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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 Quiet, respectable Pushton had been dreadfully scandalized by Zell's elopement with a man who by one brief visit had gained such bad notoriety.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Those who had stood aloof, surmised, and doubted about the Allens before, now said, triumphantly, "I told you so."
acquisition
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From this reading Good, kind, Christian people were deeply pained that such a thing could have happened; and it came to be the general opinion that the Allens were anything but an acquisition to the neighborhood.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
Allens
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From this reading Those who had stood aloof, surmised, and doubted about the Allens before, now said, triumphantly, "I told you so."
almost
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From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
aloof
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From this reading Those who had stood aloof, surmised, and doubted about the Allens before, now said, triumphantly, "I told you so."
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Good, kind, Christian people were deeply pained that such a thing could have happened; and it came to be the general opinion that the Allens were anything but an acquisition to the neighborhood.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading SCORN AND KINDNESS Though her strength hardly seemed equal to it, she determined to go and see Malcom, for she felt very grateful to him.
any
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From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Good, kind, Christian people were deeply pained that such a thing could have happened; and it came to be the general opinion that the Allens were anything but an acquisition to the neighborhood.
bad
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From this reading Quiet, respectable Pushton had been dreadfully scandalized by Zell's elopement with a man who by one brief visit had gained such bad notoriety.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Good, kind, Christian people were deeply pained that such a thing could have happened; and it came to be the general opinion that the Allens were anything but an acquisition to the neighborhood.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Those who had stood aloof, surmised, and doubted about the Allens before, now said, triumphantly, "I told you so."
brief
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From this reading Quiet, respectable Pushton had been dreadfully scandalized by Zell's elopement with a man who by one brief visit had gained such bad notoriety.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Good, kind, Christian people were deeply pained that such a thing could have happened; and it came to be the general opinion that the Allens were anything but an acquisition to the neighborhood.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Quiet, respectable Pushton had been dreadfully scandalized by Zell's elopement with a man who by one brief visit had gained such bad notoriety.
came
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From this reading Good, kind, Christian people were deeply pained that such a thing could have happened; and it came to be the general opinion that the Allens were anything but an acquisition to the neighborhood.
Christian
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From this reading Good, kind, Christian people were deeply pained that such a thing could have happened; and it came to be the general opinion that the Allens were anything but an acquisition to the neighborhood.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Good, kind, Christian people were deeply pained that such a thing could have happened; and it came to be the general opinion that the Allens were anything but an acquisition to the neighborhood.
deeply
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From this reading Good, kind, Christian people were deeply pained that such a thing could have happened; and it came to be the general opinion that the Allens were anything but an acquisition to the neighborhood.
determinedadjectiveUS /dɪˈtɜrmɪnd/
having firmly decided to do something
From this reading SCORN AND KINDNESS Though her strength hardly seemed equal to it, she determined to go and see Malcom, for she felt very grateful to him.
die
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From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
doubted
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From this reading Those who had stood aloof, surmised, and doubted about the Allens before, now said, triumphantly, "I told you so."
dreadfully
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From this reading Quiet, respectable Pushton had been dreadfully scandalized by Zell's elopement with a man who by one brief visit had gained such bad notoriety.
elopement
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From this reading Quiet, respectable Pushton had been dreadfully scandalized by Zell's elopement with a man who by one brief visit had gained such bad notoriety.
equal
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From this reading SCORN AND KINDNESS Though her strength hardly seemed equal to it, she determined to go and see Malcom, for she felt very grateful to him.
fear
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From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
felt
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From this reading SCORN AND KINDNESS Though her strength hardly seemed equal to it, she determined to go and see Malcom, for she felt very grateful to him.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading SCORN AND KINDNESS Though her strength hardly seemed equal to it, she determined to go and see Malcom, for she felt very grateful to him.
gained
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From this reading Quiet, respectable Pushton had been dreadfully scandalized by Zell's elopement with a man who by one brief visit had gained such bad notoriety.
general
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From this reading Good, kind, Christian people were deeply pained that such a thing could have happened; and it came to be the general opinion that the Allens were anything but an acquisition to the neighborhood.
go
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From this reading SCORN AND KINDNESS Though her strength hardly seemed equal to it, she determined to go and see Malcom, for she felt very grateful to him.
GoodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Good, kind, Christian people were deeply pained that such a thing could have happened; and it came to be the general opinion that the Allens were anything but an acquisition to the neighborhood.
grateful
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From this reading SCORN AND KINDNESS Though her strength hardly seemed equal to it, she determined to go and see Malcom, for she felt very grateful to him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
happened
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From this reading Good, kind, Christian people were deeply pained that such a thing could have happened; and it came to be the general opinion that the Allens were anything but an acquisition to the neighborhood.
hardly
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From this reading SCORN AND KINDNESS Though her strength hardly seemed equal to it, she determined to go and see Malcom, for she felt very grateful to him.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Good, kind, Christian people were deeply pained that such a thing could have happened; and it came to be the general opinion that the Allens were anything but an acquisition to the neighborhood.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading SCORN AND KINDNESS Though her strength hardly seemed equal to it, she determined to go and see Malcom, for she felt very grateful to him.
hidden
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From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading SCORN AND KINDNESS Though her strength hardly seemed equal to it, she determined to go and see Malcom, for she felt very grateful to him.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading Those who had stood aloof, surmised, and doubted about the Allens before, now said, triumphantly, "I told you so."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading SCORN AND KINDNESS Though her strength hardly seemed equal to it, she determined to go and see Malcom, for she felt very grateful to him.
kind
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From this reading Good, kind, Christian people were deeply pained that such a thing could have happened; and it came to be the general opinion that the Allens were anything but an acquisition to the neighborhood.
