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The sensation which came over the gentle girl as she went out into the cool morning air was indescribable. She felt almost as if the balmy sunlight were some joy-giving fluid to be drunk like wine. Her step was buoyant. She told herself that a veritable miracle had happened. She could not explain it, but it had happened.
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able to float or rise easily in water
From this reading “Her step was buoyant.”
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading “She could not explain it, but it had happened.”
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading “She told herself that a veritable miracle had happened.”
too intense to describe too intense or unusual to describe clearly
From this reading “The sensation which came over the gentle girl as she went out into the cool morning air was indescribable.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The sensation which came over the gentle girl as she went out into the cool morning air was indescribable.”
above and across; more than
From this reading “The sensation which came over the gentle girl as she went out into the cool morning air was indescribable.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Her step was buoyant.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “She told herself that a veritable miracle had happened.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “The sensation which came over the gentle girl as she went out into the cool morning air was indescribable.”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She told herself that a veritable miracle had happened.
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From this reading The sensation which came over the gentle girl as she went out into the cool morning air was indescribable.
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From this reading She felt almost as if the balmy sunlight were some joy-giving fluid to be drunk like wine.
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The sensation which came over the gentle girl as she went out into the cool morning air was indescribable.
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From this reading She felt almost as if the balmy sunlight were some joy-giving fluid to be drunk like wine.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She felt almost as if the balmy sunlight were some joy-giving fluid to be drunk like wine.
able to float or rise easily in water
From this reading Her step was buoyant.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She could not explain it, but it had happened.
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From this reading The sensation which came over the gentle girl as she went out into the cool morning air was indescribable.
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From this reading The sensation which came over the gentle girl as she went out into the cool morning air was indescribable.
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading She could not explain it, but it had happened.
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From this reading She felt almost as if the balmy sunlight were some joy-giving fluid to be drunk like wine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She could not explain it, but it had happened.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She felt almost as if the balmy sunlight were some joy-giving fluid to be drunk like wine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She felt almost as if the balmy sunlight were some joy-giving fluid to be drunk like wine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading The sensation which came over the gentle girl as she went out into the cool morning air was indescribable.
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From this reading The sensation which came over the gentle girl as she went out into the cool morning air was indescribable.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She told herself that a veritable miracle had happened.
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From this reading She told herself that a veritable miracle had happened.
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her step was buoyant.
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She told herself that a veritable miracle had happened.
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading She felt almost as if the balmy sunlight were some joy-giving fluid to be drunk like wine.
too intense to describe too intense or unusual to describe clearly
From this reading The sensation which came over the gentle girl as she went out into the cool morning air was indescribable.
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The sensation which came over the gentle girl as she went out into the cool morning air was indescribable.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She could not explain it, but it had happened.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She felt almost as if the balmy sunlight were some joy-giving fluid to be drunk like wine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She felt almost as if the balmy sunlight were some joy-giving fluid to be drunk like wine.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She told herself that a veritable miracle had happened.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sensation which came over the gentle girl as she went out into the cool morning air was indescribable.
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She could not explain it, but it had happened.
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From this reading The sensation which came over the gentle girl as she went out into the cool morning air was indescribable.
above and across; more than
From this reading The sensation which came over the gentle girl as she went out into the cool morning air was indescribable.
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From this reading The sensation which came over the gentle girl as she went out into the cool morning air was indescribable.
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The sensation which came over the gentle girl as she went out into the cool morning air was indescribable.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She felt almost as if the balmy sunlight were some joy-giving fluid to be drunk like wine.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her step was buoyant.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She felt almost as if the balmy sunlight were some joy-giving fluid to be drunk like wine.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She told herself that a veritable miracle had happened.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The sensation which came over the gentle girl as she went out into the cool morning air was indescribable.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She felt almost as if the balmy sunlight were some joy-giving fluid to be drunk like wine.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She told herself that a veritable miracle had happened.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She told herself that a veritable miracle had happened.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The sensation which came over the gentle girl as she went out into the cool morning air was indescribable.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sensation which came over the gentle girl as she went out into the cool morning air was indescribable.
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She felt almost as if the balmy sunlight were some joy-giving fluid to be drunk like wine.
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The sensation which came over the gentle girl as she went out into the cool morning air was indescribable.
Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.
From this reading She felt almost as if the balmy sunlight were some joy-giving fluid to be drunk like wine.
