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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 Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading I remember the first time--and how careful we were about our clothes, and our amateur barbering.
address
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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.
almost
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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.
always
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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.
amateur
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From this reading I remember the first time--and how careful we were about our clothes, and our amateur barbering.
ambition
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From this reading The Girls of Herland At last Terry’s ambition was realized.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The Girls of Herland At last Terry’s ambition was realized.
audiences
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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.
barbering
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From this reading I remember the first time--and how careful we were about our clothes, and our amateur barbering.
beard
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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.
beards
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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.
careful
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choice
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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.
classes
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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.
clothes
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combined
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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.
costume
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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.
courteously
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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.
critical
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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.
cropped
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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.
cut
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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.
degree
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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.
distinction
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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.
efforts
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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I remember the first time--and how careful we were about our clothes, and our amateur barbering.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.
fussy
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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.
general
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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.
Girls
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From this reading The Girls of Herland At last Terry’s ambition was realized.
hair
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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.
handed
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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.
Herland
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From this reading The Girls of Herland At last Terry’s ambition was realized.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.
how
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From this reading I remember the first time--and how careful we were about our clothes, and our amateur barbering.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading I remember the first time--and how careful we were about our clothes, and our amateur barbering.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.
invited
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From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Girls of Herland At last Terry’s ambition was realized.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The Girls of Herland At last Terry’s ambition was realized.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.
ourspronounUS /ˈaʊərz/
the one or ones belonging to us
From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.
particular
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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.
please
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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.
prize
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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.
rather
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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.
realized
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From this reading The Girls of Herland At last Terry’s ambition was realized.
rememberverbUS /rɪˈmɛm.bər/
To recall to mind.
From this reading I remember the first time--and how careful we were about our clothes, and our amateur barbering.
sexless
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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.
shears
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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.
sole
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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.
sturdy
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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.
tall
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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.
Terry
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From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.
Terry's
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From this reading The Girls of Herland At last Terry’s ambition was realized.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Girls of Herland At last Terry’s ambition was realized.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I remember the first time--and how careful we were about our clothes, and our amateur barbering.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Terry, in particular, was fussy to a degree about the cut of his beard, and so critical of our combined efforts, that we handed him the shears and told him to please himself.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Girls of Herland At last Terry’s ambition was realized.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading We were invited, always courteously and with free choice on our part, to address general audiences and classes of girls.
women
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From this reading We began to rather prize those beards of ours; they were almost our sole distinction among those tall and sturdy women, with their cropped hair and sexless costume.
