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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 “Here comes Paz,” said the count, hearing a step which echoed through the gallery.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The countess beheld a tall and handsome man, well-made, and bearing on his face the signs of pain which come of inward strength and secret endurance of sorrow.
bearing
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From this reading The countess beheld a tall and handsome man, well-made, and bearing on his face the signs of pain which come of inward strength and secret endurance of sorrow.
beheld
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From this reading The countess beheld a tall and handsome man, well-made, and bearing on his face the signs of pain which come of inward strength and secret endurance of sorrow.
black
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From this reading Thick, black hair, rather unkempt, covered his square head, and Clementine noticed his broad forehead shining like a block of white marble, for Paz held his visored cap in his hand.
block
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From this reading Thick, black hair, rather unkempt, covered his square head, and Clementine noticed his broad forehead shining like a block of white marble, for Paz held his visored cap in his hand.
broad
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From this reading Thick, black hair, rather unkempt, covered his square head, and Clementine noticed his broad forehead shining like a block of white marble, for Paz held his visored cap in his hand.
called
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From this reading He wore one of those tight, frogged overcoats which were then called “polonaise.”
cap
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From this reading Thick, black hair, rather unkempt, covered his square head, and Clementine noticed his broad forehead shining like a block of white marble, for Paz held his visored cap in his hand.
Clementine
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From this reading Thick, black hair, rather unkempt, covered his square head, and Clementine noticed his broad forehead shining like a block of white marble, for Paz held his visored cap in his hand.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The countess beheld a tall and handsome man, well-made, and bearing on his face the signs of pain which come of inward strength and secret endurance of sorrow.
comes
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From this reading “Here comes Paz,” said the count, hearing a step which echoed through the gallery.
count
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From this reading “Here comes Paz,” said the count, hearing a step which echoed through the gallery.
countess
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From this reading The countess beheld a tall and handsome man, well-made, and bearing on his face the signs of pain which come of inward strength and secret endurance of sorrow.
covered
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From this reading Thick, black hair, rather unkempt, covered his square head, and Clementine noticed his broad forehead shining like a block of white marble, for Paz held his visored cap in his hand.
echoed
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From this reading “Here comes Paz,” said the count, hearing a step which echoed through the gallery.
endurance
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From this reading The countess beheld a tall and handsome man, well-made, and bearing on his face the signs of pain which come of inward strength and secret endurance of sorrow.
face
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From this reading The countess beheld a tall and handsome man, well-made, and bearing on his face the signs of pain which come of inward strength and secret endurance of sorrow.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Thick, black hair, rather unkempt, covered his square head, and Clementine noticed his broad forehead shining like a block of white marble, for Paz held his visored cap in his hand.
forehead
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From this reading Thick, black hair, rather unkempt, covered his square head, and Clementine noticed his broad forehead shining like a block of white marble, for Paz held his visored cap in his hand.
frogged
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From this reading He wore one of those tight, frogged overcoats which were then called “polonaise.”
gallery
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From this reading “Here comes Paz,” said the count, hearing a step which echoed through the gallery.
hair
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From this reading Thick, black hair, rather unkempt, covered his square head, and Clementine noticed his broad forehead shining like a block of white marble, for Paz held his visored cap in his hand.
hand
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From this reading Thick, black hair, rather unkempt, covered his square head, and Clementine noticed his broad forehead shining like a block of white marble, for Paz held his visored cap in his hand.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The countess beheld a tall and handsome man, well-made, and bearing on his face the signs of pain which come of inward strength and secret endurance of sorrow.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He wore one of those tight, frogged overcoats which were then called “polonaise.”
head
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From this reading Thick, black hair, rather unkempt, covered his square head, and Clementine noticed his broad forehead shining like a block of white marble, for Paz held his visored cap in his hand.
hearing
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From this reading “Here comes Paz,” said the count, hearing a step which echoed through the gallery.
held
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From this reading Thick, black hair, rather unkempt, covered his square head, and Clementine noticed his broad forehead shining like a block of white marble, for Paz held his visored cap in his hand.
Hercules
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From this reading The hand itself was like that of the Infant Hercules.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here comes Paz,” said the count, hearing a step which echoed through the gallery.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The countess beheld a tall and handsome man, well-made, and bearing on his face the signs of pain which come of inward strength and secret endurance of sorrow.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Thick, black hair, rather unkempt, covered his square head, and Clementine noticed his broad forehead shining like a block of white marble, for Paz held his visored cap in his hand.
