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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 He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
age
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From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
aged
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From this reading Perhaps a pang shot through his heart to see her plump and tranquil and blooming, while he was ill and already aged.
air
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From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Perhaps a pang shot through his heart to see her plump and tranquil and blooming, while he was ill and already aged.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
blooming
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From this reading Perhaps a pang shot through his heart to see her plump and tranquil and blooming, while he was ill and already aged.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
commonplace
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From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
curious
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From this reading Maxime leaned forward without emotion, simply curious.
de
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From this reading And the landau, still rolling on, turned into the Rue de Rome.
emotion
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From this reading Maxime leaned forward without emotion, simply curious.
entering
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From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Maxime leaned forward without emotion, simply curious.
girl
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From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
greatly
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From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “I should never have recognized her,” he said.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
heart
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From this reading Perhaps a pang shot through his heart to see her plump and tranquil and blooming, while he was ill and already aged.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Perhaps a pang shot through his heart to see her plump and tranquil and blooming, while he was ill and already aged.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Perhaps a pang shot through his heart to see her plump and tranquil and blooming, while he was ill and already aged.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I should never have recognized her,” he said.
ill
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From this reading Perhaps a pang shot through his heart to see her plump and tranquil and blooming, while he was ill and already aged.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And the landau, still rolling on, turned into the Rue de Rome.
landau
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From this reading And the landau, still rolling on, turned into the Rue de Rome.
leaned
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From this reading Maxime leaned forward without emotion, simply curious.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
love
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From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
Maxime
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From this reading Maxime leaned forward without emotion, simply curious.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “I should never have recognized her,” he said.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And the landau, still rolling on, turned into the Rue de Rome.
pang
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From this reading Perhaps a pang shot through his heart to see her plump and tranquil and blooming, while he was ill and already aged.
Perhaps
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From this reading Perhaps a pang shot through his heart to see her plump and tranquil and blooming, while he was ill and already aged.
plump
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From this reading Perhaps a pang shot through his heart to see her plump and tranquil and blooming, while he was ill and already aged.
recognized
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From this reading “I should never have recognized her,” he said.
robust
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From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
rolling
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From this reading And the landau, still rolling on, turned into the Rue de Rome.
Rome
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From this reading And the landau, still rolling on, turned into the Rue de Rome.
Rue
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From this reading And the landau, still rolling on, turned into the Rue de Rome.
said
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From this reading “I should never have recognized her,” he said.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
see
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From this reading Perhaps a pang shot through his heart to see her plump and tranquil and blooming, while he was ill and already aged.
sensible
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From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
seventeenth
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From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
shot
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From this reading Perhaps a pang shot through his heart to see her plump and tranquil and blooming, while he was ill and already aged.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “I should never have recognized her,” he said.
sight
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From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
simply
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From this reading Maxime leaned forward without emotion, simply curious.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And the landau, still rolling on, turned into the Rue de Rome.
surprisednounUS /surprised/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
there
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From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
thirty-two
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From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Perhaps a pang shot through his heart to see her plump and tranquil and blooming, while he was ill and already aged.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Perhaps a pang shot through his heart to see her plump and tranquil and blooming, while he was ill and already aged.
trace
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From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
tranquil
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From this reading Perhaps a pang shot through his heart to see her plump and tranquil and blooming, while he was ill and already aged.
turned
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From this reading And the landau, still rolling on, turned into the Rue de Rome.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Perhaps a pang shot through his heart to see her plump and tranquil and blooming, while he was ill and already aged.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
wild
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From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Maxime leaned forward without emotion, simply curious.
woman
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From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
year
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From this reading He was greatly surprised at sight of this robust woman of thirty-two, with so sensible and so commonplace an air, in whom there was not a trace of the wild little girl with whom he had been in love when both of the same age were entering their seventeenth year.
