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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 was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
age
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From this reading She did not look younger than her age, and yet there was no sentiment of age about her.
all
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From this reading She had perhaps never been either one or the other; but all that she had ever been, or more, she was now.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
beautiful
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From this reading She was not the kind of woman of whom one says that they have been beautiful, or have been pretty.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She was not the kind of woman of whom one says that they have been beautiful, or have been pretty.
belonged
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From this reading Her eyes were still perfectly clear and bright, and they had depths in them which could never have belonged to them in youth.
bright
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From this reading Her eyes were still perfectly clear and bright, and they had depths in them which could never have belonged to them in youth.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She had perhaps never been either one or the other; but all that she had ever been, or more, she was now.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
clear
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From this reading Her eyes were still perfectly clear and bright, and they had depths in them which could never have belonged to them in youth.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
dark
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From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
depths
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From this reading Her eyes were still perfectly clear and bright, and they had depths in them which could never have belonged to them in youth.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
easy
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From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading She had perhaps never been either one or the other; but all that she had ever been, or more, she was now.
encountered
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From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had perhaps never been either one or the other; but all that she had ever been, or more, she was now.
eyes
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From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
hair
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From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
kind
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From this reading She was not the kind of woman of whom one says that they have been beautiful, or have been pretty.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
met
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From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
more
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From this reading She had perhaps never been either one or the other; but all that she had ever been, or more, she was now.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had perhaps never been either one or the other; but all that she had ever been, or more, she was now.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading She did not look younger than her age, and yet there was no sentiment of age about her.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
now
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From this reading She had perhaps never been either one or the other; but all that she had ever been, or more, she was now.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
other
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From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
passagenounUS /ˈpassage/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
perfectly
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From this reading Her eyes were still perfectly clear and bright, and they had depths in them which could never have belonged to them in youth.
perhaps
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From this reading She had perhaps never been either one or the other; but all that she had ever been, or more, she was now.
pretty
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From this reading She was not the kind of woman of whom one says that they have been beautiful, or have been pretty.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
says
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From this reading She was not the kind of woman of whom one says that they have been beautiful, or have been pretty.
sentiment
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From this reading She did not look younger than her age, and yet there was no sentiment of age about her.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
sixty
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From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
skirts
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From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her eyes were still perfectly clear and bright, and they had depths in them which could never have belonged to them in youth.
tall
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From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She did not look younger than her age, and yet there was no sentiment of age about her.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She was not the kind of woman of whom one says that they have been beautiful, or have been pretty.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
there
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From this reading She did not look younger than her age, and yet there was no sentiment of age about her.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was not the kind of woman of whom one says that they have been beautiful, or have been pretty.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
unbent
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From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
unknown
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From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
unshaken
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From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
very
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From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
weight
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From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her eyes were still perfectly clear and bright, and they had depths in them which could never have belonged to them in youth.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Her eyes were still perfectly clear and bright, and they had depths in them which could never have belonged to them in youth.
white
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From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She was not the kind of woman of whom one says that they have been beautiful, or have been pretty.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
woman
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From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
years
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From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading She was a woman of about sixty, with very dark eyes and very white hair--a tall woman, quite unbent by the weight of her years, and unshaken by anything she could have met with in them; and yet she did not look as if she had encountered little, or found life an easy passage from the one unknown to the skirts of the other.
younger
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From this reading She did not look younger than her age, and yet there was no sentiment of age about her.
youth
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From this reading Her eyes were still perfectly clear and bright, and they had depths in them which could never have belonged to them in youth.
