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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 |Will you come for a walk this beautiful morning, Miss Graves?” asked Frau Schultz.
acceded
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From this reading Felicia had intended to pursue her study of scientific dressmaking under Mrs. Stapleton's tuition, but she acceded graciously enough.
AlthoughnounUS /ˈalthough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Although she still winced under Mme. Popea's innuendoes and Fraulein Klinkhardt's pretty free theories of life, yet she managed to find something likeable in each.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Although she still winced under Mme. Popea's innuendoes and Fraulein Klinkhardt's pretty free theories of life, yet she managed to find something likeable in each.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading |Will you come for a walk this beautiful morning, Miss Graves?” asked Frau Schultz.
aversion
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From this reading She had considered it her duty to like Frau Schultz; yet Frau Schultz remained her pet aversion.
beautiful
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From this reading |Will you come for a walk this beautiful morning, Miss Graves?” asked Frau Schultz.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Felicia had intended to pursue her study of scientific dressmaking under Mrs. Stapleton's tuition, but she acceded graciously enough.
coarse
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From this reading But Frau Schultz's red, weather-beaten face, coarse habits and spiteful tongue, jarred upon her.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading |Will you come for a walk this beautiful morning, Miss Graves?” asked Frau Schultz.
considered
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From this reading She had considered it her duty to like Frau Schultz; yet Frau Schultz remained her pet aversion.
dressmaking
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From this reading Felicia had intended to pursue her study of scientific dressmaking under Mrs. Stapleton's tuition, but she acceded graciously enough.
dutynounUS /ˈduːti/
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading She had considered it her duty to like Frau Schultz; yet Frau Schultz remained her pet aversion.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading Although she still winced under Mme. Popea's innuendoes and Fraulein Klinkhardt's pretty free theories of life, yet she managed to find something likeable in each.
enough
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From this reading Felicia had intended to pursue her study of scientific dressmaking under Mrs. Stapleton's tuition, but she acceded graciously enough.
face
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From this reading But Frau Schultz's red, weather-beaten face, coarse habits and spiteful tongue, jarred upon her.
Felicia
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From this reading Felicia had intended to pursue her study of scientific dressmaking under Mrs. Stapleton's tuition, but she acceded graciously enough.
find
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From this reading Although she still winced under Mme. Popea's innuendoes and Fraulein Klinkhardt's pretty free theories of life, yet she managed to find something likeable in each.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading |Will you come for a walk this beautiful morning, Miss Graves?” asked Frau Schultz.
Frau
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From this reading |Will you come for a walk this beautiful morning, Miss Graves?” asked Frau Schultz.
Fraulein
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From this reading Although she still winced under Mme. Popea's innuendoes and Fraulein Klinkhardt's pretty free theories of life, yet she managed to find something likeable in each.
freeadjectiveUS /friː/
acting without enough restraint or discipline
From this reading Although she still winced under Mme. Popea's innuendoes and Fraulein Klinkhardt's pretty free theories of life, yet she managed to find something likeable in each.
graciously
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From this reading Felicia had intended to pursue her study of scientific dressmaking under Mrs. Stapleton's tuition, but she acceded graciously enough.
Graves
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From this reading |Will you come for a walk this beautiful morning, Miss Graves?” asked Frau Schultz.
habits
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From this reading But Frau Schultz's red, weather-beaten face, coarse habits and spiteful tongue, jarred upon her.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Felicia had intended to pursue her study of scientific dressmaking under Mrs. Stapleton's tuition, but she acceded graciously enough.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Felicia had intended to pursue her study of scientific dressmaking under Mrs. Stapleton's tuition, but she acceded graciously enough.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Although she still winced under Mme. Popea's innuendoes and Fraulein Klinkhardt's pretty free theories of life, yet she managed to find something likeable in each.
innuendoes
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From this reading Although she still winced under Mme. Popea's innuendoes and Fraulein Klinkhardt's pretty free theories of life, yet she managed to find something likeable in each.
intended
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From this reading Felicia had intended to pursue her study of scientific dressmaking under Mrs. Stapleton's tuition, but she acceded graciously enough.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She had considered it her duty to like Frau Schultz; yet Frau Schultz remained her pet aversion.
jarred
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From this reading But Frau Schultz's red, weather-beaten face, coarse habits and spiteful tongue, jarred upon her.
Klinkhardt's
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From this reading Although she still winced under Mme. Popea's innuendoes and Fraulein Klinkhardt's pretty free theories of life, yet she managed to find something likeable in each.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Although she still winced under Mme. Popea's innuendoes and Fraulein Klinkhardt's pretty free theories of life, yet she managed to find something likeable in each.
like
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From this reading She had considered it her duty to like Frau Schultz; yet Frau Schultz remained her pet aversion.
likeable
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From this reading Although she still winced under Mme. Popea's innuendoes and Fraulein Klinkhardt's pretty free theories of life, yet she managed to find something likeable in each.
managed
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From this reading Although she still winced under Mme. Popea's innuendoes and Fraulein Klinkhardt's pretty free theories of life, yet she managed to find something likeable in each.
