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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 week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
almost
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From this reading In this exercise of memory Miss Damer particularly excelled; the most difficult sermon she could transcribe almost word for word.
always
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From this reading The young ladies had always to write an extract from one of the sermons they had heard at church on the sabbath day.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The young ladies had always to write an extract from one of the sermons they had heard at church on the sabbath day.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The young ladies had always to write an extract from one of the sermons they had heard at church on the sabbath day.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
book
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From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Surprised at this proof of secret malice, she involuntarily gave the book to Miss Cotton, who was seated by her.
church
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From this reading The young ladies had always to write an extract from one of the sermons they had heard at church on the sabbath day.
Cotton
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From this reading Surprised at this proof of secret malice, she involuntarily gave the book to Miss Cotton, who was seated by her.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading In this exercise of memory Miss Damer particularly excelled; the most difficult sermon she could transcribe almost word for word.
Damer
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From this reading In this exercise of memory Miss Damer particularly excelled; the most difficult sermon she could transcribe almost word for word.
day
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From this reading The young ladies had always to write an extract from one of the sermons they had heard at church on the sabbath day.
difficult
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From this reading In this exercise of memory Miss Damer particularly excelled; the most difficult sermon she could transcribe almost word for word.
dispute
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From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
distinguished
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From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
envy
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From this reading This had excited the spirit of envy in Miss Vincent.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
excelled
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From this reading In this exercise of memory Miss Damer particularly excelled; the most difficult sermon she could transcribe almost word for word.
excitedadjectiveUS /ɪkˈsaɪtɪd/
very enthusiastic or eager
From this reading This had excited the spirit of envy in Miss Vincent.
exercise
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From this reading In this exercise of memory Miss Damer particularly excelled; the most difficult sermon she could transcribe almost word for word.
extract
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From this reading The young ladies had always to write an extract from one of the sermons they had heard at church on the sabbath day.
extreme
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From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading In this exercise of memory Miss Damer particularly excelled; the most difficult sermon she could transcribe almost word for word.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The young ladies had always to write an extract from one of the sermons they had heard at church on the sabbath day.
gave
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From this reading Surprised at this proof of secret malice, she involuntarily gave the book to Miss Cotton, who was seated by her.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The young ladies had always to write an extract from one of the sermons they had heard at church on the sabbath day.
heard
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From this reading The young ladies had always to write an extract from one of the sermons they had heard at church on the sabbath day.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In this exercise of memory Miss Damer particularly excelled; the most difficult sermon she could transcribe almost word for word.
involuntarily
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From this reading Surprised at this proof of secret malice, she involuntarily gave the book to Miss Cotton, who was seated by her.
ladies
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From this reading The young ladies had always to write an extract from one of the sermons they had heard at church on the sabbath day.
line
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From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
malice
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From this reading Surprised at this proof of secret malice, she involuntarily gave the book to Miss Cotton, who was seated by her.
medal
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From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading In this exercise of memory Miss Damer particularly excelled; the most difficult sermon she could transcribe almost word for word.
Miss
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From this reading In this exercise of memory Miss Damer particularly excelled; the most difficult sermon she could transcribe almost word for word.
most
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From this reading In this exercise of memory Miss Damer particularly excelled; the most difficult sermon she could transcribe almost word for word.
neatness
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From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The young ladies had always to write an extract from one of the sermons they had heard at church on the sabbath day.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The young ladies had always to write an extract from one of the sermons they had heard at church on the sabbath day.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The young ladies had always to write an extract from one of the sermons they had heard at church on the sabbath day.
opened
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From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
particularly
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From this reading In this exercise of memory Miss Damer particularly excelled; the most difficult sermon she could transcribe almost word for word.
proof
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From this reading Surprised at this proof of secret malice, she involuntarily gave the book to Miss Cotton, who was seated by her.
sabbath
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From this reading The young ladies had always to write an extract from one of the sermons they had heard at church on the sabbath day.
scrawled
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From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
seated
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From this reading Surprised at this proof of secret malice, she involuntarily gave the book to Miss Cotton, who was seated by her.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading Surprised at this proof of secret malice, she involuntarily gave the book to Miss Cotton, who was seated by her.
sermon
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From this reading In this exercise of memory Miss Damer particularly excelled; the most difficult sermon she could transcribe almost word for word.
sermons
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From this reading The young ladies had always to write an extract from one of the sermons they had heard at church on the sabbath day.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In this exercise of memory Miss Damer particularly excelled; the most difficult sermon she could transcribe almost word for word.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
spirit
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From this reading This had excited the spirit of envy in Miss Vincent.
SurprisednounUS /surprised/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Surprised at this proof of secret malice, she involuntarily gave the book to Miss Cotton, who was seated by her.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The young ladies had always to write an extract from one of the sermons they had heard at church on the sabbath day.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The young ladies had always to write an extract from one of the sermons they had heard at church on the sabbath day.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading In this exercise of memory Miss Damer particularly excelled; the most difficult sermon she could transcribe almost word for word.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The young ladies had always to write an extract from one of the sermons they had heard at church on the sabbath day.
transcribe
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From this reading In this exercise of memory Miss Damer particularly excelled; the most difficult sermon she could transcribe almost word for word.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
Vincent
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From this reading This had excited the spirit of envy in Miss Vincent.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Surprised at this proof of secret malice, she involuntarily gave the book to Miss Cotton, who was seated by her.
week
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From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
wherein
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From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Surprised at this proof of secret malice, she involuntarily gave the book to Miss Cotton, who was seated by her.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
word
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From this reading In this exercise of memory Miss Damer particularly excelled; the most difficult sermon she could transcribe almost word for word.
write
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From this reading The young ladies had always to write an extract from one of the sermons they had heard at church on the sabbath day.
written
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From this reading The week after the dispute upon the medal, when Miss Damer opened her book, wherein she had written a sermon with extreme neatness, she found every line so scrawled, that one word could not be distinguished from another.
young
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From this reading The young ladies had always to write an extract from one of the sermons they had heard at church on the sabbath day.
