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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 Half the members of the class passed out to a recitation-room, the empurpled Victorine among them, and Miss Spence started the remaining half through the ordeal of trial by mathematics.
abandoned
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actual
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amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Half the members of the class passed out to a recitation-room, the empurpled Victorine among them, and Miss Spence started the remaining half through the ordeal of trial by mathematics.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Half the members of the class passed out to a recitation-room, the empurpled Victorine among them, and Miss Spence started the remaining half through the ordeal of trial by mathematics.
arithmetic
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From this reading His eyes remained open, but saw nothing; the routine of the arithmetic lesson reached his ears in familiar, meaningless sounds, but he heard nothing; and yet, this time, he was profoundly occupied.
away
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From this reading He had drifted away from the painful land of facts, and floated now in a new sea of fancy which he had just discovered.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading Maturity forgets the marvellous realness of a boy's day-dreams, how colourful they glow, rosy and living, and how opaque the curtain closing down between the dreamer and the actual world.
blackboard
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boy's
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boys
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butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Several boys and girls were sent to the blackboard, and Penrod, spared for the moment, followed their operations a little while with his eyes, but not with his mind; then, sinking deeper in his seat, limply abandoned the effort.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Half the members of the class passed out to a recitation-room, the empurpled Victorine among them, and Miss Spence started the remaining half through the ordeal of trial by mathematics.
class
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closing
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From this reading Maturity forgets the marvellous realness of a boy's day-dreams, how colourful they glow, rosy and living, and how opaque the curtain closing down between the dreamer and the actual world.
colourful
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curtain
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day-dreams
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deeper
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discovered
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From this reading He had drifted away from the painful land of facts, and floated now in a new sea of fancy which he had just discovered.
down
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dreamer
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drifted
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From this reading He had drifted away from the painful land of facts, and floated now in a new sea of fancy which he had just discovered.
ears
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From this reading His eyes remained open, but saw nothing; the routine of the arithmetic lesson reached his ears in familiar, meaningless sounds, but he heard nothing; and yet, this time, he was profoundly occupied.
effort
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empurpled
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eyes
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facts
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From this reading He had drifted away from the painful land of facts, and floated now in a new sea of fancy which he had just discovered.
familiar
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From this reading His eyes remained open, but saw nothing; the routine of the arithmetic lesson reached his ears in familiar, meaningless sounds, but he heard nothing; and yet, this time, he was profoundly occupied.
fancy
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From this reading He had drifted away from the painful land of facts, and floated now in a new sea of fancy which he had just discovered.
floated
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From this reading He had drifted away from the painful land of facts, and floated now in a new sea of fancy which he had just discovered.
followed
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From this reading Several boys and girls were sent to the blackboard, and Penrod, spared for the moment, followed their operations a little while with his eyes, but not with his mind; then, sinking deeper in his seat, limply abandoned the effort.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Several boys and girls were sent to the blackboard, and Penrod, spared for the moment, followed their operations a little while with his eyes, but not with his mind; then, sinking deeper in his seat, limply abandoned the effort.
forgets
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From this reading Maturity forgets the marvellous realness of a boy's day-dreams, how colourful they glow, rosy and living, and how opaque the curtain closing down between the dreamer and the actual world.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He had drifted away from the painful land of facts, and floated now in a new sea of fancy which he had just discovered.
girls
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From this reading Several boys and girls were sent to the blackboard, and Penrod, spared for the moment, followed their operations a little while with his eyes, but not with his mind; then, sinking deeper in his seat, limply abandoned the effort.
glow
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From this reading Maturity forgets the marvellous realness of a boy's day-dreams, how colourful they glow, rosy and living, and how opaque the curtain closing down between the dreamer and the actual world.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He had drifted away from the painful land of facts, and floated now in a new sea of fancy which he had just discovered.
HalfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Half the members of the class passed out to a recitation-room, the empurpled Victorine among them, and Miss Spence started the remaining half through the ordeal of trial by mathematics.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading His eyes remained open, but saw nothing; the routine of the arithmetic lesson reached his ears in familiar, meaningless sounds, but he heard nothing; and yet, this time, he was profoundly occupied.
heard
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From this reading His eyes remained open, but saw nothing; the routine of the arithmetic lesson reached his ears in familiar, meaningless sounds, but he heard nothing; and yet, this time, he was profoundly occupied.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Several boys and girls were sent to the blackboard, and Penrod, spared for the moment, followed their operations a little while with his eyes, but not with his mind; then, sinking deeper in his seat, limply abandoned the effort.
how
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Several boys and girls were sent to the blackboard, and Penrod, spared for the moment, followed their operations a little while with his eyes, but not with his mind; then, sinking deeper in his seat, limply abandoned the effort.
just
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From this reading He had drifted away from the painful land of facts, and floated now in a new sea of fancy which he had just discovered.
land
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From this reading He had drifted away from the painful land of facts, and floated now in a new sea of fancy which he had just discovered.
lesson
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limply
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From this reading Several boys and girls were sent to the blackboard, and Penrod, spared for the moment, followed their operations a little while with his eyes, but not with his mind; then, sinking deeper in his seat, limply abandoned the effort.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Several boys and girls were sent to the blackboard, and Penrod, spared for the moment, followed their operations a little while with his eyes, but not with his mind; then, sinking deeper in his seat, limply abandoned the effort.
living
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marvellous
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mathematics
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From this reading Half the members of the class passed out to a recitation-room, the empurpled Victorine among them, and Miss Spence started the remaining half through the ordeal of trial by mathematics.
Maturity
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meaningless
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From this reading His eyes remained open, but saw nothing; the routine of the arithmetic lesson reached his ears in familiar, meaningless sounds, but he heard nothing; and yet, this time, he was profoundly occupied.
members
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From this reading Half the members of the class passed out to a recitation-room, the empurpled Victorine among them, and Miss Spence started the remaining half through the ordeal of trial by mathematics.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Several boys and girls were sent to the blackboard, and Penrod, spared for the moment, followed their operations a little while with his eyes, but not with his mind; then, sinking deeper in his seat, limply abandoned the effort.
Miss
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moment
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new
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From this reading He had drifted away from the painful land of facts, and floated now in a new sea of fancy which he had just discovered.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Several boys and girls were sent to the blackboard, and Penrod, spared for the moment, followed their operations a little while with his eyes, but not with his mind; then, sinking deeper in his seat, limply abandoned the effort.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading His eyes remained open, but saw nothing; the routine of the arithmetic lesson reached his ears in familiar, meaningless sounds, but he heard nothing; and yet, this time, he was profoundly occupied.
now
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From this reading He had drifted away from the painful land of facts, and floated now in a new sea of fancy which he had just discovered.
occupied
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From this reading His eyes remained open, but saw nothing; the routine of the arithmetic lesson reached his ears in familiar, meaningless sounds, but he heard nothing; and yet, this time, he was profoundly occupied.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Half the members of the class passed out to a recitation-room, the empurpled Victorine among them, and Miss Spence started the remaining half through the ordeal of trial by mathematics.
opaque
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From this reading Maturity forgets the marvellous realness of a boy's day-dreams, how colourful they glow, rosy and living, and how opaque the curtain closing down between the dreamer and the actual world.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading His eyes remained open, but saw nothing; the routine of the arithmetic lesson reached his ears in familiar, meaningless sounds, but he heard nothing; and yet, this time, he was profoundly occupied.
operations
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ordeal
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From this reading Half the members of the class passed out to a recitation-room, the empurpled Victorine among them, and Miss Spence started the remaining half through the ordeal of trial by mathematics.
out
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From this reading Half the members of the class passed out to a recitation-room, the empurpled Victorine among them, and Miss Spence started the remaining half through the ordeal of trial by mathematics.
painful
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From this reading He had drifted away from the painful land of facts, and floated now in a new sea of fancy which he had just discovered.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Half the members of the class passed out to a recitation-room, the empurpled Victorine among them, and Miss Spence started the remaining half through the ordeal of trial by mathematics.
