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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 Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
anger
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From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
answer
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From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
appeared
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From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When at last he spoke, his voice was harsh and menacing.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
black
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From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
breathing
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From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
brow
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From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading “What do you expect to gain by a statement so preposterous?”
changed
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From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
colour
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From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading “What do you expect to gain by a statement so preposterous?”
Earl
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From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
expectverbUS /ɪkˈspekt/
to think that something will happen
From this reading “What do you expect to gain by a statement so preposterous?”
faced
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From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
father
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From this reading “I expect to gain a father.”
flinching
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From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
gain
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From this reading “What do you expect to gain by a statement so preposterous?”
girl
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From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
girl's
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From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
harsh
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From this reading When at last he spoke, his voice was harsh and menacing.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
hazard
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From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When at last he spoke, his voice was harsh and menacing.
heels
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From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
hinted
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From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
hurried
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From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading “I expect to gain a father.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
intrepid
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From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
knowledge
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From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When at last he spoke, his voice was harsh and menacing.
lowered
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From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
menacing
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From this reading When at last he spoke, his voice was harsh and menacing.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
more
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From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
neverthelessadverbUS /ˌnevərðəˈles/
in spite of what has just been said
From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
pale
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From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
peril
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From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
person
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From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
preposterous
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From this reading “What do you expect to gain by a statement so preposterous?”
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
quick
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From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
red
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From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading “What do you expect to gain by a statement so preposterous?”
some
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From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
spoke
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From this reading When at last he spoke, his voice was harsh and menacing.
statement
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From this reading “What do you expect to gain by a statement so preposterous?”
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
there
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From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
trifling
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From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
trod
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From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
voice
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From this reading When at last he spoke, his voice was harsh and menacing.
warned
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From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The Earl lowered upon the girl, and the black anger upon his brow might have warned a more intrepid person than even she appeared to be that there was peril in trifling.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading “What do you expect to gain by a statement so preposterous?”
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When at last he spoke, his voice was harsh and menacing.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading The girl’s answer trod quick upon the heels of the question, but her colour changed from red to pale, and from pale to red again, and her hurried breathing hinted of some knowledge of her hazard, which nevertheless she faced without flinching.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “What do you expect to gain by a statement so preposterous?”
