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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 "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And the eunuch toyed lovingly with his measuring-tape, which the wretched girls now observed was singularly like a bow-string.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
ball
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From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading A minute later the betrayed maidens were carried, feet-foremost-and-fainting, through a particularly dirty portal, over which gleamed the infernal legend: "Who enters here leaves soap behind!"
betrayed
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From this reading A minute later the betrayed maidens were carried, feet-foremost-and-fainting, through a particularly dirty portal, over which gleamed the infernal legend: "Who enters here leaves soap behind!"
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
bothom
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From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
bow-string
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From this reading And the eunuch toyed lovingly with his measuring-tape, which the wretched girls now observed was singularly like a bow-string.
cannon-ball
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From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
carried
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From this reading A minute later the betrayed maidens were carried, feet-foremost-and-fainting, through a particularly dirty portal, over which gleamed the infernal legend: "Who enters here leaves soap behind!"
dirty
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From this reading A minute later the betrayed maidens were carried, feet-foremost-and-fainting, through a particularly dirty portal, over which gleamed the infernal legend: "Who enters here leaves soap behind!"
Djainan
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From this reading "O, sister," shrieked Djainan, "this is--" "O, sister," shrieked Djulya, "this is--" "That horrid--" "That horrid--" _"Harem!"_ It was even so.
Djulya
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From this reading "O, sister," shrieked Djainan, "this is--" "O, sister," shrieked Djulya, "this is--" "That horrid--" "That horrid--" _"Harem!"_ It was even so.
enters
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From this reading A minute later the betrayed maidens were carried, feet-foremost-and-fainting, through a particularly dirty portal, over which gleamed the infernal legend: "Who enters here leaves soap behind!"
eunuch
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From this reading And the eunuch toyed lovingly with his measuring-tape, which the wretched girls now observed was singularly like a bow-string.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "O, sister," shrieked Djainan, "this is--" "O, sister," shrieked Djulya, "this is--" "That horrid--" "That horrid--" _"Harem!"_ It was even so.
feet-foremost-and-fainting
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From this reading A minute later the betrayed maidens were carried, feet-foremost-and-fainting, through a particularly dirty portal, over which gleamed the infernal legend: "Who enters here leaves soap behind!"
fer
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From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
girls
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From this reading And the eunuch toyed lovingly with his measuring-tape, which the wretched girls now observed was singularly like a bow-string.
gleamed
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From this reading A minute later the betrayed maidens were carried, feet-foremost-and-fainting, through a particularly dirty portal, over which gleamed the infernal legend: "Who enters here leaves soap behind!"
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading I wash my hands of them.
Harem
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From this reading "O, sister," shrieked Djainan, "this is--" "O, sister," shrieked Djulya, "this is--" "That horrid--" "That horrid--" _"Harem!"_ It was even so.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A minute later the betrayed maidens were carried, feet-foremost-and-fainting, through a particularly dirty portal, over which gleamed the infernal legend: "Who enters here leaves soap behind!"
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And the eunuch toyed lovingly with his measuring-tape, which the wretched girls now observed was singularly like a bow-string.
horrid
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From this reading "O, sister," shrieked Djainan, "this is--" "O, sister," shrieked Djulya, "this is--" "That horrid--" "That horrid--" _"Harem!"_ It was even so.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I wash my hands of them.
Indade
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From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
infernaladjectiveUS /ɪnˈfɜːrnəl/
extremely troublesome or annoying
From this reading A minute later the betrayed maidens were carried, feet-foremost-and-fainting, through a particularly dirty portal, over which gleamed the infernal legend: "Who enters here leaves soap behind!"
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
it's
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From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
later
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From this reading A minute later the betrayed maidens were carried, feet-foremost-and-fainting, through a particularly dirty portal, over which gleamed the infernal legend: "Who enters here leaves soap behind!"
leaves
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From this reading A minute later the betrayed maidens were carried, feet-foremost-and-fainting, through a particularly dirty portal, over which gleamed the infernal legend: "Who enters here leaves soap behind!"
legend
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From this reading A minute later the betrayed maidens were carried, feet-foremost-and-fainting, through a particularly dirty portal, over which gleamed the infernal legend: "Who enters here leaves soap behind!"
like
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From this reading And the eunuch toyed lovingly with his measuring-tape, which the wretched girls now observed was singularly like a bow-string.
lovingly
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From this reading And the eunuch toyed lovingly with his measuring-tape, which the wretched girls now observed was singularly like a bow-string.
maidens
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From this reading A minute later the betrayed maidens were carried, feet-foremost-and-fainting, through a particularly dirty portal, over which gleamed the infernal legend: "Who enters here leaves soap behind!"
