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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 as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading And tomorrow was Sunday, when Pelham Ford after the good custom of England never dressed for dinner.
Afterwards
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From this reading Afterwards she thought how easily she might have overruled him.
altogether
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From this reading She had relied altogether on the change of personality into something rich and strange, that the ivory dress was to have wrought.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
beautiful
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From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Joan’s plans for the evening were dashed by this costume failure.
change
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From this reading She had relied altogether on the change of personality into something rich and strange, that the ivory dress was to have wrought.
costume
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From this reading Joan’s plans for the evening were dashed by this costume failure.
couldn't
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From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
custom
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From this reading And tomorrow was Sunday, when Pelham Ford after the good custom of England never dressed for dinner.
dashed
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From this reading Joan’s plans for the evening were dashed by this costume failure.
dinner
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From this reading And tomorrow was Sunday, when Pelham Ford after the good custom of England never dressed for dinner.
discover
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From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
dress
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From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
dressed
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From this reading And tomorrow was Sunday, when Pelham Ford after the good custom of England never dressed for dinner.
easily
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From this reading Afterwards she thought how easily she might have overruled him.
England
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From this reading And tomorrow was Sunday, when Pelham Ford after the good custom of England never dressed for dinner.
evening
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From this reading Joan’s plans for the evening were dashed by this costume failure.
explain
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From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
failure
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From this reading Joan’s plans for the evening were dashed by this costume failure.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading And tomorrow was Sunday, when Pelham Ford after the good custom of England never dressed for dinner.
Ford
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From this reading And tomorrow was Sunday, when Pelham Ford after the good custom of England never dressed for dinner.
frock
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From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
game
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From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
girl
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From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And tomorrow was Sunday, when Pelham Ford after the good custom of England never dressed for dinner.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
how
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From this reading Afterwards she thought how easily she might have overruled him.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She had relied altogether on the change of personality into something rich and strange, that the ivory dress was to have wrought.
ivory
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From this reading She had relied altogether on the change of personality into something rich and strange, that the ivory dress was to have wrought.
Joan
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From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
Joan's
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From this reading Joan’s plans for the evening were dashed by this costume failure.
jolly
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From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
kept
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From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
knew
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From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
lost
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From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Afterwards she thought how easily she might have overruled him.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And tomorrow was Sunday, when Pelham Ford after the good custom of England never dressed for dinner.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And tomorrow was Sunday, when Pelham Ford after the good custom of England never dressed for dinner.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She had relied altogether on the change of personality into something rich and strange, that the ivory dress was to have wrought.
overruled
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From this reading Afterwards she thought how easily she might have overruled him.
Pelham
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From this reading And tomorrow was Sunday, when Pelham Ford after the good custom of England never dressed for dinner.
personality
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From this reading She had relied altogether on the change of personality into something rich and strange, that the ivory dress was to have wrought.
plans
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From this reading Joan’s plans for the evening were dashed by this costume failure.
pointnounUS /pɔɪnt/
the main matter or purpose being discussed
From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
relied
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From this reading She had relied altogether on the change of personality into something rich and strange, that the ivory dress was to have wrought.
rich
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From this reading She had relied altogether on the change of personality into something rich and strange, that the ivory dress was to have wrought.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
shown
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From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading She had relied altogether on the change of personality into something rich and strange, that the ivory dress was to have wrought.
strange
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From this reading She had relied altogether on the change of personality into something rich and strange, that the ivory dress was to have wrought.
Sunday
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From this reading And tomorrow was Sunday, when Pelham Ford after the good custom of England never dressed for dinner.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Joan’s plans for the evening were dashed by this costume failure.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Afterwards she thought how easily she might have overruled him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
tomorrow
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From this reading And tomorrow was Sunday, when Pelham Ford after the good custom of England never dressed for dinner.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And tomorrow was Sunday, when Pelham Ford after the good custom of England never dressed for dinner.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Joan’s plans for the evening were dashed by this costume failure.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading And tomorrow was Sunday, when Pelham Ford after the good custom of England never dressed for dinner.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
woman
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From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And as Joan couldn’t explain that the frock kept her a jolly girl he knew while the dress would have shown him the beautiful woman he had to discover, she lost that point in the game.
wrought
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From this reading She had relied altogether on the change of personality into something rich and strange, that the ivory dress was to have wrought.
