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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 Xenie St. John turned with a half-stifled shriek and looked at the daring intruder.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Xenie St. John turned with a half-stifled shriek and looked at the daring intruder.
angry
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From this reading "How dare you say so?" she cried, stamping her small, slippered foot upon the rich carpet with angry vehemence.
appeared
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From this reading He was elegantly attired in the most fashionable morning costume, and his fair, proud Saxon beauty had never appeared more striking.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Xenie St. John turned with a half-stifled shriek and looked at the daring intruder.
attired
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From this reading He was elegantly attired in the most fashionable morning costume, and his fair, proud Saxon beauty had never appeared more striking.
beauty
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From this reading He was elegantly attired in the most fashionable morning costume, and his fair, proud Saxon beauty had never appeared more striking.
blaze
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From this reading Xenie's dark eyes flashed their gaze into his blue ones with a blaze of passionate defiance.
blonde
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From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
blue
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From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
bright
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From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
carpet
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From this reading "How dare you say so?" she cried, stamping her small, slippered foot upon the rich carpet with angry vehemence.
centernounUS /ˈsɛn.tər/
The middle point or core of an area.
From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
costume
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From this reading He was elegantly attired in the most fashionable morning costume, and his fair, proud Saxon beauty had never appeared more striking.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "How dare you say so?" she cried, stamping her small, slippered foot upon the rich carpet with angry vehemence.
curling
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From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
dare
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From this reading "How dare you say so?" she cried, stamping her small, slippered foot upon the rich carpet with angry vehemence.
daring
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From this reading Xenie St. John turned with a half-stifled shriek and looked at the daring intruder.
dark
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From this reading Xenie's dark eyes flashed their gaze into his blue ones with a blaze of passionate defiance.
defiance
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From this reading Xenie's dark eyes flashed their gaze into his blue ones with a blaze of passionate defiance.
down
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From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
elegantly
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From this reading He was elegantly attired in the most fashionable morning costume, and his fair, proud Saxon beauty had never appeared more striking.
enemy
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From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
eyes
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From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was elegantly attired in the most fashionable morning costume, and his fair, proud Saxon beauty had never appeared more striking.
fashionable
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From this reading He was elegantly attired in the most fashionable morning costume, and his fair, proud Saxon beauty had never appeared more striking.
flash
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From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
flashed
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From this reading Xenie's dark eyes flashed their gaze into his blue ones with a blaze of passionate defiance.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "How dare you say so?" she cried, stamping her small, slippered foot upon the rich carpet with angry vehemence.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
gaze
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From this reading Xenie's dark eyes flashed their gaze into his blue ones with a blaze of passionate defiance.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading He was elegantly attired in the most fashionable morning costume, and his fair, proud Saxon beauty had never appeared more striking.
half-stifled
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From this reading Xenie St. John turned with a half-stifled shriek and looked at the daring intruder.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He was elegantly attired in the most fashionable morning costume, and his fair, proud Saxon beauty had never appeared more striking.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
hight
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From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
How
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From this reading "How dare you say so?" she cried, stamping her small, slippered foot upon the rich carpet with angry vehemence.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Xenie's dark eyes flashed their gaze into his blue ones with a blaze of passionate defiance.
intruder
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From this reading Xenie St. John turned with a half-stifled shriek and looked at the daring intruder.
John
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From this reading Xenie St. John turned with a half-stifled shriek and looked at the daring intruder.
lightning
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From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
lips
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From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Xenie St. John turned with a half-stifled shriek and looked at the daring intruder.
looking
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From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
more
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From this reading He was elegantly attired in the most fashionable morning costume, and his fair, proud Saxon beauty had never appeared more striking.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was elegantly attired in the most fashionable morning costume, and his fair, proud Saxon beauty had never appeared more striking.
most
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From this reading He was elegantly attired in the most fashionable morning costume, and his fair, proud Saxon beauty had never appeared more striking.
mustache
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From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He was elegantly attired in the most fashionable morning costume, and his fair, proud Saxon beauty had never appeared more striking.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
ones
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From this reading Xenie's dark eyes flashed their gaze into his blue ones with a blaze of passionate defiance.
passionate
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From this reading Xenie's dark eyes flashed their gaze into his blue ones with a blaze of passionate defiance.
princely
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From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
proud
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From this reading He was elegantly attired in the most fashionable morning costume, and his fair, proud Saxon beauty had never appeared more striking.
rich
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From this reading "How dare you say so?" she cried, stamping her small, slippered foot upon the rich carpet with angry vehemence.
room
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From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
saw
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From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
Saxon
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From this reading He was elegantly attired in the most fashionable morning costume, and his fair, proud Saxon beauty had never appeared more striking.
say
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From this reading "How dare you say so?" she cried, stamping her small, slippered foot upon the rich carpet with angry vehemence.
scorn
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From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
set
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From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
shriek
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From this reading Xenie St. John turned with a half-stifled shriek and looked at the daring intruder.
slippered
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From this reading "How dare you say so?" she cried, stamping her small, slippered foot upon the rich carpet with angry vehemence.
small
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From this reading "How dare you say so?" she cried, stamping her small, slippered foot upon the rich carpet with angry vehemence.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "How dare you say so?" she cried, stamping her small, slippered foot upon the rich carpet with angry vehemence.
St
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From this reading Xenie St. John turned with a half-stifled shriek and looked at the daring intruder.
stamping
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From this reading "How dare you say so?" she cried, stamping her small, slippered foot upon the rich carpet with angry vehemence.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
sternly
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From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
striking
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From this reading He was elegantly attired in the most fashionable morning costume, and his fair, proud Saxon beauty had never appeared more striking.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Xenie St. John turned with a half-stifled shriek and looked at the daring intruder.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Xenie's dark eyes flashed their gaze into his blue ones with a blaze of passionate defiance.
turned
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From this reading Xenie St. John turned with a half-stifled shriek and looked at the daring intruder.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading She saw her enemy standing in the center of the room looking down at her from his princely hight with a lightning flash of scorn in his bright blue eyes, his lips set sternly under his curling blonde mustache.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading "How dare you say so?" she cried, stamping her small, slippered foot upon the rich carpet with angry vehemence.
vehemence
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From this reading "How dare you say so?" she cried, stamping her small, slippered foot upon the rich carpet with angry vehemence.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading He was elegantly attired in the most fashionable morning costume, and his fair, proud Saxon beauty had never appeared more striking.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Xenie St. John turned with a half-stifled shriek and looked at the daring intruder.
Xenie
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From this reading Xenie St. John turned with a half-stifled shriek and looked at the daring intruder.
Xenie's
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From this reading Xenie's dark eyes flashed their gaze into his blue ones with a blaze of passionate defiance.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "How dare you say so?" she cried, stamping her small, slippered foot upon the rich carpet with angry vehemence.
