words and _to get your money_, I did what I’ll never wipe from my memory."
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "There is nothing to feel so badly about.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She suddenly covered her impassioned face with her hands and shook convulsively from head to foot.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "When I went there, with no interest in you further than a silly love of your honeyed words and _to get your money_, I did what I’ll never wipe from my memory."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading You know that Ann Boyd got there before I—I—" "That’s all _you_ know about it," she said, uncovering eyes that flashed like lightning.
That's
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From this reading You know that Ann Boyd got there before I—I—" "That’s all _you_ know about it," she said, uncovering eyes that flashed like lightning.
There
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From this reading "There is nothing to feel so badly about.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She suddenly covered her impassioned face with her hands and shook convulsively from head to foot.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading "Oh, Virginia, don’t, don’t make a mountain out of a molehill," he began, with a leaning towards his old, seductive persuasiveness.
uncovering
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From this reading You know that Ann Boyd got there before I—I—" "That’s all _you_ know about it," she said, uncovering eyes that flashed like lightning.
Virginia
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From this reading "Oh, Virginia, don’t, don’t make a mountain out of a molehill," he began, with a leaning towards his old, seductive persuasiveness.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "When I went there, with no interest in you further than a silly love of your honeyed words and _to get your money_, I did what I’ll never wipe from my memory."
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "When I went there, with no interest in you further than a silly love of your honeyed words and _to get your money_, I did what I’ll never wipe from my memory."
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "When I went there, with no interest in you further than a silly love of your honeyed words and _to get your money_, I did what I’ll never wipe from my memory."
wipe
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From this reading "When I went there, with no interest in you further than a silly love of your honeyed words and _to get your money_, I did what I’ll never wipe from my memory."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She suddenly covered her impassioned face with her hands and shook convulsively from head to foot.
words
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From this reading "When I went there, with no interest in you further than a silly love of your honeyed words and _to get your money_, I did what I’ll never wipe from my memory."
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You know that Ann Boyd got there before I—I—" "That’s all _you_ know about it," she said, uncovering eyes that flashed like lightning.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "When I went there, with no interest in you further than a silly love of your honeyed words and _to get your money_, I did what I’ll never wipe from my memory."
