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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 BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She had carried her work from the start with remarkable ease and as the dragons of failure were no longer a menace she began to give more heed to the world about her.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading She was early recognized as an earnest, conscientious student whose work in certain directions was brilliant; and as a sophomore her fellows began to know her and take pride in her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had never known girls until she went to college and she had been the shyest of freshmen, the least obtrusive of sophomores.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She had carried her work from the start with remarkable ease and as the dragons of failure were no longer a menace she began to give more heed to the world about her.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had never known girls until she went to college and she had been the shyest of freshmen, the least obtrusive of sophomores.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had carried her work from the start with remarkable ease and as the dragons of failure were no longer a menace she began to give more heed to the world about her.
BLURRED
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From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
brilliant
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From this reading She was early recognized as an earnest, conscientious student whose work in certain directions was brilliant; and as a sophomore her fellows began to know her and take pride in her.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
carried
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From this reading She had carried her work from the start with remarkable ease and as the dragons of failure were no longer a menace she began to give more heed to the world about her.
certain
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From this reading She was early recognized as an earnest, conscientious student whose work in certain directions was brilliant; and as a sophomore her fellows began to know her and take pride in her.
college
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conscientious
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From this reading She was early recognized as an earnest, conscientious student whose work in certain directions was brilliant; and as a sophomore her fellows began to know her and take pride in her.
currents
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From this reading She was relieved to find herself swept naturally into the social currents of the college.
directions
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From this reading She was early recognized as an earnest, conscientious student whose work in certain directions was brilliant; and as a sophomore her fellows began to know her and take pride in her.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
dragons
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From this reading She had carried her work from the start with remarkable ease and as the dragons of failure were no longer a menace she began to give more heed to the world about her.
early
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From this reading She was early recognized as an earnest, conscientious student whose work in certain directions was brilliant; and as a sophomore her fellows began to know her and take pride in her.
earnest
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From this reading She was early recognized as an earnest, conscientious student whose work in certain directions was brilliant; and as a sophomore her fellows began to know her and take pride in her.
ease
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From this reading She had carried her work from the start with remarkable ease and as the dragons of failure were no longer a menace she began to give more heed to the world about her.
failure
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From this reading She had carried her work from the start with remarkable ease and as the dragons of failure were no longer a menace she began to give more heed to the world about her.
fellows
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From this reading She was early recognized as an earnest, conscientious student whose work in certain directions was brilliant; and as a sophomore her fellows began to know her and take pride in her.
few
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From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
find
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From this reading She was relieved to find herself swept naturally into the social currents of the college.
freshmen
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From this reading She had never known girls until she went to college and she had been the shyest of freshmen, the least obtrusive of sophomores.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She had carried her work from the start with remarkable ease and as the dragons of failure were no longer a menace she began to give more heed to the world about her.
girls
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From this reading She had never known girls until she went to college and she had been the shyest of freshmen, the least obtrusive of sophomores.
give
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From this reading She had carried her work from the start with remarkable ease and as the dragons of failure were no longer a menace she began to give more heed to the world about her.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had never known girls until she went to college and she had been the shyest of freshmen, the least obtrusive of sophomores.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
heed
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From this reading She had carried her work from the start with remarkable ease and as the dragons of failure were no longer a menace she began to give more heed to the world about her.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She was relieved to find herself swept naturally into the social currents of the college.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She was relieved to find herself swept naturally into the social currents of the college.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was early recognized as an earnest, conscientious student whose work in certain directions was brilliant; and as a sophomore her fellows began to know her and take pride in her.
known
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From this reading She had never known girls until she went to college and she had been the shyest of freshmen, the least obtrusive of sophomores.
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had never known girls until she went to college and she had been the shyest of freshmen, the least obtrusive of sophomores.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
longer
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From this reading She had carried her work from the start with remarkable ease and as the dragons of failure were no longer a menace she began to give more heed to the world about her.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
menace
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From this reading She had carried her work from the start with remarkable ease and as the dragons of failure were no longer a menace she began to give more heed to the world about her.
more
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From this reading She had carried her work from the start with remarkable ease and as the dragons of failure were no longer a menace she began to give more heed to the world about her.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
naturally
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From this reading She was relieved to find herself swept naturally into the social currents of the college.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had never known girls until she went to college and she had been the shyest of freshmen, the least obtrusive of sophomores.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading She had carried her work from the start with remarkable ease and as the dragons of failure were no longer a menace she began to give more heed to the world about her.
notes
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From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
now
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From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
obtrusive
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From this reading She had never known girls until she went to college and she had been the shyest of freshmen, the least obtrusive of sophomores.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had never known girls until she went to college and she had been the shyest of freshmen, the least obtrusive of sophomores.
pride
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From this reading She was early recognized as an earnest, conscientious student whose work in certain directions was brilliant; and as a sophomore her fellows began to know her and take pride in her.
reached
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From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
recognized
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From this reading She was early recognized as an earnest, conscientious student whose work in certain directions was brilliant; and as a sophomore her fellows began to know her and take pride in her.
relievednounUS /ˈrelieved/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She was relieved to find herself swept naturally into the social currents of the college.
remarkablenounUS /ˈremarkable/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She had carried her work from the start with remarkable ease and as the dragons of failure were no longer a menace she began to give more heed to the world about her.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
shyest
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From this reading She had never known girls until she went to college and she had been the shyest of freshmen, the least obtrusive of sophomores.
social
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From this reading She was relieved to find herself swept naturally into the social currents of the college.
sophomore
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From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
sophomores
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From this reading She had never known girls until she went to college and she had been the shyest of freshmen, the least obtrusive of sophomores.
startnounUS /start/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had carried her work from the start with remarkable ease and as the dragons of failure were no longer a menace she began to give more heed to the world about her.
student
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From this reading She was early recognized as an earnest, conscientious student whose work in certain directions was brilliant; and as a sophomore her fellows began to know her and take pride in her.
swept
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From this reading She was relieved to find herself swept naturally into the social currents of the college.
Sylvia's
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From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
takenounUS /take/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was early recognized as an earnest, conscientious student whose work in certain directions was brilliant; and as a sophomore her fellows began to know her and take pride in her.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She had never known girls until she went to college and she had been the shyest of freshmen, the least obtrusive of sophomores.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading She had never known girls until she went to college and she had been the shyest of freshmen, the least obtrusive of sophomores.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was early recognized as an earnest, conscientious student whose work in certain directions was brilliant; and as a sophomore her fellows began to know her and take pride in her.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had never known girls until she went to college and she had been the shyest of freshmen, the least obtrusive of sophomores.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She had carried her work from the start with remarkable ease and as the dragons of failure were no longer a menace she began to give more heed to the world about her.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading She was early recognized as an earnest, conscientious student whose work in certain directions was brilliant; and as a sophomore her fellows began to know her and take pride in her.
WINDOWS
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From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
WithprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
work
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From this reading She had carried her work from the start with remarkable ease and as the dragons of failure were no longer a menace she began to give more heed to the world about her.
world
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From this reading She had carried her work from the start with remarkable ease and as the dragons of failure were no longer a menace she began to give more heed to the world about her.
year
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From this reading BLURRED WINDOWS With Sylvia's life in college we have little to do, but a few notes we must make now that she has reached her sophomore year.
