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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 liked to watch her dark eyes droop, and then to see them raised to his with a beautiful, startled light.
admiration
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From this reading His vanity was gratified by the sweetest homage of all, the unconscious, unspoken love and admiration of the young girl.
all
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From this reading His vanity was gratified by the sweetest homage of all, the unconscious, unspoken love and admiration of the young girl.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Every morning brought the young heir of Earlescourt to the bright sunny gardens where Dora worked among the strawberries.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As the days passed she began to lose something of her shy, startled manner, and laughed and talked to him as she would have done to her own brother.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the days passed she began to lose something of her shy, startled manner, and laughed and talked to him as she would have done to her own brother.
beautiful
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From this reading He liked to watch her dark eyes droop, and then to see them raised to his with a beautiful, startled light.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the days passed she began to lose something of her shy, startled manner, and laughed and talked to him as she would have done to her own brother.
blushes
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From this reading He liked to watch the blushes on her face, and the quivering of her lips when she caught the first sound of his coming footsteps.
bright
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From this reading Every morning brought the young heir of Earlescourt to the bright sunny gardens where Dora worked among the strawberries.
brother
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From this reading As the days passed she began to lose something of her shy, startled manner, and laughed and talked to him as she would have done to her own brother.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Every morning brought the young heir of Earlescourt to the bright sunny gardens where Dora worked among the strawberries.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading His vanity was gratified by the sweetest homage of all, the unconscious, unspoken love and admiration of the young girl.
caught
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From this reading He liked to watch the blushes on her face, and the quivering of her lips when she caught the first sound of his coming footsteps.
coming
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From this reading He liked to watch the blushes on her face, and the quivering of her lips when she caught the first sound of his coming footsteps.
dark
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From this reading He liked to watch her dark eyes droop, and then to see them raised to his with a beautiful, startled light.
days
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From this reading As the days passed she began to lose something of her shy, startled manner, and laughed and talked to him as she would have done to her own brother.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the days passed she began to lose something of her shy, startled manner, and laughed and talked to him as she would have done to her own brother.
Dora
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From this reading Every morning brought the young heir of Earlescourt to the bright sunny gardens where Dora worked among the strawberries.
droop
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From this reading He liked to watch her dark eyes droop, and then to see them raised to his with a beautiful, startled light.
Earlescourt
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From this reading Every morning brought the young heir of Earlescourt to the bright sunny gardens where Dora worked among the strawberries.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every morning brought the young heir of Earlescourt to the bright sunny gardens where Dora worked among the strawberries.
eyes
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From this reading He liked to watch her dark eyes droop, and then to see them raised to his with a beautiful, startled light.
face
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From this reading He liked to watch the blushes on her face, and the quivering of her lips when she caught the first sound of his coming footsteps.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He liked to watch the blushes on her face, and the quivering of her lips when she caught the first sound of his coming footsteps.
footsteps
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From this reading He liked to watch the blushes on her face, and the quivering of her lips when she caught the first sound of his coming footsteps.
gardens
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From this reading Every morning brought the young heir of Earlescourt to the bright sunny gardens where Dora worked among the strawberries.
girl
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From this reading His vanity was gratified by the sweetest homage of all, the unconscious, unspoken love and admiration of the young girl.
gratified
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From this reading His vanity was gratified by the sweetest homage of all, the unconscious, unspoken love and admiration of the young girl.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading As the days passed she began to lose something of her shy, startled manner, and laughed and talked to him as she would have done to her own brother.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He liked to watch the blushes on her face, and the quivering of her lips when she caught the first sound of his coming footsteps.
heirnounUS /er/
A person legally or magically entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.
From this reading Every morning brought the young heir of Earlescourt to the bright sunny gardens where Dora worked among the strawberries.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading As the days passed she began to lose something of her shy, startled manner, and laughed and talked to him as she would have done to her own brother.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As the days passed she began to lose something of her shy, startled manner, and laughed and talked to him as she would have done to her own brother.
HisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading His vanity was gratified by the sweetest homage of all, the unconscious, unspoken love and admiration of the young girl.
homage
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From this reading His vanity was gratified by the sweetest homage of all, the unconscious, unspoken love and admiration of the young girl.
laughed
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From this reading As the days passed she began to lose something of her shy, startled manner, and laughed and talked to him as she would have done to her own brother.
light
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From this reading He liked to watch her dark eyes droop, and then to see them raised to his with a beautiful, startled light.
liked
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From this reading He liked to watch the blushes on her face, and the quivering of her lips when she caught the first sound of his coming footsteps.
lips
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From this reading He liked to watch the blushes on her face, and the quivering of her lips when she caught the first sound of his coming footsteps.
lose
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From this reading As the days passed she began to lose something of her shy, startled manner, and laughed and talked to him as she would have done to her own brother.
love
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From this reading His vanity was gratified by the sweetest homage of all, the unconscious, unspoken love and admiration of the young girl.
manner
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From this reading As the days passed she began to lose something of her shy, startled manner, and laughed and talked to him as she would have done to her own brother.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Every morning brought the young heir of Earlescourt to the bright sunny gardens where Dora worked among the strawberries.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Every morning brought the young heir of Earlescourt to the bright sunny gardens where Dora worked among the strawberries.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He liked to watch the blushes on her face, and the quivering of her lips when she caught the first sound of his coming footsteps.
own
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From this reading As the days passed she began to lose something of her shy, startled manner, and laughed and talked to him as she would have done to her own brother.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As the days passed she began to lose something of her shy, startled manner, and laughed and talked to him as she would have done to her own brother.
quivering
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From this reading He liked to watch the blushes on her face, and the quivering of her lips when she caught the first sound of his coming footsteps.
raised
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From this reading He liked to watch her dark eyes droop, and then to see them raised to his with a beautiful, startled light.
see
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From this reading He liked to watch her dark eyes droop, and then to see them raised to his with a beautiful, startled light.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As the days passed she began to lose something of her shy, startled manner, and laughed and talked to him as she would have done to her own brother.
shy
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From this reading As the days passed she began to lose something of her shy, startled manner, and laughed and talked to him as she would have done to her own brother.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading As the days passed she began to lose something of her shy, startled manner, and laughed and talked to him as she would have done to her own brother.
sound
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From this reading He liked to watch the blushes on her face, and the quivering of her lips when she caught the first sound of his coming footsteps.
startled
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From this reading As the days passed she began to lose something of her shy, startled manner, and laughed and talked to him as she would have done to her own brother.
strawberries
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From this reading Every morning brought the young heir of Earlescourt to the bright sunny gardens where Dora worked among the strawberries.
sunny
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From this reading Every morning brought the young heir of Earlescourt to the bright sunny gardens where Dora worked among the strawberries.
sweetest
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From this reading His vanity was gratified by the sweetest homage of all, the unconscious, unspoken love and admiration of the young girl.
talked
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From this reading As the days passed she began to lose something of her shy, startled manner, and laughed and talked to him as she would have done to her own brother.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Every morning brought the young heir of Earlescourt to the bright sunny gardens where Dora worked among the strawberries.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading He liked to watch her dark eyes droop, and then to see them raised to his with a beautiful, startled light.
then
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From this reading He liked to watch her dark eyes droop, and then to see them raised to his with a beautiful, startled light.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Every morning brought the young heir of Earlescourt to the bright sunny gardens where Dora worked among the strawberries.
unconscious
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From this reading His vanity was gratified by the sweetest homage of all, the unconscious, unspoken love and admiration of the young girl.
unspoken
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From this reading His vanity was gratified by the sweetest homage of all, the unconscious, unspoken love and admiration of the young girl.
vanity
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From this reading His vanity was gratified by the sweetest homage of all, the unconscious, unspoken love and admiration of the young girl.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His vanity was gratified by the sweetest homage of all, the unconscious, unspoken love and admiration of the young girl.
watch
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From this reading He liked to watch the blushes on her face, and the quivering of her lips when she caught the first sound of his coming footsteps.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading He liked to watch the blushes on her face, and the quivering of her lips when she caught the first sound of his coming footsteps.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Every morning brought the young heir of Earlescourt to the bright sunny gardens where Dora worked among the strawberries.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He liked to watch her dark eyes droop, and then to see them raised to his with a beautiful, startled light.
worked
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From this reading Every morning brought the young heir of Earlescourt to the bright sunny gardens where Dora worked among the strawberries.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading As the days passed she began to lose something of her shy, startled manner, and laughed and talked to him as she would have done to her own brother.
young
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From this reading Every morning brought the young heir of Earlescourt to the bright sunny gardens where Dora worked among the strawberries.
