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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 At the window of a luxuriously-furnished dressing-room a young girl was seated sewing, murmuring verses the while to herself with an absorbed air.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
absorbed
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From this reading At the window of a luxuriously-furnished dressing-room a young girl was seated sewing, murmuring verses the while to herself with an absorbed air.
adjoining
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From this reading "Lisbeth, what are you doing?" a sharp voice suddenly asked, and from between the curtains of the portiere of the door of the adjoining sleeping-room came a fair, pretty woman in an evident ill humour.
air
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From this reading At the window of a luxuriously-furnished dressing-room a young girl was seated sewing, murmuring verses the while to herself with an absorbed air.
All
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
alreadynounUS /already/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her mother hurried towards her with a scream, but the young girl had already flown to the little one's assistance.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading At the window of a luxuriously-furnished dressing-room a young girl was seated sewing, murmuring verses the while to herself with an absorbed air.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Lisbeth, what are you doing?" a sharp voice suddenly asked, and from between the curtains of the portiere of the door of the adjoining sleeping-room came a fair, pretty woman in an evident ill humour.
arms
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Lisbeth, what are you doing?" a sharp voice suddenly asked, and from between the curtains of the portiere of the door of the adjoining sleeping-room came a fair, pretty woman in an evident ill humour.
assistance
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From this reading Her mother hurried towards her with a scream, but the young girl had already flown to the little one's assistance.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the window of a luxuriously-furnished dressing-room a young girl was seated sewing, murmuring verses the while to herself with an absorbed air.
beautiful
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
betweenprepositionUS /bɪˈtwiːn/
in the space, time, or range separating two things
From this reading "Lisbeth, what are you doing?" a sharp voice suddenly asked, and from between the curtains of the portiere of the door of the adjoining sleeping-room came a fair, pretty woman in an evident ill humour.
blue
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Her mother hurried towards her with a scream, but the young girl had already flown to the little one's assistance.
came
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From this reading "Lisbeth, what are you doing?" a sharp voice suddenly asked, and from between the curtains of the portiere of the door of the adjoining sleeping-room came a fair, pretty woman in an evident ill humour.
child
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
curtains
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doing
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door
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down
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From this reading "Mamma!" the child exclaimed, and jumping hastily down from the footstool, she entangled herself in her draperies and fell.
draperies
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From this reading "Mamma!" the child exclaimed, and jumping hastily down from the footstool, she entangled herself in her draperies and fell.
dressing-room
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From this reading At the window of a luxuriously-furnished dressing-room a young girl was seated sewing, murmuring verses the while to herself with an absorbed air.
entangled
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From this reading "Mamma!" the child exclaimed, and jumping hastily down from the footstool, she entangled herself in her draperies and fell.
evident
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exclaimed
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From this reading "Mamma!" the child exclaimed, and jumping hastily down from the footstool, she entangled herself in her draperies and fell.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Lisbeth, what are you doing?" a sharp voice suddenly asked, and from between the curtains of the portiere of the door of the adjoining sleeping-room came a fair, pretty woman in an evident ill humour.
fell
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From this reading "Mamma!" the child exclaimed, and jumping hastily down from the footstool, she entangled herself in her draperies and fell.
finally
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
five
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
flown
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From this reading Her mother hurried towards her with a scream, but the young girl had already flown to the little one's assistance.
footstool
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading "Lisbeth, what are you doing?" a sharp voice suddenly asked, and from between the curtains of the portiere of the door of the adjoining sleeping-room came a fair, pretty woman in an evident ill humour.
gay
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
girl
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From this reading At the window of a luxuriously-furnished dressing-room a young girl was seated sewing, murmuring verses the while to herself with an absorbed air.
glass
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Her mother hurried towards her with a scream, but the young girl had already flown to the little one's assistance.
hastily
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From this reading "Mamma!" the child exclaimed, and jumping hastily down from the footstool, she entangled herself in her draperies and fell.
head
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading At the window of a luxuriously-furnished dressing-room a young girl was seated sewing, murmuring verses the while to herself with an absorbed air.
humour
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From this reading "Lisbeth, what are you doing?" a sharp voice suddenly asked, and from between the curtains of the portiere of the door of the adjoining sleeping-room came a fair, pretty woman in an evident ill humour.
hurried
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From this reading Her mother hurried towards her with a scream, but the young girl had already flown to the little one's assistance.
ill
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From this reading "Lisbeth, what are you doing?" a sharp voice suddenly asked, and from between the curtains of the portiere of the door of the adjoining sleeping-room came a fair, pretty woman in an evident ill humour.
immediately
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
immense
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
jumping
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From this reading "Mamma!" the child exclaimed, and jumping hastily down from the footstool, she entangled herself in her draperies and fell.
laces
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
lay
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
Lisbeth
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From this reading "Lisbeth, what are you doing?" a sharp voice suddenly asked, and from between the curtains of the portiere of the door of the adjoining sleeping-room came a fair, pretty woman in an evident ill humour.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her mother hurried towards her with a scream, but the young girl had already flown to the little one's assistance.
looking
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
luxuriously-furnished
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From this reading At the window of a luxuriously-furnished dressing-room a young girl was seated sewing, murmuring verses the while to herself with an absorbed air.
