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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 There was a tightness in her throat, and she spoke with crisp brevity, instead of detailing anything of what had passed between her and David.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading It was Dr. Redfield inquiring anxiously about the little boy.
AfterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading APOTHEOSIS After declaring that she alone was David's mother, Miss Eastman was called away to the telephone.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading APOTHEOSIS After declaring that she alone was David's mother, Miss Eastman was called away to the telephone.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was a tightness in her throat, and she spoke with crisp brevity, instead of detailing anything of what had passed between her and David.
answer
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From this reading Pulse normal, temperature normal, no symptoms of any sort, she told the physician, but she could scarcely control her voice to answer his questions.
anxiously
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From this reading It was Dr. Redfield inquiring anxiously about the little boy.
any
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From this reading Pulse normal, temperature normal, no symptoms of any sort, she told the physician, but she could scarcely control her voice to answer his questions.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading There was a tightness in her throat, and she spoke with crisp brevity, instead of detailing anything of what had passed between her and David.
APOTHEOSIS
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From this reading APOTHEOSIS After declaring that she alone was David's mother, Miss Eastman was called away to the telephone.
away
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From this reading APOTHEOSIS After declaring that she alone was David's mother, Miss Eastman was called away to the telephone.
back
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From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading There was a tightness in her throat, and she spoke with crisp brevity, instead of detailing anything of what had passed between her and David.
book
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From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
boy
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From this reading It was Dr. Redfield inquiring anxiously about the little boy.
brevity
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From this reading There was a tightness in her throat, and she spoke with crisp brevity, instead of detailing anything of what had passed between her and David.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Pulse normal, temperature normal, no symptoms of any sort, she told the physician, but she could scarcely control her voice to answer his questions.
called
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From this reading APOTHEOSIS After declaring that she alone was David's mother, Miss Eastman was called away to the telephone.
child
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From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
concealing
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From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
control
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From this reading Pulse normal, temperature normal, no symptoms of any sort, she told the physician, but she could scarcely control her voice to answer his questions.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Pulse normal, temperature normal, no symptoms of any sort, she told the physician, but she could scarcely control her voice to answer his questions.
crisp
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From this reading There was a tightness in her throat, and she spoke with crisp brevity, instead of detailing anything of what had passed between her and David.
David
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From this reading There was a tightness in her throat, and she spoke with crisp brevity, instead of detailing anything of what had passed between her and David.
David's
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From this reading APOTHEOSIS After declaring that she alone was David's mother, Miss Eastman was called away to the telephone.
declaring
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From this reading APOTHEOSIS After declaring that she alone was David's mother, Miss Eastman was called away to the telephone.
detailing
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From this reading There was a tightness in her throat, and she spoke with crisp brevity, instead of detailing anything of what had passed between her and David.
Dr
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From this reading It was Dr. Redfield inquiring anxiously about the little boy.
Eastman
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From this reading APOTHEOSIS After declaring that she alone was David's mother, Miss Eastman was called away to the telephone.
emotion
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From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
entertain
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From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
gone
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From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
Goose
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From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading There was a tightness in her throat, and she spoke with crisp brevity, instead of detailing anything of what had passed between her and David.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Pulse normal, temperature normal, no symptoms of any sort, she told the physician, but she could scarcely control her voice to answer his questions.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Pulse normal, temperature normal, no symptoms of any sort, she told the physician, but she could scarcely control her voice to answer his questions.
hung
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From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was a tightness in her throat, and she spoke with crisp brevity, instead of detailing anything of what had passed between her and David.
inquiring
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From this reading It was Dr. Redfield inquiring anxiously about the little boy.
instead
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From this reading There was a tightness in her throat, and she spoke with crisp brevity, instead of detailing anything of what had passed between her and David.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was Dr. Redfield inquiring anxiously about the little boy.
jingles
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From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
lap
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From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was Dr. Redfield inquiring anxiously about the little boy.
