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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 CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
able
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From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
air
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From this reading The apartment was well though not expensively furnished, and both mother and child had the unmistakable air of good birth and refinement.
alcove
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From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
ANDconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
apartment
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appealing
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From this reading As Silvia glanced at Mrs. Bell she was conscious of something in her face at once baffling and appealing.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
arms
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From this reading She took them, and hugged them tight in her thin little arms, while her eyes looked into Silvia's wonderingly, and her mother turned away to hide the sudden tears.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading As Silvia glanced at Mrs. Bell she was conscious of something in her face at once baffling and appealing.
away
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From this reading She took them, and hugged them tight in her thin little arms, while her eyes looked into Silvia's wonderingly, and her mother turned away to hide the sudden tears.
baffling
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From this reading As Silvia glanced at Mrs. Bell she was conscious of something in her face at once baffling and appealing.
bed
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From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
Bell
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From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
birth
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From this reading The apartment was well though not expensively furnished, and both mother and child had the unmistakable air of good birth and refinement.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading The apartment was well though not expensively furnished, and both mother and child had the unmistakable air of good birth and refinement.
bunch
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From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
child
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From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
CHRISTIAN
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conscious
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From this reading As Silvia glanced at Mrs. Bell she was conscious of something in her face at once baffling and appealing.
daughter
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From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
days
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dewy
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From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
early
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entered
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From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
expensively
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From this reading The apartment was well though not expensively furnished, and both mother and child had the unmistakable air of good birth and refinement.
eyes
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From this reading She took them, and hugged them tight in her thin little arms, while her eyes looked into Silvia's wonderingly, and her mother turned away to hide the sudden tears.
face
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From this reading As Silvia glanced at Mrs. Bell she was conscious of something in her face at once baffling and appealing.
following
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full
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From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
furnished
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From this reading The apartment was well though not expensively furnished, and both mother and child had the unmistakable air of good birth and refinement.
glanced
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From this reading As Silvia glanced at Mrs. Bell she was conscious of something in her face at once baffling and appealing.
going
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From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The apartment was well though not expensively furnished, and both mother and child had the unmistakable air of good birth and refinement.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
hand
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From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
hide
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From this reading She took them, and hugged them tight in her thin little arms, while her eyes looked into Silvia's wonderingly, and her mother turned away to hide the sudden tears.
Holland
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From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
hugged
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From this reading She took them, and hugged them tight in her thin little arms, while her eyes looked into Silvia's wonderingly, and her mother turned away to hide the sudden tears.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She took them, and hugged them tight in her thin little arms, while her eyes looked into Silvia's wonderingly, and her mother turned away to hide the sudden tears.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
kissed
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From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She took them, and hugged them tight in her thin little arms, while her eyes looked into Silvia's wonderingly, and her mother turned away to hide the sudden tears.
middle
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From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
militant
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modest
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From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
mother
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From this reading She took them, and hugged them tight in her thin little arms, while her eyes looked into Silvia's wonderingly, and her mother turned away to hide the sudden tears.
Mrs
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From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
once
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From this reading As Silvia glanced at Mrs. Bell she was conscious of something in her face at once baffling and appealing.
overflowing
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From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
planned
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put
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From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
refinement
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From this reading The apartment was well though not expensively furnished, and both mother and child had the unmistakable air of good birth and refinement.
SCIENCE
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From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
see
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From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
Silvia
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From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
Silvia's
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From this reading She took them, and hugged them tight in her thin little arms, while her eyes looked into Silvia's wonderingly, and her mother turned away to hide the sudden tears.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading As Silvia glanced at Mrs. Bell she was conscious of something in her face at once baffling and appealing.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She took them, and hugged them tight in her thin little arms, while her eyes looked into Silvia's wonderingly, and her mother turned away to hide the sudden tears.
suffragette
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From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
SURGERY
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tears
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From this reading She took them, and hugged them tight in her thin little arms, while her eyes looked into Silvia's wonderingly, and her mother turned away to hide the sudden tears.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She took them, and hugged them tight in her thin little arms, while her eyes looked into Silvia's wonderingly, and her mother turned away to hide the sudden tears.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading She took them, and hugged them tight in her thin little arms, while her eyes looked into Silvia's wonderingly, and her mother turned away to hide the sudden tears.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The apartment was well though not expensively furnished, and both mother and child had the unmistakable air of good birth and refinement.
tight
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From this reading She took them, and hugged them tight in her thin little arms, while her eyes looked into Silvia's wonderingly, and her mother turned away to hide the sudden tears.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She took them, and hugged them tight in her thin little arms, while her eyes looked into Silvia's wonderingly, and her mother turned away to hide the sudden tears.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
turned
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From this reading She took them, and hugged them tight in her thin little arms, while her eyes looked into Silvia's wonderingly, and her mother turned away to hide the sudden tears.
unmistakable
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From this reading The apartment was well though not expensively furnished, and both mother and child had the unmistakable air of good birth and refinement.
violets
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From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
visible
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From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND SURGERY The days of a militant suffragette are full to overflowing, and Silvia Holland was not able to see Mrs. Bell and her little daughter early the following morning as she had planned.
well
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From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading It must have been well toward the middle of the afternoon when she entered the modest apartment, and going to the bed, visible in the alcove, kissed the child and put a great, dewy bunch of violets in her hand.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading She took them, and hugged them tight in her thin little arms, while her eyes looked into Silvia's wonderingly, and her mother turned away to hide the sudden tears.
wonderingly
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From this reading She took them, and hugged them tight in her thin little arms, while her eyes looked into Silvia's wonderingly, and her mother turned away to hide the sudden tears.
