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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 Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading When he had ended his story she regarded him across the table with something new in her eyes--something of awe.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But as she pondered, she discriminated.
awe
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From this reading When he had ended his story she regarded him across the table with something new in her eyes--something of awe.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She had never hinted to him what she believed he would some day be.
believed
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From this reading She had never hinted to him what she believed he would some day be.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But as she pondered, she discriminated.
day
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From this reading She had never hinted to him what she believed he would some day be.
discriminated
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From this reading But as she pondered, she discriminated.
ended
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From this reading When he had ended his story she regarded him across the table with something new in her eyes--something of awe.
evidence
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From this reading To her this was the first outside evidence that her faith in his musical gift was not groundless.
eyes
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From this reading When he had ended his story she regarded him across the table with something new in her eyes--something of awe.
faith
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From this reading To her this was the first outside evidence that her faith in his musical gift was not groundless.
few
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From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To her this was the first outside evidence that her faith in his musical gift was not groundless.
forgetting
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From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
gift
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From this reading To her this was the first outside evidence that her faith in his musical gift was not groundless.
groundless
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From this reading To her this was the first outside evidence that her faith in his musical gift was not groundless.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When he had ended his story she regarded him across the table with something new in her eyes--something of awe.
hearing
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From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading To her this was the first outside evidence that her faith in his musical gift was not groundless.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
hinted
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From this reading She had never hinted to him what she believed he would some day be.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
hold
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From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading To her this was the first outside evidence that her faith in his musical gift was not groundless.
incident
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From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
laid
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From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
musical
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From this reading To her this was the first outside evidence that her faith in his musical gift was not groundless.
narrative
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From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had never hinted to him what she believed he would some day be.
new
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From this reading When he had ended his story she regarded him across the table with something new in her eyes--something of awe.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading To her this was the first outside evidence that her faith in his musical gift was not groundless.
notes
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From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
Out
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From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading To her this was the first outside evidence that her faith in his musical gift was not groundless.
overwhelming
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From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
passing
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From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
pondered
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From this reading But as she pondered, she discriminated.
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
rambling
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From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
regarded
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From this reading When he had ended his story she regarded him across the table with something new in her eyes--something of awe.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But as she pondered, she discriminated.
some
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From this reading She had never hinted to him what she believed he would some day be.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading When he had ended his story she regarded him across the table with something new in her eyes--something of awe.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
story
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From this reading When he had ended his story she regarded him across the table with something new in her eyes--something of awe.
stranger
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From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
table
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From this reading When he had ended his story she regarded him across the table with something new in her eyes--something of awe.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading To her this was the first outside evidence that her faith in his musical gift was not groundless.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading To her this was the first outside evidence that her faith in his musical gift was not groundless.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
voice
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From this reading Out of the long, rambling narrative she laid hold of one overwhelming incident, forgetting the rest: a passing stranger, hearing a few notes of his voice, had stopped to question him about it.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To her this was the first outside evidence that her faith in his musical gift was not groundless.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading She had never hinted to him what she believed he would some day be.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When he had ended his story she regarded him across the table with something new in her eyes--something of awe.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading When he had ended his story she regarded him across the table with something new in her eyes--something of awe.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She had never hinted to him what she believed he would some day be.