Miss
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From this reading |Will you come for a walk this beautiful morning, Miss Graves?” asked Frau Schultz.
Mme
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From this reading Although she still winced under Mme. Popea's innuendoes and Fraulein Klinkhardt's pretty free theories of life, yet she managed to find something likeable in each.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading |Will you come for a walk this beautiful morning, Miss Graves?” asked Frau Schultz.
Mrs
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From this reading Felicia had intended to pursue her study of scientific dressmaking under Mrs. Stapleton's tuition, but she acceded graciously enough.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Felicia had intended to pursue her study of scientific dressmaking under Mrs. Stapleton's tuition, but she acceded graciously enough.
pet
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From this reading She had considered it her duty to like Frau Schultz; yet Frau Schultz remained her pet aversion.
Popea's
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From this reading Although she still winced under Mme. Popea's innuendoes and Fraulein Klinkhardt's pretty free theories of life, yet she managed to find something likeable in each.
pretty
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From this reading Although she still winced under Mme. Popea's innuendoes and Fraulein Klinkhardt's pretty free theories of life, yet she managed to find something likeable in each.
pursue
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From this reading Felicia had intended to pursue her study of scientific dressmaking under Mrs. Stapleton's tuition, but she acceded graciously enough.
red
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From this reading But Frau Schultz's red, weather-beaten face, coarse habits and spiteful tongue, jarred upon her.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She had considered it her duty to like Frau Schultz; yet Frau Schultz remained her pet aversion.
Schultz
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From this reading |Will you come for a walk this beautiful morning, Miss Graves?” asked Frau Schultz.
Schultz's
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From this reading But Frau Schultz's red, weather-beaten face, coarse habits and spiteful tongue, jarred upon her.
scientific
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From this reading Felicia had intended to pursue her study of scientific dressmaking under Mrs. Stapleton's tuition, but she acceded graciously enough.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Felicia had intended to pursue her study of scientific dressmaking under Mrs. Stapleton's tuition, but she acceded graciously enough.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Although she still winced under Mme. Popea's innuendoes and Fraulein Klinkhardt's pretty free theories of life, yet she managed to find something likeable in each.
spiteful
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From this reading But Frau Schultz's red, weather-beaten face, coarse habits and spiteful tongue, jarred upon her.
Stapleton's
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From this reading Felicia had intended to pursue her study of scientific dressmaking under Mrs. Stapleton's tuition, but she acceded graciously enough.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Although she still winced under Mme. Popea's innuendoes and Fraulein Klinkhardt's pretty free theories of life, yet she managed to find something likeable in each.
study
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From this reading Felicia had intended to pursue her study of scientific dressmaking under Mrs. Stapleton's tuition, but she acceded graciously enough.
theories
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From this reading Although she still winced under Mme. Popea's innuendoes and Fraulein Klinkhardt's pretty free theories of life, yet she managed to find something likeable in each.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading |Will you come for a walk this beautiful morning, Miss Graves?” asked Frau Schultz.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Felicia had intended to pursue her study of scientific dressmaking under Mrs. Stapleton's tuition, but she acceded graciously enough.
tonguenounUS /tongue/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But Frau Schultz's red, weather-beaten face, coarse habits and spiteful tongue, jarred upon her.
tuition
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From this reading Felicia had intended to pursue her study of scientific dressmaking under Mrs. Stapleton's tuition, but she acceded graciously enough.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Felicia had intended to pursue her study of scientific dressmaking under Mrs. Stapleton's tuition, but she acceded graciously enough.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading But Frau Schultz's red, weather-beaten face, coarse habits and spiteful tongue, jarred upon her.
walk
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From this reading |Will you come for a walk this beautiful morning, Miss Graves?” asked Frau Schultz.
weather-beaten
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From this reading But Frau Schultz's red, weather-beaten face, coarse habits and spiteful tongue, jarred upon her.
Willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading |Will you come for a walk this beautiful morning, Miss Graves?” asked Frau Schultz.
winced
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From this reading Although she still winced under Mme. Popea's innuendoes and Fraulein Klinkhardt's pretty free theories of life, yet she managed to find something likeable in each.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading She had considered it her duty to like Frau Schultz; yet Frau Schultz remained her pet aversion.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading |Will you come for a walk this beautiful morning, Miss Graves?” asked Frau Schultz.
