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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 “Well, now we’ve done all we can, and all I mean to do,” said Alice Hooper, with a pettish accent of fatigue.
accent
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From this reading “Well, now we’ve done all we can, and all I mean to do,” said Alice Hooper, with a pettish accent of fatigue.
Alice
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From this reading “Well, now we’ve done all we can, and all I mean to do,” said Alice Hooper, with a pettish accent of fatigue.
all
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From this reading “Well, now we’ve done all we can, and all I mean to do,” said Alice Hooper, with a pettish accent of fatigue.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Well, now we’ve done all we can, and all I mean to do,” said Alice Hooper, with a pettish accent of fatigue.
back
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From this reading It was a spring day, and the windows of the old schoolroom in which she and her sister were sitting were open to a back garden, untidily kept, but full of fruit-trees just coming into blossom.
basket-chair
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From this reading The speaker threw herself with a gesture of fatigue into a dilapidated basket-chair that offered itself.
blossom
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From this reading It was a spring day, and the windows of the old schoolroom in which she and her sister were sitting were open to a back garden, untidily kept, but full of fruit-trees just coming into blossom.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was a spring day, and the windows of the old schoolroom in which she and her sister were sitting were open to a back garden, untidily kept, but full of fruit-trees just coming into blossom.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading “Well, now we’ve done all we can, and all I mean to do,” said Alice Hooper, with a pettish accent of fatigue.
can't
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From this reading “Everything’s perfectly comfortable, and if she doesn’t like it, we can’t help it.
comfortable
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From this reading “Everything’s perfectly comfortable, and if she doesn’t like it, we can’t help it.
coming
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From this reading It was a spring day, and the windows of the old schoolroom in which she and her sister were sitting were open to a back garden, untidily kept, but full of fruit-trees just coming into blossom.
day
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From this reading It was a spring day, and the windows of the old schoolroom in which she and her sister were sitting were open to a back garden, untidily kept, but full of fruit-trees just coming into blossom.
dilapidated
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From this reading The speaker threw herself with a gesture of fatigue into a dilapidated basket-chair that offered itself.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “Well, now we’ve done all we can, and all I mean to do,” said Alice Hooper, with a pettish accent of fatigue.
doesn't
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From this reading “Everything’s perfectly comfortable, and if she doesn’t like it, we can’t help it.
don't
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From this reading I don’t know why we make such a fuss.”
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Well, now we’ve done all we can, and all I mean to do,” said Alice Hooper, with a pettish accent of fatigue.
Everything's
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From this reading “Everything’s perfectly comfortable, and if she doesn’t like it, we can’t help it.
fatigue
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From this reading “Well, now we’ve done all we can, and all I mean to do,” said Alice Hooper, with a pettish accent of fatigue.
fruit-trees
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From this reading It was a spring day, and the windows of the old schoolroom in which she and her sister were sitting were open to a back garden, untidily kept, but full of fruit-trees just coming into blossom.
full
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From this reading It was a spring day, and the windows of the old schoolroom in which she and her sister were sitting were open to a back garden, untidily kept, but full of fruit-trees just coming into blossom.
fuss
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From this reading I don’t know why we make such a fuss.”
garden
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From this reading It was a spring day, and the windows of the old schoolroom in which she and her sister were sitting were open to a back garden, untidily kept, but full of fruit-trees just coming into blossom.
gesture
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From this reading The speaker threw herself with a gesture of fatigue into a dilapidated basket-chair that offered itself.
helpnounUS /help/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Everything’s perfectly comfortable, and if she doesn’t like it, we can’t help it.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It was a spring day, and the windows of the old schoolroom in which she and her sister were sitting were open to a back garden, untidily kept, but full of fruit-trees just coming into blossom.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading The speaker threw herself with a gesture of fatigue into a dilapidated basket-chair that offered itself.
Hooper
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From this reading “Well, now we’ve done all we can, and all I mean to do,” said Alice Hooper, with a pettish accent of fatigue.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “Well, now we’ve done all we can, and all I mean to do,” said Alice Hooper, with a pettish accent of fatigue.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Everything’s perfectly comfortable, and if she doesn’t like it, we can’t help it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was a spring day, and the windows of the old schoolroom in which she and her sister were sitting were open to a back garden, untidily kept, but full of fruit-trees just coming into blossom.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The speaker threw herself with a gesture of fatigue into a dilapidated basket-chair that offered itself.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Everything’s perfectly comfortable, and if she doesn’t like it, we can’t help it.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The speaker threw herself with a gesture of fatigue into a dilapidated basket-chair that offered itself.
