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Ada
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From this reading Ada Rivers was one of those girls who have come up since.
adventuress
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From this reading Always she was the heroine, and her protagonist, the adventuress, was dark and wicked.
ago
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Always
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From this reading Always she was the heroine, and her protagonist, the adventuress, was dark and wicked.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Always she was the heroine, and her protagonist, the adventuress, was dark and wicked.
aristocracy
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From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
beauty
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become
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From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
blue-eyed
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Clara
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classes
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From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Ada Rivers was one of those girls who have come up since.
comfortably
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common
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From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
dark
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From this reading Always she was the heroine, and her protagonist, the adventuress, was dark and wicked.
de
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distinction
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English
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evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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fashion
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From this reading For some occult reason the Lady Rowena type was the fashion.
fining
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fixed
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From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For some occult reason the Lady Rowena type was the fashion.
gentle
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girls
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From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Always she was the heroine, and her protagonist, the adventuress, was dark and wicked.
heroine
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From this reading Always she was the heroine, and her protagonist, the adventuress, was dark and wicked.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading You know the type of English beauty, so often insisted on, say, twenty years ago--placid, fair, gentle, blue-eyed, fining into distinction in Lady Clara Vere de Vere?
insistedverbUS /ɪnˈsɪstɪd/
demanded something firmly
From this reading You know the type of English beauty, so often insisted on, say, twenty years ago--placid, fair, gentle, blue-eyed, fining into distinction in Lady Clara Vere de Vere?
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading You know the type of English beauty, so often insisted on, say, twenty years ago--placid, fair, gentle, blue-eyed, fining into distinction in Lady Clara Vere de Vere?
Italian
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From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading You know the type of English beauty, so often insisted on, say, twenty years ago--placid, fair, gentle, blue-eyed, fining into distinction in Lady Clara Vere de Vere?
Lady
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late
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From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
marrying
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From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
more
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From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
much
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From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
occult
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From this reading For some occult reason the Lady Rowena type was the fashion.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
off
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often
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onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading You know the type of English beauty, so often insisted on, say, twenty years ago--placid, fair, gentle, blue-eyed, fining into distinction in Lady Clara Vere de Vere?
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
placid
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prime-donne
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From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
protagonist
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From this reading Always she was the heroine, and her protagonist, the adventuress, was dark and wicked.
reason
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From this reading For some occult reason the Lady Rowena type was the fashion.
Rivers
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From this reading Ada Rivers was one of those girls who have come up since.
Rowena
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From this reading For some occult reason the Lady Rowena type was the fashion.
say
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ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading You know the type of English beauty, so often insisted on, say, twenty years ago--placid, fair, gentle, blue-eyed, fining into distinction in Lady Clara Vere de Vere?
some
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From this reading For some occult reason the Lady Rowena type was the fashion.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
twenty
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type
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up
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From this reading Ada Rivers was one of those girls who have come up since.
upper-middle
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From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
Vere
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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
wicked
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From this reading Always she was the heroine, and her protagonist, the adventuress, was dark and wicked.
years
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From this reading She was one of those girls who have become much more common of late years among the upper-middle classes, the comfortably fixed classes, than they have ever been since the aristocracy left off marrying Italian _prime-donne_.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You know the type of English beauty, so often insisted on, say, twenty years ago--placid, fair, gentle, blue-eyed, fining into distinction in Lady Clara Vere de Vere?
