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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 A STRANGE THING HAPPENS TO ME.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading She was such a regular attendant at the hotel-door-market, that people were talking about missing her black face and her chattering tongue.
afraid
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From this reading Indeed, we began to be afraid that something had happened to her.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading For several days after our hot chase after Priscilla, we saw nothing of this ex-emissary.
againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was such a regular attendant at the hotel-door-market, that people were talking about missing her black face and her chattering tongue.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She was such a regular attendant at the hotel-door-market, that people were talking about missing her black face and her chattering tongue.
attendant
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From this reading She was such a regular attendant at the hotel-door-market, that people were talking about missing her black face and her chattering tongue.
attitude
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From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Indeed, we began to be afraid that something had happened to her.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Indeed, we began to be afraid that something had happened to her.
black
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From this reading She was such a regular attendant at the hotel-door-market, that people were talking about missing her black face and her chattering tongue.
bronze
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From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
chase
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From this reading For several days after our hot chase after Priscilla, we saw nothing of this ex-emissary.
chattering
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From this reading She was such a regular attendant at the hotel-door-market, that people were talking about missing her black face and her chattering tongue.
court
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From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
crossed
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From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
days
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From this reading For several days after our hot chase after Priscilla, we saw nothing of this ex-emissary.
door-ways
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From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
easy
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From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
ex-emissary
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From this reading For several days after our hot chase after Priscilla, we saw nothing of this ex-emissary.
face
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From this reading She was such a regular attendant at the hotel-door-market, that people were talking about missing her black face and her chattering tongue.
favorite
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From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
figure
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From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For several days after our hot chase after Priscilla, we saw nothing of this ex-emissary.
gay
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From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Indeed, we began to be afraid that something had happened to her.
happened
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From this reading Indeed, we began to be afraid that something had happened to her.
HAPPENS
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From this reading A STRANGE THING HAPPENS TO ME.
head
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From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Indeed, we began to be afraid that something had happened to her.
hot
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From this reading For several days after our hot chase after Priscilla, we saw nothing of this ex-emissary.
hotel-door-market
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From this reading She was such a regular attendant at the hotel-door-market, that people were talking about missing her black face and her chattering tongue.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
Indeed
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From this reading Indeed, we began to be afraid that something had happened to her.
kerosene
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From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
lamps
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From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
leaning
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From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
like
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From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
made
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From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
MEpronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading A STRANGE THING HAPPENS TO ME.
missing
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From this reading She was such a regular attendant at the hotel-door-market, that people were talking about missing her black face and her chattering tongue.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading For several days after our hot chase after Priscilla, we saw nothing of this ex-emissary.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading For several days after our hot chase after Priscilla, we saw nothing of this ex-emissary.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
other
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From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading For several days after our hot chase after Priscilla, we saw nothing of this ex-emissary.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
people
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From this reading She was such a regular attendant at the hotel-door-market, that people were talking about missing her black face and her chattering tongue.
Priscilla
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From this reading For several days after our hot chase after Priscilla, we saw nothing of this ex-emissary.
put
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From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
regular
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From this reading She was such a regular attendant at the hotel-door-market, that people were talking about missing her black face and her chattering tongue.
saw
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From this reading For several days after our hot chase after Priscilla, we saw nothing of this ex-emissary.
several
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From this reading For several days after our hot chase after Priscilla, we saw nothing of this ex-emissary.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was such a regular attendant at the hotel-door-market, that people were talking about missing her black face and her chattering tongue.
side
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From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
skippy
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From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Indeed, we began to be afraid that something had happened to her.
STRANGE
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From this reading A STRANGE THING HAPPENS TO ME.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading She was such a regular attendant at the hotel-door-market, that people were talking about missing her black face and her chattering tongue.
talking
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From this reading She was such a regular attendant at the hotel-door-market, that people were talking about missing her black face and her chattering tongue.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Indeed, we began to be afraid that something had happened to her.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She was such a regular attendant at the hotel-door-market, that people were talking about missing her black face and her chattering tongue.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
THINGnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A STRANGE THING HAPPENS TO ME.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading For several days after our hot chase after Priscilla, we saw nothing of this ex-emissary.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A STRANGE THING HAPPENS TO ME.
tonguenounUS /tongue/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was such a regular attendant at the hotel-door-market, that people were talking about missing her black face and her chattering tongue.
turned
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From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
up
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From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was such a regular attendant at the hotel-door-market, that people were talking about missing her black face and her chattering tongue.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading For several days after our hot chase after Priscilla, we saw nothing of this ex-emissary.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading She was such a regular attendant at the hotel-door-market, that people were talking about missing her black face and her chattering tongue.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading But she turned up one morning as gay and skippy as ever, and we saw her leaning against the side of one of the door-ways of the court in her favorite easy attitude, with her head on one side and one foot crossed over the other, which made her look like a bronze figure such as they put under kerosene lamps.
