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afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Katharine woke up the morning after her arrival at the Langham feeling much less miserable than she had expected.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Then she stopped suddenly, arrested by an invisible touch.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The visit from Gwendolen and Ronald had cheered her, and the evening's companionship with that lonely father and son had taken away the sting of her own loneliness.
arrested
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From this reading Then she stopped suddenly, arrested by an invisible touch.
arrival
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From this reading Katharine woke up the morning after her arrival at the Langham feeling much less miserable than she had expected.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She sang as she rolled up her beautiful soft hair.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Katharine woke up the morning after her arrival at the Langham feeling much less miserable than she had expected.
away
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From this reading The visit from Gwendolen and Ronald had cheered her, and the evening's companionship with that lonely father and son had taken away the sting of her own loneliness.
beautiful
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From this reading She sang as she rolled up her beautiful soft hair.
brightness
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From this reading And when the sun came streaming into the room, she felt so full of brightness and hope, that she paused in her process of dressing and danced the Norfolk step-dance in her smart silk petticoat.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Then she stopped suddenly, arrested by an invisible touch.
came
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From this reading And when the sun came streaming into the room, she felt so full of brightness and hope, that she paused in her process of dressing and danced the Norfolk step-dance in her smart silk petticoat.
cheered
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From this reading The visit from Gwendolen and Ronald had cheered her, and the evening's companionship with that lonely father and son had taken away the sting of her own loneliness.
companionship
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From this reading The visit from Gwendolen and Ronald had cheered her, and the evening's companionship with that lonely father and son had taken away the sting of her own loneliness.
danced
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From this reading And when the sun came streaming into the room, she felt so full of brightness and hope, that she paused in her process of dressing and danced the Norfolk step-dance in her smart silk petticoat.
dressing
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From this reading And when the sun came streaming into the room, she felt so full of brightness and hope, that she paused in her process of dressing and danced the Norfolk step-dance in her smart silk petticoat.
evening's
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From this reading The visit from Gwendolen and Ronald had cheered her, and the evening's companionship with that lonely father and son had taken away the sting of her own loneliness.
expected
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From this reading Katharine woke up the morning after her arrival at the Langham feeling much less miserable than she had expected.
father
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From this reading The visit from Gwendolen and Ronald had cheered her, and the evening's companionship with that lonely father and son had taken away the sting of her own loneliness.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Katharine woke up the morning after her arrival at the Langham feeling much less miserable than she had expected.
felt
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From this reading And when the sun came streaming into the room, she felt so full of brightness and hope, that she paused in her process of dressing and danced the Norfolk step-dance in her smart silk petticoat.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The visit from Gwendolen and Ronald had cheered her, and the evening's companionship with that lonely father and son had taken away the sting of her own loneliness.
full
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From this reading And when the sun came streaming into the room, she felt so full of brightness and hope, that she paused in her process of dressing and danced the Norfolk step-dance in her smart silk petticoat.
Gwendolen
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From this reading The visit from Gwendolen and Ronald had cheered her, and the evening's companionship with that lonely father and son had taken away the sting of her own loneliness.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Katharine woke up the morning after her arrival at the Langham feeling much less miserable than she had expected.
hair
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From this reading She sang as she rolled up her beautiful soft hair.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Katharine woke up the morning after her arrival at the Langham feeling much less miserable than she had expected.
hope
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From this reading And when the sun came streaming into the room, she felt so full of brightness and hope, that she paused in her process of dressing and danced the Norfolk step-dance in her smart silk petticoat.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And when the sun came streaming into the room, she felt so full of brightness and hope, that she paused in her process of dressing and danced the Norfolk step-dance in her smart silk petticoat.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And when the sun came streaming into the room, she felt so full of brightness and hope, that she paused in her process of dressing and danced the Norfolk step-dance in her smart silk petticoat.
invisible
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From this reading Then she stopped suddenly, arrested by an invisible touch.
Katharine
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From this reading Katharine woke up the morning after her arrival at the Langham feeling much less miserable than she had expected.
Langham
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From this reading Katharine woke up the morning after her arrival at the Langham feeling much less miserable than she had expected.
less
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From this reading Katharine woke up the morning after her arrival at the Langham feeling much less miserable than she had expected.
loneliness
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From this reading The visit from Gwendolen and Ronald had cheered her, and the evening's companionship with that lonely father and son had taken away the sting of her own loneliness.
lonely
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From this reading The visit from Gwendolen and Ronald had cheered her, and the evening's companionship with that lonely father and son had taken away the sting of her own loneliness.
miserable
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From this reading Katharine woke up the morning after her arrival at the Langham feeling much less miserable than she had expected.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Katharine woke up the morning after her arrival at the Langham feeling much less miserable than she had expected.
much
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From this reading Katharine woke up the morning after her arrival at the Langham feeling much less miserable than she had expected.
