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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 One of the thoughts that, as I don’t in the least shrink now from noting, used to be with me in these wanderings was that it would be as charming as a charming story suddenly to meet someone.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away and I had come out for my stroll.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away and I had come out for my stroll.
appear
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From this reading Someone would appear there at the turn of a path and would stand before me and smile and approve.
approve
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From this reading Someone would appear there at the turn of a path and would stand before me and smile and approve.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading One of the thoughts that, as I don’t in the least shrink now from noting, used to be with me in these wanderings was that it would be as charming as a charming story suddenly to meet someone.
ask
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From this reading I didn’t ask more than that--I only asked that he should _know_; and the only way to be sure he knew would be to see it, and the kind light of it, in his handsome face.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I didn’t ask more than that--I only asked that he should _know_; and the only way to be sure he knew would be to see it, and the kind light of it, in his handsome face.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Someone would appear there at the turn of a path and would stand before me and smile and approve.
away
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From this reading It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away and I had come out for my stroll.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading One of the thoughts that, as I don’t in the least shrink now from noting, used to be with me in these wanderings was that it would be as charming as a charming story suddenly to meet someone.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Someone would appear there at the turn of a path and would stand before me and smile and approve.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading That was exactly present to me--by which I mean the face was--when, on the first of these occasions, at the end of a long June day, I stopped short on emerging from one of the plantations and coming into view of the house.
charming
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From this reading One of the thoughts that, as I don’t in the least shrink now from noting, used to be with me in these wanderings was that it would be as charming as a charming story suddenly to meet someone.
children
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From this reading It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away and I had come out for my stroll.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away and I had come out for my stroll.
coming
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From this reading That was exactly present to me--by which I mean the face was--when, on the first of these occasions, at the end of a long June day, I stopped short on emerging from one of the plantations and coming into view of the house.
day
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From this reading That was exactly present to me--by which I mean the face was--when, on the first of these occasions, at the end of a long June day, I stopped short on emerging from one of the plantations and coming into view of the house.
didn't
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From this reading I didn’t ask more than that--I only asked that he should _know_; and the only way to be sure he knew would be to see it, and the kind light of it, in his handsome face.
don't
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From this reading One of the thoughts that, as I don’t in the least shrink now from noting, used to be with me in these wanderings was that it would be as charming as a charming story suddenly to meet someone.
emerging
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From this reading That was exactly present to me--by which I mean the face was--when, on the first of these occasions, at the end of a long June day, I stopped short on emerging from one of the plantations and coming into view of the house.
end
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From this reading That was exactly present to me--by which I mean the face was--when, on the first of these occasions, at the end of a long June day, I stopped short on emerging from one of the plantations and coming into view of the house.
exactly
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From this reading That was exactly present to me--by which I mean the face was--when, on the first of these occasions, at the end of a long June day, I stopped short on emerging from one of the plantations and coming into view of the house.
face
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From this reading I didn’t ask more than that--I only asked that he should _know_; and the only way to be sure he knew would be to see it, and the kind light of it, in his handsome face.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That was exactly present to me--by which I mean the face was--when, on the first of these occasions, at the end of a long June day, I stopped short on emerging from one of the plantations and coming into view of the house.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away and I had come out for my stroll.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading One of the thoughts that, as I don’t in the least shrink now from noting, used to be with me in these wanderings was that it would be as charming as a charming story suddenly to meet someone.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away and I had come out for my stroll.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading I didn’t ask more than that--I only asked that he should _know_; and the only way to be sure he knew would be to see it, and the kind light of it, in his handsome face.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading I didn’t ask more than that--I only asked that he should _know_; and the only way to be sure he knew would be to see it, and the kind light of it, in his handsome face.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading I didn’t ask more than that--I only asked that he should _know_; and the only way to be sure he knew would be to see it, and the kind light of it, in his handsome face.
hour
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From this reading It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away and I had come out for my stroll.
house
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From this reading That was exactly present to me--by which I mean the face was--when, on the first of these occasions, at the end of a long June day, I stopped short on emerging from one of the plantations and coming into view of the house.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away and I had come out for my stroll.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away and I had come out for my stroll.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading That was exactly present to me--by which I mean the face was--when, on the first of these occasions, at the end of a long June day, I stopped short on emerging from one of the plantations and coming into view of the house.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away and I had come out for my stroll.
