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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 Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
all
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From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Bright streaks of crimson glory, in the dull dawn sky, heralded the rising of another sun, of another day to the restless, feverish little planet below.
attire
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From this reading Dressed in that uncomfortable attire for repose, Olive Henderson, while the red morning broke, lay there and slept.
bedroom
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From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading Bright streaks of crimson glory, in the dull dawn sky, heralded the rising of another sun, of another day to the restless, feverish little planet below.
Bright
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From this reading Bright streaks of crimson glory, in the dull dawn sky, heralded the rising of another sun, of another day to the restless, feverish little planet below.
broke
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From this reading Dressed in that uncomfortable attire for repose, Olive Henderson, while the red morning broke, lay there and slept.
buried
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From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
cloud
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From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
COMPACT
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From this reading THE DOUBLE COMPACT.
crimson
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From this reading Bright streaks of crimson glory, in the dull dawn sky, heralded the rising of another sun, of another day to the restless, feverish little planet below.
dawn
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From this reading Bright streaks of crimson glory, in the dull dawn sky, heralded the rising of another sun, of another day to the restless, feverish little planet below.
day
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From this reading Bright streaks of crimson glory, in the dull dawn sky, heralded the rising of another sun, of another day to the restless, feverish little planet below.
disordered
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From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
DOUBLE
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From this reading THE DOUBLE COMPACT.
dress
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From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
Dressed
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From this reading Dressed in that uncomfortable attire for repose, Olive Henderson, while the red morning broke, lay there and slept.
dull
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From this reading Bright streaks of crimson glory, in the dull dawn sky, heralded the rising of another sun, of another day to the restless, feverish little planet below.
face
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From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
falling
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From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
feverish
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From this reading Bright streaks of crimson glory, in the dull dawn sky, heralded the rising of another sun, of another day to the restless, feverish little planet below.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Dressed in that uncomfortable attire for repose, Olive Henderson, while the red morning broke, lay there and slept.
glory
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From this reading Bright streaks of crimson glory, in the dull dawn sky, heralded the rising of another sun, of another day to the restless, feverish little planet below.
hair
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From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
Henderson
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From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
heralded
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From this reading Bright streaks of crimson glory, in the dull dawn sky, heralded the rising of another sun, of another day to the restless, feverish little planet below.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
lay
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From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Bright streaks of crimson glory, in the dull dawn sky, heralded the rising of another sun, of another day to the restless, feverish little planet below.
loose
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From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dressed in that uncomfortable attire for repose, Olive Henderson, while the red morning broke, lay there and slept.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
Olive
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From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
out-door
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From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
pillows
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From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
planet
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From this reading Bright streaks of crimson glory, in the dull dawn sky, heralded the rising of another sun, of another day to the restless, feverish little planet below.
red
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From this reading Dressed in that uncomfortable attire for repose, Olive Henderson, while the red morning broke, lay there and slept.
repose
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From this reading Dressed in that uncomfortable attire for repose, Olive Henderson, while the red morning broke, lay there and slept.
restless
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From this reading Bright streaks of crimson glory, in the dull dawn sky, heralded the rising of another sun, of another day to the restless, feverish little planet below.
rising
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From this reading Bright streaks of crimson glory, in the dull dawn sky, heralded the rising of another sun, of another day to the restless, feverish little planet below.
sky
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From this reading Bright streaks of crimson glory, in the dull dawn sky, heralded the rising of another sun, of another day to the restless, feverish little planet below.
slept
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From this reading Dressed in that uncomfortable attire for repose, Olive Henderson, while the red morning broke, lay there and slept.
sofa
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From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
streaks
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From this reading Bright streaks of crimson glory, in the dull dawn sky, heralded the rising of another sun, of another day to the restless, feverish little planet below.
Stuff
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From this reading Stuff!
sun
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From this reading Bright streaks of crimson glory, in the dull dawn sky, heralded the rising of another sun, of another day to the restless, feverish little planet below.
tar-black
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From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Dressed in that uncomfortable attire for repose, Olive Henderson, while the red morning broke, lay there and slept.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE DOUBLE COMPACT.
there
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From this reading Dressed in that uncomfortable attire for repose, Olive Henderson, while the red morning broke, lay there and slept.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Bright streaks of crimson glory, in the dull dawn sky, heralded the rising of another sun, of another day to the restless, feverish little planet below.
uncomfortable
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From this reading Dressed in that uncomfortable attire for repose, Olive Henderson, while the red morning broke, lay there and slept.
wearing
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From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Dressed in that uncomfortable attire for repose, Olive Henderson, while the red morning broke, lay there and slept.
yesterday
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From this reading Olive Henderson lay on a sofa in her bedroom, her face half buried among the pillows, her cloud of tar-black hair all loose and disordered, falling about her, and still wearing the out-door dress of yesterday.
