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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 The giddy months frolicked away like youths and maidens dancing on a golden ground on one of Povis de Chavanne’s friezes.
aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Flirting, laughing, gaming, waltzing, shooting, hunting, driving, dressing--above all dressing--the seasons succeeded each other with breathless rapidity for Mouse Kenilworth, and hundreds of fair women like her.
all
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From this reading Flirting, laughing, gaming, waltzing, shooting, hunting, driving, dressing--above all dressing--the seasons succeeded each other with breathless rapidity for Mouse Kenilworth, and hundreds of fair women like her.
also
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From this reading The silver barrow she received made a pretty flower-stand, the pieces of silk offered to her were also useful in their way, and when she had opened a church she felt she had a dispensation for months from attending church services.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The giddy months frolicked away like youths and maidens dancing on a golden ground on one of Povis de Chavanne’s friezes.
attending
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From this reading The silver barrow she received made a pretty flower-stand, the pieces of silk offered to her were also useful in their way, and when she had opened a church she felt she had a dispensation for months from attending church services.
away
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From this reading The giddy months frolicked away like youths and maidens dancing on a golden ground on one of Povis de Chavanne’s friezes.
barrow
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From this reading The silver barrow she received made a pretty flower-stand, the pieces of silk offered to her were also useful in their way, and when she had opened a church she felt she had a dispensation for months from attending church services.
became
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
Billy
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
bleedverbUS /bliːd/
To lose or emit fluid, or metaphorically to seep magical essence from an enchanted tome.
From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
breathless
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From this reading Flirting, laughing, gaming, waltzing, shooting, hunting, driving, dressing--above all dressing--the seasons succeeded each other with breathless rapidity for Mouse Kenilworth, and hundreds of fair women like her.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
cabmen
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
carried
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
Chavanne's
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From this reading The giddy months frolicked away like youths and maidens dancing on a golden ground on one of Povis de Chavanne’s friezes.
church
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From this reading Occasionally she did a little philanthropy; inaugurated a railway line, visited some silk mills, or laid the stone of a church.
Cocky
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crammed
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
credit
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
dancing
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From this reading The giddy months frolicked away like youths and maidens dancing on a golden ground on one of Povis de Chavanne’s friezes.
de
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From this reading The giddy months frolicked away like youths and maidens dancing on a golden ground on one of Povis de Chavanne’s friezes.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Occasionally she did a little philanthropy; inaugurated a railway line, visited some silk mills, or laid the stone of a church.
dispensation
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From this reading The silver barrow she received made a pretty flower-stand, the pieces of silk offered to her were also useful in their way, and when she had opened a church she felt she had a dispensation for months from attending church services.
dressing
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From this reading Flirting, laughing, gaming, waltzing, shooting, hunting, driving, dressing--above all dressing--the seasons succeeded each other with breathless rapidity for Mouse Kenilworth, and hundreds of fair women like her.
driving
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From this reading Flirting, laughing, gaming, waltzing, shooting, hunting, driving, dressing--above all dressing--the seasons succeeded each other with breathless rapidity for Mouse Kenilworth, and hundreds of fair women like her.
duke
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
duller
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Flirting, laughing, gaming, waltzing, shooting, hunting, driving, dressing--above all dressing--the seasons succeeded each other with breathless rapidity for Mouse Kenilworth, and hundreds of fair women like her.
easy
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
enjoyed
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Flirting, laughing, gaming, waltzing, shooting, hunting, driving, dressing--above all dressing--the seasons succeeded each other with breathless rapidity for Mouse Kenilworth, and hundreds of fair women like her.
felt
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From this reading The silver barrow she received made a pretty flower-stand, the pieces of silk offered to her were also useful in their way, and when she had opened a church she felt she had a dispensation for months from attending church services.
Flirting
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From this reading Flirting, laughing, gaming, waltzing, shooting, hunting, driving, dressing--above all dressing--the seasons succeeded each other with breathless rapidity for Mouse Kenilworth, and hundreds of fair women like her.
flower-stand
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From this reading The silver barrow she received made a pretty flower-stand, the pieces of silk offered to her were also useful in their way, and when she had opened a church she felt she had a dispensation for months from attending church services.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Flirting, laughing, gaming, waltzing, shooting, hunting, driving, dressing--above all dressing--the seasons succeeded each other with breathless rapidity for Mouse Kenilworth, and hundreds of fair women like her.
forty-eight
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friezes
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From this reading The giddy months frolicked away like youths and maidens dancing on a golden ground on one of Povis de Chavanne’s friezes.
frolicked
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From this reading The giddy months frolicked away like youths and maidens dancing on a golden ground on one of Povis de Chavanne’s friezes.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The silver barrow she received made a pretty flower-stand, the pieces of silk offered to her were also useful in their way, and when she had opened a church she felt she had a dispensation for months from attending church services.
