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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 Not wishing to summon Rose, Marthe herself went to get a lamp and brought in the first dish.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Not wishing to summon Rose, Marthe herself went to get a lamp and brought in the first dish.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As she was returning from the kitchen, she met, at the foot of the staircase, a woman whom she did not at first recognise.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading As she was returning from the kitchen, she met, at the foot of the staircase, a woman whom she did not at first recognise.
bare
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From this reading Her wrists were bare, she was quite out of breath with the work she had been doing, and her heavy laced boots clattered on the flooring of the passage.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Her wrists were bare, she was quite out of breath with the work she had been doing, and her heavy laced boots clattered on the flooring of the passage.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading She had put on a cotton cap and looked like a servant in her common print gown, with a yellow kerchief crossed over her breast and knotted behind her waist.
boots
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From this reading Her wrists were bare, she was quite out of breath with the work she had been doing, and her heavy laced boots clattered on the flooring of the passage.
breast
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From this reading She had put on a cotton cap and looked like a servant in her common print gown, with a yellow kerchief crossed over her breast and knotted behind her waist.
breath
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From this reading Her wrists were bare, she was quite out of breath with the work she had been doing, and her heavy laced boots clattered on the flooring of the passage.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Not wishing to summon Rose, Marthe herself went to get a lamp and brought in the first dish.
cap
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From this reading She had put on a cotton cap and looked like a servant in her common print gown, with a yellow kerchief crossed over her breast and knotted behind her waist.
clattered
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From this reading Her wrists were bare, she was quite out of breath with the work she had been doing, and her heavy laced boots clattered on the flooring of the passage.
common
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From this reading She had put on a cotton cap and looked like a servant in her common print gown, with a yellow kerchief crossed over her breast and knotted behind her waist.
cotton
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From this reading She had put on a cotton cap and looked like a servant in her common print gown, with a yellow kerchief crossed over her breast and knotted behind her waist.
crossed
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From this reading She had put on a cotton cap and looked like a servant in her common print gown, with a yellow kerchief crossed over her breast and knotted behind her waist.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading As she was returning from the kitchen, she met, at the foot of the staircase, a woman whom she did not at first recognise.
dish
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From this reading Not wishing to summon Rose, Marthe herself went to get a lamp and brought in the first dish.
doing
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From this reading Her wrists were bare, she was quite out of breath with the work she had been doing, and her heavy laced boots clattered on the flooring of the passage.
Faujas
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From this reading It was Madame Faujas.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not wishing to summon Rose, Marthe herself went to get a lamp and brought in the first dish.
flooring
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From this reading Her wrists were bare, she was quite out of breath with the work she had been doing, and her heavy laced boots clattered on the flooring of the passage.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As she was returning from the kitchen, she met, at the foot of the staircase, a woman whom she did not at first recognise.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As she was returning from the kitchen, she met, at the foot of the staircase, a woman whom she did not at first recognise.
get
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From this reading Not wishing to summon Rose, Marthe herself went to get a lamp and brought in the first dish.
gown
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From this reading She had put on a cotton cap and looked like a servant in her common print gown, with a yellow kerchief crossed over her breast and knotted behind her waist.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had put on a cotton cap and looked like a servant in her common print gown, with a yellow kerchief crossed over her breast and knotted behind her waist.
heavy
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From this reading Her wrists were bare, she was quite out of breath with the work she had been doing, and her heavy laced boots clattered on the flooring of the passage.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had put on a cotton cap and looked like a servant in her common print gown, with a yellow kerchief crossed over her breast and knotted behind her waist.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Not wishing to summon Rose, Marthe herself went to get a lamp and brought in the first dish.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Not wishing to summon Rose, Marthe herself went to get a lamp and brought in the first dish.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Madame Faujas.
kerchief
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From this reading She had put on a cotton cap and looked like a servant in her common print gown, with a yellow kerchief crossed over her breast and knotted behind her waist.
kitchen
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From this reading As she was returning from the kitchen, she met, at the foot of the staircase, a woman whom she did not at first recognise.
knotted
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From this reading She had put on a cotton cap and looked like a servant in her common print gown, with a yellow kerchief crossed over her breast and knotted behind her waist.
laced
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From this reading Her wrists were bare, she was quite out of breath with the work she had been doing, and her heavy laced boots clattered on the flooring of the passage.
lamp
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From this reading Not wishing to summon Rose, Marthe herself went to get a lamp and brought in the first dish.
like
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From this reading She had put on a cotton cap and looked like a servant in her common print gown, with a yellow kerchief crossed over her breast and knotted behind her waist.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had put on a cotton cap and looked like a servant in her common print gown, with a yellow kerchief crossed over her breast and knotted behind her waist.