Mamma
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From this reading "Mamma!" the child exclaimed, and jumping hastily down from the footstool, she entangled herself in her draperies and fell.
mother
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From this reading Her mother hurried towards her with a scream, but the young girl had already flown to the little one's assistance.
murmuring
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From this reading At the window of a luxuriously-furnished dressing-room a young girl was seated sewing, murmuring verses the while to herself with an absorbed air.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the window of a luxuriously-furnished dressing-room a young girl was seated sewing, murmuring verses the while to herself with an absorbed air.
old
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
one's
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From this reading Her mother hurried towards her with a scream, but the young girl had already flown to the little one's assistance.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
portiere
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From this reading "Lisbeth, what are you doing?" a sharp voice suddenly asked, and from between the curtains of the portiere of the door of the adjoining sleeping-room came a fair, pretty woman in an evident ill humour.
pretty
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ribbons
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
sash
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
satin
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
satisfaction
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
scream
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From this reading Her mother hurried towards her with a scream, but the young girl had already flown to the little one's assistance.
seated
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From this reading At the window of a luxuriously-furnished dressing-room a young girl was seated sewing, murmuring verses the while to herself with an absorbed air.
sewing
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From this reading At the window of a luxuriously-furnished dressing-room a young girl was seated sewing, murmuring verses the while to herself with an absorbed air.
sharp
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From this reading "Lisbeth, what are you doing?" a sharp voice suddenly asked, and from between the curtains of the portiere of the door of the adjoining sleeping-room came a fair, pretty woman in an evident ill humour.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Mamma!" the child exclaimed, and jumping hastily down from the footstool, she entangled herself in her draperies and fell.
shoulders
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
six
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
sleeping-room
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From this reading "Lisbeth, what are you doing?" a sharp voice suddenly asked, and from between the curtains of the portiere of the door of the adjoining sleeping-room came a fair, pretty woman in an evident ill humour.
standingnounUS /ˈstanding/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
strikingly
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
stuffs
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "Lisbeth, what are you doing?" a sharp voice suddenly asked, and from between the curtains of the portiere of the door of the adjoining sleeping-room came a fair, pretty woman in an evident ill humour.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the window of a luxuriously-furnished dressing-room a young girl was seated sewing, murmuring verses the while to herself with an absorbed air.
throwing
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At the window of a luxuriously-furnished dressing-room a young girl was seated sewing, murmuring verses the while to herself with an absorbed air.
toilet-table
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Her mother hurried towards her with a scream, but the young girl had already flown to the little one's assistance.
twisting
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
various
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
verses
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From this reading At the window of a luxuriously-furnished dressing-room a young girl was seated sewing, murmuring verses the while to herself with an absorbed air.
voice
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From this reading "Lisbeth, what are you doing?" a sharp voice suddenly asked, and from between the curtains of the portiere of the door of the adjoining sleeping-room came a fair, pretty woman in an evident ill humour.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading At the window of a luxuriously-furnished dressing-room a young girl was seated sewing, murmuring verses the while to herself with an absorbed air.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Lisbeth, what are you doing?" a sharp voice suddenly asked, and from between the curtains of the portiere of the door of the adjoining sleeping-room came a fair, pretty woman in an evident ill humour.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading At the window of a luxuriously-furnished dressing-room a young girl was seated sewing, murmuring verses the while to herself with an absorbed air.
window
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From this reading At the window of a luxuriously-furnished dressing-room a young girl was seated sewing, murmuring verses the while to herself with an absorbed air.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading At the window of a luxuriously-furnished dressing-room a young girl was seated sewing, murmuring verses the while to herself with an absorbed air.
woman
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From this reading "Lisbeth, what are you doing?" a sharp voice suddenly asked, and from between the curtains of the portiere of the door of the adjoining sleeping-room came a fair, pretty woman in an evident ill humour.
years
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From this reading All around her lay various stuffs, ribbons, and laces, while standing upon a footstool at a toilet-table immediately behind her a strikingly beautiful child, five or six years old, was twisting gay ribbons about her head and arms, finally throwing around her shoulders a blue satin sash and looking at herself in the glass with immense satisfaction.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
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young
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From this reading At the window of a luxuriously-furnished dressing-room a young girl was seated sewing, murmuring verses the while to herself with an absorbed air.
