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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 Presenting to the world none of these assets, Miss Alicia had slipped through life a scarcely remarked unit.
advantages
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From this reading Form, color, drama, and divers other advantages are necessary to the creation of an object of interest.
agreeable
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From this reading No little ghost of prettiness had attracted the wandering eye, no suggestion of agreeable or disagreeable power of self-assertion had arrested attention.
Alicia
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From this reading Presenting to the world none of these assets, Miss Alicia had slipped through life a scarcely remarked unit.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Form, color, drama, and divers other advantages are necessary to the creation of an object of interest.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Form, color, drama, and divers other advantages are necessary to the creation of an object of interest.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Form, color, drama, and divers other advantages are necessary to the creation of an object of interest.
arrested
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From this reading No little ghost of prettiness had attracted the wandering eye, no suggestion of agreeable or disagreeable power of self-assertion had arrested attention.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There had been no hour in her life when she had expected to count as being of the slightest consequence.
assets
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From this reading Presenting to the world none of these assets, Miss Alicia had slipped through life a scarcely remarked unit.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When she had knocked at the door of the study at Rowcroft Vicarage, and “dear papa” had exclaimed irritably: “Who is that?
attention
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From this reading No little ghost of prettiness had attracted the wandering eye, no suggestion of agreeable or disagreeable power of self-assertion had arrested attention.
attracted
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From this reading No little ghost of prettiness had attracted the wandering eye, no suggestion of agreeable or disagreeable power of self-assertion had arrested attention.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading There had been no hour in her life when she had expected to count as being of the slightest consequence.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading There had been no hour in her life when she had expected to count as being of the slightest consequence.
color
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From this reading Form, color, drama, and divers other advantages are necessary to the creation of an object of interest.
consequence
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From this reading There had been no hour in her life when she had expected to count as being of the slightest consequence.
count
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From this reading There had been no hour in her life when she had expected to count as being of the slightest consequence.
creation
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From this reading Form, color, drama, and divers other advantages are necessary to the creation of an object of interest.
dear
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From this reading When she had knocked at the door of the study at Rowcroft Vicarage, and “dear papa” had exclaimed irritably: “Who is that?
disagreeable
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From this reading No little ghost of prettiness had attracted the wandering eye, no suggestion of agreeable or disagreeable power of self-assertion had arrested attention.
divers
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From this reading Form, color, drama, and divers other advantages are necessary to the creation of an object of interest.
door
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From this reading When she had knocked at the door of the study at Rowcroft Vicarage, and “dear papa” had exclaimed irritably: “Who is that?
drama
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From this reading Form, color, drama, and divers other advantages are necessary to the creation of an object of interest.
exclaimed
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From this reading When she had knocked at the door of the study at Rowcroft Vicarage, and “dear papa” had exclaimed irritably: “Who is that?
expected
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From this reading There had been no hour in her life when she had expected to count as being of the slightest consequence.
eye
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From this reading No little ghost of prettiness had attracted the wandering eye, no suggestion of agreeable or disagreeable power of self-assertion had arrested attention.
Form
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From this reading Form, color, drama, and divers other advantages are necessary to the creation of an object of interest.
ghost
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From this reading No little ghost of prettiness had attracted the wandering eye, no suggestion of agreeable or disagreeable power of self-assertion had arrested attention.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Presenting to the world none of these assets, Miss Alicia had slipped through life a scarcely remarked unit.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading There had been no hour in her life when she had expected to count as being of the slightest consequence.
hour
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From this reading There had been no hour in her life when she had expected to count as being of the slightest consequence.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There had been no hour in her life when she had expected to count as being of the slightest consequence.
interest
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From this reading Form, color, drama, and divers other advantages are necessary to the creation of an object of interest.
irritably
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From this reading When she had knocked at the door of the study at Rowcroft Vicarage, and “dear papa” had exclaimed irritably: “Who is that?
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading When she had knocked at the door of the study at Rowcroft Vicarage, and “dear papa” had exclaimed irritably: “Who is that?
knocked
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From this reading When she had knocked at the door of the study at Rowcroft Vicarage, and “dear papa” had exclaimed irritably: “Who is that?
