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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 The night-light, with its tiny burning heart shining through its porcelain shade, gave her a mystic and familiar companionship.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That same night, being unable to sleep, she turned over in her bed, and threw back the bed-clothes.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Felicie opened her eyes and at a glance drank in the white milky glimmer which brought her peace of mind.
atoms
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From this reading She felt that sleep was still far off, that it would come with the first rays, full of dancing atoms of dust, with which morning pierces the chinks between the curtains.
back
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From this reading That same night, being unable to sleep, she turned over in her bed, and threw back the bed-clothes.
bed
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From this reading That same night, being unable to sleep, she turned over in her bed, and threw back the bed-clothes.
bed-clothes
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From this reading That same night, being unable to sleep, she turned over in her bed, and threw back the bed-clothes.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading That same night, being unable to sleep, she turned over in her bed, and threw back the bed-clothes.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading She felt that sleep was still far off, that it would come with the first rays, full of dancing atoms of dust, with which morning pierces the chinks between the curtains.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Felicie opened her eyes and at a glance drank in the white milky glimmer which brought her peace of mind.
burning
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From this reading The night-light, with its tiny burning heart shining through its porcelain shade, gave her a mystic and familiar companionship.
chinks
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From this reading She felt that sleep was still far off, that it would come with the first rays, full of dancing atoms of dust, with which morning pierces the chinks between the curtains.
closing
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From this reading Then, closing them once more, she relapsed into the tumultuous weariness of insomnia.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She felt that sleep was still far off, that it would come with the first rays, full of dancing atoms of dust, with which morning pierces the chinks between the curtains.
companionship
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From this reading The night-light, with its tiny burning heart shining through its porcelain shade, gave her a mystic and familiar companionship.
curtains
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From this reading She felt that sleep was still far off, that it would come with the first rays, full of dancing atoms of dust, with which morning pierces the chinks between the curtains.
dancing
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From this reading She felt that sleep was still far off, that it would come with the first rays, full of dancing atoms of dust, with which morning pierces the chinks between the curtains.
drank
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From this reading Felicie opened her eyes and at a glance drank in the white milky glimmer which brought her peace of mind.
dust
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From this reading She felt that sleep was still far off, that it would come with the first rays, full of dancing atoms of dust, with which morning pierces the chinks between the curtains.
eyes
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From this reading Felicie opened her eyes and at a glance drank in the white milky glimmer which brought her peace of mind.
familiar
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From this reading The night-light, with its tiny burning heart shining through its porcelain shade, gave her a mystic and familiar companionship.
far
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From this reading She felt that sleep was still far off, that it would come with the first rays, full of dancing atoms of dust, with which morning pierces the chinks between the curtains.
Felicie
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From this reading Felicie opened her eyes and at a glance drank in the white milky glimmer which brought her peace of mind.
felt
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From this reading She felt that sleep was still far off, that it would come with the first rays, full of dancing atoms of dust, with which morning pierces the chinks between the curtains.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She felt that sleep was still far off, that it would come with the first rays, full of dancing atoms of dust, with which morning pierces the chinks between the curtains.
full
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From this reading She felt that sleep was still far off, that it would come with the first rays, full of dancing atoms of dust, with which morning pierces the chinks between the curtains.
gave
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From this reading The night-light, with its tiny burning heart shining through its porcelain shade, gave her a mystic and familiar companionship.
glance
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From this reading Felicie opened her eyes and at a glance drank in the white milky glimmer which brought her peace of mind.
glimmer
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From this reading Felicie opened her eyes and at a glance drank in the white milky glimmer which brought her peace of mind.
heart
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From this reading The night-light, with its tiny burning heart shining through its porcelain shade, gave her a mystic and familiar companionship.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading That same night, being unable to sleep, she turned over in her bed, and threw back the bed-clothes.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading That same night, being unable to sleep, she turned over in her bed, and threw back the bed-clothes.
insomnia
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From this reading Then, closing them once more, she relapsed into the tumultuous weariness of insomnia.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Then, closing them once more, she relapsed into the tumultuous weariness of insomnia.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She felt that sleep was still far off, that it would come with the first rays, full of dancing atoms of dust, with which morning pierces the chinks between the curtains.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The night-light, with its tiny burning heart shining through its porcelain shade, gave her a mystic and familiar companionship.
