Daisy's Aunt — Chapter 1: Full Text with Audio

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61

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From this reading Paris: 61 Rue des Saints Peres.

7

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adeterminerUS /ə/

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

all

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From this reading The tiger could not be expected to know this all by himself, and so he savagely bit the end of it off, with diabolical snarlings.

amiable

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From this reading | | | +--------------------------------------+ Daisy Hanbury poked her parasol between the bars of the cage, with the amiable intention of scratching the tiger's back.

andconjunctionUS /ənd/

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

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areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/

the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun

AUTHOR

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back

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bars

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From this reading | | | +--------------------------------------+ Daisy Hanbury poked her parasol between the bars of the cage, with the amiable intention of scratching the tiger's back.

beauxiliary verbUS /biː/

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading The tiger could not be expected to know this all by himself, and so he savagely bit the end of it off, with diabolical snarlings.

betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/

in the space, time, or range separating two things

From this reading | | | +--------------------------------------+ Daisy Hanbury poked her parasol between the bars of the cage, with the amiable intention of scratching the tiger's back.

bit

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blended

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BYprepositionUS /baɪ/

showing who or what does the action

cage

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From this reading | | | +--------------------------------------+ Daisy Hanbury poked her parasol between the bars of the cage, with the amiable intention of scratching the tiger's back.

couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/

the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests

From this reading The tiger could not be expected to know this all by himself, and so he savagely bit the end of it off, with diabolical snarlings.

d

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Daisy

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des

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From this reading Paris: 61 Rue des Saints Peres.

diabolicaladjectiveUS /ˌdaɪəˈbɑːlɪkəl/

extremely evil or frightening

From this reading The tiger could not be expected to know this all by himself, and so he savagely bit the end of it off, with diabolical snarlings.

Dublin

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Edinburgh

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end

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From this reading The tiger could not be expected to know this all by himself, and so he savagely bit the end of it off, with diabolical snarlings.

expected

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faithfulnounUS /ˈfaithful/

a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage

Hanbury

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hepronounUS /hiː/

a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject

From this reading The tiger could not be expected to know this all by himself, and so he savagely bit the end of it off, with diabolical snarlings.

herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/

belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned

From this reading | | | +--------------------------------------+ Daisy Hanbury poked her parasol between the bars of the cage, with the amiable intention of scratching the tiger's back.

himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/

used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object

From this reading The tiger could not be expected to know this all by himself, and so he savagely bit the end of it off, with diabolical snarlings.

InprepositionUS /ɪn/

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

intention

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From this reading | | | +--------------------------------------+ Daisy Hanbury poked her parasol between the bars of the cage, with the amiable intention of scratching the tiger's back.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading The tiger could not be expected to know this all by himself, and so he savagely bit the end of it off, with diabolical snarlings.

knownounUS /know/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

From this reading The tiger could not be expected to know this all by himself, and so he savagely bit the end of it off, with diabolical snarlings.

Konigstrasse

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Leeds

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Leipzig

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London

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Nelson

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net

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New

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notadverbUS /nɑːt/

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading The tiger could not be expected to know this all by himself, and so he savagely bit the end of it off, with diabolical snarlings.

ofprepositionUS /ʌv/

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

off

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parasol

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From this reading | | | +--------------------------------------+ Daisy Hanbury poked her parasol between the bars of the cage, with the amiable intention of scratching the tiger's back.

Paris

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From this reading Paris: 61 Rue des Saints Peres.

Peres

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From this reading Paris: 61 Rue des Saints Peres.

poetic

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poked

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Price

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PRINCESSnounUS /ˈprɪn.ses/

The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.

realism

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romance

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Rue

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Saints

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From this reading Paris: 61 Rue des Saints Peres.

SAMEnounUS /same/

an important story-specific word used in this passage

savagely

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scratching

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From this reading | | | +--------------------------------------+ Daisy Hanbury poked her parasol between the bars of the cage, with the amiable intention of scratching the tiger's back.

snarlings

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soconjunctionUS /soʊ/

for that reason; with the result that

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Sons

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SOPHIA

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subtly

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THEdeterminerUS /ðə/

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

Thomas

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tiger

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tiger's

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toparticleUS /tuː/

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading The tiger could not be expected to know this all by himself, and so he savagely bit the end of it off, with diabolical snarlings.

true

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vein

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withprepositionUS /wɪð/

in the company of; together with

From this reading | | | +--------------------------------------+ Daisy Hanbury poked her parasol between the bars of the cage, with the amiable intention of scratching the tiger's back.

work

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York

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