Miss
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From this reading APOTHEOSIS After declaring that she alone was David's mother, Miss Eastman was called away to the telephone.
mother
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From this reading APOTHEOSIS After declaring that she alone was David's mother, Miss Eastman was called away to the telephone.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Pulse normal, temperature normal, no symptoms of any sort, she told the physician, but she could scarcely control her voice to answer his questions.
normal
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From this reading Pulse normal, temperature normal, no symptoms of any sort, she told the physician, but she could scarcely control her voice to answer his questions.
nursery
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From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Pulse normal, temperature normal, no symptoms of any sort, she told the physician, but she could scarcely control her voice to answer his questions.
pages
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From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a tightness in her throat, and she spoke with crisp brevity, instead of detailing anything of what had passed between her and David.
physician
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From this reading Pulse normal, temperature normal, no symptoms of any sort, she told the physician, but she could scarcely control her voice to answer his questions.
Pulse
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From this reading Pulse normal, temperature normal, no symptoms of any sort, she told the physician, but she could scarcely control her voice to answer his questions.
questions
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From this reading Pulse normal, temperature normal, no symptoms of any sort, she told the physician, but she could scarcely control her voice to answer his questions.
receiver
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From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
Redfield
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From this reading It was Dr. Redfield inquiring anxiously about the little boy.
rhymes
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From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
scarcely
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From this reading Pulse normal, temperature normal, no symptoms of any sort, she told the physician, but she could scarcely control her voice to answer his questions.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading APOTHEOSIS After declaring that she alone was David's mother, Miss Eastman was called away to the telephone.
silliness
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From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
slowly
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From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
sort
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From this reading Pulse normal, temperature normal, no symptoms of any sort, she told the physician, but she could scarcely control her voice to answer his questions.
spoke
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From this reading There was a tightness in her throat, and she spoke with crisp brevity, instead of detailing anything of what had passed between her and David.
symptoms
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From this reading Pulse normal, temperature normal, no symptoms of any sort, she told the physician, but she could scarcely control her voice to answer his questions.
telephone
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From this reading APOTHEOSIS After declaring that she alone was David's mother, Miss Eastman was called away to the telephone.
temperature
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From this reading Pulse normal, temperature normal, no symptoms of any sort, she told the physician, but she could scarcely control her voice to answer his questions.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading APOTHEOSIS After declaring that she alone was David's mother, Miss Eastman was called away to the telephone.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading APOTHEOSIS After declaring that she alone was David's mother, Miss Eastman was called away to the telephone.
There
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From this reading There was a tightness in her throat, and she spoke with crisp brevity, instead of detailing anything of what had passed between her and David.
throatnounUS /θroʊt/
The passage at the back of the mouth.
From this reading There was a tightness in her throat, and she spoke with crisp brevity, instead of detailing anything of what had passed between her and David.
tightness
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From this reading There was a tightness in her throat, and she spoke with crisp brevity, instead of detailing anything of what had passed between her and David.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading APOTHEOSIS After declaring that she alone was David's mother, Miss Eastman was called away to the telephone.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Pulse normal, temperature normal, no symptoms of any sort, she told the physician, but she could scarcely control her voice to answer his questions.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
tried
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From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
turning
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From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
up
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From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
voice
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From this reading Pulse normal, temperature normal, no symptoms of any sort, she told the physician, but she could scarcely control her voice to answer his questions.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading APOTHEOSIS After declaring that she alone was David's mother, Miss Eastman was called away to the telephone.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading There was a tightness in her throat, and she spoke with crisp brevity, instead of detailing anything of what had passed between her and David.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When she had hung up the receiver and gone back to the child, she took him in her lap and tried to entertain him with a book of "Mother Goose" jingles, turning the pages slowly and concealing her emotion under the silliness of the nursery rhymes.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was a tightness in her throat, and she spoke with crisp brevity, instead of detailing anything of what had passed between her and David.
