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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 With all her fun and easy friendliness she had always kept herself a little "nice"--a little carefully unsmirched--holding her head up among the other girls---- And now they had the laugh of her.
all
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From this reading But behind all that, she felt the iron touch of reality.
always
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From this reading With all her fun and easy friendliness she had always kept herself a little "nice"--a little carefully unsmirched--holding her head up among the other girls---- And now they had the laugh of her.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading With all her fun and easy friendliness she had always kept herself a little "nice"--a little carefully unsmirched--holding her head up among the other girls---- And now they had the laugh of her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading With all her fun and easy friendliness she had always kept herself a little "nice"--a little carefully unsmirched--holding her head up among the other girls---- And now they had the laugh of her.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Life was not to be as she wanted it, just because she was herself--as she had felt in the past.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Life was not to be as she wanted it, just because she was herself--as she had felt in the past.
becauseconjunctionUS /bɪˈkɔːz/
for the reason that
From this reading Life was not to be as she wanted it, just because she was herself--as she had felt in the past.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading But behind all that, she felt the iron touch of reality.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But behind all that, she felt the iron touch of reality.
careful
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From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
carefully
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From this reading With all her fun and easy friendliness she had always kept herself a little "nice"--a little carefully unsmirched--holding her head up among the other girls---- And now they had the laugh of her.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
desired
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From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
destroying
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From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
easy
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From this reading With all her fun and easy friendliness she had always kept herself a little "nice"--a little carefully unsmirched--holding her head up among the other girls---- And now they had the laugh of her.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
felt
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From this reading But behind all that, she felt the iron touch of reality.
friendliness
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From this reading With all her fun and easy friendliness she had always kept herself a little "nice"--a little carefully unsmirched--holding her head up among the other girls---- And now they had the laugh of her.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
fun
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From this reading With all her fun and easy friendliness she had always kept herself a little "nice"--a little carefully unsmirched--holding her head up among the other girls---- And now they had the laugh of her.
girls
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From this reading With all her fun and easy friendliness she had always kept herself a little "nice"--a little carefully unsmirched--holding her head up among the other girls---- And now they had the laugh of her.
got
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From this reading No matter how she might rebel, she'd _got_ to "have it."
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Life was not to be as she wanted it, just because she was herself--as she had felt in the past.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading No matter how she might rebel, she'd _got_ to "have it."
head
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From this reading With all her fun and easy friendliness she had always kept herself a little "nice"--a little carefully unsmirched--holding her head up among the other girls---- And now they had the laugh of her.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Life was not to be as she wanted it, just because she was herself--as she had felt in the past.
hewn
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From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
hill
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From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
holding
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From this reading With all her fun and easy friendliness she had always kept herself a little "nice"--a little carefully unsmirched--holding her head up among the other girls---- And now they had the laugh of her.
how
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From this reading No matter how she might rebel, she'd _got_ to "have it."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Life was not to be as she wanted it, just because she was herself--as she had felt in the past.
iron
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From this reading But behind all that, she felt the iron touch of reality.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Life was not to be as she wanted it, just because she was herself--as she had felt in the past.
just
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From this reading Life was not to be as she wanted it, just because she was herself--as she had felt in the past.
kept
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From this reading With all her fun and easy friendliness she had always kept herself a little "nice"--a little carefully unsmirched--holding her head up among the other girls---- And now they had the laugh of her.
laugh
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From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
led
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From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
LifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Life was not to be as she wanted it, just because she was herself--as she had felt in the past.
liked
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From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With all her fun and easy friendliness she had always kept herself a little "nice"--a little carefully unsmirched--holding her head up among the other girls---- And now they had the laugh of her.
matter
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From this reading No matter how she might rebel, she'd _got_ to "have it."
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading No matter how she might rebel, she'd _got_ to "have it."
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
nice
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From this reading With all her fun and easy friendliness she had always kept herself a little "nice"--a little carefully unsmirched--holding her head up among the other girls---- And now they had the laugh of her.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No matter how she might rebel, she'd _got_ to "have it."
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Life was not to be as she wanted it, just because she was herself--as she had felt in the past.
now
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From this reading With all her fun and easy friendliness she had always kept herself a little "nice"--a little carefully unsmirched--holding her head up among the other girls---- And now they had the laugh of her.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But behind all that, she felt the iron touch of reality.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
other
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From this reading With all her fun and easy friendliness she had always kept herself a little "nice"--a little carefully unsmirched--holding her head up among the other girls---- And now they had the laugh of her.
pains
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From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
past
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From this reading Life was not to be as she wanted it, just because she was herself--as she had felt in the past.
people
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From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
pity
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From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
prevent
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From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
reality
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From this reading But behind all that, she felt the iron touch of reality.
rebel
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From this reading No matter how she might rebel, she'd _got_ to "have it."
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But behind all that, she felt the iron touch of reality.
she'd
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From this reading No matter how she might rebel, she'd _got_ to "have it."
side
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From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
steep
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From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
steps
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From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But behind all that, she felt the iron touch of reality.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But behind all that, she felt the iron touch of reality.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
Thorhaven
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From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Life was not to be as she wanted it, just because she was herself--as she had felt in the past.
touch
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From this reading But behind all that, she felt the iron touch of reality.
unsmirched
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From this reading With all her fun and easy friendliness she had always kept herself a little "nice"--a little carefully unsmirched--holding her head up among the other girls---- And now they had the laugh of her.
up
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From this reading With all her fun and easy friendliness she had always kept herself a little "nice"--a little carefully unsmirched--holding her head up among the other girls---- And now they had the laugh of her.
wanted
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From this reading Life was not to be as she wanted it, just because she was herself--as she had felt in the past.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Life was not to be as she wanted it, just because she was herself--as she had felt in the past.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The people in Thorhaven must pity her or laugh at her as they liked: she could not prevent them from destroying the steps she had hewn with such careful pains on the side of that steep hill which led to everything she desired.