KINDNESS
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From this reading SCORN AND KINDNESS Though her strength hardly seemed equal to it, she determined to go and see Malcom, for she felt very grateful to him.
like
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From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
made
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From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
Malcom
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From this reading SCORN AND KINDNESS Though her strength hardly seemed equal to it, she determined to go and see Malcom, for she felt very grateful to him.
man
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From this reading Quiet, respectable Pushton had been dreadfully scandalized by Zell's elopement with a man who by one brief visit had gained such bad notoriety.
neighborhood
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From this reading Good, kind, Christian people were deeply pained that such a thing could have happened; and it came to be the general opinion that the Allens were anything but an acquisition to the neighborhood.
notoriety
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From this reading Quiet, respectable Pushton had been dreadfully scandalized by Zell's elopement with a man who by one brief visit had gained such bad notoriety.
now
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From this reading Those who had stood aloof, surmised, and doubted about the Allens before, now said, triumphantly, "I told you so."
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
opinion
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From this reading Good, kind, Christian people were deeply pained that such a thing could have happened; and it came to be the general opinion that the Allens were anything but an acquisition to the neighborhood.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
pained
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From this reading Good, kind, Christian people were deeply pained that such a thing could have happened; and it came to be the general opinion that the Allens were anything but an acquisition to the neighborhood.
people
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From this reading Good, kind, Christian people were deeply pained that such a thing could have happened; and it came to be the general opinion that the Allens were anything but an acquisition to the neighborhood.
place
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From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
Pushton
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From this reading Quiet, respectable Pushton had been dreadfully scandalized by Zell's elopement with a man who by one brief visit had gained such bad notoriety.
Quiet
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From this reading Quiet, respectable Pushton had been dreadfully scandalized by Zell's elopement with a man who by one brief visit had gained such bad notoriety.
respectable
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From this reading Quiet, respectable Pushton had been dreadfully scandalized by Zell's elopement with a man who by one brief visit had gained such bad notoriety.
said
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From this reading Those who had stood aloof, surmised, and doubted about the Allens before, now said, triumphantly, "I told you so."
scandalized
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From this reading Quiet, respectable Pushton had been dreadfully scandalized by Zell's elopement with a man who by one brief visit had gained such bad notoriety.
SCORN
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From this reading SCORN AND KINDNESS Though her strength hardly seemed equal to it, she determined to go and see Malcom, for she felt very grateful to him.
see
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From this reading SCORN AND KINDNESS Though her strength hardly seemed equal to it, she determined to go and see Malcom, for she felt very grateful to him.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading SCORN AND KINDNESS Though her strength hardly seemed equal to it, she determined to go and see Malcom, for she felt very grateful to him.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading SCORN AND KINDNESS Though her strength hardly seemed equal to it, she determined to go and see Malcom, for she felt very grateful to him.
shrink
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From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Those who had stood aloof, surmised, and doubted about the Allens before, now said, triumphantly, "I told you so."
some
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From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
speak
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From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Those who had stood aloof, surmised, and doubted about the Allens before, now said, triumphantly, "I told you so."
strengthnounUS /ˈstrength/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading SCORN AND KINDNESS Though her strength hardly seemed equal to it, she determined to go and see Malcom, for she felt very grateful to him.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Quiet, respectable Pushton had been dreadfully scandalized by Zell's elopement with a man who by one brief visit had gained such bad notoriety.
surmised
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From this reading Those who had stood aloof, surmised, and doubted about the Allens before, now said, triumphantly, "I told you so."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Good, kind, Christian people were deeply pained that such a thing could have happened; and it came to be the general opinion that the Allens were anything but an acquisition to the neighborhood.
ThosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Those who had stood aloof, surmised, and doubted about the Allens before, now said, triumphantly, "I told you so."
ThoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading SCORN AND KINDNESS Though her strength hardly seemed equal to it, she determined to go and see Malcom, for she felt very grateful to him.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading SCORN AND KINDNESS Though her strength hardly seemed equal to it, she determined to go and see Malcom, for she felt very grateful to him.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Those who had stood aloof, surmised, and doubted about the Allens before, now said, triumphantly, "I told you so."
triumphantly
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From this reading Those who had stood aloof, surmised, and doubted about the Allens before, now said, triumphantly, "I told you so."
very
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From this reading SCORN AND KINDNESS Though her strength hardly seemed equal to it, she determined to go and see Malcom, for she felt very grateful to him.
village
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From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
visit
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From this reading Quiet, respectable Pushton had been dreadfully scandalized by Zell's elopement with a man who by one brief visit had gained such bad notoriety.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Good, kind, Christian people were deeply pained that such a thing could have happened; and it came to be the general opinion that the Allens were anything but an acquisition to the neighborhood.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Quiet, respectable Pushton had been dreadfully scandalized by Zell's elopement with a man who by one brief visit had gained such bad notoriety.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Quiet, respectable Pushton had been dreadfully scandalized by Zell's elopement with a man who by one brief visit had gained such bad notoriety.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading And yet the little time she had been in the village made her fear to speak to him or any one again, and she almost felt that she would like to shrink into some hidden place and die.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Those who had stood aloof, surmised, and doubted about the Allens before, now said, triumphantly, "I told you so."
Zell's
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From this reading Quiet, respectable Pushton had been dreadfully scandalized by Zell's elopement with a man who by one brief visit had gained such bad notoriety.
