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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 The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
all
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From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She looked at her visitor incredulously, a little helplessly, with some traces of an emotion which puzzled him.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was seated at her desk, with a great pile of red roses on one side of her, and a secretary, to whom she was dictating, on the other.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She was seated at her desk, with a great pile of red roses on one side of her, and a secretary, to whom she was dictating, on the other.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
chair
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From this reading She swung round in her chair and for a moment was speechless.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
day
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From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
desk
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From this reading She was seated at her desk, with a great pile of red roses on one side of her, and a secretary, to whom she was dictating, on the other.
dictating
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From this reading She was seated at her desk, with a great pile of red roses on one side of her, and a secretary, to whom she was dictating, on the other.
emotion
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From this reading She looked at her visitor incredulously, a little helplessly, with some traces of an emotion which puzzled him.
enough
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From this reading Her greeting, however, was hearty enough.
entrance
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From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
expression
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From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
following
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From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She swung round in her chair and for a moment was speechless.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was seated at her desk, with a great pile of red roses on one side of her, and a secretary, to whom she was dictating, on the other.
greeting
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From this reading Her greeting, however, was hearty enough.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
heartyadjectiveUS /ˈhɑrti/
large, enthusiastic, and satisfying, especially of a meal
From this reading Her greeting, however, was hearty enough.
helplessly
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From this reading She looked at her visitor incredulously, a little helplessly, with some traces of an emotion which puzzled him.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She looked at her visitor incredulously, a little helplessly, with some traces of an emotion which puzzled him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Her greeting, however, was hearty enough.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
incredulously
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From this reading She looked at her visitor incredulously, a little helplessly, with some traces of an emotion which puzzled him.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
keen
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From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked at her visitor incredulously, a little helplessly, with some traces of an emotion which puzzled him.
London
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From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She looked at her visitor incredulously, a little helplessly, with some traces of an emotion which puzzled him.
made
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From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
Marcia's
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From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
Marquis
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From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
moment
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From this reading She swung round in her chair and for a moment was speechless.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was seated at her desk, with a great pile of red roses on one side of her, and a secretary, to whom she was dictating, on the other.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She was seated at her desk, with a great pile of red roses on one side of her, and a secretary, to whom she was dictating, on the other.
other
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From this reading She was seated at her desk, with a great pile of red roses on one side of her, and a secretary, to whom she was dictating, on the other.
perhaps
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From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
physiognomist
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From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
pile
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From this reading She was seated at her desk, with a great pile of red roses on one side of her, and a secretary, to whom she was dictating, on the other.
puzzled
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From this reading She looked at her visitor incredulously, a little helplessly, with some traces of an emotion which puzzled him.
read
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From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
red
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From this reading She was seated at her desk, with a great pile of red roses on one side of her, and a secretary, to whom she was dictating, on the other.
room
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From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
roses
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From this reading She was seated at her desk, with a great pile of red roses on one side of her, and a secretary, to whom she was dictating, on the other.
round
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From this reading She swung round in her chair and for a moment was speechless.
seated
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From this reading She was seated at her desk, with a great pile of red roses on one side of her, and a secretary, to whom she was dictating, on the other.
secretary
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From this reading She was seated at her desk, with a great pile of red roses on one side of her, and a secretary, to whom she was dictating, on the other.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was seated at her desk, with a great pile of red roses on one side of her, and a secretary, to whom she was dictating, on the other.
side
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From this reading She was seated at her desk, with a great pile of red roses on one side of her, and a secretary, to whom she was dictating, on the other.
sitting
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From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
some
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From this reading She looked at her visitor incredulously, a little helplessly, with some traces of an emotion which puzzled him.
speechless
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From this reading She swung round in her chair and for a moment was speechless.
swung
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From this reading She swung round in her chair and for a moment was speechless.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
traces
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From this reading She looked at her visitor incredulously, a little helplessly, with some traces of an emotion which puzzled him.
unexpected
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From this reading The Marquis, if he had been a keen physiognomist, might perhaps have read all that he had come to London to know in Marcia's expression as he made his unexpected entrance into her sitting room on the following day.
visitor
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From this reading She looked at her visitor incredulously, a little helplessly, with some traces of an emotion which puzzled him.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was seated at her desk, with a great pile of red roses on one side of her, and a secretary, to whom she was dictating, on the other.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She looked at her visitor incredulously, a little helplessly, with some traces of an emotion which puzzled him.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She was seated at her desk, with a great pile of red roses on one side of her, and a secretary, to whom she was dictating, on the other.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was seated at her desk, with a great pile of red roses on one side of her, and a secretary, to whom she was dictating, on the other.
