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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 “And what’s more I won’t stay here and have you making love under my very eyes to a woman that’s no better than she ought to be.”
also
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From this reading “I won’t shut up,” Fanny cried excitedly back at him; rising also.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Shut up!” cried Hosmer maddened with sudden fury, and rising violently from his chair.
arm
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From this reading She meant to say more, but Hosmer grasped her arm with such a grasp, that had it been her throat she would never have spoken more.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “I won’t shut up,” Fanny cried excitedly back at him; rising also.
back
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From this reading “I won’t shut up,” Fanny cried excitedly back at him; rising also.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading “And what’s more I won’t stay here and have you making love under my very eyes to a woman that’s no better than she ought to be.”
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She meant to say more, but Hosmer grasped her arm with such a grasp, that had it been her throat she would never have spoken more.
better
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From this reading “And what’s more I won’t stay here and have you making love under my very eyes to a woman that’s no better than she ought to be.”
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She meant to say more, but Hosmer grasped her arm with such a grasp, that had it been her throat she would never have spoken more.
chair
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From this reading “Shut up!” cried Hosmer maddened with sudden fury, and rising violently from his chair.
clasp
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From this reading The other hand went to his pocket, with fingers clutching the clasp knife there.
clutching
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From this reading The other hand went to his pocket, with fingers clutching the clasp knife there.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Shut up!” cried Hosmer maddened with sudden fury, and rising violently from his chair.
excitedly
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From this reading “I won’t shut up,” Fanny cried excitedly back at him; rising also.
eyes
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From this reading “And what’s more I won’t stay here and have you making love under my very eyes to a woman that’s no better than she ought to be.”
Fanny
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From this reading “I won’t shut up,” Fanny cried excitedly back at him; rising also.
fingers
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From this reading The other hand went to his pocket, with fingers clutching the clasp knife there.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading “Shut up!” cried Hosmer maddened with sudden fury, and rising violently from his chair.
fury
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From this reading “Shut up!” cried Hosmer maddened with sudden fury, and rising violently from his chair.
graspnounUS /ɡræsp/
a firm hold in a specific situation in this story
From this reading She meant to say more, but Hosmer grasped her arm with such a grasp, that had it been her throat she would never have spoken more.
grasped
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From this reading She meant to say more, but Hosmer grasped her arm with such a grasp, that had it been her throat she would never have spoken more.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She meant to say more, but Hosmer grasped her arm with such a grasp, that had it been her throat she would never have spoken more.
hand
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From this reading The other hand went to his pocket, with fingers clutching the clasp knife there.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “And what’s more I won’t stay here and have you making love under my very eyes to a woman that’s no better than she ought to be.”
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She meant to say more, but Hosmer grasped her arm with such a grasp, that had it been her throat she would never have spoken more.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “And what’s more I won’t stay here and have you making love under my very eyes to a woman that’s no better than she ought to be.”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “I won’t shut up,” Fanny cried excitedly back at him; rising also.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading “Shut up!” cried Hosmer maddened with sudden fury, and rising violently from his chair.
Hosmer
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From this reading “Shut up!” cried Hosmer maddened with sudden fury, and rising violently from his chair.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I won’t shut up,” Fanny cried excitedly back at him; rising also.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She meant to say more, but Hosmer grasped her arm with such a grasp, that had it been her throat she would never have spoken more.
knife
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From this reading The other hand went to his pocket, with fingers clutching the clasp knife there.
love
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From this reading “And what’s more I won’t stay here and have you making love under my very eyes to a woman that’s no better than she ought to be.”
maddened
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From this reading “Shut up!” cried Hosmer maddened with sudden fury, and rising violently from his chair.
making
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From this reading “And what’s more I won’t stay here and have you making love under my very eyes to a woman that’s no better than she ought to be.”
meant
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From this reading She meant to say more, but Hosmer grasped her arm with such a grasp, that had it been her throat she would never have spoken more.
more
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From this reading “And what’s more I won’t stay here and have you making love under my very eyes to a woman that’s no better than she ought to be.”
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “And what’s more I won’t stay here and have you making love under my very eyes to a woman that’s no better than she ought to be.”
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She meant to say more, but Hosmer grasped her arm with such a grasp, that had it been her throat she would never have spoken more.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “And what’s more I won’t stay here and have you making love under my very eyes to a woman that’s no better than she ought to be.”
other
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From this reading The other hand went to his pocket, with fingers clutching the clasp knife there.
oughtmodal verbUS /ɔːt/
used with “to” to say what is right or advisable
From this reading “And what’s more I won’t stay here and have you making love under my very eyes to a woman that’s no better than she ought to be.”
pocket
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From this reading The other hand went to his pocket, with fingers clutching the clasp knife there.
rising
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From this reading “Shut up!” cried Hosmer maddened with sudden fury, and rising violently from his chair.
say
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From this reading She meant to say more, but Hosmer grasped her arm with such a grasp, that had it been her throat she would never have spoken more.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “And what’s more I won’t stay here and have you making love under my very eyes to a woman that’s no better than she ought to be.”
Shut
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From this reading “Shut up!” cried Hosmer maddened with sudden fury, and rising violently from his chair.
spoken
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From this reading She meant to say more, but Hosmer grasped her arm with such a grasp, that had it been her throat she would never have spoken more.
stay
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From this reading “And what’s more I won’t stay here and have you making love under my very eyes to a woman that’s no better than she ought to be.”
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading She meant to say more, but Hosmer grasped her arm with such a grasp, that had it been her throat she would never have spoken more.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Shut up!” cried Hosmer maddened with sudden fury, and rising violently from his chair.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading “And what’s more I won’t stay here and have you making love under my very eyes to a woman that’s no better than she ought to be.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She meant to say more, but Hosmer grasped her arm with such a grasp, that had it been her throat she would never have spoken more.
that's
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From this reading “And what’s more I won’t stay here and have you making love under my very eyes to a woman that’s no better than she ought to be.”
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The other hand went to his pocket, with fingers clutching the clasp knife there.
there
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From this reading The other hand went to his pocket, with fingers clutching the clasp knife there.
throatnounUS /θroʊt/
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading She meant to say more, but Hosmer grasped her arm with such a grasp, that had it been her throat she would never have spoken more.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “And what’s more I won’t stay here and have you making love under my very eyes to a woman that’s no better than she ought to be.”
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading “And what’s more I won’t stay here and have you making love under my very eyes to a woman that’s no better than she ought to be.”
up
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From this reading “Shut up!” cried Hosmer maddened with sudden fury, and rising violently from his chair.
very
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From this reading “And what’s more I won’t stay here and have you making love under my very eyes to a woman that’s no better than she ought to be.”
violently
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From this reading “Shut up!” cried Hosmer maddened with sudden fury, and rising violently from his chair.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The other hand went to his pocket, with fingers clutching the clasp knife there.
what's
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From this reading “And what’s more I won’t stay here and have you making love under my very eyes to a woman that’s no better than she ought to be.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Shut up!” cried Hosmer maddened with sudden fury, and rising violently from his chair.
woman
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From this reading “And what’s more I won’t stay here and have you making love under my very eyes to a woman that’s no better than she ought to be.”
won't
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From this reading “I won’t shut up,” Fanny cried excitedly back at him; rising also.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She meant to say more, but Hosmer grasped her arm with such a grasp, that had it been her throat she would never have spoken more.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “And what’s more I won’t stay here and have you making love under my very eyes to a woman that’s no better than she ought to be.”
