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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 Sometimes a smile would flit over her sad face as she pictured the bright and happy Cynthia--the child grown into the woman, the loved and loving wife of a brave, good man.
addressed
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From this reading Hermione had to suffer much, and the few lines she traced before her death, addressed to Cynthia, did not reach Alexandria till long afterwards.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Hermione did not live long after the reception of this letter.
afterwards
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From this reading Hermione had to suffer much, and the few lines she traced before her death, addressed to Cynthia, did not reach Alexandria till long afterwards.
Alexandria
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From this reading Hermione had to suffer much, and the few lines she traced before her death, addressed to Cynthia, did not reach Alexandria till long afterwards.
allowing
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From this reading She kissed it many times, and kept it safe in the breast of her robe, never allowing any eye to read it, never telling its contents to any mortal ear.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She kissed it many times, and kept it safe in the breast of her robe, never allowing any eye to read it, never telling its contents to any mortal ear.
any
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From this reading She kissed it many times, and kept it safe in the breast of her robe, never allowing any eye to read it, never telling its contents to any mortal ear.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Sometimes a smile would flit over her sad face as she pictured the bright and happy Cynthia--the child grown into the woman, the loved and loving wife of a brave, good man.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Hermione had to suffer much, and the few lines she traced before her death, addressed to Cynthia, did not reach Alexandria till long afterwards.
brave
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From this reading Sometimes a smile would flit over her sad face as she pictured the bright and happy Cynthia--the child grown into the woman, the loved and loving wife of a brave, good man.
breast
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From this reading She kissed it many times, and kept it safe in the breast of her robe, never allowing any eye to read it, never telling its contents to any mortal ear.
bright
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From this reading Sometimes a smile would flit over her sad face as she pictured the bright and happy Cynthia--the child grown into the woman, the loved and loving wife of a brave, good man.
child
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From this reading Sometimes a smile would flit over her sad face as she pictured the bright and happy Cynthia--the child grown into the woman, the loved and loving wife of a brave, good man.
contents
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From this reading She kissed it many times, and kept it safe in the breast of her robe, never allowing any eye to read it, never telling its contents to any mortal ear.
Cynthia
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From this reading Sometimes a smile would flit over her sad face as she pictured the bright and happy Cynthia--the child grown into the woman, the loved and loving wife of a brave, good man.
death
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From this reading Hermione had to suffer much, and the few lines she traced before her death, addressed to Cynthia, did not reach Alexandria till long afterwards.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Hermione did not live long after the reception of this letter.
ear
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From this reading She kissed it many times, and kept it safe in the breast of her robe, never allowing any eye to read it, never telling its contents to any mortal ear.
eye
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From this reading She kissed it many times, and kept it safe in the breast of her robe, never allowing any eye to read it, never telling its contents to any mortal ear.
face
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From this reading Sometimes a smile would flit over her sad face as she pictured the bright and happy Cynthia--the child grown into the woman, the loved and loving wife of a brave, good man.
few
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From this reading Hermione had to suffer much, and the few lines she traced before her death, addressed to Cynthia, did not reach Alexandria till long afterwards.
flit
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From this reading Sometimes a smile would flit over her sad face as she pictured the bright and happy Cynthia--the child grown into the woman, the loved and loving wife of a brave, good man.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sometimes a smile would flit over her sad face as she pictured the bright and happy Cynthia--the child grown into the woman, the loved and loving wife of a brave, good man.
grown
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From this reading Sometimes a smile would flit over her sad face as she pictured the bright and happy Cynthia--the child grown into the woman, the loved and loving wife of a brave, good man.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Hermione had to suffer much, and the few lines she traced before her death, addressed to Cynthia, did not reach Alexandria till long afterwards.
happy
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From this reading Sometimes a smile would flit over her sad face as she pictured the bright and happy Cynthia--the child grown into the woman, the loved and loving wife of a brave, good man.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She kissed it many times, and kept it safe in the breast of her robe, never allowing any eye to read it, never telling its contents to any mortal ear.
Hermione
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From this reading Hermione did not live long after the reception of this letter.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She kissed it many times, and kept it safe in the breast of her robe, never allowing any eye to read it, never telling its contents to any mortal ear.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Sometimes a smile would flit over her sad face as she pictured the bright and happy Cynthia--the child grown into the woman, the loved and loving wife of a brave, good man.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She kissed it many times, and kept it safe in the breast of her robe, never allowing any eye to read it, never telling its contents to any mortal ear.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading She kissed it many times, and kept it safe in the breast of her robe, never allowing any eye to read it, never telling its contents to any mortal ear.
kept
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From this reading She kissed it many times, and kept it safe in the breast of her robe, never allowing any eye to read it, never telling its contents to any mortal ear.
