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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 She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
backward
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From this reading Not even the knowledge of Hugo's love could now wholly turn her gaze backward.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
beginningnounUS /ˈbeginning/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Pending the beginning of the oratory, clubbers and guests talked to the contentment of their hearts.
Cally
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From this reading Cally caught widening glimpses of the Cooney meanings.
carousel
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From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
caught
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From this reading Cally caught widening glimpses of the Cooney meanings.
clubbers
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From this reading Pending the beginning of the oratory, clubbers and guests talked to the contentment of their hearts.
contentment
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From this reading Pending the beginning of the oratory, clubbers and guests talked to the contentment of their hearts.
Cooney
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From this reading Cally caught widening glimpses of the Cooney meanings.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Not even the knowledge of Hugo's love could now wholly turn her gaze backward.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Not even the knowledge of Hugo's love could now wholly turn her gaze backward.
fair-grounds
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From this reading Cally, for the first time in her life, had been glancing over the fair-grounds.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
fixed
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From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Cally, for the first time in her life, had been glancing over the fair-grounds.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
gay
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From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
gaze
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From this reading Not even the knowledge of Hugo's love could now wholly turn her gaze backward.
gets
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From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
glancing
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From this reading Cally, for the first time in her life, had been glancing over the fair-grounds.
glimpses
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From this reading Cally caught widening glimpses of the Cooney meanings.
guests
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From this reading Pending the beginning of the oratory, clubbers and guests talked to the contentment of their hearts.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
hearts
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From this reading Pending the beginning of the oratory, clubbers and guests talked to the contentment of their hearts.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Cally, for the first time in her life, had been glancing over the fair-grounds.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
Hugo's
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From this reading Not even the knowledge of Hugo's love could now wholly turn her gaze backward.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
knowledge
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From this reading Not even the knowledge of Hugo's love could now wholly turn her gaze backward.
larger
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From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cally, for the first time in her life, had been glancing over the fair-grounds.
like
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From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
looks
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From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
love
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From this reading Not even the knowledge of Hugo's love could now wholly turn her gaze backward.
meanings
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From this reading Cally caught widening glimpses of the Cooney meanings.
mended
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From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
merry-go-round
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From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
moving
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From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
NotadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Not even the knowledge of Hugo's love could now wholly turn her gaze backward.
now
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From this reading Not even the knowledge of Hugo's love could now wholly turn her gaze backward.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Cally caught widening glimpses of the Cooney meanings.
oratory
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From this reading Pending the beginning of the oratory, clubbers and guests talked to the contentment of their hearts.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Cally, for the first time in her life, had been glancing over the fair-grounds.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
Pending
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From this reading Pending the beginning of the oratory, clubbers and guests talked to the contentment of their hearts.
picked
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From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
rider
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From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
scene
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From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
steed
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From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
talked
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From this reading Pending the beginning of the oratory, clubbers and guests talked to the contentment of their hearts.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Cally caught widening glimpses of the Cooney meanings.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Pending the beginning of the oratory, clubbers and guests talked to the contentment of their hearts.
thrown
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From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cally, for the first time in her life, had been glancing over the fair-grounds.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Pending the beginning of the oratory, clubbers and guests talked to the contentment of their hearts.
turn
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From this reading Not even the knowledge of Hugo's love could now wholly turn her gaze backward.
up
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From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
view
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From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
wholly
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From this reading Not even the knowledge of Hugo's love could now wholly turn her gaze backward.
widening
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From this reading Cally caught widening glimpses of the Cooney meanings.
wounds
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From this reading She had been like a rider thrown from a gay fixed steed in a merry-go-round, who, having picked himself up and mended his wounds, looks about, and gets his first view of the carousel as part of a larger moving scene.
