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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 That something else which she did not understand was this: a strict watch was being kept upon her—almost as if in fear!
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
all
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From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
almost
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From this reading That something else which she did not understand was this: a strict watch was being kept upon her—almost as if in fear!
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Walking, mittened and warmly clad, over the snow-crusted half-acre of Grandma’s garden, she gave herself up to conjecture.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading That something else which she did not understand was this: a strict watch was being kept upon her—almost as if in fear!
ask
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From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
bare
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From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading That something else which she did not understand was this: a strict watch was being kept upon her—almost as if in fear!
big
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From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
Bob
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From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
clad
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From this reading Walking, mittened and warmly clad, over the snow-crusted half-acre of Grandma’s garden, she gave herself up to conjecture.
conjecture
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From this reading Walking, mittened and warmly clad, over the snow-crusted half-acre of Grandma’s garden, she gave herself up to conjecture.
country
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From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading There was something else which Phœbe did not understand.
drove
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From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
edged
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From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
else
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From this reading There was something else which Phœbe did not understand.
face
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From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
fear
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From this reading That something else which she did not understand was this: a strict watch was being kept upon her—almost as if in fear!
fields
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From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
garden
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From this reading Walking, mittened and warmly clad, over the snow-crusted half-acre of Grandma’s garden, she gave herself up to conjecture.
gave
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From this reading Walking, mittened and warmly clad, over the snow-crusted half-acre of Grandma’s garden, she gave herself up to conjecture.
good-natured
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From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
Grandma
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From this reading Or in the sitting-room, with Grandma seated nearby, sewing, she puzzled her small head.
Grandma's
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From this reading Walking, mittened and warmly clad, over the snow-crusted half-acre of Grandma’s garden, she gave herself up to conjecture.
half-acre
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From this reading Walking, mittened and warmly clad, over the snow-crusted half-acre of Grandma’s garden, she gave herself up to conjecture.
head
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From this reading Or in the sitting-room, with Grandma seated nearby, sewing, she puzzled her small head.
heart
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From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Or in the sitting-room, with Grandma seated nearby, sewing, she puzzled her small head.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Walking, mittened and warmly clad, over the snow-crusted half-acre of Grandma’s garden, she gave herself up to conjecture.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading That something else which she did not understand was this: a strict watch was being kept upon her—almost as if in fear!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Or in the sitting-room, with Grandma seated nearby, sewing, she puzzled her small head.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
kept
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From this reading That something else which she did not understand was this: a strict watch was being kept upon her—almost as if in fear!
lanes
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From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
mittened
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From this reading Walking, mittened and warmly clad, over the snow-crusted half-acre of Grandma’s garden, she gave herself up to conjecture.
naked
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From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
nearby
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From this reading Or in the sitting-room, with Grandma seated nearby, sewing, she puzzled her small head.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was something else which Phœbe did not understand.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Walking, mittened and warmly clad, over the snow-crusted half-acre of Grandma’s garden, she gave herself up to conjecture.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
OrconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Or in the sitting-room, with Grandma seated nearby, sewing, she puzzled her small head.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Walking, mittened and warmly clad, over the snow-crusted half-acre of Grandma’s garden, she gave herself up to conjecture.
Phœbe
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From this reading There was something else which Phœbe did not understand.
puzzled
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From this reading Or in the sitting-room, with Grandma seated nearby, sewing, she puzzled her small head.
seated
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From this reading Or in the sitting-room, with Grandma seated nearby, sewing, she puzzled her small head.
sewing
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From this reading Or in the sitting-room, with Grandma seated nearby, sewing, she puzzled her small head.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Walking, mittened and warmly clad, over the snow-crusted half-acre of Grandma’s garden, she gave herself up to conjecture.
sitting-room
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From this reading Or in the sitting-room, with Grandma seated nearby, sewing, she puzzled her small head.
small
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From this reading Or in the sitting-room, with Grandma seated nearby, sewing, she puzzled her small head.
snow-crusted
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From this reading Walking, mittened and warmly clad, over the snow-crusted half-acre of Grandma’s garden, she gave herself up to conjecture.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading There was something else which Phœbe did not understand.
strict
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From this reading That something else which she did not understand was this: a strict watch was being kept upon her—almost as if in fear!
studied
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From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Walking, mittened and warmly clad, over the snow-crusted half-acre of Grandma’s garden, she gave herself up to conjecture.
There
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From this reading There was something else which Phœbe did not understand.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading That something else which she did not understand was this: a strict watch was being kept upon her—almost as if in fear!
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Walking, mittened and warmly clad, over the snow-crusted half-acre of Grandma’s garden, she gave herself up to conjecture.
trees
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From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
Uncle
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From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
understandnounUS /understand/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was something else which Phœbe did not understand.
up
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From this reading Walking, mittened and warmly clad, over the snow-crusted half-acre of Grandma’s garden, she gave herself up to conjecture.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading That something else which she did not understand was this: a strict watch was being kept upon her—almost as if in fear!
Walking
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From this reading Walking, mittened and warmly clad, over the snow-crusted half-acre of Grandma’s garden, she gave herself up to conjecture.
warmly
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From this reading Walking, mittened and warmly clad, over the snow-crusted half-acre of Grandma’s garden, she gave herself up to conjecture.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was something else which Phœbe did not understand.
watch
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From this reading That something else which she did not understand was this: a strict watch was being kept upon her—almost as if in fear!
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading There was something else which Phœbe did not understand.
wished
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From this reading And when she drove with Uncle Bob into the country, through lanes of naked trees that edged bare fields, she studied his big, good-natured face and wished that she might open her heart and ask him all about it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Or in the sitting-room, with Grandma seated nearby, sewing, she puzzled her small head.