Infant
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From this reading The hand itself was like that of the Infant Hercules.
inward
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From this reading The countess beheld a tall and handsome man, well-made, and bearing on his face the signs of pain which come of inward strength and secret endurance of sorrow.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading The hand itself was like that of the Infant Hercules.
like
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From this reading Thick, black hair, rather unkempt, covered his square head, and Clementine noticed his broad forehead shining like a block of white marble, for Paz held his visored cap in his hand.
man
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From this reading The countess beheld a tall and handsome man, well-made, and bearing on his face the signs of pain which come of inward strength and secret endurance of sorrow.
marble
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From this reading Thick, black hair, rather unkempt, covered his square head, and Clementine noticed his broad forehead shining like a block of white marble, for Paz held his visored cap in his hand.
noticed
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From this reading Thick, black hair, rather unkempt, covered his square head, and Clementine noticed his broad forehead shining like a block of white marble, for Paz held his visored cap in his hand.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The countess beheld a tall and handsome man, well-made, and bearing on his face the signs of pain which come of inward strength and secret endurance of sorrow.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The countess beheld a tall and handsome man, well-made, and bearing on his face the signs of pain which come of inward strength and secret endurance of sorrow.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading He wore one of those tight, frogged overcoats which were then called “polonaise.”
overcoats
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From this reading He wore one of those tight, frogged overcoats which were then called “polonaise.”
pain
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From this reading The countess beheld a tall and handsome man, well-made, and bearing on his face the signs of pain which come of inward strength and secret endurance of sorrow.
Paz
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From this reading “Here comes Paz,” said the count, hearing a step which echoed through the gallery.
polonaise
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From this reading He wore one of those tight, frogged overcoats which were then called “polonaise.”
rather
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From this reading Thick, black hair, rather unkempt, covered his square head, and Clementine noticed his broad forehead shining like a block of white marble, for Paz held his visored cap in his hand.
said
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From this reading “Here comes Paz,” said the count, hearing a step which echoed through the gallery.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading The countess beheld a tall and handsome man, well-made, and bearing on his face the signs of pain which come of inward strength and secret endurance of sorrow.
shining
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From this reading Thick, black hair, rather unkempt, covered his square head, and Clementine noticed his broad forehead shining like a block of white marble, for Paz held his visored cap in his hand.
signs
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From this reading The countess beheld a tall and handsome man, well-made, and bearing on his face the signs of pain which come of inward strength and secret endurance of sorrow.
sorrow
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From this reading The countess beheld a tall and handsome man, well-made, and bearing on his face the signs of pain which come of inward strength and secret endurance of sorrow.
square
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From this reading Thick, black hair, rather unkempt, covered his square head, and Clementine noticed his broad forehead shining like a block of white marble, for Paz held his visored cap in his hand.
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Here comes Paz,” said the count, hearing a step which echoed through the gallery.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The countess beheld a tall and handsome man, well-made, and bearing on his face the signs of pain which come of inward strength and secret endurance of sorrow.
tall
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From this reading The countess beheld a tall and handsome man, well-made, and bearing on his face the signs of pain which come of inward strength and secret endurance of sorrow.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The hand itself was like that of the Infant Hercules.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading “Here comes Paz,” said the count, hearing a step which echoed through the gallery.
then
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From this reading He wore one of those tight, frogged overcoats which were then called “polonaise.”
Thick
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From this reading Thick, black hair, rather unkempt, covered his square head, and Clementine noticed his broad forehead shining like a block of white marble, for Paz held his visored cap in his hand.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading He wore one of those tight, frogged overcoats which were then called “polonaise.”
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading “Here comes Paz,” said the count, hearing a step which echoed through the gallery.
tight
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From this reading He wore one of those tight, frogged overcoats which were then called “polonaise.”
unkempt
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From this reading Thick, black hair, rather unkempt, covered his square head, and Clementine noticed his broad forehead shining like a block of white marble, for Paz held his visored cap in his hand.
visored
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From this reading Thick, black hair, rather unkempt, covered his square head, and Clementine noticed his broad forehead shining like a block of white marble, for Paz held his visored cap in his hand.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The hand itself was like that of the Infant Hercules.
well-made
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From this reading The countess beheld a tall and handsome man, well-made, and bearing on his face the signs of pain which come of inward strength and secret endurance of sorrow.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading He wore one of those tight, frogged overcoats which were then called “polonaise.”
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading “Here comes Paz,” said the count, hearing a step which echoed through the gallery.
white
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From this reading Thick, black hair, rather unkempt, covered his square head, and Clementine noticed his broad forehead shining like a block of white marble, for Paz held his visored cap in his hand.
wore
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From this reading He wore one of those tight, frogged overcoats which were then called “polonaise.”