Norfolk
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From this reading And when the sun came streaming into the room, she felt so full of brightness and hope, that she paused in her process of dressing and danced the Norfolk step-dance in her smart silk petticoat.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The visit from Gwendolen and Ronald had cheered her, and the evening's companionship with that lonely father and son had taken away the sting of her own loneliness.
own
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From this reading The visit from Gwendolen and Ronald had cheered her, and the evening's companionship with that lonely father and son had taken away the sting of her own loneliness.
paused
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From this reading And when the sun came streaming into the room, she felt so full of brightness and hope, that she paused in her process of dressing and danced the Norfolk step-dance in her smart silk petticoat.
petticoat
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From this reading And when the sun came streaming into the room, she felt so full of brightness and hope, that she paused in her process of dressing and danced the Norfolk step-dance in her smart silk petticoat.
process
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From this reading And when the sun came streaming into the room, she felt so full of brightness and hope, that she paused in her process of dressing and danced the Norfolk step-dance in her smart silk petticoat.
rolled
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From this reading She sang as she rolled up her beautiful soft hair.
Ronald
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From this reading The visit from Gwendolen and Ronald had cheered her, and the evening's companionship with that lonely father and son had taken away the sting of her own loneliness.
room
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From this reading And when the sun came streaming into the room, she felt so full of brightness and hope, that she paused in her process of dressing and danced the Norfolk step-dance in her smart silk petticoat.
sang
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From this reading She sang as she rolled up her beautiful soft hair.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Katharine woke up the morning after her arrival at the Langham feeling much less miserable than she had expected.
silk
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From this reading And when the sun came streaming into the room, she felt so full of brightness and hope, that she paused in her process of dressing and danced the Norfolk step-dance in her smart silk petticoat.
smart
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From this reading And when the sun came streaming into the room, she felt so full of brightness and hope, that she paused in her process of dressing and danced the Norfolk step-dance in her smart silk petticoat.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading And when the sun came streaming into the room, she felt so full of brightness and hope, that she paused in her process of dressing and danced the Norfolk step-dance in her smart silk petticoat.
soft
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From this reading She sang as she rolled up her beautiful soft hair.
son
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From this reading The visit from Gwendolen and Ronald had cheered her, and the evening's companionship with that lonely father and son had taken away the sting of her own loneliness.
step-dance
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From this reading And when the sun came streaming into the room, she felt so full of brightness and hope, that she paused in her process of dressing and danced the Norfolk step-dance in her smart silk petticoat.
sting
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From this reading The visit from Gwendolen and Ronald had cheered her, and the evening's companionship with that lonely father and son had taken away the sting of her own loneliness.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she stopped suddenly, arrested by an invisible touch.
streaming
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From this reading And when the sun came streaming into the room, she felt so full of brightness and hope, that she paused in her process of dressing and danced the Norfolk step-dance in her smart silk petticoat.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then she stopped suddenly, arrested by an invisible touch.
sun
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From this reading And when the sun came streaming into the room, she felt so full of brightness and hope, that she paused in her process of dressing and danced the Norfolk step-dance in her smart silk petticoat.
taken
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From this reading The visit from Gwendolen and Ronald had cheered her, and the evening's companionship with that lonely father and son had taken away the sting of her own loneliness.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Katharine woke up the morning after her arrival at the Langham feeling much less miserable than she had expected.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The visit from Gwendolen and Ronald had cheered her, and the evening's companionship with that lonely father and son had taken away the sting of her own loneliness.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Katharine woke up the morning after her arrival at the Langham feeling much less miserable than she had expected.
Then
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From this reading Then she stopped suddenly, arrested by an invisible touch.
touch
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From this reading Then she stopped suddenly, arrested by an invisible touch.
up
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From this reading Katharine woke up the morning after her arrival at the Langham feeling much less miserable than she had expected.
visit
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From this reading The visit from Gwendolen and Ronald had cheered her, and the evening's companionship with that lonely father and son had taken away the sting of her own loneliness.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading And when the sun came streaming into the room, she felt so full of brightness and hope, that she paused in her process of dressing and danced the Norfolk step-dance in her smart silk petticoat.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The visit from Gwendolen and Ronald had cheered her, and the evening's companionship with that lonely father and son had taken away the sting of her own loneliness.
woke
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From this reading Katharine woke up the morning after her arrival at the Langham feeling much less miserable than she had expected.
