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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 There was an attic at the top of a dark flight of stairs in the suburban villa that was now the sisters' home.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading There was an attic at the top of a dark flight of stairs in the suburban villa that was now the sisters' home.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It contained a fireplace and a long dormer window--three square casements in a row, of which the outer pair opened like doors--facing the morning sun and a country landscape.
asphyxiating
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From this reading The previous tenants had used it for a box and lumber room, and left it cobwebbed, filthy and asphyxiating.
assembled
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association
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astonish
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astonishing
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atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There was an attic at the top of a dark flight of stairs in the suburban villa that was now the sisters' home.
attic
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From this reading There was an attic at the top of a dark flight of stairs in the suburban villa that was now the sisters' home.
aunts
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basket-chairs
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From this reading Deb ordered a charwoman to clean it, and a man to distemper the grubby plaster and stain the floor, and then laid down rugs, and assembled tables and books, and basket-chairs, and girls' odds and ends; whereby it was transformed into a cosy boudoir and their favourite room.
black-eyed
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booksnounUS /bʊks/
Bound written or printed works.
From this reading Deb ordered a charwoman to clean it, and a man to distemper the grubby plaster and stain the floor, and then laid down rugs, and assembled tables and books, and basket-chairs, and girls' odds and ends; whereby it was transformed into a cosy boudoir and their favourite room.
boudoir
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box
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boy
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bringing
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came
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casements
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From this reading It contained a fireplace and a long dormer window--three square casements in a row, of which the outer pair opened like doors--facing the morning sun and a country landscape.
charwoman
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clean
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clevernessnounUS /ˈklev.ər.nəs/
The quality of being intelligent, quick to understand, and resourceful in danger.
From this reading Hither came Mary when she could escape from that treadmill of which she never spoke, bringing her black-eyed boy to astonish his aunts with his cleverness, and astonishing them herself with the heretical notions which an intimate association with orthodoxy seemed to have implanted in her.
cobwebbed
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contained
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From this reading It contained a fireplace and a long dormer window--three square casements in a row, of which the outer pair opened like doors--facing the morning sun and a country landscape.
cosy
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From this reading Deb ordered a charwoman to clean it, and a man to distemper the grubby plaster and stain the floor, and then laid down rugs, and assembled tables and books, and basket-chairs, and girls' odds and ends; whereby it was transformed into a cosy boudoir and their favourite room.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Hither came Mary when she could escape from that treadmill of which she never spoke, bringing her black-eyed boy to astonish his aunts with his cleverness, and astonishing them herself with the heretical notions which an intimate association with orthodoxy seemed to have implanted in her.
country
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From this reading It contained a fireplace and a long dormer window--three square casements in a row, of which the outer pair opened like doors--facing the morning sun and a country landscape.
dark
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From this reading There was an attic at the top of a dark flight of stairs in the suburban villa that was now the sisters' home.
Deb
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From this reading Deb ordered a charwoman to clean it, and a man to distemper the grubby plaster and stain the floor, and then laid down rugs, and assembled tables and books, and basket-chairs, and girls' odds and ends; whereby it was transformed into a cosy boudoir and their favourite room.
distemper
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doors
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dormer
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From this reading It contained a fireplace and a long dormer window--three square casements in a row, of which the outer pair opened like doors--facing the morning sun and a country landscape.
down
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ends
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escape
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facing
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favourite
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From this reading Deb ordered a charwoman to clean it, and a man to distemper the grubby plaster and stain the floor, and then laid down rugs, and assembled tables and books, and basket-chairs, and girls' odds and ends; whereby it was transformed into a cosy boudoir and their favourite room.
filthy
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From this reading The previous tenants had used it for a box and lumber room, and left it cobwebbed, filthy and asphyxiating.
fireplace
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From this reading It contained a fireplace and a long dormer window--three square casements in a row, of which the outer pair opened like doors--facing the morning sun and a country landscape.
flight
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From this reading There was an attic at the top of a dark flight of stairs in the suburban villa that was now the sisters' home.
floor
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From this reading Deb ordered a charwoman to clean it, and a man to distemper the grubby plaster and stain the floor, and then laid down rugs, and assembled tables and books, and basket-chairs, and girls' odds and ends; whereby it was transformed into a cosy boudoir and their favourite room.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The previous tenants had used it for a box and lumber room, and left it cobwebbed, filthy and asphyxiating.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Hither came Mary when she could escape from that treadmill of which she never spoke, bringing her black-eyed boy to astonish his aunts with his cleverness, and astonishing them herself with the heretical notions which an intimate association with orthodoxy seemed to have implanted in her.
