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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 The flaming red spots, all foreign to her usual complexion, blazed on either cheek-bone; her black eyes shone like the eyes of a tigress crouched in a jungle.
aim
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From this reading The aim of her whole life was to be fulfilled this night--the _manes_ of her dead kinsfolk to be appeased.
all
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From this reading The flaming red spots, all foreign to her usual complexion, blazed on either cheek-bone; her black eyes shone like the eyes of a tigress crouched in a jungle.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
appeasedverbUS /əˈpiːzd/
made less angry or upset
From this reading The aim of her whole life was to be fulfilled this night--the _manes_ of her dead kinsfolk to be appeased.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The aim of her whole life was to be fulfilled this night--the _manes_ of her dead kinsfolk to be appeased.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
black
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From this reading The flaming red spots, all foreign to her usual complexion, blazed on either cheek-bone; her black eyes shone like the eyes of a tigress crouched in a jungle.
blazed
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From this reading The flaming red spots, all foreign to her usual complexion, blazed on either cheek-bone; her black eyes shone like the eyes of a tigress crouched in a jungle.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she never faltered--she never wavered in her deadly purpose.
chamber
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From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
cheek-bone
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From this reading The flaming red spots, all foreign to her usual complexion, blazed on either cheek-bone; her black eyes shone like the eyes of a tigress crouched in a jungle.
complexion
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From this reading The flaming red spots, all foreign to her usual complexion, blazed on either cheek-bone; her black eyes shone like the eyes of a tigress crouched in a jungle.
crouched
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From this reading The flaming red spots, all foreign to her usual complexion, blazed on either cheek-bone; her black eyes shone like the eyes of a tigress crouched in a jungle.
deadnounUS /dead/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The aim of her whole life was to be fulfilled this night--the _manes_ of her dead kinsfolk to be appeased.
deadly
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From this reading But she never faltered--she never wavered in her deadly purpose.
door
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From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading The flaming red spots, all foreign to her usual complexion, blazed on either cheek-bone; her black eyes shone like the eyes of a tigress crouched in a jungle.
eyes
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From this reading The flaming red spots, all foreign to her usual complexion, blazed on either cheek-bone; her black eyes shone like the eyes of a tigress crouched in a jungle.
faltered
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From this reading But she never faltered--she never wavered in her deadly purpose.
flaming
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From this reading The flaming red spots, all foreign to her usual complexion, blazed on either cheek-bone; her black eyes shone like the eyes of a tigress crouched in a jungle.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
foreign
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From this reading The flaming red spots, all foreign to her usual complexion, blazed on either cheek-bone; her black eyes shone like the eyes of a tigress crouched in a jungle.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
fulfilled
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From this reading The aim of her whole life was to be fulfilled this night--the _manes_ of her dead kinsfolk to be appeased.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The flaming red spots, all foreign to her usual complexion, blazed on either cheek-bone; her black eyes shone like the eyes of a tigress crouched in a jungle.
jungle
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From this reading The flaming red spots, all foreign to her usual complexion, blazed on either cheek-bone; her black eyes shone like the eyes of a tigress crouched in a jungle.
Kingsland
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From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
kinsfolk
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From this reading The aim of her whole life was to be fulfilled this night--the _manes_ of her dead kinsfolk to be appeased.
Lady
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From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The aim of her whole life was to be fulfilled this night--the _manes_ of her dead kinsfolk to be appeased.
like
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From this reading The flaming red spots, all foreign to her usual complexion, blazed on either cheek-bone; her black eyes shone like the eyes of a tigress crouched in a jungle.
manes
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From this reading The aim of her whole life was to be fulfilled this night--the _manes_ of her dead kinsfolk to be appeased.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But she never faltered--she never wavered in her deadly purpose.
night
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From this reading The aim of her whole life was to be fulfilled this night--the _manes_ of her dead kinsfolk to be appeased.
night's
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From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The flaming red spots, all foreign to her usual complexion, blazed on either cheek-bone; her black eyes shone like the eyes of a tigress crouched in a jungle.
ONprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ON THE STONE TERRACE.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
own
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From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
parted
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From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
preparations
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From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
purpose
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From this reading But she never faltered--she never wavered in her deadly purpose.
red
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From this reading The flaming red spots, all foreign to her usual complexion, blazed on either cheek-bone; her black eyes shone like the eyes of a tigress crouched in a jungle.
room
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From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
shone
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From this reading The flaming red spots, all foreign to her usual complexion, blazed on either cheek-bone; her black eyes shone like the eyes of a tigress crouched in a jungle.
Silver
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From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
spots
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From this reading The flaming red spots, all foreign to her usual complexion, blazed on either cheek-bone; her black eyes shone like the eyes of a tigress crouched in a jungle.
STONE
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From this reading ON THE STONE TERRACE.
straight
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From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
Sybilla
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From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
TERRACE
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From this reading ON THE STONE TERRACE.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ON THE STONE TERRACE.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The aim of her whole life was to be fulfilled this night--the _manes_ of her dead kinsfolk to be appeased.
tigress
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From this reading The flaming red spots, all foreign to her usual complexion, blazed on either cheek-bone; her black eyes shone like the eyes of a tigress crouched in a jungle.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
usual
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From this reading The flaming red spots, all foreign to her usual complexion, blazed on either cheek-bone; her black eyes shone like the eyes of a tigress crouched in a jungle.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The aim of her whole life was to be fulfilled this night--the _manes_ of her dead kinsfolk to be appeased.
wavered
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From this reading But she never faltered--she never wavered in her deadly purpose.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
whole
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From this reading The aim of her whole life was to be fulfilled this night--the _manes_ of her dead kinsfolk to be appeased.
work
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From this reading When Sybilla Silver parted from Lady Kingsland outside the chamber door, she went straight to her own room, and began her preparations for that night's work.
