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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 "Well, all I've got to say, then, is, you're a very foolish woman!"
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading She stood at the front window, looking out across the sodden lawn to the road and the gray sky in the distance.
air
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From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
all
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From this reading "Well, all I've got to say, then, is, you're a very foolish woman!"
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
arose
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From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading She did not turn around to face her arrogant sister.
arrogant
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From this reading She did not turn around to face her arrogant sister.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She stood at the front window, looking out across the sodden lawn to the road and the gray sky in the distance.
back
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From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
buttoned
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From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
click
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From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
cloak
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From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
Cloud
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From this reading Julia Cloud said nothing.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She did not turn around to face her arrogant sister.
distance
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From this reading She stood at the front window, looking out across the sodden lawn to the road and the gray sky in the distance.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
Ellen
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From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
face
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From this reading She did not turn around to face her arrogant sister.
floor
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From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
foolish
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From this reading "Well, all I've got to say, then, is, you're a very foolish woman!"
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
forcefully
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From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
forth
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From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
front
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From this reading She stood at the front window, looking out across the sodden lawn to the road and the gray sky in the distance.
got
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From this reading "Well, all I've got to say, then, is, you're a very foolish woman!"
gray
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From this reading She stood at the front window, looking out across the sodden lawn to the road and the gray sky in the distance.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
half-hour
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From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
haughty
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From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
high-heeled
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From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
I've
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From this reading "Well, all I've got to say, then, is, you're a very foolish woman!"
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She stood at the front window, looking out across the sodden lawn to the road and the gray sky in the distance.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Well, all I've got to say, then, is, you're a very foolish woman!"
Julia
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From this reading Julia Cloud said nothing.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
lawn
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From this reading She stood at the front window, looking out across the sodden lawn to the road and the gray sky in the distance.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
looking
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From this reading She stood at the front window, looking out across the sodden lawn to the road and the gray sky in the distance.
new
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From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
noisily
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From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She did not turn around to face her arrogant sister.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Julia Cloud said nothing.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
out
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From this reading She stood at the front window, looking out across the sodden lawn to the road and the gray sky in the distance.
pointed
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From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
remarks
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From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
road
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From this reading She stood at the front window, looking out across the sodden lawn to the road and the gray sky in the distance.
Robinson
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From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
rocking-chair
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From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
said
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From this reading Julia Cloud said nothing.
say
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From this reading "Well, all I've got to say, then, is, you're a very foolish woman!"
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
shoes
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From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
sister
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From this reading She did not turn around to face her arrogant sister.
sky
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From this reading She stood at the front window, looking out across the sodden lawn to the road and the gray sky in the distance.
sodden
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From this reading She stood at the front window, looking out across the sodden lawn to the road and the gray sky in the distance.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She stood at the front window, looking out across the sodden lawn to the road and the gray sky in the distance.
swaying
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From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
then
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From this reading "Well, all I've got to say, then, is, you're a very foolish woman!"
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Well, all I've got to say, then, is, you're a very foolish woman!"
toes
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From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
touching
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From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
turn
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From this reading She did not turn around to face her arrogant sister.
very
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From this reading "Well, all I've got to say, then, is, you're a very foolish woman!"
Well
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From this reading "Well, all I've got to say, then, is, you're a very foolish woman!"
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
window
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From this reading She stood at the front window, looking out across the sodden lawn to the road and the gray sky in the distance.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Ellen Robinson buttoned her long cloak forcefully, and arose with a haughty air from the rocking-chair where she had pointed her remarks for the last half-hour by swaying noisily back and forth and touching the toes of her new high-heeled shoes with a click each time to the floor.
woman
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From this reading "Well, all I've got to say, then, is, you're a very foolish woman!"
you're
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From this reading "Well, all I've got to say, then, is, you're a very foolish woman!"
