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afraid
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From this reading I am sometimes afraid she will never love me.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She alone seems ignorant of it.
amauxiliary verbUS /æm/
the form of “be” used with “I”
From this reading I am sometimes afraid she will never love me.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.
conventional
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dances
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Rides, dances, games, nonsense generally.
DEAR
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Rides, dances, games, nonsense generally.
fail
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From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.
FELIX
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Rides, dances, games, nonsense generally.
games
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Rides, dances, games, nonsense generally.
generally
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Rides, dances, games, nonsense generally.
girl
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From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.
ignorantnounUS /ˈignorant/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She alone seems ignorant of it.
impassibility
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From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.
innocence
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From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.
interest
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From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She alone seems ignorant of it.
love
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From this reading I am sometimes afraid she will never love me.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading I am sometimes afraid she will never love me.
more
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From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I am sometimes afraid she will never love me.
nonsense
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Rides, dances, games, nonsense generally.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She alone seems ignorant of it.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.
publicly
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From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.
recognized
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From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.
Rides
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From this reading DEAR FELIX: Rides, dances, games, nonsense generally.
scheme
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From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.
seems
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From this reading She alone seems ignorant of it.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She alone seems ignorant of it.
Sometimes
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From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.
wonder
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From this reading Sometimes I wonder if our scheme will fail through her impassibility and more than conventional innocence.
young
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From this reading My interest in this young girl is beginning to be publicly recognized.