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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 THE WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES THE FAIRY STORIES A little girl who had kept her fifth birthday joyously in the garden of her father's home went on the morrow to the great and grimy city which was nearest to it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES THE FAIRY STORIES A little girl who had kept her fifth birthday joyously in the garden of her father's home went on the morrow to the great and grimy city which was nearest to it.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As we went through the great square in which the Town Hall stands the small hand in mine told me that here was something which we must stay to consider.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading We stood at the base of the statue which the citizens had raised in memory of a statesman's endeavour and success.
base
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From this reading We stood at the base of the statue which the citizens had raised in memory of a statesman's endeavour and success.
bazaars
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From this reading We were to visit the bazaars and buy books and toys.
birthday
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From this reading THE WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES THE FAIRY STORIES A little girl who had kept her fifth birthday joyously in the garden of her father's home went on the morrow to the great and grimy city which was nearest to it.
booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading We were to visit the bazaars and buy books and toys.
buy
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From this reading We were to visit the bazaars and buy books and toys.
citizens
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From this reading We stood at the base of the statue which the citizens had raised in memory of a statesman's endeavour and success.
city
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consider
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From this reading As we went through the great square in which the Town Hall stands the small hand in mine told me that here was something which we must stay to consider.
costume
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From this reading She looked steadily and long at the figure of which the noble head redeemed the vulgar insignificance of costume and posture.
endeavour
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From this reading We stood at the base of the statue which the citizens had raised in memory of a statesman's endeavour and success.
FAIRY
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father's
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fifth
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figure
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From this reading She looked steadily and long at the figure of which the noble head redeemed the vulgar insignificance of costume and posture.
garden
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girl
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From this reading THE WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES THE FAIRY STORIES A little girl who had kept her fifth birthday joyously in the garden of her father's home went on the morrow to the great and grimy city which was nearest to it.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES THE FAIRY STORIES A little girl who had kept her fifth birthday joyously in the garden of her father's home went on the morrow to the great and grimy city which was nearest to it.
grimy
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From this reading THE WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES THE FAIRY STORIES A little girl who had kept her fifth birthday joyously in the garden of her father's home went on the morrow to the great and grimy city which was nearest to it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading THE WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES THE FAIRY STORIES A little girl who had kept her fifth birthday joyously in the garden of her father's home went on the morrow to the great and grimy city which was nearest to it.
Hall
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From this reading As we went through the great square in which the Town Hall stands the small hand in mine told me that here was something which we must stay to consider.
hand
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From this reading As we went through the great square in which the Town Hall stands the small hand in mine told me that here was something which we must stay to consider.
head
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From this reading She looked steadily and long at the figure of which the noble head redeemed the vulgar insignificance of costume and posture.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading THE WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES THE FAIRY STORIES A little girl who had kept her fifth birthday joyously in the garden of her father's home went on the morrow to the great and grimy city which was nearest to it.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As we went through the great square in which the Town Hall stands the small hand in mine told me that here was something which we must stay to consider.
home
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From this reading THE WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES THE FAIRY STORIES A little girl who had kept her fifth birthday joyously in the garden of her father's home went on the morrow to the great and grimy city which was nearest to it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES THE FAIRY STORIES A little girl who had kept her fifth birthday joyously in the garden of her father's home went on the morrow to the great and grimy city which was nearest to it.
insignificance
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From this reading She looked steadily and long at the figure of which the noble head redeemed the vulgar insignificance of costume and posture.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading THE WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES THE FAIRY STORIES A little girl who had kept her fifth birthday joyously in the garden of her father's home went on the morrow to the great and grimy city which was nearest to it.
joyously
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kept
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From this reading THE WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES THE FAIRY STORIES A little girl who had kept her fifth birthday joyously in the garden of her father's home went on the morrow to the great and grimy city which was nearest to it.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES THE FAIRY STORIES A little girl who had kept her fifth birthday joyously in the garden of her father's home went on the morrow to the great and grimy city which was nearest to it.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked steadily and long at the figure of which the noble head redeemed the vulgar insignificance of costume and posture.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked steadily and long at the figure of which the noble head redeemed the vulgar insignificance of costume and posture.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As we went through the great square in which the Town Hall stands the small hand in mine told me that here was something which we must stay to consider.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading We stood at the base of the statue which the citizens had raised in memory of a statesman's endeavour and success.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading As we went through the great square in which the Town Hall stands the small hand in mine told me that here was something which we must stay to consider.
