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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 Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She looked up with a shake and a smile that suggested somehow to the observer a bird scattering water from its wings in a sunshiny basin.
asinorum
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From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
basin
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From this reading She looked up with a shake and a smile that suggested somehow to the observer a bird scattering water from its wings in a sunshiny basin.
bird
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From this reading She looked up with a shake and a smile that suggested somehow to the observer a bird scattering water from its wings in a sunshiny basin.
clown
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From this reading To pick up one note with her was, like the clown with the packages, to drop half a dozen others; to give its proper value to the right hand was to leave the left struggling in a partial paralysis.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
counting
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From this reading Still she persevered, lips counting, eyes glued to the page, pretty fingers sprawling, until a sudden laugh at the open door of the room startled her efforts into a shiver of unexpected harmony.
Czerny's
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From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
door
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From this reading Still she persevered, lips counting, eyes glued to the page, pretty fingers sprawling, until a sudden laugh at the open door of the room startled her efforts into a shiver of unexpected harmony.
dozen
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From this reading To pick up one note with her was, like the clown with the packages, to drop half a dozen others; to give its proper value to the right hand was to leave the left struggling in a partial paralysis.
drop
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From this reading To pick up one note with her was, like the clown with the packages, to drop half a dozen others; to give its proper value to the right hand was to leave the left struggling in a partial paralysis.
earlier
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From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
easefulness
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From this reading “O, Frank!” she exclaimed, and stretched herself with glistening easefulness.
efforts
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From this reading Still she persevered, lips counting, eyes glued to the page, pretty fingers sprawling, until a sudden laugh at the open door of the room startled her efforts into a shiver of unexpected harmony.
exclaimed
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From this reading “O, Frank!” she exclaimed, and stretched herself with glistening easefulness.
exercise
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From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
eyes
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From this reading Still she persevered, lips counting, eyes glued to the page, pretty fingers sprawling, until a sudden laugh at the open door of the room startled her efforts into a shiver of unexpected harmony.
fifth
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From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
fingers
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From this reading Still she persevered, lips counting, eyes glued to the page, pretty fingers sprawling, until a sudden laugh at the open door of the room startled her efforts into a shiver of unexpected harmony.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
four
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From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
Frank
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From this reading “O, Frank!” she exclaimed, and stretched herself with glistening easefulness.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She looked up with a shake and a smile that suggested somehow to the observer a bird scattering water from its wings in a sunshiny basin.
give
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From this reading To pick up one note with her was, like the clown with the packages, to drop half a dozen others; to give its proper value to the right hand was to leave the left struggling in a partial paralysis.
glistening
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From this reading “O, Frank!” she exclaimed, and stretched herself with glistening easefulness.
glued
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From this reading Still she persevered, lips counting, eyes glued to the page, pretty fingers sprawling, until a sudden laugh at the open door of the room startled her efforts into a shiver of unexpected harmony.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To pick up one note with her was, like the clown with the packages, to drop half a dozen others; to give its proper value to the right hand was to leave the left struggling in a partial paralysis.
hand
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From this reading To pick up one note with her was, like the clown with the packages, to drop half a dozen others; to give its proper value to the right hand was to leave the left struggling in a partial paralysis.
harmony
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From this reading Still she persevered, lips counting, eyes glued to the page, pretty fingers sprawling, until a sudden laugh at the open door of the room startled her efforts into a shiver of unexpected harmony.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading To pick up one note with her was, like the clown with the packages, to drop half a dozen others; to give its proper value to the right hand was to leave the left struggling in a partial paralysis.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
insuperable
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From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
intelligence
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From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Still she persevered, lips counting, eyes glued to the page, pretty fingers sprawling, until a sudden laugh at the open door of the room startled her efforts into a shiver of unexpected harmony.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading To pick up one note with her was, like the clown with the packages, to drop half a dozen others; to give its proper value to the right hand was to leave the left struggling in a partial paralysis.
Kennett
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From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
laugh
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From this reading Still she persevered, lips counting, eyes glued to the page, pretty fingers sprawling, until a sudden laugh at the open door of the room startled her efforts into a shiver of unexpected harmony.
leave
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From this reading To pick up one note with her was, like the clown with the packages, to drop half a dozen others; to give its proper value to the right hand was to leave the left struggling in a partial paralysis.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To pick up one note with her was, like the clown with the packages, to drop half a dozen others; to give its proper value to the right hand was to leave the left struggling in a partial paralysis.
like
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From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
lips
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From this reading Still she persevered, lips counting, eyes glued to the page, pretty fingers sprawling, until a sudden laugh at the open door of the room startled her efforts into a shiver of unexpected harmony.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked up with a shake and a smile that suggested somehow to the observer a bird scattering water from its wings in a sunshiny basin.
master
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From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
Miss
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From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
musician
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From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
note
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From this reading To pick up one note with her was, like the clown with the packages, to drop half a dozen others; to give its proper value to the right hand was to leave the left struggling in a partial paralysis.