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
mavourneen
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From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
measuring-tape
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From this reading And the eunuch toyed lovingly with his measuring-tape, which the wretched girls now observed was singularly like a bow-string.
minute
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From this reading A minute later the betrayed maidens were carried, feet-foremost-and-fainting, through a particularly dirty portal, over which gleamed the infernal legend: "Who enters here leaves soap behind!"
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading I wash my hands of them.
nately
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From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
now
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From this reading And the eunuch toyed lovingly with his measuring-tape, which the wretched girls now observed was singularly like a bow-string.
O
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From this reading "O, sister," shrieked Djainan, "this is--" "O, sister," shrieked Djulya, "this is--" "That horrid--" "That horrid--" _"Harem!"_ It was even so.
observed
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From this reading And the eunuch toyed lovingly with his measuring-tape, which the wretched girls now observed was singularly like a bow-string.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading I wash my hands of them.
ony
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From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading A minute later the betrayed maidens were carried, feet-foremost-and-fainting, through a particularly dirty portal, over which gleamed the infernal legend: "Who enters here leaves soap behind!"
particularly
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From this reading A minute later the betrayed maidens were carried, feet-foremost-and-fainting, through a particularly dirty portal, over which gleamed the infernal legend: "Who enters here leaves soap behind!"
portal
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From this reading A minute later the betrayed maidens were carried, feet-foremost-and-fainting, through a particularly dirty portal, over which gleamed the infernal legend: "Who enters here leaves soap behind!"
purty
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From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
shrieked
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From this reading "O, sister," shrieked Djainan, "this is--" "O, sister," shrieked Djulya, "this is--" "That horrid--" "That horrid--" _"Harem!"_ It was even so.
shtone
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From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
singularly
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From this reading And the eunuch toyed lovingly with his measuring-tape, which the wretched girls now observed was singularly like a bow-string.
sister
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From this reading "O, sister," shrieked Djainan, "this is--" "O, sister," shrieked Djulya, "this is--" "That horrid--" "That horrid--" _"Harem!"_ It was even so.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "O, sister," shrieked Djainan, "this is--" "O, sister," shrieked Djulya, "this is--" "That horrid--" "That horrid--" _"Harem!"_ It was even so.
soap
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From this reading A minute later the betrayed maidens were carried, feet-foremost-and-fainting, through a particularly dirty portal, over which gleamed the infernal legend: "Who enters here leaves soap behind!"
swim
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From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "O, sister," shrieked Djainan, "this is--" "O, sister," shrieked Djulya, "this is--" "That horrid--" "That horrid--" _"Harem!"_ It was even so.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading I wash my hands of them.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "O, sister," shrieked Djainan, "this is--" "O, sister," shrieked Djulya, "this is--" "That horrid--" "That horrid--" _"Harem!"_ It was even so.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A minute later the betrayed maidens were carried, feet-foremost-and-fainting, through a particularly dirty portal, over which gleamed the infernal legend: "Who enters here leaves soap behind!"
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
toyed
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From this reading And the eunuch toyed lovingly with his measuring-tape, which the wretched girls now observed was singularly like a bow-string.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And the eunuch toyed lovingly with his measuring-tape, which the wretched girls now observed was singularly like a bow-string.
wash
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From this reading I wash my hands of them.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading A minute later the betrayed maidens were carried, feet-foremost-and-fainting, through a particularly dirty portal, over which gleamed the infernal legend: "Who enters here leaves soap behind!"
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading And the eunuch toyed lovingly with his measuring-tape, which the wretched girls now observed was singularly like a bow-string.
WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading A minute later the betrayed maidens were carried, feet-foremost-and-fainting, through a particularly dirty portal, over which gleamed the infernal legend: "Who enters here leaves soap behind!"
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading And the eunuch toyed lovingly with his measuring-tape, which the wretched girls now observed was singularly like a bow-string.
wretched
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From this reading And the eunuch toyed lovingly with his measuring-tape, which the wretched girls now observed was singularly like a bow-string.
yepronounUS /jiː/
an old word for “you”, speaking to more than one person
From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
yer
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From this reading "Indade, it's right ye are, mavourneen; it is fer a ball--fer a cannon-ball--as will make yer purty body swim to the bothom nately as ony shtone."
