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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 And for two years, at Nahala, I was a dead woman who somehow walked and talked, and baked and scrubbed, and mended socks and saved kerosene.
affection
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From this reading But I had known love, and I had known Lilolilo; and what chance, after that, had Husband George to win from me heart of esteem or affection?
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading But I had known love, and I had known Lilolilo; and what chance, after that, had Husband George to win from me heart of esteem or affection?
always
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From this reading The doctors said it was the shoddy underwear that did for him, pursuing as always the high-mountain Nahala waters in the drenching storms of midwinter.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading And for two years, at Nahala, I was a dead woman who somehow walked and talked, and baked and scrubbed, and mended socks and saved kerosene.
baked
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From this reading And for two years, at Nahala, I was a dead woman who somehow walked and talked, and baked and scrubbed, and mended socks and saved kerosene.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
chance
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From this reading But I had known love, and I had known Lilolilo; and what chance, after that, had Husband George to win from me heart of esteem or affection?
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And for two years, at Nahala, I was a dead woman who somehow walked and talked, and baked and scrubbed, and mended socks and saved kerosene.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The doctors said it was the shoddy underwear that did for him, pursuing as always the high-mountain Nahala waters in the drenching storms of midwinter.
doctors
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From this reading The doctors said it was the shoddy underwear that did for him, pursuing as always the high-mountain Nahala waters in the drenching storms of midwinter.
drawing
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From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
drenching
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From this reading The doctors said it was the shoddy underwear that did for him, pursuing as always the high-mountain Nahala waters in the drenching storms of midwinter.
ereconjunctionUS /er/
an old word for “before”
From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
esteem
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From this reading But I had known love, and I had known Lilolilo; and what chance, after that, had Husband George to win from me heart of esteem or affection?
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And for two years, at Nahala, I was a dead woman who somehow walked and talked, and baked and scrubbed, and mended socks and saved kerosene.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But I had known love, and I had known Lilolilo; and what chance, after that, had Husband George to win from me heart of esteem or affection?
George
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From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
happened
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From this reading You see, Sister Martha, nothing would have happened had Uncle John refused me the horse.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading You see, Sister Martha, nothing would have happened had Uncle John refused me the horse.
heart
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From this reading But I had known love, and I had known Lilolilo; and what chance, after that, had Husband George to win from me heart of esteem or affection?
high-mountain
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From this reading The doctors said it was the shoddy underwear that did for him, pursuing as always the high-mountain Nahala waters in the drenching storms of midwinter.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The doctors said it was the shoddy underwear that did for him, pursuing as always the high-mountain Nahala waters in the drenching storms of midwinter.
horse
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From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
Husband
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From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading But I had known love, and I had known Lilolilo; and what chance, after that, had Husband George to win from me heart of esteem or affection?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The doctors said it was the shoddy underwear that did for him, pursuing as always the high-mountain Nahala waters in the drenching storms of midwinter.
invited
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From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The doctors said it was the shoddy underwear that did for him, pursuing as always the high-mountain Nahala waters in the drenching storms of midwinter.
John
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From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
kerosene
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From this reading And for two years, at Nahala, I was a dead woman who somehow walked and talked, and baked and scrubbed, and mended socks and saved kerosene.
known
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From this reading But I had known love, and I had known Lilolilo; and what chance, after that, had Husband George to win from me heart of esteem or affection?
Lihue
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From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
Lilolilo
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From this reading But I had known love, and I had known Lilolilo; and what chance, after that, had Husband George to win from me heart of esteem or affection?
loaned
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From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
love
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From this reading But I had known love, and I had known Lilolilo; and what chance, after that, had Husband George to win from me heart of esteem or affection?
