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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 Two large ladies had each a head on each of her shoulders; two more had laid their chins on her knees, and were gazing raptly into her face.
affection
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From this reading Yearning to her, sitting all over her, covering her with their ponderous affection, were the hounds.
all
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From this reading Yearning to her, sitting all over her, covering her with their ponderous affection, were the hounds.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was, in fact, seated on the bench of "the ladies" lodging-house, on the dry and rustling cushion of bracken on which Major Talbot-Lowry bedded his pack.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The less favoured stood, and squeezed, and pushed, and panted, with glowing eyes and waving sterns, in as close a circle round her as it was possible to form.
bedded
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From this reading She was, in fact, seated on the bench of "the ladies" lodging-house, on the dry and rustling cushion of bracken on which Major Talbot-Lowry bedded his pack.
bench
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From this reading She was, in fact, seated on the bench of "the ladies" lodging-house, on the dry and rustling cushion of bracken on which Major Talbot-Lowry bedded his pack.
bracken
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From this reading She was, in fact, seated on the bench of "the ladies" lodging-house, on the dry and rustling cushion of bracken on which Major Talbot-Lowry bedded his pack.
chins
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From this reading Two large ladies had each a head on each of her shoulders; two more had laid their chins on her knees, and were gazing raptly into her face.
Christian
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From this reading Christian was in the kennels, in their innermost depths.
circle
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From this reading The less favoured stood, and squeezed, and pushed, and panted, with glowing eyes and waving sterns, in as close a circle round her as it was possible to form.
close
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From this reading The less favoured stood, and squeezed, and pushed, and panted, with glowing eyes and waving sterns, in as close a circle round her as it was possible to form.
covering
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From this reading Yearning to her, sitting all over her, covering her with their ponderous affection, were the hounds.
cushion
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From this reading She was, in fact, seated on the bench of "the ladies" lodging-house, on the dry and rustling cushion of bracken on which Major Talbot-Lowry bedded his pack.
depths
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From this reading Christian was in the kennels, in their innermost depths.
dry
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From this reading She was, in fact, seated on the bench of "the ladies" lodging-house, on the dry and rustling cushion of bracken on which Major Talbot-Lowry bedded his pack.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Two large ladies had each a head on each of her shoulders; two more had laid their chins on her knees, and were gazing raptly into her face.
eyes
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From this reading The less favoured stood, and squeezed, and pushed, and panted, with glowing eyes and waving sterns, in as close a circle round her as it was possible to form.
face
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From this reading Two large ladies had each a head on each of her shoulders; two more had laid their chins on her knees, and were gazing raptly into her face.
fact
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From this reading She was, in fact, seated on the bench of "the ladies" lodging-house, on the dry and rustling cushion of bracken on which Major Talbot-Lowry bedded his pack.
favoured
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From this reading The less favoured stood, and squeezed, and pushed, and panted, with glowing eyes and waving sterns, in as close a circle round her as it was possible to form.
form
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From this reading The less favoured stood, and squeezed, and pushed, and panted, with glowing eyes and waving sterns, in as close a circle round her as it was possible to form.
gazing
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From this reading Two large ladies had each a head on each of her shoulders; two more had laid their chins on her knees, and were gazing raptly into her face.
glowingnounUS /ˈglowing/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The less favoured stood, and squeezed, and pushed, and panted, with glowing eyes and waving sterns, in as close a circle round her as it was possible to form.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Two large ladies had each a head on each of her shoulders; two more had laid their chins on her knees, and were gazing raptly into her face.
head
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From this reading Two large ladies had each a head on each of her shoulders; two more had laid their chins on her knees, and were gazing raptly into her face.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Yearning to her, sitting all over her, covering her with their ponderous affection, were the hounds.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She was, in fact, seated on the bench of "the ladies" lodging-house, on the dry and rustling cushion of bracken on which Major Talbot-Lowry bedded his pack.
hounds
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From this reading Yearning to her, sitting all over her, covering her with their ponderous affection, were the hounds.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Christian was in the kennels, in their innermost depths.
innermost
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From this reading Christian was in the kennels, in their innermost depths.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Two large ladies had each a head on each of her shoulders; two more had laid their chins on her knees, and were gazing raptly into her face.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The less favoured stood, and squeezed, and pushed, and panted, with glowing eyes and waving sterns, in as close a circle round her as it was possible to form.
kennels
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From this reading Christian was in the kennels, in their innermost depths.
knees
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From this reading Two large ladies had each a head on each of her shoulders; two more had laid their chins on her knees, and were gazing raptly into her face.
ladies
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From this reading She was, in fact, seated on the bench of "the ladies" lodging-house, on the dry and rustling cushion of bracken on which Major Talbot-Lowry bedded his pack.
laid
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From this reading Two large ladies had each a head on each of her shoulders; two more had laid their chins on her knees, and were gazing raptly into her face.
large
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From this reading Two large ladies had each a head on each of her shoulders; two more had laid their chins on her knees, and were gazing raptly into her face.
less
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From this reading The less favoured stood, and squeezed, and pushed, and panted, with glowing eyes and waving sterns, in as close a circle round her as it was possible to form.
lodging-house
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From this reading She was, in fact, seated on the bench of "the ladies" lodging-house, on the dry and rustling cushion of bracken on which Major Talbot-Lowry bedded his pack.