June
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From this reading That was exactly present to me--by which I mean the face was--when, on the first of these occasions, at the end of a long June day, I stopped short on emerging from one of the plantations and coming into view of the house.
kind
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From this reading I didn’t ask more than that--I only asked that he should _know_; and the only way to be sure he knew would be to see it, and the kind light of it, in his handsome face.
knew
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From this reading I didn’t ask more than that--I only asked that he should _know_; and the only way to be sure he knew would be to see it, and the kind light of it, in his handsome face.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I didn’t ask more than that--I only asked that he should _know_; and the only way to be sure he knew would be to see it, and the kind light of it, in his handsome face.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One of the thoughts that, as I don’t in the least shrink now from noting, used to be with me in these wanderings was that it would be as charming as a charming story suddenly to meet someone.
light
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From this reading I didn’t ask more than that--I only asked that he should _know_; and the only way to be sure he knew would be to see it, and the kind light of it, in his handsome face.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That was exactly present to me--by which I mean the face was--when, on the first of these occasions, at the end of a long June day, I stopped short on emerging from one of the plantations and coming into view of the house.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading One of the thoughts that, as I don’t in the least shrink now from noting, used to be with me in these wanderings was that it would be as charming as a charming story suddenly to meet someone.
mean
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From this reading That was exactly present to me--by which I mean the face was--when, on the first of these occasions, at the end of a long June day, I stopped short on emerging from one of the plantations and coming into view of the house.
meet
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From this reading One of the thoughts that, as I don’t in the least shrink now from noting, used to be with me in these wanderings was that it would be as charming as a charming story suddenly to meet someone.
middle
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From this reading It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away and I had come out for my stroll.
more
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From this reading I didn’t ask more than that--I only asked that he should _know_; and the only way to be sure he knew would be to see it, and the kind light of it, in his handsome face.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away and I had come out for my stroll.
noting
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From this reading One of the thoughts that, as I don’t in the least shrink now from noting, used to be with me in these wanderings was that it would be as charming as a charming story suddenly to meet someone.
now
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From this reading One of the thoughts that, as I don’t in the least shrink now from noting, used to be with me in these wanderings was that it would be as charming as a charming story suddenly to meet someone.
occasions
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From this reading That was exactly present to me--by which I mean the face was--when, on the first of these occasions, at the end of a long June day, I stopped short on emerging from one of the plantations and coming into view of the house.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away and I had come out for my stroll.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading That was exactly present to me--by which I mean the face was--when, on the first of these occasions, at the end of a long June day, I stopped short on emerging from one of the plantations and coming into view of the house.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away and I had come out for my stroll.
only
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From this reading I didn’t ask more than that--I only asked that he should _know_; and the only way to be sure he knew would be to see it, and the kind light of it, in his handsome face.
out
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From this reading It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away and I had come out for my stroll.
path
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From this reading Someone would appear there at the turn of a path and would stand before me and smile and approve.
plantations
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From this reading That was exactly present to me--by which I mean the face was--when, on the first of these occasions, at the end of a long June day, I stopped short on emerging from one of the plantations and coming into view of the house.
plump
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From this reading It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away and I had come out for my stroll.
present
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From this reading That was exactly present to me--by which I mean the face was--when, on the first of these occasions, at the end of a long June day, I stopped short on emerging from one of the plantations and coming into view of the house.
see
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From this reading I didn’t ask more than that--I only asked that he should _know_; and the only way to be sure he knew would be to see it, and the kind light of it, in his handsome face.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading That was exactly present to me--by which I mean the face was--when, on the first of these occasions, at the end of a long June day, I stopped short on emerging from one of the plantations and coming into view of the house.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading I didn’t ask more than that--I only asked that he should _know_; and the only way to be sure he knew would be to see it, and the kind light of it, in his handsome face.