girls
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grubby
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From this reading Deb ordered a charwoman to clean it, and a man to distemper the grubby plaster and stain the floor, and then laid down rugs, and assembled tables and books, and basket-chairs, and girls' odds and ends; whereby it was transformed into a cosy boudoir and their favourite room.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The previous tenants had used it for a box and lumber room, and left it cobwebbed, filthy and asphyxiating.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Hither came Mary when she could escape from that treadmill of which she never spoke, bringing her black-eyed boy to astonish his aunts with his cleverness, and astonishing them herself with the heretical notions which an intimate association with orthodoxy seemed to have implanted in her.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Hither came Mary when she could escape from that treadmill of which she never spoke, bringing her black-eyed boy to astonish his aunts with his cleverness, and astonishing them herself with the heretical notions which an intimate association with orthodoxy seemed to have implanted in her.
heretical
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herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Hither came Mary when she could escape from that treadmill of which she never spoke, bringing her black-eyed boy to astonish his aunts with his cleverness, and astonishing them herself with the heretical notions which an intimate association with orthodoxy seemed to have implanted in her.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Hither came Mary when she could escape from that treadmill of which she never spoke, bringing her black-eyed boy to astonish his aunts with his cleverness, and astonishing them herself with the heretical notions which an intimate association with orthodoxy seemed to have implanted in her.
HitheradverbUS /ˈhɪðər/
an old word meaning “to this place”
From this reading Hither came Mary when she could escape from that treadmill of which she never spoke, bringing her black-eyed boy to astonish his aunts with his cleverness, and astonishing them herself with the heretical notions which an intimate association with orthodoxy seemed to have implanted in her.
home
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From this reading There was an attic at the top of a dark flight of stairs in the suburban villa that was now the sisters' home.
implanted
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From this reading Hither came Mary when she could escape from that treadmill of which she never spoke, bringing her black-eyed boy to astonish his aunts with his cleverness, and astonishing them herself with the heretical notions which an intimate association with orthodoxy seemed to have implanted in her.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was an attic at the top of a dark flight of stairs in the suburban villa that was now the sisters' home.
intimate
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intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Deb ordered a charwoman to clean it, and a man to distemper the grubby plaster and stain the floor, and then laid down rugs, and assembled tables and books, and basket-chairs, and girls' odds and ends; whereby it was transformed into a cosy boudoir and their favourite room.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It contained a fireplace and a long dormer window--three square casements in a row, of which the outer pair opened like doors--facing the morning sun and a country landscape.
laid
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From this reading Deb ordered a charwoman to clean it, and a man to distemper the grubby plaster and stain the floor, and then laid down rugs, and assembled tables and books, and basket-chairs, and girls' odds and ends; whereby it was transformed into a cosy boudoir and their favourite room.
landscape
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From this reading It contained a fireplace and a long dormer window--three square casements in a row, of which the outer pair opened like doors--facing the morning sun and a country landscape.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The previous tenants had used it for a box and lumber room, and left it cobwebbed, filthy and asphyxiating.
like
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From this reading It contained a fireplace and a long dormer window--three square casements in a row, of which the outer pair opened like doors--facing the morning sun and a country landscape.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It contained a fireplace and a long dormer window--three square casements in a row, of which the outer pair opened like doors--facing the morning sun and a country landscape.
lumber
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From this reading The previous tenants had used it for a box and lumber room, and left it cobwebbed, filthy and asphyxiating.
man
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From this reading Deb ordered a charwoman to clean it, and a man to distemper the grubby plaster and stain the floor, and then laid down rugs, and assembled tables and books, and basket-chairs, and girls' odds and ends; whereby it was transformed into a cosy boudoir and their favourite room.
Mary
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morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It contained a fireplace and a long dormer window--three square casements in a row, of which the outer pair opened like doors--facing the morning sun and a country landscape.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hither came Mary when she could escape from that treadmill of which she never spoke, bringing her black-eyed boy to astonish his aunts with his cleverness, and astonishing them herself with the heretical notions which an intimate association with orthodoxy seemed to have implanted in her.
notions
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now
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odds
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From this reading Deb ordered a charwoman to clean it, and a man to distemper the grubby plaster and stain the floor, and then laid down rugs, and assembled tables and books, and basket-chairs, and girls' odds and ends; whereby it was transformed into a cosy boudoir and their favourite room.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was an attic at the top of a dark flight of stairs in the suburban villa that was now the sisters' home.
opened
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From this reading It contained a fireplace and a long dormer window--three square casements in a row, of which the outer pair opened like doors--facing the morning sun and a country landscape.