Penrod
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profoundly
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From this reading His eyes remained open, but saw nothing; the routine of the arithmetic lesson reached his ears in familiar, meaningless sounds, but he heard nothing; and yet, this time, he was profoundly occupied.
reached
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From this reading His eyes remained open, but saw nothing; the routine of the arithmetic lesson reached his ears in familiar, meaningless sounds, but he heard nothing; and yet, this time, he was profoundly occupied.
realness
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From this reading Maturity forgets the marvellous realness of a boy's day-dreams, how colourful they glow, rosy and living, and how opaque the curtain closing down between the dreamer and the actual world.
recitation-room
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remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading His eyes remained open, but saw nothing; the routine of the arithmetic lesson reached his ears in familiar, meaningless sounds, but he heard nothing; and yet, this time, he was profoundly occupied.
remaining
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From this reading Half the members of the class passed out to a recitation-room, the empurpled Victorine among them, and Miss Spence started the remaining half through the ordeal of trial by mathematics.
rosy
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routine
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saw
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sea
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From this reading He had drifted away from the painful land of facts, and floated now in a new sea of fancy which he had just discovered.
seat
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sent
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Several
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sinking
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sounds
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spared
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Spence
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From this reading Half the members of the class passed out to a recitation-room, the empurpled Victorine among them, and Miss Spence started the remaining half through the ordeal of trial by mathematics.
started
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From this reading Half the members of the class passed out to a recitation-room, the empurpled Victorine among them, and Miss Spence started the remaining half through the ordeal of trial by mathematics.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Half the members of the class passed out to a recitation-room, the empurpled Victorine among them, and Miss Spence started the remaining half through the ordeal of trial by mathematics.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Several boys and girls were sent to the blackboard, and Penrod, spared for the moment, followed their operations a little while with his eyes, but not with his mind; then, sinking deeper in his seat, limply abandoned the effort.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Half the members of the class passed out to a recitation-room, the empurpled Victorine among them, and Miss Spence started the remaining half through the ordeal of trial by mathematics.
then
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theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Maturity forgets the marvellous realness of a boy's day-dreams, how colourful they glow, rosy and living, and how opaque the curtain closing down between the dreamer and the actual world.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading His eyes remained open, but saw nothing; the routine of the arithmetic lesson reached his ears in familiar, meaningless sounds, but he heard nothing; and yet, this time, he was profoundly occupied.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Half the members of the class passed out to a recitation-room, the empurpled Victorine among them, and Miss Spence started the remaining half through the ordeal of trial by mathematics.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading His eyes remained open, but saw nothing; the routine of the arithmetic lesson reached his ears in familiar, meaningless sounds, but he heard nothing; and yet, this time, he was profoundly occupied.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Half the members of the class passed out to a recitation-room, the empurpled Victorine among them, and Miss Spence started the remaining half through the ordeal of trial by mathematics.
trial
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Victorine
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From this reading Half the members of the class passed out to a recitation-room, the empurpled Victorine among them, and Miss Spence started the remaining half through the ordeal of trial by mathematics.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading His eyes remained open, but saw nothing; the routine of the arithmetic lesson reached his ears in familiar, meaningless sounds, but he heard nothing; and yet, this time, he was profoundly occupied.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Several boys and girls were sent to the blackboard, and Penrod, spared for the moment, followed their operations a little while with his eyes, but not with his mind; then, sinking deeper in his seat, limply abandoned the effort.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading He had drifted away from the painful land of facts, and floated now in a new sea of fancy which he had just discovered.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Several boys and girls were sent to the blackboard, and Penrod, spared for the moment, followed their operations a little while with his eyes, but not with his mind; then, sinking deeper in his seat, limply abandoned the effort.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Several boys and girls were sent to the blackboard, and Penrod, spared for the moment, followed their operations a little while with his eyes, but not with his mind; then, sinking deeper in his seat, limply abandoned the effort.
world
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From this reading Maturity forgets the marvellous realness of a boy's day-dreams, how colourful they glow, rosy and living, and how opaque the curtain closing down between the dreamer and the actual world.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading His eyes remained open, but saw nothing; the routine of the arithmetic lesson reached his ears in familiar, meaningless sounds, but he heard nothing; and yet, this time, he was profoundly occupied.
