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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 still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
ailing
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From this reading Some of the Kurhaus guests, seeing that she was alone and ailing, made some attempts to be kindly to her.
air
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From this reading THE crisp mountain air and the warm sunshine began slowly to have their effect on Bernardine, in spite of the Disagreeable Man's verdict.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some of the Kurhaus guests, seeing that she was alone and ailing, made some attempts to be kindly to her.
always
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From this reading She always seemed astonished that people should concern themselves about her; whatever her faults were, it never struck her that she might be of any importance to others, however important she might be to herself.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading THE crisp mountain air and the warm sunshine began slowly to have their effect on Bernardine, in spite of the Disagreeable Man's verdict.
any
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From this reading She always seemed astonished that people should concern themselves about her; whatever her faults were, it never struck her that she might be of any importance to others, however important she might be to herself.
appeared
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From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
astonishedadjectiveUS /əˈstɑːnɪʃt/
very surprised
From this reading She always seemed astonished that people should concern themselves about her; whatever her faults were, it never struck her that she might be of any importance to others, however important she might be to herself.
attempts
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From this reading Some of the Kurhaus guests, seeing that she was alone and ailing, made some attempts to be kindly to her.
band
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From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Some of the Kurhaus guests, seeing that she was alone and ailing, made some attempts to be kindly to her.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE crisp mountain air and the warm sunshine began slowly to have their effect on Bernardine, in spite of the Disagreeable Man's verdict.
BERNARDINE
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From this reading BERNARDINE.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
concern
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From this reading She always seemed astonished that people should concern themselves about her; whatever her faults were, it never struck her that she might be of any importance to others, however important she might be to herself.
crisp
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From this reading THE crisp mountain air and the warm sunshine began slowly to have their effect on Bernardine, in spite of the Disagreeable Man's verdict.
Disagreeable
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From this reading THE crisp mountain air and the warm sunshine began slowly to have their effect on Bernardine, in spite of the Disagreeable Man's verdict.
drag
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From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
effect
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From this reading THE crisp mountain air and the warm sunshine began slowly to have their effect on Bernardine, in spite of the Disagreeable Man's verdict.
effort
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From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
enjoyed
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From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
faults
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From this reading She always seemed astonished that people should concern themselves about her; whatever her faults were, it never struck her that she might be of any importance to others, however important she might be to herself.
guests
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From this reading Some of the Kurhaus guests, seeing that she was alone and ailing, made some attempts to be kindly to her.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading THE crisp mountain air and the warm sunshine began slowly to have their effect on Bernardine, in spite of the Disagreeable Man's verdict.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading She always seemed astonished that people should concern themselves about her; whatever her faults were, it never struck her that she might be of any importance to others, however important she might be to herself.
importance
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From this reading She always seemed astonished that people should concern themselves about her; whatever her faults were, it never struck her that she might be of any importance to others, however important she might be to herself.
important
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From this reading She always seemed astonished that people should concern themselves about her; whatever her faults were, it never struck her that she might be of any importance to others, however important she might be to herself.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE crisp mountain air and the warm sunshine began slowly to have their effect on Bernardine, in spite of the Disagreeable Man's verdict.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She always seemed astonished that people should concern themselves about her; whatever her faults were, it never struck her that she might be of any importance to others, however important she might be to herself.
kindly
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From this reading Some of the Kurhaus guests, seeing that she was alone and ailing, made some attempts to be kindly to her.
Kurhaus
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From this reading Some of the Kurhaus guests, seeing that she was alone and ailing, made some attempts to be kindly to her.
lifeless
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From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
listening
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From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
made
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From this reading Some of the Kurhaus guests, seeing that she was alone and ailing, made some attempts to be kindly to her.
Man's
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From this reading THE crisp mountain air and the warm sunshine began slowly to have their effect on Bernardine, in spite of the Disagreeable Man's verdict.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading She always seemed astonished that people should concern themselves about her; whatever her faults were, it never struck her that she might be of any importance to others, however important she might be to herself.
mountain
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From this reading THE crisp mountain air and the warm sunshine began slowly to have their effect on Bernardine, in spite of the Disagreeable Man's verdict.
music
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From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She always seemed astonished that people should concern themselves about her; whatever her faults were, it never struck her that she might be of any importance to others, however important she might be to herself.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE crisp mountain air and the warm sunshine began slowly to have their effect on Bernardine, in spite of the Disagreeable Man's verdict.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading THE crisp mountain air and the warm sunshine began slowly to have their effect on Bernardine, in spite of the Disagreeable Man's verdict.
others
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From this reading She always seemed astonished that people should concern themselves about her; whatever her faults were, it never struck her that she might be of any importance to others, however important she might be to herself.
painful
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From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
people
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From this reading She always seemed astonished that people should concern themselves about her; whatever her faults were, it never struck her that she might be of any importance to others, however important she might be to herself.
place
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From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
played
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From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
scratchy
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From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
seeing
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From this reading Some of the Kurhaus guests, seeing that she was alone and ailing, made some attempts to be kindly to her.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She always seemed astonished that people should concern themselves about her; whatever her faults were, it never struck her that she might be of any importance to others, however important she might be to herself.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading She always seemed astonished that people should concern themselves about her; whatever her faults were, it never struck her that she might be of any importance to others, however important she might be to herself.
singularly
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From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
sitting
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From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
slowly
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From this reading THE crisp mountain air and the warm sunshine began slowly to have their effect on Bernardine, in spite of the Disagreeable Man's verdict.
Some
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From this reading Some of the Kurhaus guests, seeing that she was alone and ailing, made some attempts to be kindly to her.
spite
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From this reading THE crisp mountain air and the warm sunshine began slowly to have their effect on Bernardine, in spite of the Disagreeable Man's verdict.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
string
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From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She always seemed astonished that people should concern themselves about her; whatever her faults were, it never struck her that she might be of any importance to others, however important she might be to herself.
suited
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From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
sun
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From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
sunshine
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From this reading THE crisp mountain air and the warm sunshine began slowly to have their effect on Bernardine, in spite of the Disagreeable Man's verdict.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Some of the Kurhaus guests, seeing that she was alone and ailing, made some attempts to be kindly to her.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE crisp mountain air and the warm sunshine began slowly to have their effect on Bernardine, in spite of the Disagreeable Man's verdict.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading THE crisp mountain air and the warm sunshine began slowly to have their effect on Bernardine, in spite of the Disagreeable Man's verdict.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading She always seemed astonished that people should concern themselves about her; whatever her faults were, it never struck her that she might be of any importance to others, however important she might be to herself.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading THE crisp mountain air and the warm sunshine began slowly to have their effect on Bernardine, in spite of the Disagreeable Man's verdict.
verdict
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From this reading THE crisp mountain air and the warm sunshine began slowly to have their effect on Bernardine, in spite of the Disagreeable Man's verdict.
warm
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From this reading THE crisp mountain air and the warm sunshine began slowly to have their effect on Bernardine, in spite of the Disagreeable Man's verdict.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She always seemed astonished that people should concern themselves about her; whatever her faults were, it never struck her that she might be of any importance to others, however important she might be to herself.
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading She always seemed astonished that people should concern themselves about her; whatever her faults were, it never struck her that she might be of any importance to others, however important she might be to herself.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She still looked singularly lifeless, and appeared to drag herself about with painful effort; but the place suited her, and she enjoyed sitting in the sun listening to the music which was played by a scratchy string band.