gaming
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From this reading Flirting, laughing, gaming, waltzing, shooting, hunting, driving, dressing--above all dressing--the seasons succeeded each other with breathless rapidity for Mouse Kenilworth, and hundreds of fair women like her.
giddy
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From this reading The giddy months frolicked away like youths and maidens dancing on a golden ground on one of Povis de Chavanne’s friezes.
golden
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From this reading The giddy months frolicked away like youths and maidens dancing on a golden ground on one of Povis de Chavanne’s friezes.
good-looking
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
grew
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
ground
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From this reading The giddy months frolicked away like youths and maidens dancing on a golden ground on one of Povis de Chavanne’s friezes.
grow
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The silver barrow she received made a pretty flower-stand, the pieces of silk offered to her were also useful in their way, and when she had opened a church she felt she had a dispensation for months from attending church services.
Harry
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
head
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Flirting, laughing, gaming, waltzing, shooting, hunting, driving, dressing--above all dressing--the seasons succeeded each other with breathless rapidity for Mouse Kenilworth, and hundreds of fair women like her.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
high
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
hours
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
hundreds
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hunting
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From this reading Flirting, laughing, gaming, waltzing, shooting, hunting, driving, dressing--above all dressing--the seasons succeeded each other with breathless rapidity for Mouse Kenilworth, and hundreds of fair women like her.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The silver barrow she received made a pretty flower-stand, the pieces of silk offered to her were also useful in their way, and when she had opened a church she felt she had a dispensation for months from attending church services.
inaugurated
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From this reading Occasionally she did a little philanthropy; inaugurated a railway line, visited some silk mills, or laid the stone of a church.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
Kenilworth
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laid
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From this reading Occasionally she did a little philanthropy; inaugurated a railway line, visited some silk mills, or laid the stone of a church.
laughing
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From this reading Flirting, laughing, gaming, waltzing, shooting, hunting, driving, dressing--above all dressing--the seasons succeeded each other with breathless rapidity for Mouse Kenilworth, and hundreds of fair women like her.
less
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like
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From this reading The giddy months frolicked away like youths and maidens dancing on a golden ground on one of Povis de Chavanne’s friezes.
line
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From this reading Occasionally she did a little philanthropy; inaugurated a railway line, visited some silk mills, or laid the stone of a church.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Occasionally she did a little philanthropy; inaugurated a railway line, visited some silk mills, or laid the stone of a church.
made
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From this reading The silver barrow she received made a pretty flower-stand, the pieces of silk offered to her were also useful in their way, and when she had opened a church she felt she had a dispensation for months from attending church services.
maidens
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From this reading The giddy months frolicked away like youths and maidens dancing on a golden ground on one of Povis de Chavanne’s friezes.
mills
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From this reading Occasionally she did a little philanthropy; inaugurated a railway line, visited some silk mills, or laid the stone of a church.
Money
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
months
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From this reading The giddy months frolicked away like youths and maidens dancing on a golden ground on one of Povis de Chavanne’s friezes.
more
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
Mouse
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Occasionally
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From this reading Occasionally she did a little philanthropy; inaugurated a railway line, visited some silk mills, or laid the stone of a church.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The giddy months frolicked away like youths and maidens dancing on a golden ground on one of Povis de Chavanne’s friezes.
offered
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From this reading The silver barrow she received made a pretty flower-stand, the pieces of silk offered to her were also useful in their way, and when she had opened a church she felt she had a dispensation for months from attending church services.
old
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The giddy months frolicked away like youths and maidens dancing on a golden ground on one of Povis de Chavanne’s friezes.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The giddy months frolicked away like youths and maidens dancing on a golden ground on one of Povis de Chavanne’s friezes.
opened
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From this reading The silver barrow she received made a pretty flower-stand, the pieces of silk offered to her were also useful in their way, and when she had opened a church she felt she had a dispensation for months from attending church services.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Occasionally she did a little philanthropy; inaugurated a railway line, visited some silk mills, or laid the stone of a church.
other
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From this reading Flirting, laughing, gaming, waltzing, shooting, hunting, driving, dressing--above all dressing--the seasons succeeded each other with breathless rapidity for Mouse Kenilworth, and hundreds of fair women like her.
philanthropy
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From this reading Occasionally she did a little philanthropy; inaugurated a railway line, visited some silk mills, or laid the stone of a church.
pieces
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From this reading The silver barrow she received made a pretty flower-stand, the pieces of silk offered to her were also useful in their way, and when she had opened a church she felt she had a dispensation for months from attending church services.
