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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 On her return from the roof garden she had exchanged her wonderful gown for a white silk negligee, and her headdress of pearls for a quaint little cap.
adore
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From this reading "This," she murmured, "is one of the evenings which I adore.
air
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From this reading Sonia had the air of one steeped in an almost ecstatic content.
almost
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From this reading Sonia had the air of one steeped in an almost ecstatic content.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Sonia had the air of one steeped in an almost ecstatic content.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading On her return from the roof garden she had exchanged her wonderful gown for a white silk negligee, and her headdress of pearls for a quaint little cap.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She was stretched upon a sofa drawn before the wide-flung French windows of her little sitting-room at the Ritz-Carlton, a salon decorated in pink and white, and filled almost to overflowing with the roses which she loved.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She was stretched upon a sofa drawn before the wide-flung French windows of her little sitting-room at the Ritz-Carlton, a salon decorated in pink and white, and filled almost to overflowing with the roses which she loved.
ByprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading By her side, in an easy chair which she had pressed him to draw up to her couch, sat Lutchester.
cap
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From this reading On her return from the roof garden she had exchanged her wonderful gown for a white silk negligee, and her headdress of pearls for a quaint little cap.
chair
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From this reading By her side, in an easy chair which she had pressed him to draw up to her couch, sat Lutchester.
content
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From this reading Sonia had the air of one steeped in an almost ecstatic content.
couch
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From this reading By her side, in an easy chair which she had pressed him to draw up to her couch, sat Lutchester.
decorated
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From this reading She was stretched upon a sofa drawn before the wide-flung French windows of her little sitting-room at the Ritz-Carlton, a salon decorated in pink and white, and filled almost to overflowing with the roses which she loved.
draw
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From this reading By her side, in an easy chair which she had pressed him to draw up to her couch, sat Lutchester.
drawn
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From this reading She was stretched upon a sofa drawn before the wide-flung French windows of her little sitting-room at the Ritz-Carlton, a salon decorated in pink and white, and filled almost to overflowing with the roses which she loved.
easy
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From this reading By her side, in an easy chair which she had pressed him to draw up to her couch, sat Lutchester.
ecstatic
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From this reading Sonia had the air of one steeped in an almost ecstatic content.
evenings
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From this reading "This," she murmured, "is one of the evenings which I adore.
exchangednounUS /ˈexchanged/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On her return from the roof garden she had exchanged her wonderful gown for a white silk negligee, and her headdress of pearls for a quaint little cap.
filled
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From this reading She was stretched upon a sofa drawn before the wide-flung French windows of her little sitting-room at the Ritz-Carlton, a salon decorated in pink and white, and filled almost to overflowing with the roses which she loved.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading On her return from the roof garden she had exchanged her wonderful gown for a white silk negligee, and her headdress of pearls for a quaint little cap.
French
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From this reading She was stretched upon a sofa drawn before the wide-flung French windows of her little sitting-room at the Ritz-Carlton, a salon decorated in pink and white, and filled almost to overflowing with the roses which she loved.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading On her return from the roof garden she had exchanged her wonderful gown for a white silk negligee, and her headdress of pearls for a quaint little cap.
garden
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From this reading On her return from the roof garden she had exchanged her wonderful gown for a white silk negligee, and her headdress of pearls for a quaint little cap.
gown
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From this reading On her return from the roof garden she had exchanged her wonderful gown for a white silk negligee, and her headdress of pearls for a quaint little cap.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Sonia had the air of one steeped in an almost ecstatic content.
headdress
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From this reading On her return from the roof garden she had exchanged her wonderful gown for a white silk negligee, and her headdress of pearls for a quaint little cap.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading On her return from the roof garden she had exchanged her wonderful gown for a white silk negligee, and her headdress of pearls for a quaint little cap.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading By her side, in an easy chair which she had pressed him to draw up to her couch, sat Lutchester.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "This," she murmured, "is one of the evenings which I adore.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Sonia had the air of one steeped in an almost ecstatic content.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "This," she murmured, "is one of the evenings which I adore.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading On her return from the roof garden she had exchanged her wonderful gown for a white silk negligee, and her headdress of pearls for a quaint little cap.
loved
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From this reading She was stretched upon a sofa drawn before the wide-flung French windows of her little sitting-room at the Ritz-Carlton, a salon decorated in pink and white, and filled almost to overflowing with the roses which she loved.
Lutchester
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From this reading By her side, in an easy chair which she had pressed him to draw up to her couch, sat Lutchester.
murmured
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From this reading "This," she murmured, "is one of the evenings which I adore.
negligee
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From this reading On her return from the roof garden she had exchanged her wonderful gown for a white silk negligee, and her headdress of pearls for a quaint little cap.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Sonia had the air of one steeped in an almost ecstatic content.
OnprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading On her return from the roof garden she had exchanged her wonderful gown for a white silk negligee, and her headdress of pearls for a quaint little cap.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Sonia had the air of one steeped in an almost ecstatic content.
overflowing
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From this reading She was stretched upon a sofa drawn before the wide-flung French windows of her little sitting-room at the Ritz-Carlton, a salon decorated in pink and white, and filled almost to overflowing with the roses which she loved.
pearls
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From this reading On her return from the roof garden she had exchanged her wonderful gown for a white silk negligee, and her headdress of pearls for a quaint little cap.
pink
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From this reading She was stretched upon a sofa drawn before the wide-flung French windows of her little sitting-room at the Ritz-Carlton, a salon decorated in pink and white, and filled almost to overflowing with the roses which she loved.
pressed
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From this reading By her side, in an easy chair which she had pressed him to draw up to her couch, sat Lutchester.
quaint
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From this reading On her return from the roof garden she had exchanged her wonderful gown for a white silk negligee, and her headdress of pearls for a quaint little cap.
return
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From this reading On her return from the roof garden she had exchanged her wonderful gown for a white silk negligee, and her headdress of pearls for a quaint little cap.
Ritz-Carlton
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From this reading She was stretched upon a sofa drawn before the wide-flung French windows of her little sitting-room at the Ritz-Carlton, a salon decorated in pink and white, and filled almost to overflowing with the roses which she loved.
roof
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From this reading On her return from the roof garden she had exchanged her wonderful gown for a white silk negligee, and her headdress of pearls for a quaint little cap.
roses
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From this reading She was stretched upon a sofa drawn before the wide-flung French windows of her little sitting-room at the Ritz-Carlton, a salon decorated in pink and white, and filled almost to overflowing with the roses which she loved.
salon
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From this reading She was stretched upon a sofa drawn before the wide-flung French windows of her little sitting-room at the Ritz-Carlton, a salon decorated in pink and white, and filled almost to overflowing with the roses which she loved.
sat
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From this reading By her side, in an easy chair which she had pressed him to draw up to her couch, sat Lutchester.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading On her return from the roof garden she had exchanged her wonderful gown for a white silk negligee, and her headdress of pearls for a quaint little cap.
side
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From this reading By her side, in an easy chair which she had pressed him to draw up to her couch, sat Lutchester.
silk
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From this reading On her return from the roof garden she had exchanged her wonderful gown for a white silk negligee, and her headdress of pearls for a quaint little cap.
sitting-room
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From this reading She was stretched upon a sofa drawn before the wide-flung French windows of her little sitting-room at the Ritz-Carlton, a salon decorated in pink and white, and filled almost to overflowing with the roses which she loved.
sofa
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From this reading She was stretched upon a sofa drawn before the wide-flung French windows of her little sitting-room at the Ritz-Carlton, a salon decorated in pink and white, and filled almost to overflowing with the roses which she loved.
Sonia
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From this reading Sonia had the air of one steeped in an almost ecstatic content.
steeped
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From this reading Sonia had the air of one steeped in an almost ecstatic content.
stretched
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From this reading She was stretched upon a sofa drawn before the wide-flung French windows of her little sitting-room at the Ritz-Carlton, a salon decorated in pink and white, and filled almost to overflowing with the roses which she loved.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sonia had the air of one steeped in an almost ecstatic content.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "This," she murmured, "is one of the evenings which I adore.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was stretched upon a sofa drawn before the wide-flung French windows of her little sitting-room at the Ritz-Carlton, a salon decorated in pink and white, and filled almost to overflowing with the roses which she loved.
up
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From this reading By her side, in an easy chair which she had pressed him to draw up to her couch, sat Lutchester.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She was stretched upon a sofa drawn before the wide-flung French windows of her little sitting-room at the Ritz-Carlton, a salon decorated in pink and white, and filled almost to overflowing with the roses which she loved.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was stretched upon a sofa drawn before the wide-flung French windows of her little sitting-room at the Ritz-Carlton, a salon decorated in pink and white, and filled almost to overflowing with the roses which she loved.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She was stretched upon a sofa drawn before the wide-flung French windows of her little sitting-room at the Ritz-Carlton, a salon decorated in pink and white, and filled almost to overflowing with the roses which she loved.
white
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From this reading On her return from the roof garden she had exchanged her wonderful gown for a white silk negligee, and her headdress of pearls for a quaint little cap.
wide-flung
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From this reading She was stretched upon a sofa drawn before the wide-flung French windows of her little sitting-room at the Ritz-Carlton, a salon decorated in pink and white, and filled almost to overflowing with the roses which she loved.
windows
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From this reading She was stretched upon a sofa drawn before the wide-flung French windows of her little sitting-room at the Ritz-Carlton, a salon decorated in pink and white, and filled almost to overflowing with the roses which she loved.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was stretched upon a sofa drawn before the wide-flung French windows of her little sitting-room at the Ritz-Carlton, a salon decorated in pink and white, and filled almost to overflowing with the roses which she loved.
wonderfulnounUS /ˈwonderful/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading On her return from the roof garden she had exchanged her wonderful gown for a white silk negligee, and her headdress of pearls for a quaint little cap.
