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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 She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
air
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From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
all
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From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading “It’s Kirsteen, and my father will have told her, and she’s just beside herself.”
bosom
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From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
breath
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From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
conscious
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From this reading “Who’s that?” said Mrs. Douglas, conscious of the flying shadow.
deer
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From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
divined
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From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
Douglas
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From this reading “Who’s that?” said Mrs. Douglas, conscious of the flying shadow.
escape
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From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
father
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From this reading “It’s Kirsteen, and my father will have told her, and she’s just beside herself.”
flashing
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From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
flew
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From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
flying
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From this reading “Who’s that?” said Mrs. Douglas, conscious of the flying shadow.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
get
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From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “It’s Kirsteen, and my father will have told her, and she’s just beside herself.”
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “It’s Kirsteen, and my father will have told her, and she’s just beside herself.”
house
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From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
hunted
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From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
hurried
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From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
instinct
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From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
It's
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From this reading “It’s Kirsteen, and my father will have told her, and she’s just beside herself.”
just
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From this reading “It’s Kirsteen, and my father will have told her, and she’s just beside herself.”
Kirsteen
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From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
knitting
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From this reading “Beside herself!” said the mother tranquilly over her knitting.
less
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From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
like
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From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
Mary
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From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
meaning
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From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
more
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From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
mother
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From this reading “Beside herself!” said the mother tranquilly over her knitting.
Mrs
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From this reading “Who’s that?” said Mrs. Douglas, conscious of the flying shadow.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading “It’s Kirsteen, and my father will have told her, and she’s just beside herself.”
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
off
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From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
oppressed
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From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
out
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From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading “Beside herself!” said the mother tranquilly over her knitting.
passion
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From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
past
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From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
restraint
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From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
rushed
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From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
said
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From this reading “Who’s that?” said Mrs. Douglas, conscious of the flying shadow.
saw
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From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
seam
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From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
shadownounUS /ˈʃæd.oʊ/
A dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface.
From this reading “Who’s that?” said Mrs. Douglas, conscious of the flying shadow.
shake
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From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
she's
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From this reading “It’s Kirsteen, and my father will have told her, and she’s just beside herself.”
sitting
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From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “Who’s that?” said Mrs. Douglas, conscious of the flying shadow.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “It’s Kirsteen, and my father will have told her, and she’s just beside herself.”
tranquilly
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From this reading “Beside herself!” said the mother tranquilly over her knitting.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
Who's
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From this reading “Who’s that?” said Mrs. Douglas, conscious of the flying shadow.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading “It’s Kirsteen, and my father will have told her, and she’s just beside herself.”
window
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From this reading She flew like a hunted deer, flashing past the window where Mary, sitting at her seam, saw her hurried escape and divined more or less what was the meaning of it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Kirsteen rushed out of the house with the instinct of passion, to shake off all restraint, to get into the free air, where an oppressed bosom might get breath.
