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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 She grew pale even to her lips, she folded her hands with a hard clasp, her beautiful figure grew more erect and dignified--the words dropped slowly, each one seeming to cut the air as it fell.
air
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From this reading She grew pale even to her lips, she folded her hands with a hard clasp, her beautiful figure grew more erect and dignified--the words dropped slowly, each one seeming to cut the air as it fell.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She grew pale even to her lips, she folded her hands with a hard clasp, her beautiful figure grew more erect and dignified--the words dropped slowly, each one seeming to cut the air as it fell.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Even as she spoke the words Lady Lanswell's heart sunk within her.
aside
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From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
beautiful
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From this reading No softening came to the beautiful face, no tenderness, no kindliness; it seemed rather as though her last words had turned Leone to stone.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
BEHOLD
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From this reading "BEHOLD MY REVENGE!"
best
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From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
call
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From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
came
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From this reading No softening came to the beautiful face, no tenderness, no kindliness; it seemed rather as though her last words had turned Leone to stone.
clasp
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From this reading She grew pale even to her lips, she folded her hands with a hard clasp, her beautiful figure grew more erect and dignified--the words dropped slowly, each one seeming to cut the air as it fell.
cut
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From this reading She grew pale even to her lips, she folded her hands with a hard clasp, her beautiful figure grew more erect and dignified--the words dropped slowly, each one seeming to cut the air as it fell.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
dignified
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From this reading She grew pale even to her lips, she folded her hands with a hard clasp, her beautiful figure grew more erect and dignified--the words dropped slowly, each one seeming to cut the air as it fell.
dropped
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From this reading She grew pale even to her lips, she folded her hands with a hard clasp, her beautiful figure grew more erect and dignified--the words dropped slowly, each one seeming to cut the air as it fell.
dust
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From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading She grew pale even to her lips, she folded her hands with a hard clasp, her beautiful figure grew more erect and dignified--the words dropped slowly, each one seeming to cut the air as it fell.
erect
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From this reading She grew pale even to her lips, she folded her hands with a hard clasp, her beautiful figure grew more erect and dignified--the words dropped slowly, each one seeming to cut the air as it fell.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even as she spoke the words Lady Lanswell's heart sunk within her.
face
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From this reading No softening came to the beautiful face, no tenderness, no kindliness; it seemed rather as though her last words had turned Leone to stone.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
feet
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From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
fell
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From this reading She grew pale even to her lips, she folded her hands with a hard clasp, her beautiful figure grew more erect and dignified--the words dropped slowly, each one seeming to cut the air as it fell.
figure
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From this reading She grew pale even to her lips, she folded her hands with a hard clasp, her beautiful figure grew more erect and dignified--the words dropped slowly, each one seeming to cut the air as it fell.
flung
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From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
folded
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From this reading She grew pale even to her lips, she folded her hands with a hard clasp, her beautiful figure grew more erect and dignified--the words dropped slowly, each one seeming to cut the air as it fell.
friend
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From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
grew
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From this reading She grew pale even to her lips, she folded her hands with a hard clasp, her beautiful figure grew more erect and dignified--the words dropped slowly, each one seeming to cut the air as it fell.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading No softening came to the beautiful face, no tenderness, no kindliness; it seemed rather as though her last words had turned Leone to stone.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading She grew pale even to her lips, she folded her hands with a hard clasp, her beautiful figure grew more erect and dignified--the words dropped slowly, each one seeming to cut the air as it fell.
hard
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From this reading She grew pale even to her lips, she folded her hands with a hard clasp, her beautiful figure grew more erect and dignified--the words dropped slowly, each one seeming to cut the air as it fell.
heart
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From this reading Even as she spoke the words Lady Lanswell's heart sunk within her.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Even as she spoke the words Lady Lanswell's heart sunk within her.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading No softening came to the beautiful face, no tenderness, no kindliness; it seemed rather as though her last words had turned Leone to stone.
kindliness
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From this reading No softening came to the beautiful face, no tenderness, no kindliness; it seemed rather as though her last words had turned Leone to stone.
