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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 But presently a richly hued wall-flower called her attention to a cluster of its blooms, drooping on the pebbly path for a careless foot to crush,--all for the want of a few tacks and little shreds of cloth.
all
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From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading For some little time she was quite happy among her violets.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "And all the time you are working and thinking and plotting, daddie darling, the sweetest scents will be stealing round you," she said.
attention
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From this reading But presently a richly hued wall-flower called her attention to a cluster of its blooms, drooping on the pebbly path for a careless foot to crush,--all for the want of a few tacks and little shreds of cloth.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "And all the time you are working and thinking and plotting, daddie darling, the sweetest scents will be stealing round you," she said.
bed
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From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
beds
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From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
blooms
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From this reading But presently a richly hued wall-flower called her attention to a cluster of its blooms, drooping on the pebbly path for a careless foot to crush,--all for the want of a few tacks and little shreds of cloth.
breakfast
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From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
Bruce
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From this reading MONDAY MORNING Mrs. Bruce was down on her knees caressing tiny Czar violets.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But presently a richly hued wall-flower called her attention to a cluster of its blooms, drooping on the pebbly path for a careless foot to crush,--all for the want of a few tacks and little shreds of cloth.
called
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From this reading But presently a richly hued wall-flower called her attention to a cluster of its blooms, drooping on the pebbly path for a careless foot to crush,--all for the want of a few tacks and little shreds of cloth.
careless
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From this reading But presently a richly hued wall-flower called her attention to a cluster of its blooms, drooping on the pebbly path for a careless foot to crush,--all for the want of a few tacks and little shreds of cloth.
caressing
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cloth
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From this reading But presently a richly hued wall-flower called her attention to a cluster of its blooms, drooping on the pebbly path for a careless foot to crush,--all for the want of a few tacks and little shreds of cloth.
cluster
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From this reading But presently a richly hued wall-flower called her attention to a cluster of its blooms, drooping on the pebbly path for a careless foot to crush,--all for the want of a few tacks and little shreds of cloth.
crush
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From this reading But presently a richly hued wall-flower called her attention to a cluster of its blooms, drooping on the pebbly path for a careless foot to crush,--all for the want of a few tacks and little shreds of cloth.
Czar
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From this reading MONDAY MORNING Mrs. Bruce was down on her knees caressing tiny Czar violets.
daddie
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From this reading "And all the time you are working and thinking and plotting, daddie darling, the sweetest scents will be stealing round you," she said.
darling
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From this reading "And all the time you are working and thinking and plotting, daddie darling, the sweetest scents will be stealing round you," she said.
declared
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Dot's
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down
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drooping
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From this reading But presently a richly hued wall-flower called her attention to a cluster of its blooms, drooping on the pebbly path for a careless foot to crush,--all for the want of a few tacks and little shreds of cloth.
early
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From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
few
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From this reading But presently a richly hued wall-flower called her attention to a cluster of its blooms, drooping on the pebbly path for a careless foot to crush,--all for the want of a few tacks and little shreds of cloth.
flowers
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From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But presently a richly hued wall-flower called her attention to a cluster of its blooms, drooping on the pebbly path for a careless foot to crush,--all for the want of a few tacks and little shreds of cloth.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For some little time she was quite happy among her violets.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
happy
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From this reading For some little time she was quite happy among her violets.
hats
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From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading MONDAY MORNING Mrs. Bruce was down on her knees caressing tiny Czar violets.
hued
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From this reading But presently a richly hued wall-flower called her attention to a cluster of its blooms, drooping on the pebbly path for a careless foot to crush,--all for the want of a few tacks and little shreds of cloth.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
intention
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From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading But presently a richly hued wall-flower called her attention to a cluster of its blooms, drooping on the pebbly path for a careless foot to crush,--all for the want of a few tacks and little shreds of cloth.
knees
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From this reading MONDAY MORNING Mrs. Bruce was down on her knees caressing tiny Czar violets.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For some little time she was quite happy among her violets.
made
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From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
MONDAY
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From this reading MONDAY MORNING Mrs. Bruce was down on her knees caressing tiny Czar violets.
MORNINGnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading MONDAY MORNING Mrs. Bruce was down on her knees caressing tiny Czar violets.
Mrs
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From this reading MONDAY MORNING Mrs. Bruce was down on her knees caressing tiny Czar violets.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading MONDAY MORNING Mrs. Bruce was down on her knees caressing tiny Czar violets.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
path
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From this reading But presently a richly hued wall-flower called her attention to a cluster of its blooms, drooping on the pebbly path for a careless foot to crush,--all for the want of a few tacks and little shreds of cloth.
pebbly
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From this reading But presently a richly hued wall-flower called her attention to a cluster of its blooms, drooping on the pebbly path for a careless foot to crush,--all for the want of a few tacks and little shreds of cloth.
picturesque
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planting
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From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
plotting
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From this reading "And all the time you are working and thinking and plotting, daddie darling, the sweetest scents will be stealing round you," she said.
poppy-trimmed
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From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
presently
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From this reading But presently a richly hued wall-flower called her attention to a cluster of its blooms, drooping on the pebbly path for a careless foot to crush,--all for the want of a few tacks and little shreds of cloth.
QuitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
richly
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From this reading But presently a richly hued wall-flower called her attention to a cluster of its blooms, drooping on the pebbly path for a careless foot to crush,--all for the want of a few tacks and little shreds of cloth.
round
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From this reading "And all the time you are working and thinking and plotting, daddie darling, the sweetest scents will be stealing round you," she said.
said
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From this reading "And all the time you are working and thinking and plotting, daddie darling, the sweetest scents will be stealing round you," she said.
scents
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From this reading "And all the time you are working and thinking and plotting, daddie darling, the sweetest scents will be stealing round you," she said.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
shreds
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From this reading But presently a richly hued wall-flower called her attention to a cluster of its blooms, drooping on the pebbly path for a careless foot to crush,--all for the want of a few tacks and little shreds of cloth.
slipped
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From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
some
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From this reading For some little time she was quite happy among her violets.
stealing
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From this reading "And all the time you are working and thinking and plotting, daddie darling, the sweetest scents will be stealing round you," she said.
study
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From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
sweetest
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From this reading "And all the time you are working and thinking and plotting, daddie darling, the sweetest scents will be stealing round you," she said.
sweetest-scented
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From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
tacks
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From this reading But presently a richly hued wall-flower called her attention to a cluster of its blooms, drooping on the pebbly path for a careless foot to crush,--all for the want of a few tacks and little shreds of cloth.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
thick
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From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
things
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From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And all the time you are working and thinking and plotting, daddie darling, the sweetest scents will be stealing round you," she said.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "And all the time you are working and thinking and plotting, daddie darling, the sweetest scents will be stealing round you," she said.
tiny
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From this reading MONDAY MORNING Mrs. Bruce was down on her knees caressing tiny Czar violets.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading But presently a richly hued wall-flower called her attention to a cluster of its blooms, drooping on the pebbly path for a careless foot to crush,--all for the want of a few tacks and little shreds of cloth.
violets
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From this reading MONDAY MORNING Mrs. Bruce was down on her knees caressing tiny Czar violets.
wall-flower
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From this reading But presently a richly hued wall-flower called her attention to a cluster of its blooms, drooping on the pebbly path for a careless foot to crush,--all for the want of a few tacks and little shreds of cloth.
want
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From this reading But presently a richly hued wall-flower called her attention to a cluster of its blooms, drooping on the pebbly path for a careless foot to crush,--all for the want of a few tacks and little shreds of cloth.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading MONDAY MORNING Mrs. Bruce was down on her knees caressing tiny Czar violets.
washed
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From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "And all the time you are working and thinking and plotting, daddie darling, the sweetest scents will be stealing round you," she said.
windows
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From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Quite early in the morning (before the breakfast things were washed or the beds made) she had slipped on one of Dot's picturesque poppy-trimmed hats and declared her intention of planting the bed outside the study windows thick with these the sweetest-scented of all flowers.
working
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From this reading "And all the time you are working and thinking and plotting, daddie darling, the sweetest scents will be stealing round you," she said.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "And all the time you are working and thinking and plotting, daddie darling, the sweetest scents will be stealing round you," she said.
