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admiring
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From this reading He expounded their meaning enthusiastically and she listened and made admiring comments, but it is rather doubtful if she really understood.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was too much occupied with the happy knowledge that he was again confident and hopeful.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He expounded their meaning enthusiastically and she listened and made admiring comments, but it is rather doubtful if she really understood.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading He expounded their meaning enthusiastically and she listened and made admiring comments, but it is rather doubtful if she really understood.
comments
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From this reading He expounded their meaning enthusiastically and she listened and made admiring comments, but it is rather doubtful if she really understood.
complicated
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From this reading But the idea was not particularly complicated.
confident
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From this reading She was too much occupied with the happy knowledge that he was again confident and hopeful.
construction-records
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From this reading He spread out the drawings he had made from the construction-records while she searched the Pilot.
doubtful
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From this reading He expounded their meaning enthusiastically and she listened and made admiring comments, but it is rather doubtful if she really understood.
drawings
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From this reading He spread out the drawings he had made from the construction-records while she searched the Pilot.
enough
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From this reading Every fact was familiar enough.
enthusiastically
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From this reading He expounded their meaning enthusiastically and she listened and made admiring comments, but it is rather doubtful if she really understood.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every fact was familiar enough.
expounded
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From this reading He expounded their meaning enthusiastically and she listened and made admiring comments, but it is rather doubtful if she really understood.
fact
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From this reading Every fact was familiar enough.
familiar
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From this reading Every fact was familiar enough.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading He spread out the drawings he had made from the construction-records while she searched the Pilot.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He spread out the drawings he had made from the construction-records while she searched the Pilot.
happy
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From this reading She was too much occupied with the happy knowledge that he was again confident and hopeful.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He spread out the drawings he had made from the construction-records while she searched the Pilot.
hopeful
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From this reading She was too much occupied with the happy knowledge that he was again confident and hopeful.
idea
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From this reading But the idea was not particularly complicated.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading He expounded their meaning enthusiastically and she listened and made admiring comments, but it is rather doubtful if she really understood.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He expounded their meaning enthusiastically and she listened and made admiring comments, but it is rather doubtful if she really understood.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He expounded their meaning enthusiastically and she listened and made admiring comments, but it is rather doubtful if she really understood.
knowledge
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From this reading She was too much occupied with the happy knowledge that he was again confident and hopeful.
listened
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From this reading He expounded their meaning enthusiastically and she listened and made admiring comments, but it is rather doubtful if she really understood.
made
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From this reading He spread out the drawings he had made from the construction-records while she searched the Pilot.
meaning
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From this reading He expounded their meaning enthusiastically and she listened and made admiring comments, but it is rather doubtful if she really understood.
much
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From this reading She was too much occupied with the happy knowledge that he was again confident and hopeful.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading But the idea was not particularly complicated.
occupied
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From this reading She was too much occupied with the happy knowledge that he was again confident and hopeful.
out
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From this reading He spread out the drawings he had made from the construction-records while she searched the Pilot.
particularly
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From this reading But the idea was not particularly complicated.
Pilot
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From this reading He spread out the drawings he had made from the construction-records while she searched the Pilot.
rather
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From this reading He expounded their meaning enthusiastically and she listened and made admiring comments, but it is rather doubtful if she really understood.
really
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From this reading He expounded their meaning enthusiastically and she listened and made admiring comments, but it is rather doubtful if she really understood.
searched
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From this reading He spread out the drawings he had made from the construction-records while she searched the Pilot.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He spread out the drawings he had made from the construction-records while she searched the Pilot.
spread
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From this reading He spread out the drawings he had made from the construction-records while she searched the Pilot.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She was too much occupied with the happy knowledge that he was again confident and hopeful.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He spread out the drawings he had made from the construction-records while she searched the Pilot.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading He expounded their meaning enthusiastically and she listened and made admiring comments, but it is rather doubtful if she really understood.
too
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From this reading She was too much occupied with the happy knowledge that he was again confident and hopeful.
understood
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From this reading He expounded their meaning enthusiastically and she listened and made admiring comments, but it is rather doubtful if she really understood.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was too much occupied with the happy knowledge that he was again confident and hopeful.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading He spread out the drawings he had made from the construction-records while she searched the Pilot.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was too much occupied with the happy knowledge that he was again confident and hopeful.