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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 A pretty picture she made, framed in the frosty window, her fresh young breath making fancy shapes of the frost-work.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
all
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From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
banged
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From this reading It was not banged; it was not even frizzed.
belonged
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From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
breath
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From this reading A pretty picture she made, framed in the frosty window, her fresh young breath making fancy shapes of the frost-work.
brown
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From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
certainly
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From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
class
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From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
cloudy
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From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
crowned
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From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
Daisy
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From this reading SHE, Daisy, knelt upstairs in front of the window, looking down on the snowy street.
Daisy's
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From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
day
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From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
down
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From this reading SHE, Daisy, knelt upstairs in front of the window, looking down on the snowy street.
dress
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From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was not banged; it was not even frizzed.
extant
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From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
fancy
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From this reading A pretty picture she made, framed in the frosty window, her fresh young breath making fancy shapes of the frost-work.
few
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From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
framed
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From this reading A pretty picture she made, framed in the frosty window, her fresh young breath making fancy shapes of the frost-work.
fresh
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From this reading A pretty picture she made, framed in the frosty window, her fresh young breath making fancy shapes of the frost-work.
frizzed
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From this reading It was not banged; it was not even frizzed.
front
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From this reading SHE, Daisy, knelt upstairs in front of the window, looking down on the snowy street.
frost-work
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From this reading A pretty picture she made, framed in the frosty window, her fresh young breath making fancy shapes of the frost-work.
frosty
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From this reading A pretty picture she made, framed in the frosty window, her fresh young breath making fancy shapes of the frost-work.
girls
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From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
gold
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From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
hair
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From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
head
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From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading A pretty picture she made, framed in the frosty window, her fresh young breath making fancy shapes of the frost-work.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading SHE, Daisy, knelt upstairs in front of the window, looking down on the snowy street.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
knelt
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From this reading SHE, Daisy, knelt upstairs in front of the window, looking down on the snowy street.
liked
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From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
looking
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From this reading SHE, Daisy, knelt upstairs in front of the window, looking down on the snowy street.
made
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From this reading A pretty picture she made, framed in the frosty window, her fresh young breath making fancy shapes of the frost-work.
makes
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From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
making
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From this reading A pretty picture she made, framed in the frosty window, her fresh young breath making fancy shapes of the frost-work.
masses
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From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
mother
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From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading It was not banged; it was not even frizzed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading SHE, Daisy, knelt upstairs in front of the window, looking down on the snowy street.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading SHE, Daisy, knelt upstairs in front of the window, looking down on the snowy street.
peculiar
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From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
picture
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From this reading A pretty picture she made, framed in the frosty window, her fresh young breath making fancy shapes of the frost-work.
please
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From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
possibly
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From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
pretty
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From this reading A pretty picture she made, framed in the frosty window, her fresh young breath making fancy shapes of the frost-work.
rare
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From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
rarer
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From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
rippling
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From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
shade
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From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
shapes
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From this reading A pretty picture she made, framed in the frosty window, her fresh young breath making fancy shapes of the frost-work.
SHEpronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading SHE, Daisy, knelt upstairs in front of the window, looking down on the snowy street.
shining
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From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
snowy
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From this reading SHE, Daisy, knelt upstairs in front of the window, looking down on the snowy street.
somewhere
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From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
specimens
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From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
street
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From this reading SHE, Daisy, knelt upstairs in front of the window, looking down on the snowy street.
style
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From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
sun
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From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading SHE, Daisy, knelt upstairs in front of the window, looking down on the snowy street.
there
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From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
things
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From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
thinknounUS /think/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
upstairs
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From this reading SHE, Daisy, knelt upstairs in front of the window, looking down on the snowy street.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was not banged; it was not even frizzed.
waves
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From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Daisy's mother belonged to that class, of which there are a few rare specimens still extant, who liked neither style, and Daisy herself belonged to that possibly still rarer class of girls, who liked above all things to dress to please her mother.
window
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From this reading SHE, Daisy, knelt upstairs in front of the window, looking down on the snowy street.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading A brown head, crowned with masses of hair of that peculiar shade of brown which makes you think when you look at it on a cloudy day, that the sun is certainly shining somewhere and rippling those waves of hair with gold.
young
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From this reading A pretty picture she made, framed in the frosty window, her fresh young breath making fancy shapes of the frost-work.