Major
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From this reading She was, in fact, seated on the bench of "the ladies" lodging-house, on the dry and rustling cushion of bracken on which Major Talbot-Lowry bedded his pack.
more
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From this reading Two large ladies had each a head on each of her shoulders; two more had laid their chins on her knees, and were gazing raptly into her face.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was, in fact, seated on the bench of "the ladies" lodging-house, on the dry and rustling cushion of bracken on which Major Talbot-Lowry bedded his pack.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She was, in fact, seated on the bench of "the ladies" lodging-house, on the dry and rustling cushion of bracken on which Major Talbot-Lowry bedded his pack.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Yearning to her, sitting all over her, covering her with their ponderous affection, were the hounds.
pack
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From this reading She was, in fact, seated on the bench of "the ladies" lodging-house, on the dry and rustling cushion of bracken on which Major Talbot-Lowry bedded his pack.
panted
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From this reading The less favoured stood, and squeezed, and pushed, and panted, with glowing eyes and waving sterns, in as close a circle round her as it was possible to form.
ponderous
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From this reading Yearning to her, sitting all over her, covering her with their ponderous affection, were the hounds.
possible
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From this reading The less favoured stood, and squeezed, and pushed, and panted, with glowing eyes and waving sterns, in as close a circle round her as it was possible to form.
pushed
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From this reading The less favoured stood, and squeezed, and pushed, and panted, with glowing eyes and waving sterns, in as close a circle round her as it was possible to form.
raptly
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From this reading Two large ladies had each a head on each of her shoulders; two more had laid their chins on her knees, and were gazing raptly into her face.
round
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From this reading The less favoured stood, and squeezed, and pushed, and panted, with glowing eyes and waving sterns, in as close a circle round her as it was possible to form.
rustling
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From this reading She was, in fact, seated on the bench of "the ladies" lodging-house, on the dry and rustling cushion of bracken on which Major Talbot-Lowry bedded his pack.
seated
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From this reading She was, in fact, seated on the bench of "the ladies" lodging-house, on the dry and rustling cushion of bracken on which Major Talbot-Lowry bedded his pack.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was, in fact, seated on the bench of "the ladies" lodging-house, on the dry and rustling cushion of bracken on which Major Talbot-Lowry bedded his pack.
shoulders
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From this reading Two large ladies had each a head on each of her shoulders; two more had laid their chins on her knees, and were gazing raptly into her face.
sitting
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From this reading Yearning to her, sitting all over her, covering her with their ponderous affection, were the hounds.
squeezed
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From this reading The less favoured stood, and squeezed, and pushed, and panted, with glowing eyes and waving sterns, in as close a circle round her as it was possible to form.
sterns
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From this reading The less favoured stood, and squeezed, and pushed, and panted, with glowing eyes and waving sterns, in as close a circle round her as it was possible to form.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The less favoured stood, and squeezed, and pushed, and panted, with glowing eyes and waving sterns, in as close a circle round her as it was possible to form.
Talbot-Lowry
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From this reading She was, in fact, seated on the bench of "the ladies" lodging-house, on the dry and rustling cushion of bracken on which Major Talbot-Lowry bedded his pack.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Christian was in the kennels, in their innermost depths.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Christian was in the kennels, in their innermost depths.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yearning to her, sitting all over her, covering her with their ponderous affection, were the hounds.
Two
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From this reading Two large ladies had each a head on each of her shoulders; two more had laid their chins on her knees, and were gazing raptly into her face.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Christian was in the kennels, in their innermost depths.
waving
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From this reading The less favoured stood, and squeezed, and pushed, and panted, with glowing eyes and waving sterns, in as close a circle round her as it was possible to form.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Yearning to her, sitting all over her, covering her with their ponderous affection, were the hounds.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She was, in fact, seated on the bench of "the ladies" lodging-house, on the dry and rustling cushion of bracken on which Major Talbot-Lowry bedded his pack.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Yearning to her, sitting all over her, covering her with their ponderous affection, were the hounds.
Yearning
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From this reading Yearning to her, sitting all over her, covering her with their ponderous affection, were the hounds.
