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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 It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
abnormal
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From this reading She had heard of the child who was kept out of sight, and she had been somewhat disgusted by a vague story of Lord Coombe’s abnormal interest in it and the ugly hint that he had an object in view.
all
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From this reading What did occur was not at all complicated.
amiable
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From this reading Lady Lothwell listened to as much of the history of Robin as her mother chose to tell her and plainly felt an amiable interest in it.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Lady Lothwell listened to as much of the history of Robin as her mother chose to tell her and plainly felt an amiable interest in it.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Lady Lothwell listened to as much of the history of Robin as her mother chose to tell her and plainly felt an amiable interest in it.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading What did occur was not at all complicated.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She had heard of the child who was kept out of sight, and she had been somewhat disgusted by a vague story of Lord Coombe’s abnormal interest in it and the ugly hint that he had an object in view.
child
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From this reading She had heard of the child who was kept out of sight, and she had been somewhat disgusted by a vague story of Lord Coombe’s abnormal interest in it and the ugly hint that he had an object in view.
chose
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From this reading Lady Lothwell listened to as much of the history of Robin as her mother chose to tell her and plainly felt an amiable interest in it.
cleverest
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From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
complicated
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From this reading What did occur was not at all complicated.
concerning
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From this reading She knew much more detail and gossip concerning Mrs. Gareth-Lawless than the Duchess herself did.
Coombe's
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From this reading She had heard of the child who was kept out of sight, and she had been somewhat disgusted by a vague story of Lord Coombe’s abnormal interest in it and the ugly hint that he had an object in view.
day
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From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
detail
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From this reading She knew much more detail and gossip concerning Mrs. Gareth-Lawless than the Duchess herself did.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading What did occur was not at all complicated.
disgusted
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From this reading She had heard of the child who was kept out of sight, and she had been somewhat disgusted by a vague story of Lord Coombe’s abnormal interest in it and the ugly hint that he had an object in view.
Duchess
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From this reading She knew much more detail and gossip concerning Mrs. Gareth-Lawless than the Duchess herself did.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
emerged
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From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
felt
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From this reading Lady Lothwell listened to as much of the history of Robin as her mother chose to tell her and plainly felt an amiable interest in it.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
Gareth-Lawless
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From this reading She knew much more detail and gossip concerning Mrs. Gareth-Lawless than the Duchess herself did.
girlhood
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From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
gossip
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From this reading She knew much more detail and gossip concerning Mrs. Gareth-Lawless than the Duchess herself did.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had heard of the child who was kept out of sight, and she had been somewhat disgusted by a vague story of Lord Coombe’s abnormal interest in it and the ugly hint that he had an object in view.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had heard of the child who was kept out of sight, and she had been somewhat disgusted by a vague story of Lord Coombe’s abnormal interest in it and the ugly hint that he had an object in view.
heard
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From this reading She had heard of the child who was kept out of sight, and she had been somewhat disgusted by a vague story of Lord Coombe’s abnormal interest in it and the ugly hint that he had an object in view.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She knew much more detail and gossip concerning Mrs. Gareth-Lawless than the Duchess herself did.
hint
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From this reading She had heard of the child who was kept out of sight, and she had been somewhat disgusted by a vague story of Lord Coombe’s abnormal interest in it and the ugly hint that he had an object in view.
history
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From this reading Lady Lothwell listened to as much of the history of Robin as her mother chose to tell her and plainly felt an amiable interest in it.
illogical
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From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Lady Lothwell listened to as much of the history of Robin as her mother chose to tell her and plainly felt an amiable interest in it.
interest
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From this reading Lady Lothwell listened to as much of the history of Robin as her mother chose to tell her and plainly felt an amiable interest in it.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
kept
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From this reading She had heard of the child who was kept out of sight, and she had been somewhat disgusted by a vague story of Lord Coombe’s abnormal interest in it and the ugly hint that he had an object in view.
knew
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From this reading She knew much more detail and gossip concerning Mrs. Gareth-Lawless than the Duchess herself did.