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Presenting to the world none of these assets, Miss Alicia had slipped through life a scarcely remarked unit.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No little ghost of prettiness had attracted the wandering eye, no suggestion of agreeable or disagreeable power of self-assertion had arrested attention.
Miss
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From this reading Presenting to the world none of these assets, Miss Alicia had slipped through life a scarcely remarked unit.
necessary
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From this reading Form, color, drama, and divers other advantages are necessary to the creation of an object of interest.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No little ghost of prettiness had attracted the wandering eye, no suggestion of agreeable or disagreeable power of self-assertion had arrested attention.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading Presenting to the world none of these assets, Miss Alicia had slipped through life a scarcely remarked unit.
object
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From this reading Form, color, drama, and divers other advantages are necessary to the creation of an object of interest.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Form, color, drama, and divers other advantages are necessary to the creation of an object of interest.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading No little ghost of prettiness had attracted the wandering eye, no suggestion of agreeable or disagreeable power of self-assertion had arrested attention.
other
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From this reading Form, color, drama, and divers other advantages are necessary to the creation of an object of interest.
papa
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From this reading When she had knocked at the door of the study at Rowcroft Vicarage, and “dear papa” had exclaimed irritably: “Who is that?
power
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From this reading No little ghost of prettiness had attracted the wandering eye, no suggestion of agreeable or disagreeable power of self-assertion had arrested attention.
Presenting
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From this reading Presenting to the world none of these assets, Miss Alicia had slipped through life a scarcely remarked unit.
prettiness
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From this reading No little ghost of prettiness had attracted the wandering eye, no suggestion of agreeable or disagreeable power of self-assertion had arrested attention.
remarked
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From this reading Presenting to the world none of these assets, Miss Alicia had slipped through life a scarcely remarked unit.
Rowcroft
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From this reading When she had knocked at the door of the study at Rowcroft Vicarage, and “dear papa” had exclaimed irritably: “Who is that?
scarcely
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From this reading Presenting to the world none of these assets, Miss Alicia had slipped through life a scarcely remarked unit.
self-assertion
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From this reading No little ghost of prettiness had attracted the wandering eye, no suggestion of agreeable or disagreeable power of self-assertion had arrested attention.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There had been no hour in her life when she had expected to count as being of the slightest consequence.
slightest
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From this reading There had been no hour in her life when she had expected to count as being of the slightest consequence.
slipped
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From this reading Presenting to the world none of these assets, Miss Alicia had slipped through life a scarcely remarked unit.
study
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From this reading When she had knocked at the door of the study at Rowcroft Vicarage, and “dear papa” had exclaimed irritably: “Who is that?
suggestion
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From this reading No little ghost of prettiness had attracted the wandering eye, no suggestion of agreeable or disagreeable power of self-assertion had arrested attention.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When she had knocked at the door of the study at Rowcroft Vicarage, and “dear papa” had exclaimed irritably: “Who is that?
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Form, color, drama, and divers other advantages are necessary to the creation of an object of interest.
There
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From this reading There had been no hour in her life when she had expected to count as being of the slightest consequence.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Presenting to the world none of these assets, Miss Alicia had slipped through life a scarcely remarked unit.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Presenting to the world none of these assets, Miss Alicia had slipped through life a scarcely remarked unit.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Form, color, drama, and divers other advantages are necessary to the creation of an object of interest.
unit
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From this reading Presenting to the world none of these assets, Miss Alicia had slipped through life a scarcely remarked unit.
Vicarage
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From this reading When she had knocked at the door of the study at Rowcroft Vicarage, and “dear papa” had exclaimed irritably: “Who is that?
wandering
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From this reading No little ghost of prettiness had attracted the wandering eye, no suggestion of agreeable or disagreeable power of self-assertion had arrested attention.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading There had been no hour in her life when she had expected to count as being of the slightest consequence.
WhopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading When she had knocked at the door of the study at Rowcroft Vicarage, and “dear papa” had exclaimed irritably: “Who is that?
world
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From this reading Presenting to the world none of these assets, Miss Alicia had slipped through life a scarcely remarked unit.
