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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 She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
aggressively
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From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading Miss Vigers hurried along to the Upper Third class-room.
Alwynne
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From this reading The entire class had deserted its desks and was clustered round the rostrum, where Alwynne Durand, looking flushed and excited and prettier than a school-mistress had any business to be, was talking fast and eagerly.
amazement
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From this reading To her amazement and annoyance her entry was entirely unnoticed.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
annoyance
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From this reading To her amazement and annoyance her entry was entirely unnoticed.
any
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From this reading The entire class had deserted its desks and was clustered round the rostrum, where Alwynne Durand, looking flushed and excited and prettier than a school-mistress had any business to be, was talking fast and eagerly.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
baton
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From this reading She had a little stick in her hand which she was using as a conductor's baton, emphasising with it the points of the story she was evidently telling.
battle
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From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
business
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From this reading The entire class had deserted its desks and was clustered round the rostrum, where Alwynne Durand, looking flushed and excited and prettier than a school-mistress had any business to be, was talking fast and eagerly.
class
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From this reading The entire class had deserted its desks and was clustered round the rostrum, where Alwynne Durand, looking flushed and excited and prettier than a school-mistress had any business to be, was talking fast and eagerly.
class-room
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From this reading Miss Vigers hurried along to the Upper Third class-room.
clustered
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From this reading The entire class had deserted its desks and was clustered round the rostrum, where Alwynne Durand, looking flushed and excited and prettier than a school-mistress had any business to be, was talking fast and eagerly.
conductor's
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From this reading She had a little stick in her hand which she was using as a conductor's baton, emphasising with it the points of the story she was evidently telling.
countryman
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From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
desertedverbUS /dɪˈzɜːrtɪd/
left a place or vessel without intending to return
From this reading The entire class had deserted its desks and was clustered round the rostrum, where Alwynne Durand, looking flushed and excited and prettier than a school-mistress had any business to be, was talking fast and eagerly.
desks
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From this reading The entire class had deserted its desks and was clustered round the rostrum, where Alwynne Durand, looking flushed and excited and prettier than a school-mistress had any business to be, was talking fast and eagerly.
door
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From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
Durand
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From this reading The entire class had deserted its desks and was clustered round the rostrum, where Alwynne Durand, looking flushed and excited and prettier than a school-mistress had any business to be, was talking fast and eagerly.
eagerly
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From this reading The entire class had deserted its desks and was clustered round the rostrum, where Alwynne Durand, looking flushed and excited and prettier than a school-mistress had any business to be, was talking fast and eagerly.
emphasising
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From this reading She had a little stick in her hand which she was using as a conductor's baton, emphasising with it the points of the story she was evidently telling.
entered
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From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
entire
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From this reading The entire class had deserted its desks and was clustered round the rostrum, where Alwynne Durand, looking flushed and excited and prettier than a school-mistress had any business to be, was talking fast and eagerly.
entirelynounUS /ˈentirely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading To her amazement and annoyance her entry was entirely unnoticed.
entry
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From this reading To her amazement and annoyance her entry was entirely unnoticed.
evidently
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From this reading She had a little stick in her hand which she was using as a conductor's baton, emphasising with it the points of the story she was evidently telling.
excitedadjectiveUS /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/
very enthusiastic or eager
From this reading The entire class had deserted its desks and was clustered round the rostrum, where Alwynne Durand, looking flushed and excited and prettier than a school-mistress had any business to be, was talking fast and eagerly.
eye
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From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
fast
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From this reading The entire class had deserted its desks and was clustered round the rostrum, where Alwynne Durand, looking flushed and excited and prettier than a school-mistress had any business to be, was talking fast and eagerly.
fight
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From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
flushed
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From this reading The entire class had deserted its desks and was clustered round the rostrum, where Alwynne Durand, looking flushed and excited and prettier than a school-mistress had any business to be, was talking fast and eagerly.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The entire class had deserted its desks and was clustered round the rostrum, where Alwynne Durand, looking flushed and excited and prettier than a school-mistress had any business to be, was talking fast and eagerly.
