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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 Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
aside
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From this reading Her little hat, too, was of transparent black, its crape put aside.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
band
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From this reading Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Her curiosity, her watchfulness, had been satisfied, and grimly rewarded.
black
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From this reading Her little hat, too, was of transparent black, its crape put aside.
bloom
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From this reading But, though she and the day shared in bloom and youthfulness, Jack had never seen her look more heavily bodeful; had never seen her eyes more fixed, her lips more cold and stern.
bodeful
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From this reading But, though she and the day shared in bloom and youthfulness, Jack had never seen her look more heavily bodeful; had never seen her eyes more fixed, her lips more cold and stern.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But, though she and the day shared in bloom and youthfulness, Jack had never seen her look more heavily bodeful; had never seen her eyes more fixed, her lips more cold and stern.
cold
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From this reading But, though she and the day shared in bloom and youthfulness, Jack had never seen her look more heavily bodeful; had never seen her eyes more fixed, her lips more cold and stern.
concession
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From this reading Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
crape
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From this reading Her little hat, too, was of transparent black, its crape put aside.
curiosity
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From this reading Her curiosity, her watchfulness, had been satisfied, and grimly rewarded.
day
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From this reading But, though she and the day shared in bloom and youthfulness, Jack had never seen her look more heavily bodeful; had never seen her eyes more fixed, her lips more cold and stern.
death
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From this reading Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
excitement
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From this reading The excitement that he had felt in her was gone.
eyes
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From this reading But, though she and the day shared in bloom and youthfulness, Jack had never seen her look more heavily bodeful; had never seen her eyes more fixed, her lips more cold and stern.
father's
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From this reading Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
felt
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From this reading The excitement that he had felt in her was gone.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
fixed
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From this reading But, though she and the day shared in bloom and youthfulness, Jack had never seen her look more heavily bodeful; had never seen her eyes more fixed, her lips more cold and stern.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
gone
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From this reading The excitement that he had felt in her was gone.
grimly
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From this reading Her curiosity, her watchfulness, had been satisfied, and grimly rewarded.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading But, though she and the day shared in bloom and youthfulness, Jack had never seen her look more heavily bodeful; had never seen her eyes more fixed, her lips more cold and stern.
hat
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From this reading Her little hat, too, was of transparent black, its crape put aside.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The excitement that he had felt in her was gone.
heavily
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From this reading But, though she and the day shared in bloom and youthfulness, Jack had never seen her look more heavily bodeful; had never seen her eyes more fixed, her lips more cold and stern.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
Imogen
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From this reading Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Her little hat, too, was of transparent black, its crape put aside.
Jack
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From this reading But, though she and the day shared in bloom and youthfulness, Jack had never seen her look more heavily bodeful; had never seen her eyes more fixed, her lips more cold and stern.
lips
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From this reading But, though she and the day shared in bloom and youthfulness, Jack had never seen her look more heavily bodeful; had never seen her eyes more fixed, her lips more cold and stern.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her little hat, too, was of transparent black, its crape put aside.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But, though she and the day shared in bloom and youthfulness, Jack had never seen her look more heavily bodeful; had never seen her eyes more fixed, her lips more cold and stern.
more
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From this reading But, though she and the day shared in bloom and youthfulness, Jack had never seen her look more heavily bodeful; had never seen her eyes more fixed, her lips more cold and stern.
neck
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From this reading Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But, though she and the day shared in bloom and youthfulness, Jack had never seen her look more heavily bodeful; had never seen her eyes more fixed, her lips more cold and stern.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
put
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From this reading Her little hat, too, was of transparent black, its crape put aside.
revival
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From this reading Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
rewarded
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From this reading Her curiosity, her watchfulness, had been satisfied, and grimly rewarded.
satisfied
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From this reading Her curiosity, her watchfulness, had been satisfied, and grimly rewarded.
seen
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From this reading But, though she and the day shared in bloom and youthfulness, Jack had never seen her look more heavily bodeful; had never seen her eyes more fixed, her lips more cold and stern.
shared
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From this reading But, though she and the day shared in bloom and youthfulness, Jack had never seen her look more heavily bodeful; had never seen her eyes more fixed, her lips more cold and stern.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But, though she and the day shared in bloom and youthfulness, Jack had never seen her look more heavily bodeful; had never seen her eyes more fixed, her lips more cold and stern.
showed
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From this reading Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
stern
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From this reading But, though she and the day shared in bloom and youthfulness, Jack had never seen her look more heavily bodeful; had never seen her eyes more fixed, her lips more cold and stern.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The excitement that he had felt in her was gone.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading But, though she and the day shared in bloom and youthfulness, Jack had never seen her look more heavily bodeful; had never seen her eyes more fixed, her lips more cold and stern.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
too
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From this reading Her little hat, too, was of transparent black, its crape put aside.
transparent
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From this reading Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her little hat, too, was of transparent black, its crape put aside.
watchfulness
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From this reading Her curiosity, her watchfulness, had been satisfied, and grimly rewarded.
white
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From this reading Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
wrists
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From this reading Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
year's
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From this reading Imogen, for the first time since her father's death, showed a concession to the year's revival in a transparent band of white at her neck and wrists.
youthfulness
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From this reading But, though she and the day shared in bloom and youthfulness, Jack had never seen her look more heavily bodeful; had never seen her eyes more fixed, her lips more cold and stern.
