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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
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a-throb
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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
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all
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altering
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From this reading Miss Annie is about in the room once more, giving dainty touches to its somewhat defective arrangement--throwing down a book here, and there altering an ornament.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
Annie
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Annie's
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From this reading Patience; though it is hard to bear the rustling of Miss Annie’s dress--the faint discords of July’s music.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Patience, Menie Laurie! many another one before you has sat in resolute outward calm, with a heart all a-throb and trembling, even as yours is.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
arrangement
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From this reading Miss Annie is about in the room once more, giving dainty touches to its somewhat defective arrangement--throwing down a book here, and there altering an ornament.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Patience, Menie Laurie! many another one before you has sat in resolute outward calm, with a heart all a-throb and trembling, even as yours is.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It must have been one time or another, this most momentous interview--all will be over when it is over.
bear
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From this reading Patience; though it is hard to bear the rustling of Miss Annie’s dress--the faint discords of July’s music.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It must have been one time or another, this most momentous interview--all will be over when it is over.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
book
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calm
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From this reading Patience, Menie Laurie! many another one before you has sat in resolute outward calm, with a heart all a-throb and trembling, even as yours is.
chords
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From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
concluded
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From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
dainty
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From this reading Miss Annie is about in the room once more, giving dainty touches to its somewhat defective arrangement--throwing down a book here, and there altering an ornament.
defective
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From this reading Miss Annie is about in the room once more, giving dainty touches to its somewhat defective arrangement--throwing down a book here, and there altering an ornament.
discords
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From this reading Patience; though it is hard to bear the rustling of Miss Annie’s dress--the faint discords of July’s music.
down
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From this reading Miss Annie is about in the room once more, giving dainty touches to its somewhat defective arrangement--throwing down a book here, and there altering an ornament.
dress
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From this reading Patience; though it is hard to bear the rustling of Miss Annie’s dress--the faint discords of July’s music.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Patience, Menie Laurie! many another one before you has sat in resolute outward calm, with a heart all a-throb and trembling, even as yours is.
extract
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From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
faint
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From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
finger
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From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
giving
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From this reading Miss Annie is about in the room once more, giving dainty touches to its somewhat defective arrangement--throwing down a book here, and there altering an ornament.
greatly
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From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
hard
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From this reading Patience; though it is hard to bear the rustling of Miss Annie’s dress--the faint discords of July’s music.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Patience, Menie Laurie! many another one before you has sat in resolute outward calm, with a heart all a-throb and trembling, even as yours is.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It must have been one time or another, this most momentous interview--all will be over when it is over.
heart
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From this reading Patience, Menie Laurie! many another one before you has sat in resolute outward calm, with a heart all a-throb and trembling, even as yours is.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Annie is about in the room once more, giving dainty touches to its somewhat defective arrangement--throwing down a book here, and there altering an ornament.
how
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From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Miss Annie is about in the room once more, giving dainty touches to its somewhat defective arrangement--throwing down a book here, and there altering an ornament.
intelligible
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From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
interview
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From this reading It must have been one time or another, this most momentous interview--all will be over when it is over.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Miss Annie is about in the room once more, giving dainty touches to its somewhat defective arrangement--throwing down a book here, and there altering an ornament.
July
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From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
July's
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Laurie
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lesson
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From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
like
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From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
many
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marvelling
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From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
Menie
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From this reading Patience, Menie Laurie! many another one before you has sat in resolute outward calm, with a heart all a-throb and trembling, even as yours is.
Miss
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From this reading Miss Annie is about in the room once more, giving dainty touches to its somewhat defective arrangement--throwing down a book here, and there altering an ornament.
momentous
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more
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most
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music
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From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It must have been one time or another, this most momentous interview--all will be over when it is over.
notes
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From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
once
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From this reading Miss Annie is about in the room once more, giving dainty touches to its somewhat defective arrangement--throwing down a book here, and there altering an ornament.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It must have been one time or another, this most momentous interview--all will be over when it is over.
ornament
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From this reading Miss Annie is about in the room once more, giving dainty touches to its somewhat defective arrangement--throwing down a book here, and there altering an ornament.
outward
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From this reading Patience, Menie Laurie! many another one before you has sat in resolute outward calm, with a heart all a-throb and trembling, even as yours is.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
Patience
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From this reading Patience, Menie Laurie! many another one before you has sat in resolute outward calm, with a heart all a-throb and trembling, even as yours is.
piano
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From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
possible
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From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
resolute
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room
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From this reading Miss Annie is about in the room once more, giving dainty touches to its somewhat defective arrangement--throwing down a book here, and there altering an ornament.
rustling
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From this reading Patience; though it is hard to bear the rustling of Miss Annie’s dress--the faint discords of July’s music.
sat
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sits
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somewhat
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strain
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striking
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From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
there
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thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
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throwing
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From this reading Miss Annie is about in the room once more, giving dainty touches to its somewhat defective arrangement--throwing down a book here, and there altering an ornament.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It must have been one time or another, this most momentous interview--all will be over when it is over.
timidly
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From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
touches
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trembling
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From this reading Patience, Menie Laurie! many another one before you has sat in resolute outward calm, with a heart all a-throb and trembling, even as yours is.
unknown
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From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
wastenounUS /weɪst/
an empty, uncultivated area of land
From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It must have been one time or another, this most momentous interview--all will be over when it is over.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading It must have been one time or another, this most momentous interview--all will be over when it is over.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The music is over, the lesson concluded, and July sits timidly before the piano, striking faint notes with one finger, and marvelling greatly how it is possible to extract anything like an intelligible strain from this waste of unknown chords.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Patience, Menie Laurie! many another one before you has sat in resolute outward calm, with a heart all a-throb and trembling, even as yours is.
yourspronounUS /jʊrz/
the one or ones belonging to the person spoken to
From this reading Patience, Menie Laurie! many another one before you has sat in resolute outward calm, with a heart all a-throb and trembling, even as yours is.
