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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 It was but rarely that a person of taste entered Malakoff Lodge, where Miss Pritchett dwelt, but when such an event did happen, the impression was simply that of enormous surprise.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was but rarely that a person of taste entered Malakoff Lodge, where Miss Pritchett dwelt, but when such an event did happen, the impression was simply that of enormous surprise.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
ARC
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From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
blue
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From this reading Here one saw an immense negro, some six feet high, with coffee-coloured skin, gleaming red lips, and a gaudy robe of blue and yellow.
BOADICEA
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From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading It was but rarely that a person of taste entered Malakoff Lodge, where Miss Pritchett dwelt, but when such an event did happen, the impression was simply that of enormous surprise.
CHARLOTTE
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From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
coffee-coloured
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From this reading Here one saw an immense negro, some six feet high, with coffee-coloured skin, gleaming red lips, and a gaudy robe of blue and yellow.
coloursnounUS /ˈcolours/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading In each of the corners stood a life-sized piece of statuary painted in "natural colours."
CORDAY
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From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
corners
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From this reading In each of the corners stood a life-sized piece of statuary painted in "natural colours."
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading It was but rarely that a person of taste entered Malakoff Lodge, where Miss Pritchett dwelt, but when such an event did happen, the impression was simply that of enormous surprise.
display
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From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
drawing-room
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From this reading The drawing-room into which visitors were shown was an immense place and full of furniture.
dwelt
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From this reading It was but rarely that a person of taste entered Malakoff Lodge, where Miss Pritchett dwelt, but when such an event did happen, the impression was simply that of enormous surprise.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading In each of the corners stood a life-sized piece of statuary painted in "natural colours."
enormous
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From this reading It was but rarely that a person of taste entered Malakoff Lodge, where Miss Pritchett dwelt, but when such an event did happen, the impression was simply that of enormous surprise.
entered
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From this reading It was but rarely that a person of taste entered Malakoff Lodge, where Miss Pritchett dwelt, but when such an event did happen, the impression was simply that of enormous surprise.
event
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From this reading It was but rarely that a person of taste entered Malakoff Lodge, where Miss Pritchett dwelt, but when such an event did happen, the impression was simply that of enormous surprise.
extraordinary
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From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
feet
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From this reading Here one saw an immense negro, some six feet high, with coffee-coloured skin, gleaming red lips, and a gaudy robe of blue and yellow.
folk
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From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
full
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From this reading The drawing-room into which visitors were shown was an immense place and full of furniture.
furniture
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From this reading The drawing-room into which visitors were shown was an immense place and full of furniture.
gaudy
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From this reading Here one saw an immense negro, some six feet high, with coffee-coloured skin, gleaming red lips, and a gaudy robe of blue and yellow.
gleaming
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From this reading Here one saw an immense negro, some six feet high, with coffee-coloured skin, gleaming red lips, and a gaudy robe of blue and yellow.
happen
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From this reading It was but rarely that a person of taste entered Malakoff Lodge, where Miss Pritchett dwelt, but when such an event did happen, the impression was simply that of enormous surprise.
HerenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Here one saw an immense negro, some six feet high, with coffee-coloured skin, gleaming red lips, and a gaudy robe of blue and yellow.
high
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From this reading Here one saw an immense negro, some six feet high, with coffee-coloured skin, gleaming red lips, and a gaudy robe of blue and yellow.
HORNHAM
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From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
immense
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From this reading The drawing-room into which visitors were shown was an immense place and full of furniture.
impression
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From this reading It was but rarely that a person of taste entered Malakoff Lodge, where Miss Pritchett dwelt, but when such an event did happen, the impression was simply that of enormous surprise.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In each of the corners stood a life-sized piece of statuary painted in "natural colours."
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The drawing-room into which visitors were shown was an immense place and full of furniture.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
JAEL
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From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
JOAN
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From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
lack
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From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
life-sized
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From this reading In each of the corners stood a life-sized piece of statuary painted in "natural colours."
lips
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From this reading Here one saw an immense negro, some six feet high, with coffee-coloured skin, gleaming red lips, and a gaudy robe of blue and yellow.
Lodge
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From this reading It was but rarely that a person of taste entered Malakoff Lodge, where Miss Pritchett dwelt, but when such an event did happen, the impression was simply that of enormous surprise.
