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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 BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
abandonment
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From this reading Her whole attitude was full of the hopeless abandonment of a great tearless grief; and slowly dawning passion, long a stranger to her calm face, was creeping into her features.
agonynounUS /ˈæɡ.ə.ni/
Extreme physical or mental suffering; intense anguish.
From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
attitude
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From this reading Her whole attitude was full of the hopeless abandonment of a great tearless grief; and slowly dawning passion, long a stranger to her calm face, was creeping into her features.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading On the ground, spurned beneath her feet, was a long official-looking letter and envelope.
BENJAMIN
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From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
blue
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From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
BUSY
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From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
calm
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From this reading Her whole attitude was full of the hopeless abandonment of a great tearless grief; and slowly dawning passion, long a stranger to her calm face, was creeping into her features.
creeping
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From this reading Her whole attitude was full of the hopeless abandonment of a great tearless grief; and slowly dawning passion, long a stranger to her calm face, was creeping into her features.
dawning
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From this reading Her whole attitude was full of the hopeless abandonment of a great tearless grief; and slowly dawning passion, long a stranger to her calm face, was creeping into her features.
down
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From this reading A thunderbolt had flashed down upon the sweet stillness of her serene life.
envelope
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From this reading On the ground, spurned beneath her feet, was a long official-looking letter and envelope.
face
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From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
features
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From this reading Her whole attitude was full of the hopeless abandonment of a great tearless grief; and slowly dawning passion, long a stranger to her calm face, was creeping into her features.
feet
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From this reading On the ground, spurned beneath her feet, was a long official-looking letter and envelope.
flashed
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From this reading A thunderbolt had flashed down upon the sweet stillness of her serene life.
frantic
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From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
full
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From this reading Her whole attitude was full of the hopeless abandonment of a great tearless grief; and slowly dawning passion, long a stranger to her calm face, was creeping into her features.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her whole attitude was full of the hopeless abandonment of a great tearless grief; and slowly dawning passion, long a stranger to her calm face, was creeping into her features.
grief
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From this reading Her whole attitude was full of the hopeless abandonment of a great tearless grief; and slowly dawning passion, long a stranger to her calm face, was creeping into her features.
ground
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From this reading On the ground, spurned beneath her feet, was a long official-looking letter and envelope.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading A thunderbolt had flashed down upon the sweet stillness of her serene life.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
hopeless
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From this reading Her whole attitude was full of the hopeless abandonment of a great tearless grief; and slowly dawning passion, long a stranger to her calm face, was creeping into her features.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Her whole attitude was full of the hopeless abandonment of a great tearless grief; and slowly dawning passion, long a stranger to her calm face, was creeping into her features.
ISauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
Italian
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From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
letter
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From this reading On the ground, spurned beneath her feet, was a long official-looking letter and envelope.
LEVY
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From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A thunderbolt had flashed down upon the sweet stillness of her serene life.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her whole attitude was full of the hopeless abandonment of a great tearless grief; and slowly dawning passion, long a stranger to her calm face, was creeping into her features.
MR
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From this reading MR.
nervous
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From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
official-looking
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From this reading On the ground, spurned beneath her feet, was a long official-looking letter and envelope.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
passion
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From this reading Her whole attitude was full of the hopeless abandonment of a great tearless grief; and slowly dawning passion, long a stranger to her calm face, was creeping into her features.
piazza
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From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
raised
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From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
serene
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From this reading A thunderbolt had flashed down upon the sweet stillness of her serene life.
sky
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From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
slowly
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From this reading Her whole attitude was full of the hopeless abandonment of a great tearless grief; and slowly dawning passion, long a stranger to her calm face, was creeping into her features.
spurned
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From this reading On the ground, spurned beneath her feet, was a long official-looking letter and envelope.
stillness
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From this reading A thunderbolt had flashed down upon the sweet stillness of her serene life.
stone
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From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
stranger
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From this reading Her whole attitude was full of the hopeless abandonment of a great tearless grief; and slowly dawning passion, long a stranger to her calm face, was creeping into her features.
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
sweet
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From this reading A thunderbolt had flashed down upon the sweet stillness of her serene life.
tearless
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From this reading Her whole attitude was full of the hopeless abandonment of a great tearless grief; and slowly dawning passion, long a stranger to her calm face, was creeping into her features.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
thunderbolt
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From this reading A thunderbolt had flashed down upon the sweet stillness of her serene life.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
together
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From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading A thunderbolt had flashed down upon the sweet stillness of her serene life.
villa
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From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her whole attitude was full of the hopeless abandonment of a great tearless grief; and slowly dawning passion, long a stranger to her calm face, was creeping into her features.
white
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From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
whole
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From this reading Her whole attitude was full of the hopeless abandonment of a great tearless grief; and slowly dawning passion, long a stranger to her calm face, was creeping into her features.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
woman
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From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
wrung
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From this reading BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY A woman stood on the little stone piazza of that Italian villa, with her face raised in agony to the blue sky, and her thin white hands wrung together with frantic nervous strength.
