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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 On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
accurately
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From this reading The room where she sat, with its grand piano and its deep chairs, its sofa and its capacious writing-table, was accurately adjusted to her needs.
adjusted
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From this reading The room where she sat, with its grand piano and its deep chairs, its sofa and its capacious writing-table, was accurately adjusted to her needs.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
air
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From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
all
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From this reading It, too, was all in white, carpet, curtains and dimity coverings.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
basket
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From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
bath
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From this reading She had just come from her bath and her face, though weary, had the freshness of a prolonged toilet.
besideprepositionUS /bɪˈsaɪd/
next to; at the side of
From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading A cigarette was between her lips; her hair, not dressed, was coiled loosely upon her head; she wore a white silk _peignoir_ bordered with white fur and girdled with a sash of silver tissue.
bordered
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From this reading A cigarette was between her lips; her hair, not dressed, was coiled loosely upon her head; she wore a white silk _peignoir_ bordered with white fur and girdled with a sash of silver tissue.
capacious
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From this reading The room where she sat, with its grand piano and its deep chairs, its sofa and its capacious writing-table, was accurately adjusted to her needs.
carpet
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From this reading It, too, was all in white, carpet, curtains and dimity coverings.
chairs
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From this reading The room where she sat, with its grand piano and its deep chairs, its sofa and its capacious writing-table, was accurately adjusted to her needs.
cigarette
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From this reading A cigarette was between her lips; her hair, not dressed, was coiled loosely upon her head; she wore a white silk _peignoir_ bordered with white fur and girdled with a sash of silver tissue.
coiled
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From this reading A cigarette was between her lips; her hair, not dressed, was coiled loosely upon her head; she wore a white silk _peignoir_ bordered with white fur and girdled with a sash of silver tissue.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had just come from her bath and her face, though weary, had the freshness of a prolonged toilet.
coverings
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From this reading It, too, was all in white, carpet, curtains and dimity coverings.
curtains
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From this reading It, too, was all in white, carpet, curtains and dimity coverings.
deep
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From this reading The room where she sat, with its grand piano and its deep chairs, its sofa and its capacious writing-table, was accurately adjusted to her needs.
dimity
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From this reading It, too, was all in white, carpet, curtains and dimity coverings.
dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
dressed
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From this reading A cigarette was between her lips; her hair, not dressed, was coiled loosely upon her head; she wore a white silk _peignoir_ bordered with white fur and girdled with a sash of silver tissue.
dropping
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From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
envelopes
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From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
face
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From this reading She had just come from her bath and her face, though weary, had the freshness of a prolonged toilet.
freshness
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From this reading She had just come from her bath and her face, though weary, had the freshness of a prolonged toilet.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
fur
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From this reading A cigarette was between her lips; her hair, not dressed, was coiled loosely upon her head; she wore a white silk _peignoir_ bordered with white fur and girdled with a sash of silver tissue.
girdled
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From this reading A cigarette was between her lips; her hair, not dressed, was coiled loosely upon her head; she wore a white silk _peignoir_ bordered with white fur and girdled with a sash of silver tissue.
grand
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From this reading The room where she sat, with its grand piano and its deep chairs, its sofa and its capacious writing-table, was accurately adjusted to her needs.
Gregory
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From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
hair
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From this reading A cigarette was between her lips; her hair, not dressed, was coiled loosely upon her head; she wore a white silk _peignoir_ bordered with white fur and girdled with a sash of silver tissue.
head
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From this reading A cigarette was between her lips; her hair, not dressed, was coiled loosely upon her head; she wore a white silk _peignoir_ bordered with white fur and girdled with a sash of silver tissue.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
impatient
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From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It, too, was all in white, carpet, curtains and dimity coverings.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It, too, was all in white, carpet, curtains and dimity coverings.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The room where she sat, with its grand piano and its deep chairs, its sofa and its capacious writing-table, was accurately adjusted to her needs.
