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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 Then he left her to hear the painter's words about it, which he continued to deliver dissyllabically as he stood with her under a gas-jet, twisting his elastic figure and bending his head over the ring.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Then he left her to hear the painter's words about it, which he continued to deliver dissyllabically as he stood with her under a gas-jet, twisting his elastic figure and bending his head over the ring.
address
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From this reading "Well, Mely, child," Fulkerson went on, with an open travesty of her mother's habitual address, "and how are you getting along?
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading "Well, Mely, child," Fulkerson went on, with an open travesty of her mother's habitual address, "and how are you getting along?
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "Well, Mely, child," Fulkerson went on, with an open travesty of her mother's habitual address, "and how are you getting along?
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Well, Mely, child," Fulkerson went on, with an open travesty of her mother's habitual address, "and how are you getting along?
arrested
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From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Then he left her to hear the painter's words about it, which he continued to deliver dissyllabically as he stood with her under a gas-jet, twisting his elastic figure and bending his head over the ring.
bending
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From this reading Then he left her to hear the painter's words about it, which he continued to deliver dissyllabically as he stood with her under a gas-jet, twisting his elastic figure and bending his head over the ring.
child
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From this reading "Well, Mely, child," Fulkerson went on, with an open travesty of her mother's habitual address, "and how are you getting along?
company
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From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
continuednounUS /ˈcontinued/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Then he left her to hear the painter's words about it, which he continued to deliver dissyllabically as he stood with her under a gas-jet, twisting his elastic figure and bending his head over the ring.
deliver
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From this reading Then he left her to hear the painter's words about it, which he continued to deliver dissyllabically as he stood with her under a gas-jet, twisting his elastic figure and bending his head over the ring.
dissyllabically
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From this reading Then he left her to hear the painter's words about it, which he continued to deliver dissyllabically as he stood with her under a gas-jet, twisting his elastic figure and bending his head over the ring.
elastic
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From this reading Then he left her to hear the painter's words about it, which he continued to deliver dissyllabically as he stood with her under a gas-jet, twisting his elastic figure and bending his head over the ring.
figure
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From this reading Then he left her to hear the painter's words about it, which he continued to deliver dissyllabically as he stood with her under a gas-jet, twisting his elastic figure and bending his head over the ring.
Fulkerson
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From this reading "Well, Mely, child," Fulkerson went on, with an open travesty of her mother's habitual address, "and how are you getting along?
gas-jet
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From this reading Then he left her to hear the painter's words about it, which he continued to deliver dissyllabically as he stood with her under a gas-jet, twisting his elastic figure and bending his head over the ring.
getting
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From this reading "Well, Mely, child," Fulkerson went on, with an open travesty of her mother's habitual address, "and how are you getting along?
girl
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From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
habitual
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From this reading "Well, Mely, child," Fulkerson went on, with an open travesty of her mother's habitual address, "and how are you getting along?
hand
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From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
head
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From this reading Then he left her to hear the painter's words about it, which he continued to deliver dissyllabically as he stood with her under a gas-jet, twisting his elastic figure and bending his head over the ring.
hearnounUS /hear/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then he left her to hear the painter's words about it, which he continued to deliver dissyllabically as he stood with her under a gas-jet, twisting his elastic figure and bending his head over the ring.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Then he left her to hear the painter's words about it, which he continued to deliver dissyllabically as he stood with her under a gas-jet, twisting his elastic figure and bending his head over the ring.
hold
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From this reading Mrs. Mandel hold you up to the proprieties pretty strictly?
how
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From this reading "Well, Mely, child," Fulkerson went on, with an open travesty of her mother's habitual address, "and how are you getting along?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then he left her to hear the painter's words about it, which he continued to deliver dissyllabically as he stood with her under a gas-jet, twisting his elastic figure and bending his head over the ring.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
made
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From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
Mandel
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From this reading Mrs. Mandel hold you up to the proprieties pretty strictly?
Mely
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From this reading "Well, Mely, child," Fulkerson went on, with an open travesty of her mother's habitual address, "and how are you getting along?
mother's
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From this reading "Well, Mely, child," Fulkerson went on, with an open travesty of her mother's habitual address, "and how are you getting along?
motion
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From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
Mrs
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From this reading Mrs. Mandel hold you up to the proprieties pretty strictly?
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
off
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From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading "Well, Mely, child," Fulkerson went on, with an open travesty of her mother's habitual address, "and how are you getting along?
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Then he left her to hear the painter's words about it, which he continued to deliver dissyllabically as he stood with her under a gas-jet, twisting his elastic figure and bending his head over the ring.
painter's
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From this reading Then he left her to hear the painter's words about it, which he continued to deliver dissyllabically as he stood with her under a gas-jet, twisting his elastic figure and bending his head over the ring.
pleasure
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From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
pretty
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From this reading Mrs. Mandel hold you up to the proprieties pretty strictly?
proprieties
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From this reading Mrs. Mandel hold you up to the proprieties pretty strictly?
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Well, that's right.
ring
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From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
showing
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From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then he left her to hear the painter's words about it, which he continued to deliver dissyllabically as he stood with her under a gas-jet, twisting his elastic figure and bending his head over the ring.
strictly
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From this reading Mrs. Mandel hold you up to the proprieties pretty strictly?
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
that's
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From this reading Well, that's right.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
Then
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From this reading Then he left her to hear the painter's words about it, which he continued to deliver dissyllabically as he stood with her under a gas-jet, twisting his elastic figure and bending his head over the ring.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
travesty
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From this reading "Well, Mely, child," Fulkerson went on, with an open travesty of her mother's habitual address, "and how are you getting along?
twisting
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From this reading Then he left her to hear the painter's words about it, which he continued to deliver dissyllabically as he stood with her under a gas-jet, twisting his elastic figure and bending his head over the ring.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Then he left her to hear the painter's words about it, which he continued to deliver dissyllabically as he stood with her under a gas-jet, twisting his elastic figure and bending his head over the ring.
up
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From this reading Mrs. Mandel hold you up to the proprieties pretty strictly?
Well
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From this reading "Well, Mely, child," Fulkerson went on, with an open travesty of her mother's habitual address, "and how are you getting along?
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Well, Mely, child," Fulkerson went on, with an open travesty of her mother's habitual address, "and how are you getting along?
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Then he left her to hear the painter's words about it, which he continued to deliver dissyllabically as he stood with her under a gas-jet, twisting his elastic figure and bending his head over the ring.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He arrested the girl in the motion she made to take off the ring, and let her have the pleasure of showing her hand to the company with the ring on it.
words
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From this reading Then he left her to hear the painter's words about it, which he continued to deliver dissyllabically as he stood with her under a gas-jet, twisting his elastic figure and bending his head over the ring.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Well, Mely, child," Fulkerson went on, with an open travesty of her mother's habitual address, "and how are you getting along?
