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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 He made a step towards her,--she drew herself to the utmost reach of her elfin height, and looked at him straightly.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He made a step towards her,--she drew herself to the utmost reach of her elfin height, and looked at him straightly.
answer
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From this reading "Will you hear my answer?"
arrowy
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From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He made a step towards her,--she drew herself to the utmost reach of her elfin height, and looked at him straightly.
bent
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From this reading He bent his head gravely, with a kind of ironical tolerance in his manner.
blue
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From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
dark
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From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He made a step towards her,--she drew herself to the utmost reach of her elfin height, and looked at him straightly.
elfin
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From this reading He made a step towards her,--she drew herself to the utmost reach of her elfin height, and looked at him straightly.
entire
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From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
eyes
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From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
flamenounUS /fleɪm/
A hot glowing body of ignited gas produced by fire.
From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
flashing
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From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
glance
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From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
gravely
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From this reading He bent his head gravely, with a kind of ironical tolerance in his manner.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You have stated your intentions," she said.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He made a step towards her,--she drew herself to the utmost reach of her elfin height, and looked at him straightly.
head
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From this reading He bent his head gravely, with a kind of ironical tolerance in his manner.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Will you hear my answer?"
height
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From this reading He made a step towards her,--she drew herself to the utmost reach of her elfin height, and looked at him straightly.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He made a step towards her,--she drew herself to the utmost reach of her elfin height, and looked at him straightly.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading He made a step towards her,--she drew herself to the utmost reach of her elfin height, and looked at him straightly.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He made a step towards her,--she drew herself to the utmost reach of her elfin height, and looked at him straightly.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading He bent his head gravely, with a kind of ironical tolerance in his manner.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
intense
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From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
intentions
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From this reading "You have stated your intentions," she said.
ironical
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From this reading He bent his head gravely, with a kind of ironical tolerance in his manner.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
jewels
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From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
kind
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From this reading He bent his head gravely, with a kind of ironical tolerance in his manner.
like
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From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He made a step towards her,--she drew herself to the utmost reach of her elfin height, and looked at him straightly.
made
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From this reading He made a step towards her,--she drew herself to the utmost reach of her elfin height, and looked at him straightly.
manner
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From this reading He bent his head gravely, with a kind of ironical tolerance in his manner.
measured
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From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "Will you hear my answer?"
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He made a step towards her,--she drew herself to the utmost reach of her elfin height, and looked at him straightly.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
Pale
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From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
person
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From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
pierce
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From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
radiate
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From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
reach
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From this reading He made a step towards her,--she drew herself to the utmost reach of her elfin height, and looked at him straightly.
said
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From this reading "You have stated your intentions," she said.
scorn
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From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
shafts
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From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He made a step towards her,--she drew herself to the utmost reach of her elfin height, and looked at him straightly.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
stated
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From this reading "You have stated your intentions," she said.
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He made a step towards her,--she drew herself to the utmost reach of her elfin height, and looked at him straightly.
straightly
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From this reading He made a step towards her,--she drew herself to the utmost reach of her elfin height, and looked at him straightly.
sweeping
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From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He made a step towards her,--she drew herself to the utmost reach of her elfin height, and looked at him straightly.
thousand
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From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He made a step towards her,--she drew herself to the utmost reach of her elfin height, and looked at him straightly.
tolerance
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From this reading He bent his head gravely, with a kind of ironical tolerance in his manner.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading He made a step towards her,--she drew herself to the utmost reach of her elfin height, and looked at him straightly.
utmost
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From this reading He made a step towards her,--she drew herself to the utmost reach of her elfin height, and looked at him straightly.
Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "Will you hear my answer?"
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Pale, but with her dark blue eyes flashing like jewels, she in one sweeping glance, measured him with a scorn so intense that it seemed to radiate from her entire person, and pierce him with a thousand arrowy shafts of flame.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You have stated your intentions," she said.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You have stated your intentions," she said.