Jardine
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From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
just
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From this reading She had just come from her bath and her face, though weary, had the freshness of a prolonged toilet.
letter
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From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
lips
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From this reading A cigarette was between her lips; her hair, not dressed, was coiled loosely upon her head; she wore a white silk _peignoir_ bordered with white fur and girdled with a sash of silver tissue.
loosely
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From this reading A cigarette was between her lips; her hair, not dressed, was coiled loosely upon her head; she wore a white silk _peignoir_ bordered with white fur and girdled with a sash of silver tissue.
Madame
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From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
Marwitz
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From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
melancholy
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From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
needs
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From this reading The room where she sat, with its grand piano and its deep chairs, its sofa and its capacious writing-table, was accurately adjusted to her needs.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading A cigarette was between her lips; her hair, not dressed, was coiled loosely upon her head; she wore a white silk _peignoir_ bordered with white fur and girdled with a sash of silver tissue.
note
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From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
peignoir
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From this reading A cigarette was between her lips; her hair, not dressed, was coiled loosely upon her head; she wore a white silk _peignoir_ bordered with white fur and girdled with a sash of silver tissue.
piano
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From this reading The room where she sat, with its grand piano and its deep chairs, its sofa and its capacious writing-table, was accurately adjusted to her needs.
prolonged
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From this reading She had just come from her bath and her face, though weary, had the freshness of a prolonged toilet.
room
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From this reading The room where she sat, with its grand piano and its deep chairs, its sofa and its capacious writing-table, was accurately adjusted to her needs.
sash
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From this reading A cigarette was between her lips; her hair, not dressed, was coiled loosely upon her head; she wore a white silk _peignoir_ bordered with white fur and girdled with a sash of silver tissue.
sat
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From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading A cigarette was between her lips; her hair, not dressed, was coiled loosely upon her head; she wore a white silk _peignoir_ bordered with white fur and girdled with a sash of silver tissue.
silk
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From this reading A cigarette was between her lips; her hair, not dressed, was coiled loosely upon her head; she wore a white silk _peignoir_ bordered with white fur and girdled with a sash of silver tissue.
silver
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From this reading A cigarette was between her lips; her hair, not dressed, was coiled loosely upon her head; she wore a white silk _peignoir_ bordered with white fur and girdled with a sash of silver tissue.
sofa
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From this reading The room where she sat, with its grand piano and its deep chairs, its sofa and its capacious writing-table, was accurately adjusted to her needs.
tearing
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From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading She had just come from her bath and her face, though weary, had the freshness of a prolonged toilet.
tissue
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From this reading A cigarette was between her lips; her hair, not dressed, was coiled loosely upon her head; she wore a white silk _peignoir_ bordered with white fur and girdled with a sash of silver tissue.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The room where she sat, with its grand piano and its deep chairs, its sofa and its capacious writing-table, was accurately adjusted to her needs.
toilet
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From this reading She had just come from her bath and her face, though weary, had the freshness of a prolonged toilet.
too
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From this reading It, too, was all in white, carpet, curtains and dimity coverings.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading A cigarette was between her lips; her hair, not dressed, was coiled loosely upon her head; she wore a white silk _peignoir_ bordered with white fur and girdled with a sash of silver tissue.
von
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From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
waked
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From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading A cigarette was between her lips; her hair, not dressed, was coiled loosely upon her head; she wore a white silk _peignoir_ bordered with white fur and girdled with a sash of silver tissue.
waste-paper
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From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
weary
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From this reading She had just come from her bath and her face, though weary, had the freshness of a prolonged toilet.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The room where she sat, with its grand piano and its deep chairs, its sofa and its capacious writing-table, was accurately adjusted to her needs.
white
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From this reading A cigarette was between her lips; her hair, not dressed, was coiled loosely upon her head; she wore a white silk _peignoir_ bordered with white fur and girdled with a sash of silver tissue.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
wore
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From this reading A cigarette was between her lips; her hair, not dressed, was coiled loosely upon her head; she wore a white silk _peignoir_ bordered with white fur and girdled with a sash of silver tissue.
writing-table
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From this reading On the morning that Gregory Jardine had waked from his dream, Madame von Marwitz sat at her writing-table tearing open, with an air of impatient melancholy, note after note and letter after letter, and dropping the envelopes into a waste-paper basket beside her.
