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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 used graceful gesture's which were calculated to attract a painter's eye.
affect
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From this reading “She was really attractive, gifted with that fashionable flippancy that little Parisians so readily affect.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading “Well, he believed himself in love; he made her no end of promises of fidelity, and was devoted to her.
appropriate
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From this reading When she raised her arms, when she bent over, when she got into a carriage, when she held out her hand to you, her gestures were perfect and appropriate.
arms
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From this reading When she raised her arms, when she bent over, when she got into a carriage, when she held out her hand to you, her gestures were perfect and appropriate.
attract
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From this reading She used graceful gesture's which were calculated to attract a painter's eye.
attractive
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From this reading “She was really attractive, gifted with that fashionable flippancy that little Parisians so readily affect.
babbled
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From this reading She chattered, babbled, made foolish remarks that sounded witty from the manner in which they were uttered.
believed
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From this reading “Well, he believed himself in love; he made her no end of promises of fidelity, and was devoted to her.
bent
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From this reading When she raised her arms, when she bent over, when she got into a carriage, when she held out her hand to you, her gestures were perfect and appropriate.
calculated
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From this reading She used graceful gesture's which were calculated to attract a painter's eye.
carriage
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From this reading When she raised her arms, when she bent over, when she got into a carriage, when she held out her hand to you, her gestures were perfect and appropriate.
chattered
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From this reading She chattered, babbled, made foolish remarks that sounded witty from the manner in which they were uttered.
devoted
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From this reading “Well, he believed himself in love; he made her no end of promises of fidelity, and was devoted to her.
end
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From this reading “Well, he believed himself in love; he made her no end of promises of fidelity, and was devoted to her.
eye
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From this reading She used graceful gesture's which were calculated to attract a painter's eye.
fashionable
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From this reading “She was really attractive, gifted with that fashionable flippancy that little Parisians so readily affect.
fidelitynounUS /fɪˈdeləti/
continued loyalty to a person or promise
From this reading “Well, he believed himself in love; he made her no end of promises of fidelity, and was devoted to her.
flippancy
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From this reading “She was really attractive, gifted with that fashionable flippancy that little Parisians so readily affect.
foolish
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From this reading She chattered, babbled, made foolish remarks that sounded witty from the manner in which they were uttered.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She chattered, babbled, made foolish remarks that sounded witty from the manner in which they were uttered.
gesture's
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From this reading She used graceful gesture's which were calculated to attract a painter's eye.
gestures
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From this reading When she raised her arms, when she bent over, when she got into a carriage, when she held out her hand to you, her gestures were perfect and appropriate.
gifted
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From this reading “She was really attractive, gifted with that fashionable flippancy that little Parisians so readily affect.
got
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From this reading When she raised her arms, when she bent over, when she got into a carriage, when she held out her hand to you, her gestures were perfect and appropriate.
graceful
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From this reading She used graceful gesture's which were calculated to attract a painter's eye.
hand
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From this reading When she raised her arms, when she bent over, when she got into a carriage, when she held out her hand to you, her gestures were perfect and appropriate.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Well, he believed himself in love; he made her no end of promises of fidelity, and was devoted to her.
held
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From this reading When she raised her arms, when she bent over, when she got into a carriage, when she held out her hand to you, her gestures were perfect and appropriate.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Well, he believed himself in love; he made her no end of promises of fidelity, and was devoted to her.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Well, he believed himself in love; he made her no end of promises of fidelity, and was devoted to her.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading “Well, he believed himself in love; he made her no end of promises of fidelity, and was devoted to her.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading When she raised her arms, when she bent over, when she got into a carriage, when she held out her hand to you, her gestures were perfect and appropriate.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She was really attractive, gifted with that fashionable flippancy that little Parisians so readily affect.
love
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From this reading “Well, he believed himself in love; he made her no end of promises of fidelity, and was devoted to her.
made
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From this reading “Well, he believed himself in love; he made her no end of promises of fidelity, and was devoted to her.
manner
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From this reading She chattered, babbled, made foolish remarks that sounded witty from the manner in which they were uttered.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “Well, he believed himself in love; he made her no end of promises of fidelity, and was devoted to her.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Well, he believed himself in love; he made her no end of promises of fidelity, and was devoted to her.
out
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From this reading When she raised her arms, when she bent over, when she got into a carriage, when she held out her hand to you, her gestures were perfect and appropriate.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading When she raised her arms, when she bent over, when she got into a carriage, when she held out her hand to you, her gestures were perfect and appropriate.
painter's
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From this reading She used graceful gesture's which were calculated to attract a painter's eye.
Parisians
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From this reading “She was really attractive, gifted with that fashionable flippancy that little Parisians so readily affect.
perfect
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From this reading When she raised her arms, when she bent over, when she got into a carriage, when she held out her hand to you, her gestures were perfect and appropriate.
promises
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From this reading “Well, he believed himself in love; he made her no end of promises of fidelity, and was devoted to her.
raised
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From this reading When she raised her arms, when she bent over, when she got into a carriage, when she held out her hand to you, her gestures were perfect and appropriate.
readilynounUS /readily/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She was really attractive, gifted with that fashionable flippancy that little Parisians so readily affect.
really
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From this reading “She was really attractive, gifted with that fashionable flippancy that little Parisians so readily affect.
remarks
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From this reading She chattered, babbled, made foolish remarks that sounded witty from the manner in which they were uttered.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “She was really attractive, gifted with that fashionable flippancy that little Parisians so readily affect.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “She was really attractive, gifted with that fashionable flippancy that little Parisians so readily affect.
sounded
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From this reading She chattered, babbled, made foolish remarks that sounded witty from the manner in which they were uttered.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading “She was really attractive, gifted with that fashionable flippancy that little Parisians so readily affect.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She chattered, babbled, made foolish remarks that sounded witty from the manner in which they were uttered.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She chattered, babbled, made foolish remarks that sounded witty from the manner in which they were uttered.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading “Well, he believed himself in love; he made her no end of promises of fidelity, and was devoted to her.
used
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From this reading She used graceful gesture's which were calculated to attract a painter's eye.
utterednounUS /ˈuttered/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She chattered, babbled, made foolish remarks that sounded witty from the manner in which they were uttered.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Well, he believed himself in love; he made her no end of promises of fidelity, and was devoted to her.
Well
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From this reading “Well, he believed himself in love; he made her no end of promises of fidelity, and was devoted to her.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She chattered, babbled, made foolish remarks that sounded witty from the manner in which they were uttered.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When she raised her arms, when she bent over, when she got into a carriage, when she held out her hand to you, her gestures were perfect and appropriate.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She chattered, babbled, made foolish remarks that sounded witty from the manner in which they were uttered.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “She was really attractive, gifted with that fashionable flippancy that little Parisians so readily affect.
witty
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From this reading She chattered, babbled, made foolish remarks that sounded witty from the manner in which they were uttered.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading When she raised her arms, when she bent over, when she got into a carriage, when she held out her hand to you, her gestures were perfect and appropriate.