Povis
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From this reading The giddy months frolicked away like youths and maidens dancing on a golden ground on one of Povis de Chavanne’s friezes.
pretty
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From this reading The silver barrow she received made a pretty flower-stand, the pieces of silk offered to her were also useful in their way, and when she had opened a church she felt she had a dispensation for months from attending church services.
railway
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From this reading Occasionally she did a little philanthropy; inaugurated a railway line, visited some silk mills, or laid the stone of a church.
rapiditynounUS /rəˈpɪdəti/
great speed
From this reading Flirting, laughing, gaming, waltzing, shooting, hunting, driving, dressing--above all dressing--the seasons succeeded each other with breathless rapidity for Mouse Kenilworth, and hundreds of fair women like her.
rarer
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
received
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From this reading The silver barrow she received made a pretty flower-stand, the pieces of silk offered to her were also useful in their way, and when she had opened a church she felt she had a dispensation for months from attending church services.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
scarcer
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
seasons
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From this reading Flirting, laughing, gaming, waltzing, shooting, hunting, driving, dressing--above all dressing--the seasons succeeded each other with breathless rapidity for Mouse Kenilworth, and hundreds of fair women like her.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
sell
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
services
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From this reading The silver barrow she received made a pretty flower-stand, the pieces of silk offered to her were also useful in their way, and when she had opened a church she felt she had a dispensation for months from attending church services.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
shootingnounUS /ˈshooting/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Flirting, laughing, gaming, waltzing, shooting, hunting, driving, dressing--above all dressing--the seasons succeeded each other with breathless rapidity for Mouse Kenilworth, and hundreds of fair women like her.
shyer
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
sign
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
silk
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From this reading Occasionally she did a little philanthropy; inaugurated a railway line, visited some silk mills, or laid the stone of a church.
silver
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From this reading The silver barrow she received made a pretty flower-stand, the pieces of silk offered to her were also useful in their way, and when she had opened a church she felt she had a dispensation for months from attending church services.
some
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From this reading Occasionally she did a little philanthropy; inaugurated a railway line, visited some silk mills, or laid the stone of a church.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
stone
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From this reading Occasionally she did a little philanthropy; inaugurated a railway line, visited some silk mills, or laid the stone of a church.
succeeded
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From this reading Flirting, laughing, gaming, waltzing, shooting, hunting, driving, dressing--above all dressing--the seasons succeeded each other with breathless rapidity for Mouse Kenilworth, and hundreds of fair women like her.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The giddy months frolicked away like youths and maidens dancing on a golden ground on one of Povis de Chavanne’s friezes.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The silver barrow she received made a pretty flower-stand, the pieces of silk offered to her were also useful in their way, and when she had opened a church she felt she had a dispensation for months from attending church services.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
twenty-four
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
unwilling
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From this reading Money grew scarcer, credit grew rarer, Billy became less easy to bleed, Harry seemed to grow duller and less good-looking, cabmen became shyer still of Cocky, and the old duke more unwilling to sign and sell; but she still all the same enjoyed herself, still carried high her golden head, and still crammed forty-eight hours into every twenty-four.
useful
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From this reading The silver barrow she received made a pretty flower-stand, the pieces of silk offered to her were also useful in their way, and when she had opened a church she felt she had a dispensation for months from attending church services.
visited
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From this reading Occasionally she did a little philanthropy; inaugurated a railway line, visited some silk mills, or laid the stone of a church.
waltzing
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From this reading Flirting, laughing, gaming, waltzing, shooting, hunting, driving, dressing--above all dressing--the seasons succeeded each other with breathless rapidity for Mouse Kenilworth, and hundreds of fair women like her.
way
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From this reading The silver barrow she received made a pretty flower-stand, the pieces of silk offered to her were also useful in their way, and when she had opened a church she felt she had a dispensation for months from attending church services.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The silver barrow she received made a pretty flower-stand, the pieces of silk offered to her were also useful in their way, and when she had opened a church she felt she had a dispensation for months from attending church services.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The silver barrow she received made a pretty flower-stand, the pieces of silk offered to her were also useful in their way, and when she had opened a church she felt she had a dispensation for months from attending church services.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Flirting, laughing, gaming, waltzing, shooting, hunting, driving, dressing--above all dressing--the seasons succeeded each other with breathless rapidity for Mouse Kenilworth, and hundreds of fair women like her.
women
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From this reading Flirting, laughing, gaming, waltzing, shooting, hunting, driving, dressing--above all dressing--the seasons succeeded each other with breathless rapidity for Mouse Kenilworth, and hundreds of fair women like her.
youths
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From this reading The giddy months frolicked away like youths and maidens dancing on a golden ground on one of Povis de Chavanne’s friezes.
