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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 Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
ajar
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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
all
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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
appeared
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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
Cuba
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From this reading ‘Will you try,’ she said, ‘some of my father’s tobacco—from dear Cuba?
day
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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
dear
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delicately
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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.
disorder
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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.
enjoyed
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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
father's
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From this reading ‘Will you try,’ she said, ‘some of my father’s tobacco—from dear Cuba?
foreign
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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.
forth
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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading ‘Will you try,’ she said, ‘some of my father’s tobacco—from dear Cuba?
gentlemennounUS /gentlemen/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There, as I suppose you know, all smoke, ladies as well as gentlemen.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.
hand
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From this reading In one hand she held a packet.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
held
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From this reading In one hand she held a packet.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading There, as I suppose you know, all smoke, ladies as well as gentlemen.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There, as I suppose you know, all smoke, ladies as well as gentlemen.
ladies
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From this reading There, as I suppose you know, all smoke, ladies as well as gentlemen.
lady's
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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ‘Will you try,’ she said, ‘some of my father’s tobacco—from dear Cuba?
neat
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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.
NextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading In one hand she held a packet.
opened
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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.
packet
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From this reading In one hand she held a packet.
patiently
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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
presence
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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
returnednounUS /ˈreturned/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
said
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From this reading ‘Will you try,’ she said, ‘some of my father’s tobacco—from dear Cuba?
sat
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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
scarceadjectiveUS /skɛrs/
hard to find or in short supply
From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.
sewing
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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
Señorita
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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
shoulder
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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
smoke
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From this reading There, as I suppose you know, all smoke, ladies as well as gentlemen.
some
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From this reading ‘Will you try,’ she said, ‘some of my father’s tobacco—from dear Cuba?
somehow
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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.
strange
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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.
sunlight
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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.
supposenounUS /ˈsuppose/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There, as I suppose you know, all smoke, ladies as well as gentlemen.
terrace
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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
There
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From this reading There, as I suppose you know, all smoke, ladies as well as gentlemen.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
tobacconounUS /ˈtobacco/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading ‘Will you try,’ she said, ‘some of my father’s tobacco—from dear Cuba?
tripped
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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.
tropical
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From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.
try
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From this reading ‘Will you try,’ she said, ‘some of my father’s tobacco—from dear Cuba?
unconscious
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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
view
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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
well
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From this reading There, as I suppose you know, all smoke, ladies as well as gentlemen.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading ‘Will you try,’ she said, ‘some of my father’s tobacco—from dear Cuba?
window
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From this reading Next day when he returned to the terrace, the window was a little ajar, and he enjoyed a view of the lady’s shoulder, as she sat patiently sewing and all unconscious of his presence.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading On the next, he had scarce appeared when the window opened, and the Señorita tripped forth into the sunlight, in a morning disorder, delicately neat, and yet somehow foreign, tropical, and strange.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading ‘Will you try,’ she said, ‘some of my father’s tobacco—from dear Cuba?