Madame
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From this reading It was Madame Faujas.
Marthe
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From this reading Not wishing to summon Rose, Marthe herself went to get a lamp and brought in the first dish.
met
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From this reading As she was returning from the kitchen, she met, at the foot of the staircase, a woman whom she did not at first recognise.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not wishing to summon Rose, Marthe herself went to get a lamp and brought in the first dish.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As she was returning from the kitchen, she met, at the foot of the staircase, a woman whom she did not at first recognise.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She had put on a cotton cap and looked like a servant in her common print gown, with a yellow kerchief crossed over her breast and knotted behind her waist.
out
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From this reading Her wrists were bare, she was quite out of breath with the work she had been doing, and her heavy laced boots clattered on the flooring of the passage.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading She had put on a cotton cap and looked like a servant in her common print gown, with a yellow kerchief crossed over her breast and knotted behind her waist.
passagenounUS /ˈpassage/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Her wrists were bare, she was quite out of breath with the work she had been doing, and her heavy laced boots clattered on the flooring of the passage.
print
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From this reading She had put on a cotton cap and looked like a servant in her common print gown, with a yellow kerchief crossed over her breast and knotted behind her waist.
put
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From this reading She had put on a cotton cap and looked like a servant in her common print gown, with a yellow kerchief crossed over her breast and knotted behind her waist.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her wrists were bare, she was quite out of breath with the work she had been doing, and her heavy laced boots clattered on the flooring of the passage.
recognise
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From this reading As she was returning from the kitchen, she met, at the foot of the staircase, a woman whom she did not at first recognise.
returning
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From this reading As she was returning from the kitchen, she met, at the foot of the staircase, a woman whom she did not at first recognise.
Rose
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From this reading Not wishing to summon Rose, Marthe herself went to get a lamp and brought in the first dish.
servant
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From this reading She had put on a cotton cap and looked like a servant in her common print gown, with a yellow kerchief crossed over her breast and knotted behind her waist.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As she was returning from the kitchen, she met, at the foot of the staircase, a woman whom she did not at first recognise.
staircase
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From this reading As she was returning from the kitchen, she met, at the foot of the staircase, a woman whom she did not at first recognise.
summon
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From this reading Not wishing to summon Rose, Marthe herself went to get a lamp and brought in the first dish.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Not wishing to summon Rose, Marthe herself went to get a lamp and brought in the first dish.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Not wishing to summon Rose, Marthe herself went to get a lamp and brought in the first dish.
waist
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From this reading She had put on a cotton cap and looked like a servant in her common print gown, with a yellow kerchief crossed over her breast and knotted behind her waist.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As she was returning from the kitchen, she met, at the foot of the staircase, a woman whom she did not at first recognise.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not wishing to summon Rose, Marthe herself went to get a lamp and brought in the first dish.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her wrists were bare, she was quite out of breath with the work she had been doing, and her heavy laced boots clattered on the flooring of the passage.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading As she was returning from the kitchen, she met, at the foot of the staircase, a woman whom she did not at first recognise.
wishing
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From this reading Not wishing to summon Rose, Marthe herself went to get a lamp and brought in the first dish.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She had put on a cotton cap and looked like a servant in her common print gown, with a yellow kerchief crossed over her breast and knotted behind her waist.
woman
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From this reading As she was returning from the kitchen, she met, at the foot of the staircase, a woman whom she did not at first recognise.
work
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From this reading Her wrists were bare, she was quite out of breath with the work she had been doing, and her heavy laced boots clattered on the flooring of the passage.
wrists
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From this reading Her wrists were bare, she was quite out of breath with the work she had been doing, and her heavy laced boots clattered on the flooring of the passage.
yellow
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From this reading She had put on a cotton cap and looked like a servant in her common print gown, with a yellow kerchief crossed over her breast and knotted behind her waist.