O
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From this reading “O, Frank!” she exclaimed, and stretched herself with glistening easefulness.
observer
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From this reading She looked up with a shake and a smile that suggested somehow to the observer a bird scattering water from its wings in a sunshiny basin.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading To pick up one note with her was, like the clown with the packages, to drop half a dozen others; to give its proper value to the right hand was to leave the left struggling in a partial paralysis.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading Still she persevered, lips counting, eyes glued to the page, pretty fingers sprawling, until a sudden laugh at the open door of the room startled her efforts into a shiver of unexpected harmony.
others
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From this reading To pick up one note with her was, like the clown with the packages, to drop half a dozen others; to give its proper value to the right hand was to leave the left struggling in a partial paralysis.
packages
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From this reading To pick up one note with her was, like the clown with the packages, to drop half a dozen others; to give its proper value to the right hand was to leave the left struggling in a partial paralysis.
page
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From this reading Still she persevered, lips counting, eyes glued to the page, pretty fingers sprawling, until a sudden laugh at the open door of the room startled her efforts into a shiver of unexpected harmony.
painful
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From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
paralysis
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From this reading To pick up one note with her was, like the clown with the packages, to drop half a dozen others; to give its proper value to the right hand was to leave the left struggling in a partial paralysis.
partial
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From this reading To pick up one note with her was, like the clown with the packages, to drop half a dozen others; to give its proper value to the right hand was to leave the left struggling in a partial paralysis.
persevered
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From this reading Still she persevered, lips counting, eyes glued to the page, pretty fingers sprawling, until a sudden laugh at the open door of the room startled her efforts into a shiver of unexpected harmony.
pick
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From this reading To pick up one note with her was, like the clown with the packages, to drop half a dozen others; to give its proper value to the right hand was to leave the left struggling in a partial paralysis.
pons
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From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
preceding
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From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
present
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From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
pretty
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From this reading Still she persevered, lips counting, eyes glued to the page, pretty fingers sprawling, until a sudden laugh at the open door of the room startled her efforts into a shiver of unexpected harmony.
problem
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From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
process
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From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
proper
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From this reading To pick up one note with her was, like the clown with the packages, to drop half a dozen others; to give its proper value to the right hand was to leave the left struggling in a partial paralysis.
qualifying
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From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To pick up one note with her was, like the clown with the packages, to drop half a dozen others; to give its proper value to the right hand was to leave the left struggling in a partial paralysis.
room
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From this reading Still she persevered, lips counting, eyes glued to the page, pretty fingers sprawling, until a sudden laugh at the open door of the room startled her efforts into a shiver of unexpected harmony.
scattering
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From this reading She looked up with a shake and a smile that suggested somehow to the observer a bird scattering water from its wings in a sunshiny basin.
shake
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From this reading She looked up with a shake and a smile that suggested somehow to the observer a bird scattering water from its wings in a sunshiny basin.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Still she persevered, lips counting, eyes glued to the page, pretty fingers sprawling, until a sudden laugh at the open door of the room startled her efforts into a shiver of unexpected harmony.
shiver
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From this reading Still she persevered, lips counting, eyes glued to the page, pretty fingers sprawling, until a sudden laugh at the open door of the room startled her efforts into a shiver of unexpected harmony.
smile
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From this reading She looked up with a shake and a smile that suggested somehow to the observer a bird scattering water from its wings in a sunshiny basin.
somehow
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From this reading She looked up with a shake and a smile that suggested somehow to the observer a bird scattering water from its wings in a sunshiny basin.
sprawling
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From this reading Still she persevered, lips counting, eyes glued to the page, pretty fingers sprawling, until a sudden laugh at the open door of the room startled her efforts into a shiver of unexpected harmony.
startled
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From this reading Still she persevered, lips counting, eyes glued to the page, pretty fingers sprawling, until a sudden laugh at the open door of the room startled her efforts into a shiver of unexpected harmony.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
strategist
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From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
stretched
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From this reading “O, Frank!” she exclaimed, and stretched herself with glistening easefulness.
struggling
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From this reading To pick up one note with her was, like the clown with the packages, to drop half a dozen others; to give its proper value to the right hand was to leave the left struggling in a partial paralysis.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Still she persevered, lips counting, eyes glued to the page, pretty fingers sprawling, until a sudden laugh at the open door of the room startled her efforts into a shiver of unexpected harmony.
suggested
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From this reading She looked up with a shake and a smile that suggested somehow to the observer a bird scattering water from its wings in a sunshiny basin.
sunshiny
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From this reading She looked up with a shake and a smile that suggested somehow to the observer a bird scattering water from its wings in a sunshiny basin.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She looked up with a shake and a smile that suggested somehow to the observer a bird scattering water from its wings in a sunshiny basin.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
unexpected
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From this reading Still she persevered, lips counting, eyes glued to the page, pretty fingers sprawling, until a sudden laugh at the open door of the room startled her efforts into a shiver of unexpected harmony.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Still she persevered, lips counting, eyes glued to the page, pretty fingers sprawling, until a sudden laugh at the open door of the room startled her efforts into a shiver of unexpected harmony.
up
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From this reading To pick up one note with her was, like the clown with the packages, to drop half a dozen others; to give its proper value to the right hand was to leave the left struggling in a partial paralysis.
value
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From this reading To pick up one note with her was, like the clown with the packages, to drop half a dozen others; to give its proper value to the right hand was to leave the left struggling in a partial paralysis.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
water
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From this reading She looked up with a shake and a smile that suggested somehow to the observer a bird scattering water from its wings in a sunshiny basin.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
wings
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From this reading She looked up with a shake and a smile that suggested somehow to the observer a bird scattering water from its wings in a sunshiny basin.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading To pick up one note with her was, like the clown with the packages, to drop half a dozen others; to give its proper value to the right hand was to leave the left struggling in a partial paralysis.
work
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From this reading Miss Kennett, still in process of qualifying herself for a musician, was at work on Czerny’s fifth exercise, which, like the _pons asinorum_ of an earlier strategist, could present an insuperable problem to an intelligence already painful master of the four preceding.