kissed
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From this reading She kissed it many times, and kept it safe in the breast of her robe, never allowing any eye to read it, never telling its contents to any mortal ear.
letter
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From this reading Hermione did not live long after the reception of this letter.
lines
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From this reading Hermione had to suffer much, and the few lines she traced before her death, addressed to Cynthia, did not reach Alexandria till long afterwards.
live
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From this reading Hermione did not live long after the reception of this letter.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hermione did not live long after the reception of this letter.
loved
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From this reading Sometimes a smile would flit over her sad face as she pictured the bright and happy Cynthia--the child grown into the woman, the loved and loving wife of a brave, good man.
loving
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From this reading Sometimes a smile would flit over her sad face as she pictured the bright and happy Cynthia--the child grown into the woman, the loved and loving wife of a brave, good man.
man
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From this reading Sometimes a smile would flit over her sad face as she pictured the bright and happy Cynthia--the child grown into the woman, the loved and loving wife of a brave, good man.
many
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From this reading She kissed it many times, and kept it safe in the breast of her robe, never allowing any eye to read it, never telling its contents to any mortal ear.
mortaladjectiveUS /ˈmɔːrtəl/
causing or relating to death
From this reading She kissed it many times, and kept it safe in the breast of her robe, never allowing any eye to read it, never telling its contents to any mortal ear.
much
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From this reading Hermione had to suffer much, and the few lines she traced before her death, addressed to Cynthia, did not reach Alexandria till long afterwards.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She kissed it many times, and kept it safe in the breast of her robe, never allowing any eye to read it, never telling its contents to any mortal ear.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Hermione did not live long after the reception of this letter.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Hermione did not live long after the reception of this letter.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Sometimes a smile would flit over her sad face as she pictured the bright and happy Cynthia--the child grown into the woman, the loved and loving wife of a brave, good man.
pictured
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From this reading Sometimes a smile would flit over her sad face as she pictured the bright and happy Cynthia--the child grown into the woman, the loved and loving wife of a brave, good man.
reach
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From this reading Hermione had to suffer much, and the few lines she traced before her death, addressed to Cynthia, did not reach Alexandria till long afterwards.
read
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From this reading She kissed it many times, and kept it safe in the breast of her robe, never allowing any eye to read it, never telling its contents to any mortal ear.
reception
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From this reading Hermione did not live long after the reception of this letter.
robe
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From this reading She kissed it many times, and kept it safe in the breast of her robe, never allowing any eye to read it, never telling its contents to any mortal ear.
sad
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From this reading Sometimes a smile would flit over her sad face as she pictured the bright and happy Cynthia--the child grown into the woman, the loved and loving wife of a brave, good man.
safe
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From this reading She kissed it many times, and kept it safe in the breast of her robe, never allowing any eye to read it, never telling its contents to any mortal ear.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She kissed it many times, and kept it safe in the breast of her robe, never allowing any eye to read it, never telling its contents to any mortal ear.
smile
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From this reading Sometimes a smile would flit over her sad face as she pictured the bright and happy Cynthia--the child grown into the woman, the loved and loving wife of a brave, good man.
Sometimes
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From this reading Sometimes a smile would flit over her sad face as she pictured the bright and happy Cynthia--the child grown into the woman, the loved and loving wife of a brave, good man.
suffer
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From this reading Hermione had to suffer much, and the few lines she traced before her death, addressed to Cynthia, did not reach Alexandria till long afterwards.
telling
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From this reading She kissed it many times, and kept it safe in the breast of her robe, never allowing any eye to read it, never telling its contents to any mortal ear.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Hermione did not live long after the reception of this letter.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Hermione did not live long after the reception of this letter.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Hermione had to suffer much, and the few lines she traced before her death, addressed to Cynthia, did not reach Alexandria till long afterwards.
times
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From this reading She kissed it many times, and kept it safe in the breast of her robe, never allowing any eye to read it, never telling its contents to any mortal ear.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She kissed it many times, and kept it safe in the breast of her robe, never allowing any eye to read it, never telling its contents to any mortal ear.
traced
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From this reading Hermione had to suffer much, and the few lines she traced before her death, addressed to Cynthia, did not reach Alexandria till long afterwards.
TRIUMPH
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From this reading TRIUMPH.
wife
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From this reading Sometimes a smile would flit over her sad face as she pictured the bright and happy Cynthia--the child grown into the woman, the loved and loving wife of a brave, good man.
woman
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From this reading Sometimes a smile would flit over her sad face as she pictured the bright and happy Cynthia--the child grown into the woman, the loved and loving wife of a brave, good man.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Sometimes a smile would flit over her sad face as she pictured the bright and happy Cynthia--the child grown into the woman, the loved and loving wife of a brave, good man.
