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almost
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From this reading As the story progressed and the music grew in passion and voluptuousness, they distinctly saw his almost militant protest.
althoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Both the prince and Lady Hilda, in the background, although they occasionally glanced at the performance, devoted most of their attention to watching him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The curtain rang up upon one of the most gorgeous and sensuous of the Russian ballets.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As the story progressed and the music grew in passion and voluptuousness, they distinctly saw his almost militant protest.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Both the prince and Lady Hilda, in the background, although they occasionally glanced at the performance, devoted most of their attention to watching him.
attention
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From this reading Both the prince and Lady Hilda, in the background, although they occasionally glanced at the performance, devoted most of their attention to watching him.
background
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From this reading Both the prince and Lady Hilda, in the background, although they occasionally glanced at the performance, devoted most of their attention to watching him.
ballets
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From this reading The curtain rang up upon one of the most gorgeous and sensuous of the Russian ballets.
BothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading Both the prince and Lady Hilda, in the background, although they occasionally glanced at the performance, devoted most of their attention to watching him.
box
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From this reading John, who by their joint insistence was occupying the front chair in the box, leaned forward in his place, his eyes steadfastly fixed upon the stage.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading John, who by their joint insistence was occupying the front chair in the box, leaned forward in his place, his eyes steadfastly fixed upon the stage.
chair
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From this reading John, who by their joint insistence was occupying the front chair in the box, leaned forward in his place, his eyes steadfastly fixed upon the stage.
contraction
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From this reading They saw the knitting of his firm mouth and the slight contraction of his eyebrows.
curtain
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From this reading The curtain rang up upon one of the most gorgeous and sensuous of the Russian ballets.
devoted
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From this reading Both the prince and Lady Hilda, in the background, although they occasionally glanced at the performance, devoted most of their attention to watching him.
distinctly
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eyebrows
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eyes
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From this reading John, who by their joint insistence was occupying the front chair in the box, leaned forward in his place, his eyes steadfastly fixed upon the stage.
firm
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fixed
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From this reading John, who by their joint insistence was occupying the front chair in the box, leaned forward in his place, his eyes steadfastly fixed upon the stage.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading John, who by their joint insistence was occupying the front chair in the box, leaned forward in his place, his eyes steadfastly fixed upon the stage.
front
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From this reading John, who by their joint insistence was occupying the front chair in the box, leaned forward in his place, his eyes steadfastly fixed upon the stage.
glanced
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From this reading Both the prince and Lady Hilda, in the background, although they occasionally glanced at the performance, devoted most of their attention to watching him.
gorgeous
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From this reading The curtain rang up upon one of the most gorgeous and sensuous of the Russian ballets.
grew
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From this reading As the story progressed and the music grew in passion and voluptuousness, they distinctly saw his almost militant protest.
Hilda
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From this reading Both the prince and Lady Hilda, in the background, although they occasionally glanced at the performance, devoted most of their attention to watching him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Both the prince and Lady Hilda, in the background, although they occasionally glanced at the performance, devoted most of their attention to watching him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading John, who by their joint insistence was occupying the front chair in the box, leaned forward in his place, his eyes steadfastly fixed upon the stage.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading John, who by their joint insistence was occupying the front chair in the box, leaned forward in his place, his eyes steadfastly fixed upon the stage.
insistence
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From this reading John, who by their joint insistence was occupying the front chair in the box, leaned forward in his place, his eyes steadfastly fixed upon the stage.
John
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From this reading John, who by their joint insistence was occupying the front chair in the box, leaned forward in his place, his eyes steadfastly fixed upon the stage.
joint
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knitting
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Lady
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From this reading Both the prince and Lady Hilda, in the background, although they occasionally glanced at the performance, devoted most of their attention to watching him.
leaned
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From this reading John, who by their joint insistence was occupying the front chair in the box, leaned forward in his place, his eyes steadfastly fixed upon the stage.
militant
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From this reading As the story progressed and the music grew in passion and voluptuousness, they distinctly saw his almost militant protest.
most
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mouth
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From this reading They saw the knitting of his firm mouth and the slight contraction of his eyebrows.
music
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From this reading As the story progressed and the music grew in passion and voluptuousness, they distinctly saw his almost militant protest.
occasionally
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From this reading Both the prince and Lady Hilda, in the background, although they occasionally glanced at the performance, devoted most of their attention to watching him.
occupying
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From this reading John, who by their joint insistence was occupying the front chair in the box, leaned forward in his place, his eyes steadfastly fixed upon the stage.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The curtain rang up upon one of the most gorgeous and sensuous of the Russian ballets.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The curtain rang up upon one of the most gorgeous and sensuous of the Russian ballets.
passion
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From this reading As the story progressed and the music grew in passion and voluptuousness, they distinctly saw his almost militant protest.
performance
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From this reading Both the prince and Lady Hilda, in the background, although they occasionally glanced at the performance, devoted most of their attention to watching him.
place
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From this reading John, who by their joint insistence was occupying the front chair in the box, leaned forward in his place, his eyes steadfastly fixed upon the stage.
prince
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From this reading Both the prince and Lady Hilda, in the background, although they occasionally glanced at the performance, devoted most of their attention to watching him.
progressed
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From this reading As the story progressed and the music grew in passion and voluptuousness, they distinctly saw his almost militant protest.
protest
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From this reading As the story progressed and the music grew in passion and voluptuousness, they distinctly saw his almost militant protest.
rang
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From this reading The curtain rang up upon one of the most gorgeous and sensuous of the Russian ballets.
Russian
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From this reading The curtain rang up upon one of the most gorgeous and sensuous of the Russian ballets.
saw
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From this reading As the story progressed and the music grew in passion and voluptuousness, they distinctly saw his almost militant protest.
sensuous
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From this reading The curtain rang up upon one of the most gorgeous and sensuous of the Russian ballets.
slight
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From this reading They saw the knitting of his firm mouth and the slight contraction of his eyebrows.
stage
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From this reading John, who by their joint insistence was occupying the front chair in the box, leaned forward in his place, his eyes steadfastly fixed upon the stage.
steadfastly
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From this reading John, who by their joint insistence was occupying the front chair in the box, leaned forward in his place, his eyes steadfastly fixed upon the stage.
story
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From this reading As the story progressed and the music grew in passion and voluptuousness, they distinctly saw his almost militant protest.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The curtain rang up upon one of the most gorgeous and sensuous of the Russian ballets.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading John, who by their joint insistence was occupying the front chair in the box, leaned forward in his place, his eyes steadfastly fixed upon the stage.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Both the prince and Lady Hilda, in the background, although they occasionally glanced at the performance, devoted most of their attention to watching him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Both the prince and Lady Hilda, in the background, although they occasionally glanced at the performance, devoted most of their attention to watching him.
up
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From this reading The curtain rang up upon one of the most gorgeous and sensuous of the Russian ballets.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading The curtain rang up upon one of the most gorgeous and sensuous of the Russian ballets.
voluptuousness
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From this reading As the story progressed and the music grew in passion and voluptuousness, they distinctly saw his almost militant protest.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading John, who by their joint insistence was occupying the front chair in the box, leaned forward in his place, his eyes steadfastly fixed upon the stage.
watching
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From this reading Both the prince and Lady Hilda, in the background, although they occasionally glanced at the performance, devoted most of their attention to watching him.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading John, who by their joint insistence was occupying the front chair in the box, leaned forward in his place, his eyes steadfastly fixed upon the stage.
