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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 It was much more attractive than her room at Aunt Helen’s, and as Dolly loved pretty things, she gave a little sigh of content and nestled comfortably into her pillows.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading AN EARLY STROLL Soon after daybreak next morning, Dolly woke, and surveyed with satisfaction her pretty room.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN EARLY STROLL Soon after daybreak next morning, Dolly woke, and surveyed with satisfaction her pretty room.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading AN EARLY STROLL Soon after daybreak next morning, Dolly woke, and surveyed with satisfaction her pretty room.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It was much more attractive than her room at Aunt Helen’s, and as Dolly loved pretty things, she gave a little sigh of content and nestled comfortably into her pillows.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading It was much more attractive than her room at Aunt Helen’s, and as Dolly loved pretty things, she gave a little sigh of content and nestled comfortably into her pillows.
attractive
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From this reading It was much more attractive than her room at Aunt Helen’s, and as Dolly loved pretty things, she gave a little sigh of content and nestled comfortably into her pillows.
Aunt
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From this reading It was much more attractive than her room at Aunt Helen’s, and as Dolly loved pretty things, she gave a little sigh of content and nestled comfortably into her pillows.
bed-coverlet
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From this reading Pink roses clambered over the wall paper, and over the chintz hangings and furniture, and over the soft, dainty bed-coverlet.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Then she heard Dick’s voice whispering through the closed door between their rooms.
chintz
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From this reading Pink roses clambered over the wall paper, and over the chintz hangings and furniture, and over the soft, dainty bed-coverlet.
clambered
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From this reading Pink roses clambered over the wall paper, and over the chintz hangings and furniture, and over the soft, dainty bed-coverlet.
closed
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From this reading Then she heard Dick’s voice whispering through the closed door between their rooms.
comfortably
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From this reading It was much more attractive than her room at Aunt Helen’s, and as Dolly loved pretty things, she gave a little sigh of content and nestled comfortably into her pillows.
content
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From this reading It was much more attractive than her room at Aunt Helen’s, and as Dolly loved pretty things, she gave a little sigh of content and nestled comfortably into her pillows.
dainty
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From this reading Pink roses clambered over the wall paper, and over the chintz hangings and furniture, and over the soft, dainty bed-coverlet.
daybreak
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From this reading AN EARLY STROLL Soon after daybreak next morning, Dolly woke, and surveyed with satisfaction her pretty room.
Dick's
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From this reading Then she heard Dick’s voice whispering through the closed door between their rooms.
Dolly
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From this reading AN EARLY STROLL Soon after daybreak next morning, Dolly woke, and surveyed with satisfaction her pretty room.
door
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EARLY
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From this reading AN EARLY STROLL Soon after daybreak next morning, Dolly woke, and surveyed with satisfaction her pretty room.
furniture
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From this reading Pink roses clambered over the wall paper, and over the chintz hangings and furniture, and over the soft, dainty bed-coverlet.
gave
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From this reading It was much more attractive than her room at Aunt Helen’s, and as Dolly loved pretty things, she gave a little sigh of content and nestled comfortably into her pillows.
hangings
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From this reading Pink roses clambered over the wall paper, and over the chintz hangings and furniture, and over the soft, dainty bed-coverlet.
heard
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From this reading Then she heard Dick’s voice whispering through the closed door between their rooms.
Helen's
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From this reading It was much more attractive than her room at Aunt Helen’s, and as Dolly loved pretty things, she gave a little sigh of content and nestled comfortably into her pillows.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading AN EARLY STROLL Soon after daybreak next morning, Dolly woke, and surveyed with satisfaction her pretty room.
Hi
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From this reading “Hi, Dolly; I say!
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Hi, Dolly; I say!
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading It was much more attractive than her room at Aunt Helen’s, and as Dolly loved pretty things, she gave a little sigh of content and nestled comfortably into her pillows.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was much more attractive than her room at Aunt Helen’s, and as Dolly loved pretty things, she gave a little sigh of content and nestled comfortably into her pillows.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was much more attractive than her room at Aunt Helen’s, and as Dolly loved pretty things, she gave a little sigh of content and nestled comfortably into her pillows.
loved
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From this reading It was much more attractive than her room at Aunt Helen’s, and as Dolly loved pretty things, she gave a little sigh of content and nestled comfortably into her pillows.
