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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 Having Toffee the "dream-girl" around was bad enough for Marc, but a ghost named George was just too much.
accepted
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From this reading The lean Pillsworth phiz, openly disdainful of the accepted manifestations of fear, regally side-stepped into something that looked curiously like tight-lipped primness.
acute
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From this reading As a rule, in moments of acute peril, most faces can be relied upon to arrange themselves into the traditional expressions of open-mouthed, pop-eyed terror.
appear
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From this reading At the moment it had tied itself into such a knot of horror as to appear downright priggish.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Having Toffee the "dream-girl" around was bad enough for Marc, but a ghost named George was just too much.
arrange
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From this reading As a rule, in moments of acute peril, most faces can be relied upon to arrange themselves into the traditional expressions of open-mouthed, pop-eyed terror.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As a rule, in moments of acute peril, most faces can be relied upon to arrange themselves into the traditional expressions of open-mouthed, pop-eyed terror.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the moment it had tied itself into such a knot of horror as to appear downright priggish.
bad
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From this reading Having Toffee the "dream-girl" around was bad enough for Marc, but a ghost named George was just too much.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading As a rule, in moments of acute peril, most faces can be relied upon to arrange themselves into the traditional expressions of open-mouthed, pop-eyed terror.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Having Toffee the "dream-girl" around was bad enough for Marc, but a ghost named George was just too much.
canmodal verbUS /kæn/
to be able to, or to be allowed to
From this reading As a rule, in moments of acute peril, most faces can be relied upon to arrange themselves into the traditional expressions of open-mouthed, pop-eyed terror.
countenance
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From this reading Not so, however, the willful countenance of Marc Pillsworth.
curiously
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From this reading The lean Pillsworth phiz, openly disdainful of the accepted manifestations of fear, regally side-stepped into something that looked curiously like tight-lipped primness.
disdainful
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From this reading The lean Pillsworth phiz, openly disdainful of the accepted manifestations of fear, regally side-stepped into something that looked curiously like tight-lipped primness.
downright
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From this reading At the moment it had tied itself into such a knot of horror as to appear downright priggish.
dream-girl
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From this reading Having Toffee the "dream-girl" around was bad enough for Marc, but a ghost named George was just too much.
enough
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From this reading Having Toffee the "dream-girl" around was bad enough for Marc, but a ghost named George was just too much.
expressions
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From this reading As a rule, in moments of acute peril, most faces can be relied upon to arrange themselves into the traditional expressions of open-mouthed, pop-eyed terror.
faces
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From this reading As a rule, in moments of acute peril, most faces can be relied upon to arrange themselves into the traditional expressions of open-mouthed, pop-eyed terror.
fear
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From this reading The lean Pillsworth phiz, openly disdainful of the accepted manifestations of fear, regally side-stepped into something that looked curiously like tight-lipped primness.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Having Toffee the "dream-girl" around was bad enough for Marc, but a ghost named George was just too much.
George
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From this reading Having Toffee the "dream-girl" around was bad enough for Marc, but a ghost named George was just too much.
ghost
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From this reading Having Toffee the "dream-girl" around was bad enough for Marc, but a ghost named George was just too much.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At the moment it had tied itself into such a knot of horror as to appear downright priggish.
Havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Having Toffee the "dream-girl" around was bad enough for Marc, but a ghost named George was just too much.
horror
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From this reading At the moment it had tied itself into such a knot of horror as to appear downright priggish.
howeveradverbUS /ˌhaʊˈevər/
used to add a contrasting statement
From this reading Not so, however, the willful countenance of Marc Pillsworth.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As a rule, in moments of acute peril, most faces can be relied upon to arrange themselves into the traditional expressions of open-mouthed, pop-eyed terror.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As a rule, in moments of acute peril, most faces can be relied upon to arrange themselves into the traditional expressions of open-mouthed, pop-eyed terror.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading At the moment it had tied itself into such a knot of horror as to appear downright priggish.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading At the moment it had tied itself into such a knot of horror as to appear downright priggish.
just
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From this reading Having Toffee the "dream-girl" around was bad enough for Marc, but a ghost named George was just too much.
knot
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From this reading At the moment it had tied itself into such a knot of horror as to appear downright priggish.
lean
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From this reading The lean Pillsworth phiz, openly disdainful of the accepted manifestations of fear, regally side-stepped into something that looked curiously like tight-lipped primness.
like
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From this reading The lean Pillsworth phiz, openly disdainful of the accepted manifestations of fear, regally side-stepped into something that looked curiously like tight-lipped primness.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The lean Pillsworth phiz, openly disdainful of the accepted manifestations of fear, regally side-stepped into something that looked curiously like tight-lipped primness.
manifestations
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From this reading The lean Pillsworth phiz, openly disdainful of the accepted manifestations of fear, regally side-stepped into something that looked curiously like tight-lipped primness.