shrink
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From this reading One of the thoughts that, as I don’t in the least shrink now from noting, used to be with me in these wanderings was that it would be as charming as a charming story suddenly to meet someone.
smile
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From this reading Someone would appear there at the turn of a path and would stand before me and smile and approve.
someonepronounUS /ˈsʌmwʌn/
a person, without saying who
From this reading One of the thoughts that, as I don’t in the least shrink now from noting, used to be with me in these wanderings was that it would be as charming as a charming story suddenly to meet someone.
stand
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From this reading Someone would appear there at the turn of a path and would stand before me and smile and approve.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That was exactly present to me--by which I mean the face was--when, on the first of these occasions, at the end of a long June day, I stopped short on emerging from one of the plantations and coming into view of the house.
story
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From this reading One of the thoughts that, as I don’t in the least shrink now from noting, used to be with me in these wanderings was that it would be as charming as a charming story suddenly to meet someone.
stroll
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From this reading It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away and I had come out for my stroll.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading One of the thoughts that, as I don’t in the least shrink now from noting, used to be with me in these wanderings was that it would be as charming as a charming story suddenly to meet someone.
surenounUS /sure/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading I didn’t ask more than that--I only asked that he should _know_; and the only way to be sure he knew would be to see it, and the kind light of it, in his handsome face.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading I didn’t ask more than that--I only asked that he should _know_; and the only way to be sure he knew would be to see it, and the kind light of it, in his handsome face.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading One of the thoughts that, as I don’t in the least shrink now from noting, used to be with me in these wanderings was that it would be as charming as a charming story suddenly to meet someone.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away and I had come out for my stroll.
there
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From this reading Someone would appear there at the turn of a path and would stand before me and smile and approve.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading One of the thoughts that, as I don’t in the least shrink now from noting, used to be with me in these wanderings was that it would be as charming as a charming story suddenly to meet someone.
thoughts
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From this reading One of the thoughts that, as I don’t in the least shrink now from noting, used to be with me in these wanderings was that it would be as charming as a charming story suddenly to meet someone.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading One of the thoughts that, as I don’t in the least shrink now from noting, used to be with me in these wanderings was that it would be as charming as a charming story suddenly to meet someone.
tucked
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From this reading It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away and I had come out for my stroll.
turn
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From this reading Someone would appear there at the turn of a path and would stand before me and smile and approve.
used
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From this reading One of the thoughts that, as I don’t in the least shrink now from noting, used to be with me in these wanderings was that it would be as charming as a charming story suddenly to meet someone.
very
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From this reading It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away and I had come out for my stroll.
view
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From this reading That was exactly present to me--by which I mean the face was--when, on the first of these occasions, at the end of a long June day, I stopped short on emerging from one of the plantations and coming into view of the house.
wanderings
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From this reading One of the thoughts that, as I don’t in the least shrink now from noting, used to be with me in these wanderings was that it would be as charming as a charming story suddenly to meet someone.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away and I had come out for my stroll.
way
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From this reading I didn’t ask more than that--I only asked that he should _know_; and the only way to be sure he knew would be to see it, and the kind light of it, in his handsome face.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading It was plump, one afternoon, in the middle of my very hour: the children were tucked away and I had come out for my stroll.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading That was exactly present to me--by which I mean the face was--when, on the first of these occasions, at the end of a long June day, I stopped short on emerging from one of the plantations and coming into view of the house.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading That was exactly present to me--by which I mean the face was--when, on the first of these occasions, at the end of a long June day, I stopped short on emerging from one of the plantations and coming into view of the house.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading One of the thoughts that, as I don’t in the least shrink now from noting, used to be with me in these wanderings was that it would be as charming as a charming story suddenly to meet someone.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading One of the thoughts that, as I don’t in the least shrink now from noting, used to be with me in these wanderings was that it would be as charming as a charming story suddenly to meet someone.