more
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From this reading It was much more attractive than her room at Aunt Helen’s, and as Dolly loved pretty things, she gave a little sigh of content and nestled comfortably into her pillows.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AN EARLY STROLL Soon after daybreak next morning, Dolly woke, and surveyed with satisfaction her pretty room.
much
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From this reading It was much more attractive than her room at Aunt Helen’s, and as Dolly loved pretty things, she gave a little sigh of content and nestled comfortably into her pillows.
nestled
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From this reading It was much more attractive than her room at Aunt Helen’s, and as Dolly loved pretty things, she gave a little sigh of content and nestled comfortably into her pillows.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AN EARLY STROLL Soon after daybreak next morning, Dolly woke, and surveyed with satisfaction her pretty room.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was much more attractive than her room at Aunt Helen’s, and as Dolly loved pretty things, she gave a little sigh of content and nestled comfortably into her pillows.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Pink roses clambered over the wall paper, and over the chintz hangings and furniture, and over the soft, dainty bed-coverlet.
paper
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From this reading Pink roses clambered over the wall paper, and over the chintz hangings and furniture, and over the soft, dainty bed-coverlet.
pillows
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From this reading It was much more attractive than her room at Aunt Helen’s, and as Dolly loved pretty things, she gave a little sigh of content and nestled comfortably into her pillows.
Pink
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From this reading Pink roses clambered over the wall paper, and over the chintz hangings and furniture, and over the soft, dainty bed-coverlet.
pretty
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From this reading AN EARLY STROLL Soon after daybreak next morning, Dolly woke, and surveyed with satisfaction her pretty room.
room
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From this reading AN EARLY STROLL Soon after daybreak next morning, Dolly woke, and surveyed with satisfaction her pretty room.
rooms
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From this reading Then she heard Dick’s voice whispering through the closed door between their rooms.
roses
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From this reading Pink roses clambered over the wall paper, and over the chintz hangings and furniture, and over the soft, dainty bed-coverlet.
satisfaction
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From this reading AN EARLY STROLL Soon after daybreak next morning, Dolly woke, and surveyed with satisfaction her pretty room.
say
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From this reading “Hi, Dolly; I say!
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading It was much more attractive than her room at Aunt Helen’s, and as Dolly loved pretty things, she gave a little sigh of content and nestled comfortably into her pillows.
sigh
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From this reading It was much more attractive than her room at Aunt Helen’s, and as Dolly loved pretty things, she gave a little sigh of content and nestled comfortably into her pillows.
soft
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From this reading Pink roses clambered over the wall paper, and over the chintz hangings and furniture, and over the soft, dainty bed-coverlet.
Soon
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From this reading AN EARLY STROLL Soon after daybreak next morning, Dolly woke, and surveyed with satisfaction her pretty room.
STROLL
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From this reading AN EARLY STROLL Soon after daybreak next morning, Dolly woke, and surveyed with satisfaction her pretty room.
surveyed
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From this reading AN EARLY STROLL Soon after daybreak next morning, Dolly woke, and surveyed with satisfaction her pretty room.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It was much more attractive than her room at Aunt Helen’s, and as Dolly loved pretty things, she gave a little sigh of content and nestled comfortably into her pillows.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Pink roses clambered over the wall paper, and over the chintz hangings and furniture, and over the soft, dainty bed-coverlet.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Then she heard Dick’s voice whispering through the closed door between their rooms.
Then
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From this reading Then she heard Dick’s voice whispering through the closed door between their rooms.
things
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From this reading It was much more attractive than her room at Aunt Helen’s, and as Dolly loved pretty things, she gave a little sigh of content and nestled comfortably into her pillows.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then she heard Dick’s voice whispering through the closed door between their rooms.
voice
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From this reading Then she heard Dick’s voice whispering through the closed door between their rooms.
wall
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From this reading Pink roses clambered over the wall paper, and over the chintz hangings and furniture, and over the soft, dainty bed-coverlet.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was much more attractive than her room at Aunt Helen’s, and as Dolly loved pretty things, she gave a little sigh of content and nestled comfortably into her pillows.
whispering
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From this reading Then she heard Dick’s voice whispering through the closed door between their rooms.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading AN EARLY STROLL Soon after daybreak next morning, Dolly woke, and surveyed with satisfaction her pretty room.
woke
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From this reading AN EARLY STROLL Soon after daybreak next morning, Dolly woke, and surveyed with satisfaction her pretty room.