Martha
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From this reading You see, Sister Martha, nothing would have happened had Uncle John refused me the horse.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
mended
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From this reading And for two years, at Nahala, I was a dead woman who somehow walked and talked, and baked and scrubbed, and mended socks and saved kerosene.
midwinter
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From this reading The doctors said it was the shoddy underwear that did for him, pursuing as always the high-mountain Nahala waters in the drenching storms of midwinter.
more
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From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
Nahala
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From this reading And for two years, at Nahala, I was a dead woman who somehow walked and talked, and baked and scrubbed, and mended socks and saved kerosene.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading You see, Sister Martha, nothing would have happened had Uncle John refused me the horse.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading But I had known love, and I had known Lilolilo; and what chance, after that, had Husband George to win from me heart of esteem or affection?
PrincessnounUS /ˈprɪn.ses/
The daughter of a monarch; a female member of a royal family.
From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
progress
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From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
promise
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From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
pursuing
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From this reading The doctors said it was the shoddy underwear that did for him, pursuing as always the high-mountain Nahala waters in the drenching storms of midwinter.
refused
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From this reading You see, Sister Martha, nothing would have happened had Uncle John refused me the horse.
said
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From this reading The doctors said it was the shoddy underwear that did for him, pursuing as always the high-mountain Nahala waters in the drenching storms of midwinter.
savednounUS /saved/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And for two years, at Nahala, I was a dead woman who somehow walked and talked, and baked and scrubbed, and mended socks and saved kerosene.
scrubbed
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From this reading And for two years, at Nahala, I was a dead woman who somehow walked and talked, and baked and scrubbed, and mended socks and saved kerosene.
see
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From this reading You see, Sister Martha, nothing would have happened had Uncle John refused me the horse.
shoddy
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From this reading The doctors said it was the shoddy underwear that did for him, pursuing as always the high-mountain Nahala waters in the drenching storms of midwinter.
Sister
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From this reading You see, Sister Martha, nothing would have happened had Uncle John refused me the horse.
socks
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From this reading And for two years, at Nahala, I was a dead woman who somehow walked and talked, and baked and scrubbed, and mended socks and saved kerosene.
somehow
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From this reading And for two years, at Nahala, I was a dead woman who somehow walked and talked, and baked and scrubbed, and mended socks and saved kerosene.
storms
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From this reading The doctors said it was the shoddy underwear that did for him, pursuing as always the high-mountain Nahala waters in the drenching storms of midwinter.
talked
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From this reading And for two years, at Nahala, I was a dead woman who somehow walked and talked, and baked and scrubbed, and mended socks and saved kerosene.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But I had known love, and I had known Lilolilo; and what chance, after that, had Husband George to win from me heart of esteem or affection?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
there
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From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
two
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From this reading And for two years, at Nahala, I was a dead woman who somehow walked and talked, and baked and scrubbed, and mended socks and saved kerosene.
Uncle
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From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
underwear
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From this reading The doctors said it was the shoddy underwear that did for him, pursuing as always the high-mountain Nahala waters in the drenching storms of midwinter.
walked
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From this reading And for two years, at Nahala, I was a dead woman who somehow walked and talked, and baked and scrubbed, and mended socks and saved kerosene.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “But there was no more of my drawing to Husband George, as had been the promise ere the Princess Lihue invited me on the progress and Uncle John loaned me the horse.
waters
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From this reading The doctors said it was the shoddy underwear that did for him, pursuing as always the high-mountain Nahala waters in the drenching storms of midwinter.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But I had known love, and I had known Lilolilo; and what chance, after that, had Husband George to win from me heart of esteem or affection?
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading And for two years, at Nahala, I was a dead woman who somehow walked and talked, and baked and scrubbed, and mended socks and saved kerosene.
win
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From this reading But I had known love, and I had known Lilolilo; and what chance, after that, had Husband George to win from me heart of esteem or affection?
woman
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From this reading And for two years, at Nahala, I was a dead woman who somehow walked and talked, and baked and scrubbed, and mended socks and saved kerosene.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading You see, Sister Martha, nothing would have happened had Uncle John refused me the horse.
years
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From this reading And for two years, at Nahala, I was a dead woman who somehow walked and talked, and baked and scrubbed, and mended socks and saved kerosene.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading You see, Sister Martha, nothing would have happened had Uncle John refused me the horse.