just
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From this reading It was a spring day, and the windows of the old schoolroom in which she and her sister were sitting were open to a back garden, untidily kept, but full of fruit-trees just coming into blossom.
kept
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From this reading It was a spring day, and the windows of the old schoolroom in which she and her sister were sitting were open to a back garden, untidily kept, but full of fruit-trees just coming into blossom.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I don’t know why we make such a fuss.”
like
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From this reading “Everything’s perfectly comfortable, and if she doesn’t like it, we can’t help it.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I don’t know why we make such a fuss.”
mean
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From this reading “Well, now we’ve done all we can, and all I mean to do,” said Alice Hooper, with a pettish accent of fatigue.
now
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From this reading “Well, now we’ve done all we can, and all I mean to do,” said Alice Hooper, with a pettish accent of fatigue.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Well, now we’ve done all we can, and all I mean to do,” said Alice Hooper, with a pettish accent of fatigue.
offered
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From this reading The speaker threw herself with a gesture of fatigue into a dilapidated basket-chair that offered itself.
old
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From this reading It was a spring day, and the windows of the old schoolroom in which she and her sister were sitting were open to a back garden, untidily kept, but full of fruit-trees just coming into blossom.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading It was a spring day, and the windows of the old schoolroom in which she and her sister were sitting were open to a back garden, untidily kept, but full of fruit-trees just coming into blossom.
perfectly
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From this reading “Everything’s perfectly comfortable, and if she doesn’t like it, we can’t help it.
pettish
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From this reading “Well, now we’ve done all we can, and all I mean to do,” said Alice Hooper, with a pettish accent of fatigue.
said
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From this reading “Well, now we’ve done all we can, and all I mean to do,” said Alice Hooper, with a pettish accent of fatigue.
schoolroom
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From this reading It was a spring day, and the windows of the old schoolroom in which she and her sister were sitting were open to a back garden, untidily kept, but full of fruit-trees just coming into blossom.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Everything’s perfectly comfortable, and if she doesn’t like it, we can’t help it.
sister
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From this reading It was a spring day, and the windows of the old schoolroom in which she and her sister were sitting were open to a back garden, untidily kept, but full of fruit-trees just coming into blossom.
sitting
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From this reading It was a spring day, and the windows of the old schoolroom in which she and her sister were sitting were open to a back garden, untidily kept, but full of fruit-trees just coming into blossom.
speaker
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From this reading The speaker threw herself with a gesture of fatigue into a dilapidated basket-chair that offered itself.
spring
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From this reading It was a spring day, and the windows of the old schoolroom in which she and her sister were sitting were open to a back garden, untidily kept, but full of fruit-trees just coming into blossom.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading I don’t know why we make such a fuss.”
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The speaker threw herself with a gesture of fatigue into a dilapidated basket-chair that offered itself.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The speaker threw herself with a gesture of fatigue into a dilapidated basket-chair that offered itself.
threw
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From this reading The speaker threw herself with a gesture of fatigue into a dilapidated basket-chair that offered itself.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Well, now we’ve done all we can, and all I mean to do,” said Alice Hooper, with a pettish accent of fatigue.
untidily
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From this reading It was a spring day, and the windows of the old schoolroom in which she and her sister were sitting were open to a back garden, untidily kept, but full of fruit-trees just coming into blossom.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was a spring day, and the windows of the old schoolroom in which she and her sister were sitting were open to a back garden, untidily kept, but full of fruit-trees just coming into blossom.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading “Well, now we’ve done all we can, and all I mean to do,” said Alice Hooper, with a pettish accent of fatigue.
we've
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From this reading “Well, now we’ve done all we can, and all I mean to do,” said Alice Hooper, with a pettish accent of fatigue.
Well
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From this reading “Well, now we’ve done all we can, and all I mean to do,” said Alice Hooper, with a pettish accent of fatigue.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was a spring day, and the windows of the old schoolroom in which she and her sister were sitting were open to a back garden, untidily kept, but full of fruit-trees just coming into blossom.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It was a spring day, and the windows of the old schoolroom in which she and her sister were sitting were open to a back garden, untidily kept, but full of fruit-trees just coming into blossom.
why
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From this reading I don’t know why we make such a fuss.”
windows
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From this reading It was a spring day, and the windows of the old schoolroom in which she and her sister were sitting were open to a back garden, untidily kept, but full of fruit-trees just coming into blossom.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Well, now we’ve done all we can, and all I mean to do,” said Alice Hooper, with a pettish accent of fatigue.