milky
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From this reading Felicie opened her eyes and at a glance drank in the white milky glimmer which brought her peace of mind.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Felicie opened her eyes and at a glance drank in the white milky glimmer which brought her peace of mind.
more
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From this reading Then, closing them once more, she relapsed into the tumultuous weariness of insomnia.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She felt that sleep was still far off, that it would come with the first rays, full of dancing atoms of dust, with which morning pierces the chinks between the curtains.
mystic
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From this reading The night-light, with its tiny burning heart shining through its porcelain shade, gave her a mystic and familiar companionship.
night
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From this reading That same night, being unable to sleep, she turned over in her bed, and threw back the bed-clothes.
night-light
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From this reading The night-light, with its tiny burning heart shining through its porcelain shade, gave her a mystic and familiar companionship.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She felt that sleep was still far off, that it would come with the first rays, full of dancing atoms of dust, with which morning pierces the chinks between the curtains.
off
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From this reading She felt that sleep was still far off, that it would come with the first rays, full of dancing atoms of dust, with which morning pierces the chinks between the curtains.
once
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From this reading Then, closing them once more, she relapsed into the tumultuous weariness of insomnia.
opened
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From this reading Felicie opened her eyes and at a glance drank in the white milky glimmer which brought her peace of mind.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading That same night, being unable to sleep, she turned over in her bed, and threw back the bed-clothes.
peace
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From this reading Felicie opened her eyes and at a glance drank in the white milky glimmer which brought her peace of mind.
pierces
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From this reading She felt that sleep was still far off, that it would come with the first rays, full of dancing atoms of dust, with which morning pierces the chinks between the curtains.
porcelain
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From this reading The night-light, with its tiny burning heart shining through its porcelain shade, gave her a mystic and familiar companionship.
rays
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From this reading She felt that sleep was still far off, that it would come with the first rays, full of dancing atoms of dust, with which morning pierces the chinks between the curtains.
relapsed
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From this reading Then, closing them once more, she relapsed into the tumultuous weariness of insomnia.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That same night, being unable to sleep, she turned over in her bed, and threw back the bed-clothes.
shade
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From this reading The night-light, with its tiny burning heart shining through its porcelain shade, gave her a mystic and familiar companionship.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading That same night, being unable to sleep, she turned over in her bed, and threw back the bed-clothes.
shining
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From this reading The night-light, with its tiny burning heart shining through its porcelain shade, gave her a mystic and familiar companionship.
sleep
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From this reading That same night, being unable to sleep, she turned over in her bed, and threw back the bed-clothes.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She felt that sleep was still far off, that it would come with the first rays, full of dancing atoms of dust, with which morning pierces the chinks between the curtains.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That same night, being unable to sleep, she turned over in her bed, and threw back the bed-clothes.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading That same night, being unable to sleep, she turned over in her bed, and threw back the bed-clothes.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Then, closing them once more, she relapsed into the tumultuous weariness of insomnia.
Then
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From this reading Then, closing them once more, she relapsed into the tumultuous weariness of insomnia.
threw
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From this reading That same night, being unable to sleep, she turned over in her bed, and threw back the bed-clothes.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The night-light, with its tiny burning heart shining through its porcelain shade, gave her a mystic and familiar companionship.
tiny
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From this reading The night-light, with its tiny burning heart shining through its porcelain shade, gave her a mystic and familiar companionship.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading That same night, being unable to sleep, she turned over in her bed, and threw back the bed-clothes.
tumultuous
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From this reading Then, closing them once more, she relapsed into the tumultuous weariness of insomnia.
turned
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From this reading That same night, being unable to sleep, she turned over in her bed, and threw back the bed-clothes.
unable
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From this reading That same night, being unable to sleep, she turned over in her bed, and threw back the bed-clothes.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She felt that sleep was still far off, that it would come with the first rays, full of dancing atoms of dust, with which morning pierces the chinks between the curtains.
weariness
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From this reading Then, closing them once more, she relapsed into the tumultuous weariness of insomnia.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She felt that sleep was still far off, that it would come with the first rays, full of dancing atoms of dust, with which morning pierces the chinks between the curtains.
white
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From this reading Felicie opened her eyes and at a glance drank in the white milky glimmer which brought her peace of mind.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She felt that sleep was still far off, that it would come with the first rays, full of dancing atoms of dust, with which morning pierces the chinks between the curtains.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She felt that sleep was still far off, that it would come with the first rays, full of dancing atoms of dust, with which morning pierces the chinks between the curtains.
