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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 And then in my wickedness I began to commit a desecration on the memory of my beautiful and honored Grandmamma Carruthers.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading I walked to that glass case in which reposed that gown of the beautiful flowered silk and took it therefrom and laid it upon a chair above the soiled riding breeches of corduroy I had so lately discarded.
also
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From this reading I opened the carved wooden box on the table underneath and took from it the silver slippers and the stockings of silk, also the lace fan and the silver band for the hair.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And then in my wickedness I began to commit a desecration on the memory of my beautiful and honored Grandmamma Carruthers.
AREauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "YOU ARE--MYSELF!"
band
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From this reading I opened the carved wooden box on the table underneath and took from it the silver slippers and the stockings of silk, also the lace fan and the silver band for the hair.
beautiful
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From this reading And then in my wickedness I began to commit a desecration on the memory of my beautiful and honored Grandmamma Carruthers.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And then in my wickedness I began to commit a desecration on the memory of my beautiful and honored Grandmamma Carruthers.
box
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From this reading I opened the carved wooden box on the table underneath and took from it the silver slippers and the stockings of silk, also the lace fan and the silver band for the hair.
breeches
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From this reading I walked to that glass case in which reposed that gown of the beautiful flowered silk and took it therefrom and laid it upon a chair above the soiled riding breeches of corduroy I had so lately discarded.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Thereupon I walked to my mirror and commenced to make a toilet of great care but of a great rapidity.
care
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From this reading Thereupon I walked to my mirror and commenced to make a toilet of great care but of a great rapidity.
Carruthers
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From this reading And then in my wickedness I began to commit a desecration on the memory of my beautiful and honored Grandmamma Carruthers.
carved
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From this reading I opened the carved wooden box on the table underneath and took from it the silver slippers and the stockings of silk, also the lace fan and the silver band for the hair.
case
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From this reading I walked to that glass case in which reposed that gown of the beautiful flowered silk and took it therefrom and laid it upon a chair above the soiled riding breeches of corduroy I had so lately discarded.
chair
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commenced
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From this reading Thereupon I walked to my mirror and commenced to make a toilet of great care but of a great rapidity.
commit
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From this reading And then in my wickedness I began to commit a desecration on the memory of my beautiful and honored Grandmamma Carruthers.
corduroy
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From this reading I walked to that glass case in which reposed that gown of the beautiful flowered silk and took it therefrom and laid it upon a chair above the soiled riding breeches of corduroy I had so lately discarded.
desecration
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From this reading And then in my wickedness I began to commit a desecration on the memory of my beautiful and honored Grandmamma Carruthers.
discarded
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From this reading I walked to that glass case in which reposed that gown of the beautiful flowered silk and took it therefrom and laid it upon a chair above the soiled riding breeches of corduroy I had so lately discarded.
fan
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From this reading I opened the carved wooden box on the table underneath and took from it the silver slippers and the stockings of silk, also the lace fan and the silver band for the hair.
flowered
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From this reading I walked to that glass case in which reposed that gown of the beautiful flowered silk and took it therefrom and laid it upon a chair above the soiled riding breeches of corduroy I had so lately discarded.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading I opened the carved wooden box on the table underneath and took from it the silver slippers and the stockings of silk, also the lace fan and the silver band for the hair.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading I opened the carved wooden box on the table underneath and took from it the silver slippers and the stockings of silk, also the lace fan and the silver band for the hair.
glass
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From this reading I walked to that glass case in which reposed that gown of the beautiful flowered silk and took it therefrom and laid it upon a chair above the soiled riding breeches of corduroy I had so lately discarded.
gown
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From this reading I walked to that glass case in which reposed that gown of the beautiful flowered silk and took it therefrom and laid it upon a chair above the soiled riding breeches of corduroy I had so lately discarded.
Grandmamma
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From this reading And then in my wickedness I began to commit a desecration on the memory of my beautiful and honored Grandmamma Carruthers.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thereupon I walked to my mirror and commenced to make a toilet of great care but of a great rapidity.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading I walked to that glass case in which reposed that gown of the beautiful flowered silk and took it therefrom and laid it upon a chair above the soiled riding breeches of corduroy I had so lately discarded.
hair
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From this reading I opened the carved wooden box on the table underneath and took from it the silver slippers and the stockings of silk, also the lace fan and the silver band for the hair.
honored
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From this reading And then in my wickedness I began to commit a desecration on the memory of my beautiful and honored Grandmamma Carruthers.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading And then in my wickedness I began to commit a desecration on the memory of my beautiful and honored Grandmamma Carruthers.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And then in my wickedness I began to commit a desecration on the memory of my beautiful and honored Grandmamma Carruthers.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading I walked to that glass case in which reposed that gown of the beautiful flowered silk and took it therefrom and laid it upon a chair above the soiled riding breeches of corduroy I had so lately discarded.
lace
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From this reading I opened the carved wooden box on the table underneath and took from it the silver slippers and the stockings of silk, also the lace fan and the silver band for the hair.
laid
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From this reading I walked to that glass case in which reposed that gown of the beautiful flowered silk and took it therefrom and laid it upon a chair above the soiled riding breeches of corduroy I had so lately discarded.
lately
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From this reading I walked to that glass case in which reposed that gown of the beautiful flowered silk and took it therefrom and laid it upon a chair above the soiled riding breeches of corduroy I had so lately discarded.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Thereupon I walked to my mirror and commenced to make a toilet of great care but of a great rapidity.
memorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading And then in my wickedness I began to commit a desecration on the memory of my beautiful and honored Grandmamma Carruthers.
mirror
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From this reading Thereupon I walked to my mirror and commenced to make a toilet of great care but of a great rapidity.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading And then in my wickedness I began to commit a desecration on the memory of my beautiful and honored Grandmamma Carruthers.
