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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 Athalie was having a wonderful summer.
all
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From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading House and garden continued to enchant her.
Angora
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From this reading But within a week the dainty Angora had undergone a change of heart.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
astonishment
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From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
Athalie
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From this reading Athalie was having a wonderful summer.
Beautiful
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From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
Boldly
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From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But within a week the dainty Angora had undergone a change of heart.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
cat
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From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
change
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From this reading But within a week the dainty Angora had undergone a change of heart.
city
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From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
continuednounUS /ˈcontinued/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading House and garden continued to enchant her.
crickets
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From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
dainty
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From this reading But within a week the dainty Angora had undergone a change of heart.
dangerous
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From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
down
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From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
drifted
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From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
enchant
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From this reading House and garden continued to enchant her.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
favourite
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From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
fearlessly
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From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
fled
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From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
flowers
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From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
game
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From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
garden
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From this reading House and garden continued to enchant her.
grasshoppers
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From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But within a week the dainty Angora had undergone a change of heart.
Hafiz
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From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Athalie was having a wonderful summer.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
heart
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From this reading But within a week the dainty Angora had undergone a change of heart.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading House and garden continued to enchant her.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
hour
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From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
House
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From this reading House and garden continued to enchant her.
indoors
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From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
instantly
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From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
lawn
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From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
marched
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From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
moths
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From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
night
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From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
now
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From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
placed
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From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
pounced
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From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
prowling
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From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
summer
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From this reading Athalie was having a wonderful summer.
symptom
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From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
terror
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From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading House and garden continued to enchant her.
twilightnounUS /ˈtwaɪlaɪt/
the dim light before night or sunrise
From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
undergone
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From this reading But within a week the dainty Angora had undergone a change of heart.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Athalie was having a wonderful summer.
week
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From this reading But within a week the dainty Angora had undergone a change of heart.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Boldly, now he marched into the garden all by himself; fearlessly he pounced upon such dangerous game as crickets and grasshoppers and the little night moths which drifted among the flowers at twilight,--the favourite prowling hour of Hafiz, the Beautiful.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She brought down Hafiz, who, being a city cat, instantly fled indoors with every symptom of astonishment and terror the first time Athalie placed him on the lawn.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading But within a week the dainty Angora had undergone a change of heart.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Athalie was having a wonderful summer.
