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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 Carolyn used _par exemple_ as a good cook uses onion--a hint of it in everything.
aigrette
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From this reading “Young for you--_par exemple!_ I should say not,” her niece replied, perking the quivering aigrette still more obliquely upon her aunt's head.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Carolyn used _par exemple_ as a good cook uses onion--a hint of it in everything.
Aunt
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From this reading “Now don't touch it, Aunt Julia, for it's deliciously chic, and if you had your way you'd flatten it down right straight in the middle--you know you would.”
aunt's
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From this reading “Young for you--_par exemple!_ I should say not,” her niece replied, perking the quivering aigrette still more obliquely upon her aunt's head.
Baptist
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From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
bornnounUS /born/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
called
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From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
Caroline
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From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
Carolyn
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From this reading Carolyn used _par exemple_ as a good cook uses onion--a hint of it in everything.
chic
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From this reading “Now don't touch it, Aunt Julia, for it's deliciously chic, and if you had your way you'd flatten it down right straight in the middle--you know you would.”
Church
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From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
comma
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From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
cook
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From this reading Carolyn used _par exemple_ as a good cook uses onion--a hint of it in everything.
deliciously
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From this reading “Now don't touch it, Aunt Julia, for it's deliciously chic, and if you had your way you'd flatten it down right straight in the middle--you know you would.”
don't
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From this reading “You don't think it's too young for me, girls?”
down
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From this reading “Now don't touch it, Aunt Julia, for it's deliciously chic, and if you had your way you'd flatten it down right straight in the middle--you know you would.”
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Carolyn used _par exemple_ as a good cook uses onion--a hint of it in everything.
exemple
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From this reading “Young for you--_par exemple!_ I should say not,” her niece replied, perking the quivering aigrette still more obliquely upon her aunt's head.
flatten
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From this reading “Now don't touch it, Aunt Julia, for it's deliciously chic, and if you had your way you'd flatten it down right straight in the middle--you know you would.”
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading “You don't think it's too young for me, girls?”
girls
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From this reading “You don't think it's too young for me, girls?”
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Carolyn used _par exemple_ as a good cook uses onion--a hint of it in everything.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading “Now don't touch it, Aunt Julia, for it's deliciously chic, and if you had your way you'd flatten it down right straight in the middle--you know you would.”
head
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From this reading “Young for you--_par exemple!_ I should say not,” her niece replied, perking the quivering aigrette still more obliquely upon her aunt's head.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Young for you--_par exemple!_ I should say not,” her niece replied, perking the quivering aigrette still more obliquely upon her aunt's head.
hint
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From this reading Carolyn used _par exemple_ as a good cook uses onion--a hint of it in everything.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Young for you--_par exemple!_ I should say not,” her niece replied, perking the quivering aigrette still more obliquely upon her aunt's head.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Now don't touch it, Aunt Julia, for it's deliciously chic, and if you had your way you'd flatten it down right straight in the middle--you know you would.”
impressed
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From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Carolyn used _par exemple_ as a good cook uses onion--a hint of it in everything.
insert
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From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
interpolated
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From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Carolyn used _par exemple_ as a good cook uses onion--a hint of it in everything.
it's
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From this reading “You don't think it's too young for me, girls?”
Julia
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From this reading “Now don't touch it, Aunt Julia, for it's deliciously chic, and if you had your way you'd flatten it down right straight in the middle--you know you would.”
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now don't touch it, Aunt Julia, for it's deliciously chic, and if you had your way you'd flatten it down right straight in the middle--you know you would.”
Litany
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From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
liturgy
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From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “You don't think it's too young for me, girls?”
middle
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From this reading “Now don't touch it, Aunt Julia, for it's deliciously chic, and if you had your way you'd flatten it down right straight in the middle--you know you would.”
more
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From this reading “Young for you--_par exemple!_ I should say not,” her niece replied, perking the quivering aigrette still more obliquely upon her aunt's head.
much
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From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
niece
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From this reading “Young for you--_par exemple!_ I should say not,” her niece replied, perking the quivering aigrette still more obliquely upon her aunt's head.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading “Young for you--_par exemple!_ I should say not,” her niece replied, perking the quivering aigrette still more obliquely upon her aunt's head.
Now
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From this reading “Now don't touch it, Aunt Julia, for it's deliciously chic, and if you had your way you'd flatten it down right straight in the middle--you know you would.”
obliquely
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From this reading “Young for you--_par exemple!_ I should say not,” her niece replied, perking the quivering aigrette still more obliquely upon her aunt's head.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Carolyn used _par exemple_ as a good cook uses onion--a hint of it in everything.
onion
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From this reading Carolyn used _par exemple_ as a good cook uses onion--a hint of it in everything.
par
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From this reading “Young for you--_par exemple!_ I should say not,” her niece replied, perking the quivering aigrette still more obliquely upon her aunt's head.
perking
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From this reading “Young for you--_par exemple!_ I should say not,” her niece replied, perking the quivering aigrette still more obliquely upon her aunt's head.
quivering
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From this reading “Young for you--_par exemple!_ I should say not,” her niece replied, perking the quivering aigrette still more obliquely upon her aunt's head.
repliednounUS /replied/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Young for you--_par exemple!_ I should say not,” her niece replied, perking the quivering aigrette still more obliquely upon her aunt's head.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now don't touch it, Aunt Julia, for it's deliciously chic, and if you had your way you'd flatten it down right straight in the middle--you know you would.”
said
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From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
say
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From this reading “Young for you--_par exemple!_ I should say not,” her niece replied, perking the quivering aigrette still more obliquely upon her aunt's head.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading “Young for you--_par exemple!_ I should say not,” her niece replied, perking the quivering aigrette still more obliquely upon her aunt's head.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Young for you--_par exemple!_ I should say not,” her niece replied, perking the quivering aigrette still more obliquely upon her aunt's head.
straight
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From this reading “Now don't touch it, Aunt Julia, for it's deliciously chic, and if you had your way you'd flatten it down right straight in the middle--you know you would.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Young for you--_par exemple!_ I should say not,” her niece replied, perking the quivering aigrette still more obliquely upon her aunt's head.
There
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From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “You don't think it's too young for me, girls?”
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
too
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From this reading “You don't think it's too young for me, girls?”
touch
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From this reading “Now don't touch it, Aunt Julia, for it's deliciously chic, and if you had your way you'd flatten it down right straight in the middle--you know you would.”
uncanonized
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From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading “Young for you--_par exemple!_ I should say not,” her niece replied, perking the quivering aigrette still more obliquely upon her aunt's head.
used
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From this reading Carolyn used _par exemple_ as a good cook uses onion--a hint of it in everything.
uses
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From this reading Carolyn used _par exemple_ as a good cook uses onion--a hint of it in everything.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
way
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From this reading “Now don't touch it, Aunt Julia, for it's deliciously chic, and if you had your way you'd flatten it down right straight in the middle--you know you would.”
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading There were those who said that she interpolated it in the Litany; but Carolyn, who was born Caroline and a Baptist, was too much impressed by the liturgy of what she called The Church to insert even an uncanonized comma.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading “Now don't touch it, Aunt Julia, for it's deliciously chic, and if you had your way you'd flatten it down right straight in the middle--you know you would.”
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “You don't think it's too young for me, girls?”
you'd
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From this reading “Now don't touch it, Aunt Julia, for it's deliciously chic, and if you had your way you'd flatten it down right straight in the middle--you know you would.”
young
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From this reading “You don't think it's too young for me, girls?”
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Now don't touch it, Aunt Julia, for it's deliciously chic, and if you had your way you'd flatten it down right straight in the middle--you know you would.”