hair
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From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
hand
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From this reading She had a little stick in her hand which she was using as a conductor's baton, emphasising with it the points of the story she was evidently telling.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
hurried
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From this reading Miss Vigers hurried along to the Upper Third class-room.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
inaudible
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From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She had a little stick in her hand which she was using as a conductor's baton, emphasising with it the points of the story she was evidently telling.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The entire class had deserted its desks and was clustered round the rostrum, where Alwynne Durand, looking flushed and excited and prettier than a school-mistress had any business to be, was talking fast and eagerly.
jersey
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From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
light
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From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had a little stick in her hand which she was using as a conductor's baton, emphasising with it the points of the story she was evidently telling.
looking
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From this reading The entire class had deserted its desks and was clustered round the rostrum, where Alwynne Durand, looking flushed and excited and prettier than a school-mistress had any business to be, was talking fast and eagerly.
manner
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From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
Miss
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From this reading Miss Vigers hurried along to the Upper Third class-room.
much
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From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
netted
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From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
opened
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From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
patted
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From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
points
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From this reading She had a little stick in her hand which she was using as a conductor's baton, emphasising with it the points of the story she was evidently telling.
prettier
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From this reading The entire class had deserted its desks and was clustered round the rostrum, where Alwynne Durand, looking flushed and excited and prettier than a school-mistress had any business to be, was talking fast and eagerly.
rostrum
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From this reading The entire class had deserted its desks and was clustered round the rostrum, where Alwynne Durand, looking flushed and excited and prettier than a school-mistress had any business to be, was talking fast and eagerly.
round
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From this reading The entire class had deserted its desks and was clustered round the rostrum, where Alwynne Durand, looking flushed and excited and prettier than a school-mistress had any business to be, was talking fast and eagerly.
rudimentary
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From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
school-mistress
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From this reading The entire class had deserted its desks and was clustered round the rostrum, where Alwynne Durand, looking flushed and excited and prettier than a school-mistress had any business to be, was talking fast and eagerly.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
squaring
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From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
stick
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From this reading She had a little stick in her hand which she was using as a conductor's baton, emphasising with it the points of the story she was evidently telling.
story
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From this reading She had a little stick in her hand which she was using as a conductor's baton, emphasising with it the points of the story she was evidently telling.
straightened
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From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
talking
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From this reading The entire class had deserted its desks and was clustered round the rostrum, where Alwynne Durand, looking flushed and excited and prettier than a school-mistress had any business to be, was talking fast and eagerly.
tap
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From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
telling
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From this reading She had a little stick in her hand which she was using as a conductor's baton, emphasising with it the points of the story she was evidently telling.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading The entire class had deserted its desks and was clustered round the rostrum, where Alwynne Durand, looking flushed and excited and prettier than a school-mistress had any business to be, was talking fast and eagerly.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Miss Vigers hurried along to the Upper Third class-room.
ThirdnounUS /third/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Vigers hurried along to the Upper Third class-room.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Miss Vigers hurried along to the Upper Third class-room.
unnoticed
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From this reading To her amazement and annoyance her entry was entirely unnoticed.
Upper
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From this reading Miss Vigers hurried along to the Upper Third class-room.
using
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From this reading She had a little stick in her hand which she was using as a conductor's baton, emphasising with it the points of the story she was evidently telling.
Vigers
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From this reading Miss Vigers hurried along to the Upper Third class-room.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To her amazement and annoyance her entry was entirely unnoticed.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The entire class had deserted its desks and was clustered round the rostrum, where Alwynne Durand, looking flushed and excited and prettier than a school-mistress had any business to be, was talking fast and eagerly.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She had a little stick in her hand which she was using as a conductor's baton, emphasising with it the points of the story she was evidently telling.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She had a little stick in her hand which she was using as a conductor's baton, emphasising with it the points of the story she was evidently telling.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading She straightened her jersey, and patted her netted hair as she went, much in the manner of a countryman squaring for a fight, opened the door, after a tap so rudimentary as to be inaudible to those within, and entered aggressively, the light of battle in her eye.