morrow
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From this reading THE WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES THE FAIRY STORIES A little girl who had kept her fifth birthday joyously in the garden of her father's home went on the morrow to the great and grimy city which was nearest to it.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading As we went through the great square in which the Town Hall stands the small hand in mine told me that here was something which we must stay to consider.
nearest
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noble
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From this reading She looked steadily and long at the figure of which the noble head redeemed the vulgar insignificance of costume and posture.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES THE FAIRY STORIES A little girl who had kept her fifth birthday joyously in the garden of her father's home went on the morrow to the great and grimy city which was nearest to it.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES THE FAIRY STORIES A little girl who had kept her fifth birthday joyously in the garden of her father's home went on the morrow to the great and grimy city which was nearest to it.
posture
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From this reading She looked steadily and long at the figure of which the noble head redeemed the vulgar insignificance of costume and posture.
raised
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From this reading We stood at the base of the statue which the citizens had raised in memory of a statesman's endeavour and success.
redeemed
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From this reading She looked steadily and long at the figure of which the noble head redeemed the vulgar insignificance of costume and posture.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She looked steadily and long at the figure of which the noble head redeemed the vulgar insignificance of costume and posture.
small
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From this reading As we went through the great square in which the Town Hall stands the small hand in mine told me that here was something which we must stay to consider.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading As we went through the great square in which the Town Hall stands the small hand in mine told me that here was something which we must stay to consider.
square
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From this reading As we went through the great square in which the Town Hall stands the small hand in mine told me that here was something which we must stay to consider.
stands
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From this reading As we went through the great square in which the Town Hall stands the small hand in mine told me that here was something which we must stay to consider.
statesman's
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From this reading We stood at the base of the statue which the citizens had raised in memory of a statesman's endeavour and success.
statue
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From this reading We stood at the base of the statue which the citizens had raised in memory of a statesman's endeavour and success.
stay
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From this reading As we went through the great square in which the Town Hall stands the small hand in mine told me that here was something which we must stay to consider.
steadily
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From this reading She looked steadily and long at the figure of which the noble head redeemed the vulgar insignificance of costume and posture.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading We stood at the base of the statue which the citizens had raised in memory of a statesman's endeavour and success.
STORIES
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success
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From this reading We stood at the base of the statue which the citizens had raised in memory of a statesman's endeavour and success.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading As we went through the great square in which the Town Hall stands the small hand in mine told me that here was something which we must stay to consider.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES THE FAIRY STORIES A little girl who had kept her fifth birthday joyously in the garden of her father's home went on the morrow to the great and grimy city which was nearest to it.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As we went through the great square in which the Town Hall stands the small hand in mine told me that here was something which we must stay to consider.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES THE FAIRY STORIES A little girl who had kept her fifth birthday joyously in the garden of her father's home went on the morrow to the great and grimy city which was nearest to it.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As we went through the great square in which the Town Hall stands the small hand in mine told me that here was something which we must stay to consider.
Town
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From this reading As we went through the great square in which the Town Hall stands the small hand in mine told me that here was something which we must stay to consider.
toys
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From this reading We were to visit the bazaars and buy books and toys.
visit
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From this reading We were to visit the bazaars and buy books and toys.
vulgar
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From this reading She looked steadily and long at the figure of which the noble head redeemed the vulgar insignificance of costume and posture.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading THE WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES THE FAIRY STORIES A little girl who had kept her fifth birthday joyously in the garden of her father's home went on the morrow to the great and grimy city which was nearest to it.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading We were to visit the bazaars and buy books and toys.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES THE FAIRY STORIES A little girl who had kept her fifth birthday joyously in the garden of her father's home went on the morrow to the great and grimy city which was nearest to it.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading We were to visit the bazaars and buy books and toys.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading THE WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES THE FAIRY STORIES A little girl who had kept her fifth birthday joyously in the garden of her father's home went on the morrow to the great and grimy city which was nearest to it.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading THE WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES THE FAIRY STORIES A little girl who had kept her fifth birthday joyously in the garden of her father's home went on the morrow to the great and grimy city which was nearest to it.
WRITER
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From this reading THE WRITER OF FAIRY STORIES THE FAIRY STORIES A little girl who had kept her fifth birthday joyously in the garden of her father's home went on the morrow to the great and grimy city which was nearest to it.
