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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 Trap is set for two Tender Souls._ Doll never thought the demon would wait until her death-bed to come to her.
able
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From this reading She always wore even quite commonly her prettiest, most worldly clothes, and she kept her shaggy black hair as neat as she was able.
always
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From this reading She always wore even quite commonly her prettiest, most worldly clothes, and she kept her shaggy black hair as neat as she was able.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Every moonlight night and every sunny day she looked for him and thought, ‘Perhaps this day or this night he will come to me.’
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She always wore even quite commonly her prettiest, most worldly clothes, and she kept her shaggy black hair as neat as she was able.
black
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From this reading She always wore even quite commonly her prettiest, most worldly clothes, and she kept her shaggy black hair as neat as she was able.
clothes
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From this reading She always wore even quite commonly her prettiest, most worldly clothes, and she kept her shaggy black hair as neat as she was able.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _A Trap is set for two Tender Souls._ Doll never thought the demon would wait until her death-bed to come to her.
comely
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From this reading She thought, ‘He sees me always, everything I do, everything I wear,’ and she kept herself comely for him.
commonly
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From this reading She always wore even quite commonly her prettiest, most worldly clothes, and she kept her shaggy black hair as neat as she was able.
day
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From this reading Every moonlight night and every sunny day she looked for him and thought, ‘Perhaps this day or this night he will come to me.’
death-bed
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From this reading _A Trap is set for two Tender Souls._ Doll never thought the demon would wait until her death-bed to come to her.
dedicated
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From this reading She guessed he even knew her thoughts, and so she dedicated them to him.
demon
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From this reading _A Trap is set for two Tender Souls._ Doll never thought the demon would wait until her death-bed to come to her.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading She thought, ‘He sees me always, everything I do, everything I wear,’ and she kept herself comely for him.
Doll
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From this reading _A Trap is set for two Tender Souls._ Doll never thought the demon would wait until her death-bed to come to her.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She always wore even quite commonly her prettiest, most worldly clothes, and she kept her shaggy black hair as neat as she was able.
EverydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Every moonlight night and every sunny day she looked for him and thought, ‘Perhaps this day or this night he will come to me.’
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading She thought, ‘He sees me always, everything I do, everything I wear,’ and she kept herself comely for him.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading _A Trap is set for two Tender Souls._ Doll never thought the demon would wait until her death-bed to come to her.
guessed
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From this reading She guessed he even knew her thoughts, and so she dedicated them to him.
hair
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From this reading She always wore even quite commonly her prettiest, most worldly clothes, and she kept her shaggy black hair as neat as she was able.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Every moonlight night and every sunny day she looked for him and thought, ‘Perhaps this day or this night he will come to me.’
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading _A Trap is set for two Tender Souls._ Doll never thought the demon would wait until her death-bed to come to her.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She thought, ‘He sees me always, everything I do, everything I wear,’ and she kept herself comely for him.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Every moonlight night and every sunny day she looked for him and thought, ‘Perhaps this day or this night he will come to me.’
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading She thought, ‘He sees me always, everything I do, everything I wear,’ and she kept herself comely for him.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _A Trap is set for two Tender Souls._ Doll never thought the demon would wait until her death-bed to come to her.
kept
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From this reading She always wore even quite commonly her prettiest, most worldly clothes, and she kept her shaggy black hair as neat as she was able.
knew
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From this reading She guessed he even knew her thoughts, and so she dedicated them to him.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Every moonlight night and every sunny day she looked for him and thought, ‘Perhaps this day or this night he will come to me.’
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Every moonlight night and every sunny day she looked for him and thought, ‘Perhaps this day or this night he will come to me.’
moonlight
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From this reading Every moonlight night and every sunny day she looked for him and thought, ‘Perhaps this day or this night he will come to me.’
most
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From this reading She always wore even quite commonly her prettiest, most worldly clothes, and she kept her shaggy black hair as neat as she was able.
neat
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From this reading She always wore even quite commonly her prettiest, most worldly clothes, and she kept her shaggy black hair as neat as she was able.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _A Trap is set for two Tender Souls._ Doll never thought the demon would wait until her death-bed to come to her.
night
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From this reading Every moonlight night and every sunny day she looked for him and thought, ‘Perhaps this day or this night he will come to me.’
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Every moonlight night and every sunny day she looked for him and thought, ‘Perhaps this day or this night he will come to me.’
Perhaps
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From this reading Every moonlight night and every sunny day she looked for him and thought, ‘Perhaps this day or this night he will come to me.’
prettiest
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From this reading She always wore even quite commonly her prettiest, most worldly clothes, and she kept her shaggy black hair as neat as she was able.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She always wore even quite commonly her prettiest, most worldly clothes, and she kept her shaggy black hair as neat as she was able.
sees
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From this reading She thought, ‘He sees me always, everything I do, everything I wear,’ and she kept herself comely for him.
set
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From this reading _A Trap is set for two Tender Souls._ Doll never thought the demon would wait until her death-bed to come to her.
shaggy
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From this reading She always wore even quite commonly her prettiest, most worldly clothes, and she kept her shaggy black hair as neat as she was able.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Every moonlight night and every sunny day she looked for him and thought, ‘Perhaps this day or this night he will come to me.’
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She guessed he even knew her thoughts, and so she dedicated them to him.
Souls
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From this reading _A Trap is set for two Tender Souls._ Doll never thought the demon would wait until her death-bed to come to her.
sunny
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From this reading Every moonlight night and every sunny day she looked for him and thought, ‘Perhaps this day or this night he will come to me.’
Tender
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From this reading _A Trap is set for two Tender Souls._ Doll never thought the demon would wait until her death-bed to come to her.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _A Trap is set for two Tender Souls._ Doll never thought the demon would wait until her death-bed to come to her.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She guessed he even knew her thoughts, and so she dedicated them to him.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Every moonlight night and every sunny day she looked for him and thought, ‘Perhaps this day or this night he will come to me.’
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading _A Trap is set for two Tender Souls._ Doll never thought the demon would wait until her death-bed to come to her.
thoughts
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From this reading She guessed he even knew her thoughts, and so she dedicated them to him.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _A Trap is set for two Tender Souls._ Doll never thought the demon would wait until her death-bed to come to her.
Trap
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From this reading _A Trap is set for two Tender Souls._ Doll never thought the demon would wait until her death-bed to come to her.
two
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From this reading _A Trap is set for two Tender Souls._ Doll never thought the demon would wait until her death-bed to come to her.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading _A Trap is set for two Tender Souls._ Doll never thought the demon would wait until her death-bed to come to her.
wait
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From this reading _A Trap is set for two Tender Souls._ Doll never thought the demon would wait until her death-bed to come to her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She always wore even quite commonly her prettiest, most worldly clothes, and she kept her shaggy black hair as neat as she was able.
wear
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From this reading She thought, ‘He sees me always, everything I do, everything I wear,’ and she kept herself comely for him.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading Every moonlight night and every sunny day she looked for him and thought, ‘Perhaps this day or this night he will come to me.’
wore
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From this reading She always wore even quite commonly her prettiest, most worldly clothes, and she kept her shaggy black hair as neat as she was able.
worldly
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From this reading She always wore even quite commonly her prettiest, most worldly clothes, and she kept her shaggy black hair as neat as she was able.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading _A Trap is set for two Tender Souls._ Doll never thought the demon would wait until her death-bed to come to her.
