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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 If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The roses on the wall are sham ones; but there are two real roses in the centre of a bunch of buttercups and daisies, which stands in a jug with a broken handle near to the bed on which the child lies sleeping.
ARRIVES
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From this reading THE CAPTAIN ARRIVES.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading If ever woman was happy, this woman is as she plies her needle and looks at her child, and hums a few bars of a song softly to herself.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
bars
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From this reading If ever woman was happy, this woman is as she plies her needle and looks at her child, and hums a few bars of a song softly to herself.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
bed
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From this reading The roses on the wall are sham ones; but there are two real roses in the centre of a bunch of buttercups and daisies, which stands in a jug with a broken handle near to the bed on which the child lies sleeping.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The roses on the wall are sham ones; but there are two real roses in the centre of a bunch of buttercups and daisies, which stands in a jug with a broken handle near to the bed on which the child lies sleeping.
bunch
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From this reading The roses on the wall are sham ones; but there are two real roses in the centre of a bunch of buttercups and daisies, which stands in a jug with a broken handle near to the bed on which the child lies sleeping.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The roses on the wall are sham ones; but there are two real roses in the centre of a bunch of buttercups and daisies, which stands in a jug with a broken handle near to the bed on which the child lies sleeping.
buttercups
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From this reading The roses on the wall are sham ones; but there are two real roses in the centre of a bunch of buttercups and daisies, which stands in a jug with a broken handle near to the bed on which the child lies sleeping.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It is eleven o'clock at night, and the woman is working by the light of one candle.
candle
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From this reading It is eleven o'clock at night, and the woman is working by the light of one candle.
CAPTAINnounUS /ˈcaptain/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading THE CAPTAIN ARRIVES.
centre
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From this reading The roses on the wall are sham ones; but there are two real roses in the centre of a bunch of buttercups and daisies, which stands in a jug with a broken handle near to the bed on which the child lies sleeping.
child
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From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
conducted
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From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
consider
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From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
daisies
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From this reading The roses on the wall are sham ones; but there are two real roses in the centre of a bunch of buttercups and daisies, which stands in a jug with a broken handle near to the bed on which the child lies sleeping.
eleven
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From this reading It is eleven o'clock at night, and the woman is working by the light of one candle.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading If ever woman was happy, this woman is as she plies her needle and looks at her child, and hums a few bars of a song softly to herself.
expectverbUS /ɪkˈspekt/
to think that something will happen
From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
Fairyland
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From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
few
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From this reading If ever woman was happy, this woman is as she plies her needle and looks at her child, and hums a few bars of a song softly to herself.
handle
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From this reading The roses on the wall are sham ones; but there are two real roses in the centre of a bunch of buttercups and daisies, which stands in a jug with a broken handle near to the bed on which the child lies sleeping.
happy
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From this reading If ever woman was happy, this woman is as she plies her needle and looks at her child, and hums a few bars of a song softly to herself.
height
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From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading If ever woman was happy, this woman is as she plies her needle and looks at her child, and hums a few bars of a song softly to herself.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading If ever woman was happy, this woman is as she plies her needle and looks at her child, and hums a few bars of a song softly to herself.
house
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From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
hums
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From this reading If ever woman was happy, this woman is as she plies her needle and looks at her child, and hums a few bars of a song softly to herself.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It is eleven o'clock at night, and the woman is working by the light of one candle.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
jug
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From this reading The roses on the wall are sham ones; but there are two real roses in the centre of a bunch of buttercups and daisies, which stands in a jug with a broken handle near to the bed on which the child lies sleeping.
lies
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From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
light
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From this reading It is eleven o'clock at night, and the woman is working by the light of one candle.
looks
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From this reading If ever woman was happy, this woman is as she plies her needle and looks at her child, and hums a few bars of a song softly to herself.
near
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From this reading The roses on the wall are sham ones; but there are two real roses in the centre of a bunch of buttercups and daisies, which stands in a jug with a broken handle near to the bed on which the child lies sleeping.
nearly
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From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
needle
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From this reading If ever woman was happy, this woman is as she plies her needle and looks at her child, and hums a few bars of a song softly to herself.
night
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From this reading It is eleven o'clock at night, and the woman is working by the light of one candle.
o'clock
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From this reading It is eleven o'clock at night, and the woman is working by the light of one candle.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The roses on the wall are sham ones; but there are two real roses in the centre of a bunch of buttercups and daisies, which stands in a jug with a broken handle near to the bed on which the child lies sleeping.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It is eleven o'clock at night, and the woman is working by the light of one candle.
ones
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From this reading The roses on the wall are sham ones; but there are two real roses in the centre of a bunch of buttercups and daisies, which stands in a jug with a broken handle near to the bed on which the child lies sleeping.
plies
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From this reading If ever woman was happy, this woman is as she plies her needle and looks at her child, and hums a few bars of a song softly to herself.
presumption
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From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
real
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From this reading The roses on the wall are sham ones; but there are two real roses in the centre of a bunch of buttercups and daisies, which stands in a jug with a broken handle near to the bed on which the child lies sleeping.
room
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From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
roses
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From this reading The roses on the wall are sham ones; but there are two real roses in the centre of a bunch of buttercups and daisies, which stands in a jug with a broken handle near to the bed on which the child lies sleeping.
see
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From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
sham
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From this reading The roses on the wall are sham ones; but there are two real roses in the centre of a bunch of buttercups and daisies, which stands in a jug with a broken handle near to the bed on which the child lies sleeping.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If ever woman was happy, this woman is as she plies her needle and looks at her child, and hums a few bars of a song softly to herself.
sits
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From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
sleeping
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From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
small
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From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
softly
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From this reading If ever woman was happy, this woman is as she plies her needle and looks at her child, and hums a few bars of a song softly to herself.
song
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From this reading If ever woman was happy, this woman is as she plies her needle and looks at her child, and hums a few bars of a song softly to herself.
stands
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From this reading The roses on the wall are sham ones; but there are two real roses in the centre of a bunch of buttercups and daisies, which stands in a jug with a broken handle near to the bed on which the child lies sleeping.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE CAPTAIN ARRIVES.
there
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From this reading The roses on the wall are sham ones; but there are two real roses in the centre of a bunch of buttercups and daisies, which stands in a jug with a broken handle near to the bed on which the child lies sleeping.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading If ever woman was happy, this woman is as she plies her needle and looks at her child, and hums a few bars of a song softly to herself.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
top
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From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
two
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From this reading The roses on the wall are sham ones; but there are two real roses in the centre of a bunch of buttercups and daisies, which stands in a jug with a broken handle near to the bed on which the child lies sleeping.
wall
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From this reading The roses on the wall are sham ones; but there are two real roses in the centre of a bunch of buttercups and daisies, which stands in a jug with a broken handle near to the bed on which the child lies sleeping.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading If ever woman was happy, this woman is as she plies her needle and looks at her child, and hums a few bars of a song softly to herself.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The roses on the wall are sham ones; but there are two real roses in the centre of a bunch of buttercups and daisies, which stands in a jug with a broken handle near to the bed on which the child lies sleeping.
woman
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From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
wonders
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From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
working
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From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading If you were asked to come into Fairyland, you would expect to see wonders, and you would consider it the height of presumption to be conducted to a small room, nearly at the top of a house, in which a child lies sleeping and a woman sits working.