ordered
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From this reading Deb ordered a charwoman to clean it, and a man to distemper the grubby plaster and stain the floor, and then laid down rugs, and assembled tables and books, and basket-chairs, and girls' odds and ends; whereby it was transformed into a cosy boudoir and their favourite room.
orthodoxy
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outer
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From this reading It contained a fireplace and a long dormer window--three square casements in a row, of which the outer pair opened like doors--facing the morning sun and a country landscape.
pair
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From this reading It contained a fireplace and a long dormer window--three square casements in a row, of which the outer pair opened like doors--facing the morning sun and a country landscape.
plasternounUS /ˈplæstər/
a soft material used to cover and protect a wound
From this reading Deb ordered a charwoman to clean it, and a man to distemper the grubby plaster and stain the floor, and then laid down rugs, and assembled tables and books, and basket-chairs, and girls' odds and ends; whereby it was transformed into a cosy boudoir and their favourite room.
previous
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From this reading The previous tenants had used it for a box and lumber room, and left it cobwebbed, filthy and asphyxiating.
room
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From this reading The previous tenants had used it for a box and lumber room, and left it cobwebbed, filthy and asphyxiating.
row
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From this reading It contained a fireplace and a long dormer window--three square casements in a row, of which the outer pair opened like doors--facing the morning sun and a country landscape.
rugs
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From this reading Deb ordered a charwoman to clean it, and a man to distemper the grubby plaster and stain the floor, and then laid down rugs, and assembled tables and books, and basket-chairs, and girls' odds and ends; whereby it was transformed into a cosy boudoir and their favourite room.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Hither came Mary when she could escape from that treadmill of which she never spoke, bringing her black-eyed boy to astonish his aunts with his cleverness, and astonishing them herself with the heretical notions which an intimate association with orthodoxy seemed to have implanted in her.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Hither came Mary when she could escape from that treadmill of which she never spoke, bringing her black-eyed boy to astonish his aunts with his cleverness, and astonishing them herself with the heretical notions which an intimate association with orthodoxy seemed to have implanted in her.
sisters
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spoke
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square
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stain
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stairs
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suburban
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sun
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tables
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tenants
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From this reading The previous tenants had used it for a box and lumber room, and left it cobwebbed, filthy and asphyxiating.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was an attic at the top of a dark flight of stairs in the suburban villa that was now the sisters' home.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading There was an attic at the top of a dark flight of stairs in the suburban villa that was now the sisters' home.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Deb ordered a charwoman to clean it, and a man to distemper the grubby plaster and stain the floor, and then laid down rugs, and assembled tables and books, and basket-chairs, and girls' odds and ends; whereby it was transformed into a cosy boudoir and their favourite room.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Hither came Mary when she could escape from that treadmill of which she never spoke, bringing her black-eyed boy to astonish his aunts with his cleverness, and astonishing them herself with the heretical notions which an intimate association with orthodoxy seemed to have implanted in her.
then
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There
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three
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From this reading It contained a fireplace and a long dormer window--three square casements in a row, of which the outer pair opened like doors--facing the morning sun and a country landscape.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Deb ordered a charwoman to clean it, and a man to distemper the grubby plaster and stain the floor, and then laid down rugs, and assembled tables and books, and basket-chairs, and girls' odds and ends; whereby it was transformed into a cosy boudoir and their favourite room.
top
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transformed
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treadmill
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used
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villa
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From this reading There was an attic at the top of a dark flight of stairs in the suburban villa that was now the sisters' home.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was an attic at the top of a dark flight of stairs in the suburban villa that was now the sisters' home.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Hither came Mary when she could escape from that treadmill of which she never spoke, bringing her black-eyed boy to astonish his aunts with his cleverness, and astonishing them herself with the heretical notions which an intimate association with orthodoxy seemed to have implanted in her.
whereby
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From this reading Deb ordered a charwoman to clean it, and a man to distemper the grubby plaster and stain the floor, and then laid down rugs, and assembled tables and books, and basket-chairs, and girls' odds and ends; whereby it was transformed into a cosy boudoir and their favourite room.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It contained a fireplace and a long dormer window--three square casements in a row, of which the outer pair opened like doors--facing the morning sun and a country landscape.
window
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From this reading It contained a fireplace and a long dormer window--three square casements in a row, of which the outer pair opened like doors--facing the morning sun and a country landscape.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Hither came Mary when she could escape from that treadmill of which she never spoke, bringing her black-eyed boy to astonish his aunts with his cleverness, and astonishing them herself with the heretical notions which an intimate association with orthodoxy seemed to have implanted in her.