Lady
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From this reading Even as she spoke the words Lady Lanswell's heart sunk within her.
Lanswell
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From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
Lanswell's
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From this reading Even as she spoke the words Lady Lanswell's heart sunk within her.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No softening came to the beautiful face, no tenderness, no kindliness; it seemed rather as though her last words had turned Leone to stone.
Leone
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From this reading No softening came to the beautiful face, no tenderness, no kindliness; it seemed rather as though her last words had turned Leone to stone.
lips
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From this reading She grew pale even to her lips, she folded her hands with a hard clasp, her beautiful figure grew more erect and dignified--the words dropped slowly, each one seeming to cut the air as it fell.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
more
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From this reading She grew pale even to her lips, she folded her hands with a hard clasp, her beautiful figure grew more erect and dignified--the words dropped slowly, each one seeming to cut the air as it fell.
MYdeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "BEHOLD MY REVENGE!"
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No softening came to the beautiful face, no tenderness, no kindliness; it seemed rather as though her last words had turned Leone to stone.
noble
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From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She grew pale even to her lips, she folded her hands with a hard clasp, her beautiful figure grew more erect and dignified--the words dropped slowly, each one seeming to cut the air as it fell.
pale
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From this reading She grew pale even to her lips, she folded her hands with a hard clasp, her beautiful figure grew more erect and dignified--the words dropped slowly, each one seeming to cut the air as it fell.
rather
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From this reading No softening came to the beautiful face, no tenderness, no kindliness; it seemed rather as though her last words had turned Leone to stone.
REVENGE
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From this reading "BEHOLD MY REVENGE!"
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading No softening came to the beautiful face, no tenderness, no kindliness; it seemed rather as though her last words had turned Leone to stone.
seeming
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From this reading She grew pale even to her lips, she folded her hands with a hard clasp, her beautiful figure grew more erect and dignified--the words dropped slowly, each one seeming to cut the air as it fell.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Even as she spoke the words Lady Lanswell's heart sunk within her.
slowly
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From this reading She grew pale even to her lips, she folded her hands with a hard clasp, her beautiful figure grew more erect and dignified--the words dropped slowly, each one seeming to cut the air as it fell.
softening
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From this reading No softening came to the beautiful face, no tenderness, no kindliness; it seemed rather as though her last words had turned Leone to stone.
son's
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From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
spoke
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From this reading Even as she spoke the words Lady Lanswell's heart sunk within her.
stone
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From this reading No softening came to the beautiful face, no tenderness, no kindliness; it seemed rather as though her last words had turned Leone to stone.
sully
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From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
sunk
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From this reading Even as she spoke the words Lady Lanswell's heart sunk within her.
tenderness
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From this reading No softening came to the beautiful face, no tenderness, no kindliness; it seemed rather as though her last words had turned Leone to stone.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Even as she spoke the words Lady Lanswell's heart sunk within her.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading No softening came to the beautiful face, no tenderness, no kindliness; it seemed rather as though her last words had turned Leone to stone.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading No softening came to the beautiful face, no tenderness, no kindliness; it seemed rather as though her last words had turned Leone to stone.
turned
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From this reading No softening came to the beautiful face, no tenderness, no kindliness; it seemed rather as though her last words had turned Leone to stone.
underneathprepositionUS /ˌʌndərˈniːθ/
directly under, often hidden by what is above
From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She grew pale even to her lips, she folded her hands with a hard clasp, her beautiful figure grew more erect and dignified--the words dropped slowly, each one seeming to cut the air as it fell.
withinprepositionUS /wɪˈðɪn/
inside; before a period of time has passed
From this reading Even as she spoke the words Lady Lanswell's heart sunk within her.
words
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From this reading Even as she spoke the words Lady Lanswell's heart sunk within her.
worth
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From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You call me noble, Lady Lanswell! you, who did your best to sully my fair name; you call me your son's best friend, when you flung me aside from him as though I had been of no more worth than the dust underneath his feet!"