Malakoff
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From this reading It was but rarely that a person of taste entered Malakoff Lodge, where Miss Pritchett dwelt, but when such an event did happen, the impression was simply that of enormous surprise.
many
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From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
MISS
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From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
natural
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From this reading In each of the corners stood a life-sized piece of statuary painted in "natural colours."
negro
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From this reading Here one saw an immense negro, some six feet high, with coffee-coloured skin, gleaming red lips, and a gaudy robe of blue and yellow.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Here one saw an immense negro, some six feet high, with coffee-coloured skin, gleaming red lips, and a gaudy robe of blue and yellow.
painted
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From this reading In each of the corners stood a life-sized piece of statuary painted in "natural colours."
People
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From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
person
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From this reading It was but rarely that a person of taste entered Malakoff Lodge, where Miss Pritchett dwelt, but when such an event did happen, the impression was simply that of enormous surprise.
piece
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From this reading In each of the corners stood a life-sized piece of statuary painted in "natural colours."
place
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From this reading The drawing-room into which visitors were shown was an immense place and full of furniture.
PRITCHETT
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From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
rarely
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From this reading It was but rarely that a person of taste entered Malakoff Lodge, where Miss Pritchett dwelt, but when such an event did happen, the impression was simply that of enormous surprise.
red
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From this reading Here one saw an immense negro, some six feet high, with coffee-coloured skin, gleaming red lips, and a gaudy robe of blue and yellow.
robe
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From this reading Here one saw an immense negro, some six feet high, with coffee-coloured skin, gleaming red lips, and a gaudy robe of blue and yellow.
saw
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From this reading Here one saw an immense negro, some six feet high, with coffee-coloured skin, gleaming red lips, and a gaudy robe of blue and yellow.
shown
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From this reading The drawing-room into which visitors were shown was an immense place and full of furniture.
simply
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From this reading It was but rarely that a person of taste entered Malakoff Lodge, where Miss Pritchett dwelt, but when such an event did happen, the impression was simply that of enormous surprise.
six
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From this reading Here one saw an immense negro, some six feet high, with coffee-coloured skin, gleaming red lips, and a gaudy robe of blue and yellow.
skin
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From this reading Here one saw an immense negro, some six feet high, with coffee-coloured skin, gleaming red lips, and a gaudy robe of blue and yellow.
some
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From this reading Here one saw an immense negro, some six feet high, with coffee-coloured skin, gleaming red lips, and a gaudy robe of blue and yellow.
statuary
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From this reading In each of the corners stood a life-sized piece of statuary painted in "natural colours."
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In each of the corners stood a life-sized piece of statuary painted in "natural colours."
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading It was but rarely that a person of taste entered Malakoff Lodge, where Miss Pritchett dwelt, but when such an event did happen, the impression was simply that of enormous surprise.
surprise
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From this reading It was but rarely that a person of taste entered Malakoff Lodge, where Miss Pritchett dwelt, but when such an event did happen, the impression was simply that of enormous surprise.
tasteverbUS /teɪst/
To perceive flavor through the mouth.
From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
visitors
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From this reading The drawing-room into which visitors were shown was an immense place and full of furniture.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was but rarely that a person of taste entered Malakoff Lodge, where Miss Pritchett dwelt, but when such an event did happen, the impression was simply that of enormous surprise.
well-to-do
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From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The drawing-room into which visitors were shown was an immense place and full of furniture.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It was but rarely that a person of taste entered Malakoff Lodge, where Miss Pritchett dwelt, but when such an event did happen, the impression was simply that of enormous surprise.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading It was but rarely that a person of taste entered Malakoff Lodge, where Miss Pritchett dwelt, but when such an event did happen, the impression was simply that of enormous surprise.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The drawing-room into which visitors were shown was an immense place and full of furniture.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Here one saw an immense negro, some six feet high, with coffee-coloured skin, gleaming red lips, and a gaudy robe of blue and yellow.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
wonder
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From this reading BOADICEA, JOAN OF ARC, CHARLOTTE CORDAY, JAEL, AND MISS PRITCHETT OF HORNHAM People of taste are never without wonder at the extraordinary lack of it that many well-to-do folk display.
yellow
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From this reading Here one saw an immense negro, some six feet high, with coffee-coloured skin, gleaming red lips, and a gaudy robe of blue and yellow.