Lady
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From this reading Lady Lothwell listened to as much of the history of Robin as her mother chose to tell her and plainly felt an amiable interest in it.
listened
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From this reading Lady Lothwell listened to as much of the history of Robin as her mother chose to tell her and plainly felt an amiable interest in it.
Lord
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From this reading She had heard of the child who was kept out of sight, and she had been somewhat disgusted by a vague story of Lord Coombe’s abnormal interest in it and the ugly hint that he had an object in view.
Lothwell
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From this reading Lady Lothwell listened to as much of the history of Robin as her mother chose to tell her and plainly felt an amiable interest in it.
more
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From this reading She knew much more detail and gossip concerning Mrs. Gareth-Lawless than the Duchess herself did.
mother
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From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
Mrs
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From this reading She knew much more detail and gossip concerning Mrs. Gareth-Lawless than the Duchess herself did.
much
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From this reading Lady Lothwell listened to as much of the history of Robin as her mother chose to tell her and plainly felt an amiable interest in it.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading What did occur was not at all complicated.
object
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From this reading She had heard of the child who was kept out of sight, and she had been somewhat disgusted by a vague story of Lord Coombe’s abnormal interest in it and the ugly hint that he had an object in view.
obstinate
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From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
occur
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From this reading What did occur was not at all complicated.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
out
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From this reading She had heard of the child who was kept out of sight, and she had been somewhat disgusted by a vague story of Lord Coombe’s abnormal interest in it and the ugly hint that he had an object in view.
plainlynounUS /ˈplainly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Lady Lothwell listened to as much of the history of Robin as her mother chose to tell her and plainly felt an amiable interest in it.
possible
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From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
Robin
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From this reading Lady Lothwell listened to as much of the history of Robin as her mother chose to tell her and plainly felt an amiable interest in it.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She knew much more detail and gossip concerning Mrs. Gareth-Lawless than the Duchess herself did.
sight
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From this reading She had heard of the child who was kept out of sight, and she had been somewhat disgusted by a vague story of Lord Coombe’s abnormal interest in it and the ugly hint that he had an object in view.
somewhat
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From this reading She had heard of the child who was kept out of sight, and she had been somewhat disgusted by a vague story of Lord Coombe’s abnormal interest in it and the ugly hint that he had an object in view.
spent
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From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
story
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From this reading She had heard of the child who was kept out of sight, and she had been somewhat disgusted by a vague story of Lord Coombe’s abnormal interest in it and the ugly hint that he had an object in view.
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Lady Lothwell listened to as much of the history of Robin as her mother chose to tell her and plainly felt an amiable interest in it.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She knew much more detail and gossip concerning Mrs. Gareth-Lawless than the Duchess herself did.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She had heard of the child who was kept out of sight, and she had been somewhat disgusted by a vague story of Lord Coombe’s abnormal interest in it and the ugly hint that he had an object in view.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
training
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From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
ugly
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From this reading She had heard of the child who was kept out of sight, and she had been somewhat disgusted by a vague story of Lord Coombe’s abnormal interest in it and the ugly hint that he had an object in view.
vague
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From this reading She had heard of the child who was kept out of sight, and she had been somewhat disgusted by a vague story of Lord Coombe’s abnormal interest in it and the ugly hint that he had an object in view.
view
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From this reading She had heard of the child who was kept out of sight, and she had been somewhat disgusted by a vague story of Lord Coombe’s abnormal interest in it and the ugly hint that he had an object in view.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading What did occur was not at all complicated.
WhatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading What did occur was not at all complicated.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She had heard of the child who was kept out of sight, and she had been somewhat disgusted by a vague story of Lord Coombe’s abnormal interest in it and the ugly hint that he had an object in view.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
woman
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From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It would not have been possible for a woman to have spent her girlhood with the cleverest mother of her day and have emerged from her training either obstinate or illogical.