MYSELFpronounUS /ˌmaɪˈself/
used when the speaker is also the object of the action
From this reading "YOU ARE--MYSELF!"
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading And then in my wickedness I began to commit a desecration on the memory of my beautiful and honored Grandmamma Carruthers.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And then in my wickedness I began to commit a desecration on the memory of my beautiful and honored Grandmamma Carruthers.
opened
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From this reading I opened the carved wooden box on the table underneath and took from it the silver slippers and the stockings of silk, also the lace fan and the silver band for the hair.
rapiditynounUS /rəˈpɪdəti/
great speed
From this reading Thereupon I walked to my mirror and commenced to make a toilet of great care but of a great rapidity.
reposed
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From this reading I walked to that glass case in which reposed that gown of the beautiful flowered silk and took it therefrom and laid it upon a chair above the soiled riding breeches of corduroy I had so lately discarded.
riding
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From this reading I walked to that glass case in which reposed that gown of the beautiful flowered silk and took it therefrom and laid it upon a chair above the soiled riding breeches of corduroy I had so lately discarded.
silk
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From this reading I walked to that glass case in which reposed that gown of the beautiful flowered silk and took it therefrom and laid it upon a chair above the soiled riding breeches of corduroy I had so lately discarded.
silver
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From this reading I opened the carved wooden box on the table underneath and took from it the silver slippers and the stockings of silk, also the lace fan and the silver band for the hair.
slippers
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From this reading I opened the carved wooden box on the table underneath and took from it the silver slippers and the stockings of silk, also the lace fan and the silver band for the hair.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading I walked to that glass case in which reposed that gown of the beautiful flowered silk and took it therefrom and laid it upon a chair above the soiled riding breeches of corduroy I had so lately discarded.
soiled
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From this reading I walked to that glass case in which reposed that gown of the beautiful flowered silk and took it therefrom and laid it upon a chair above the soiled riding breeches of corduroy I had so lately discarded.
stockings
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From this reading I opened the carved wooden box on the table underneath and took from it the silver slippers and the stockings of silk, also the lace fan and the silver band for the hair.
table
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From this reading I opened the carved wooden box on the table underneath and took from it the silver slippers and the stockings of silk, also the lace fan and the silver band for the hair.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading I walked to that glass case in which reposed that gown of the beautiful flowered silk and took it therefrom and laid it upon a chair above the soiled riding breeches of corduroy I had so lately discarded.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And then in my wickedness I began to commit a desecration on the memory of my beautiful and honored Grandmamma Carruthers.
then
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From this reading And then in my wickedness I began to commit a desecration on the memory of my beautiful and honored Grandmamma Carruthers.
therefrom
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From this reading I walked to that glass case in which reposed that gown of the beautiful flowered silk and took it therefrom and laid it upon a chair above the soiled riding breeches of corduroy I had so lately discarded.
Thereupon
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From this reading Thereupon I walked to my mirror and commenced to make a toilet of great care but of a great rapidity.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And then in my wickedness I began to commit a desecration on the memory of my beautiful and honored Grandmamma Carruthers.
toilet
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From this reading Thereupon I walked to my mirror and commenced to make a toilet of great care but of a great rapidity.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I walked to that glass case in which reposed that gown of the beautiful flowered silk and took it therefrom and laid it upon a chair above the soiled riding breeches of corduroy I had so lately discarded.
underneathprepositionUS /ˌʌndərˈniːθ/
directly under, often hidden by what is above
From this reading I opened the carved wooden box on the table underneath and took from it the silver slippers and the stockings of silk, also the lace fan and the silver band for the hair.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading I walked to that glass case in which reposed that gown of the beautiful flowered silk and took it therefrom and laid it upon a chair above the soiled riding breeches of corduroy I had so lately discarded.
walked
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From this reading I walked to that glass case in which reposed that gown of the beautiful flowered silk and took it therefrom and laid it upon a chair above the soiled riding breeches of corduroy I had so lately discarded.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading I walked to that glass case in which reposed that gown of the beautiful flowered silk and took it therefrom and laid it upon a chair above the soiled riding breeches of corduroy I had so lately discarded.
wickedness
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From this reading And then in my wickedness I began to commit a desecration on the memory of my beautiful and honored Grandmamma Carruthers.
wooden
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From this reading I opened the carved wooden box on the table underneath and took from it the silver slippers and the stockings of silk, also the lace fan and the silver band for the hair.
YOUpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "YOU ARE--MYSELF!"