Marc
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From this reading Having Toffee the "dream-girl" around was bad enough for Marc, but a ghost named George was just too much.
moment
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From this reading At the moment it had tied itself into such a knot of horror as to appear downright priggish.
moments
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From this reading As a rule, in moments of acute peril, most faces can be relied upon to arrange themselves into the traditional expressions of open-mouthed, pop-eyed terror.
most
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From this reading As a rule, in moments of acute peril, most faces can be relied upon to arrange themselves into the traditional expressions of open-mouthed, pop-eyed terror.
much
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From this reading Having Toffee the "dream-girl" around was bad enough for Marc, but a ghost named George was just too much.
named
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From this reading Having Toffee the "dream-girl" around was bad enough for Marc, but a ghost named George was just too much.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not so, however, the willful countenance of Marc Pillsworth.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As a rule, in moments of acute peril, most faces can be relied upon to arrange themselves into the traditional expressions of open-mouthed, pop-eyed terror.
open-mouthed
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From this reading As a rule, in moments of acute peril, most faces can be relied upon to arrange themselves into the traditional expressions of open-mouthed, pop-eyed terror.
openly
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From this reading The lean Pillsworth phiz, openly disdainful of the accepted manifestations of fear, regally side-stepped into something that looked curiously like tight-lipped primness.
peril
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From this reading As a rule, in moments of acute peril, most faces can be relied upon to arrange themselves into the traditional expressions of open-mouthed, pop-eyed terror.
phiz
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From this reading The lean Pillsworth phiz, openly disdainful of the accepted manifestations of fear, regally side-stepped into something that looked curiously like tight-lipped primness.
Pillsworth
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From this reading Not so, however, the willful countenance of Marc Pillsworth.
pop-eyed
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From this reading As a rule, in moments of acute peril, most faces can be relied upon to arrange themselves into the traditional expressions of open-mouthed, pop-eyed terror.
priggish
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From this reading At the moment it had tied itself into such a knot of horror as to appear downright priggish.
primness
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From this reading The lean Pillsworth phiz, openly disdainful of the accepted manifestations of fear, regally side-stepped into something that looked curiously like tight-lipped primness.
regally
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From this reading The lean Pillsworth phiz, openly disdainful of the accepted manifestations of fear, regally side-stepped into something that looked curiously like tight-lipped primness.
relied
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From this reading As a rule, in moments of acute peril, most faces can be relied upon to arrange themselves into the traditional expressions of open-mouthed, pop-eyed terror.
rule
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From this reading As a rule, in moments of acute peril, most faces can be relied upon to arrange themselves into the traditional expressions of open-mouthed, pop-eyed terror.
side-stepped
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From this reading The lean Pillsworth phiz, openly disdainful of the accepted manifestations of fear, regally side-stepped into something that looked curiously like tight-lipped primness.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Not so, however, the willful countenance of Marc Pillsworth.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The lean Pillsworth phiz, openly disdainful of the accepted manifestations of fear, regally side-stepped into something that looked curiously like tight-lipped primness.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading At the moment it had tied itself into such a knot of horror as to appear downright priggish.
terror
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From this reading As a rule, in moments of acute peril, most faces can be relied upon to arrange themselves into the traditional expressions of open-mouthed, pop-eyed terror.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The lean Pillsworth phiz, openly disdainful of the accepted manifestations of fear, regally side-stepped into something that looked curiously like tight-lipped primness.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Having Toffee the "dream-girl" around was bad enough for Marc, but a ghost named George was just too much.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading As a rule, in moments of acute peril, most faces can be relied upon to arrange themselves into the traditional expressions of open-mouthed, pop-eyed terror.
tied
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From this reading At the moment it had tied itself into such a knot of horror as to appear downright priggish.
tight-lipped
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From this reading The lean Pillsworth phiz, openly disdainful of the accepted manifestations of fear, regally side-stepped into something that looked curiously like tight-lipped primness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading As a rule, in moments of acute peril, most faces can be relied upon to arrange themselves into the traditional expressions of open-mouthed, pop-eyed terror.
Toffee
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From this reading Having Toffee the "dream-girl" around was bad enough for Marc, but a ghost named George was just too much.
too
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From this reading Having Toffee the "dream-girl" around was bad enough for Marc, but a ghost named George was just too much.
traditional
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From this reading As a rule, in moments of acute peril, most faces can be relied upon to arrange themselves into the traditional expressions of open-mouthed, pop-eyed terror.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading As a rule, in moments of acute peril, most faces can be relied upon to arrange themselves into the traditional expressions of open-mouthed, pop-eyed terror.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Having Toffee the "dream-girl" around was bad enough for Marc, but a ghost named George was just too much.
willful
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From this reading Not so, however, the willful countenance of Marc Pillsworth.
