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adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The tall, beautiful blonde, practicing a difficult sonata at the piano, pauses a moment and suffers her white hands to rest idly on the keys.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The tall, beautiful blonde, practicing a difficult sonata at the piano, pauses a moment and suffers her white hands to rest idly on the keys.
assent
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From this reading The dignified head of the Parisian school bows in assent, and stands awaiting her pupil's pleasure.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The tall, beautiful blonde, practicing a difficult sonata at the piano, pauses a moment and suffers her white hands to rest idly on the keys.
awaiting
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From this reading The dignified head of the Parisian school bows in assent, and stands awaiting her pupil's pleasure.
awaits
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From this reading "Madam Carlyle, monsieur, your husband, awaits you in the _salon_."
beautiful
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From this reading The tall, beautiful blonde, practicing a difficult sonata at the piano, pauses a moment and suffers her white hands to rest idly on the keys.
blonde
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From this reading The tall, beautiful blonde, practicing a difficult sonata at the piano, pauses a moment and suffers her white hands to rest idly on the keys.
bows
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From this reading The dignified head of the Parisian school bows in assent, and stands awaiting her pupil's pleasure.
calmly
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From this reading "Colonel Carlyle, did you say, madam?" she inquires calmly.
Carlyle
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From this reading "Madam Carlyle, monsieur, your husband, awaits you in the _salon_."
Colonel
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From this reading "Colonel Carlyle, did you say, madam?" she inquires calmly.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading "Colonel Carlyle, did you say, madam?" she inquires calmly.
difficult
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From this reading The tall, beautiful blonde, practicing a difficult sonata at the piano, pauses a moment and suffers her white hands to rest idly on the keys.
dignified
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From this reading The dignified head of the Parisian school bows in assent, and stands awaiting her pupil's pleasure.
folds
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From this reading The latter rises slowly, folds her music together, restores it to the proper place and turns to leave the music-room.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading The tall, beautiful blonde, practicing a difficult sonata at the piano, pauses a moment and suffers her white hands to rest idly on the keys.
head
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From this reading The dignified head of the Parisian school bows in assent, and stands awaiting her pupil's pleasure.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The tall, beautiful blonde, practicing a difficult sonata at the piano, pauses a moment and suffers her white hands to rest idly on the keys.
husband
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From this reading "Madam Carlyle, monsieur, your husband, awaits you in the _salon_."
idly
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From this reading The tall, beautiful blonde, practicing a difficult sonata at the piano, pauses a moment and suffers her white hands to rest idly on the keys.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "Madam Carlyle, monsieur, your husband, awaits you in the _salon_."
inquires
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From this reading "Colonel Carlyle, did you say, madam?" she inquires calmly.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The latter rises slowly, folds her music together, restores it to the proper place and turns to leave the music-room.
keys
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From this reading The tall, beautiful blonde, practicing a difficult sonata at the piano, pauses a moment and suffers her white hands to rest idly on the keys.
latter
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From this reading The latter rises slowly, folds her music together, restores it to the proper place and turns to leave the music-room.
leave
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From this reading The latter rises slowly, folds her music together, restores it to the proper place and turns to leave the music-room.
Madam
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From this reading "Madam Carlyle, monsieur, your husband, awaits you in the _salon_."
moment
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From this reading The tall, beautiful blonde, practicing a difficult sonata at the piano, pauses a moment and suffers her white hands to rest idly on the keys.
monsieur
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music
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From this reading The latter rises slowly, folds her music together, restores it to the proper place and turns to leave the music-room.
music-room
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From this reading The latter rises slowly, folds her music together, restores it to the proper place and turns to leave the music-room.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The dignified head of the Parisian school bows in assent, and stands awaiting her pupil's pleasure.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The tall, beautiful blonde, practicing a difficult sonata at the piano, pauses a moment and suffers her white hands to rest idly on the keys.
Parisian
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From this reading The dignified head of the Parisian school bows in assent, and stands awaiting her pupil's pleasure.
pauses
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From this reading The tall, beautiful blonde, practicing a difficult sonata at the piano, pauses a moment and suffers her white hands to rest idly on the keys.
piano
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place
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From this reading The latter rises slowly, folds her music together, restores it to the proper place and turns to leave the music-room.
pleasure
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From this reading The dignified head of the Parisian school bows in assent, and stands awaiting her pupil's pleasure.
practicing
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From this reading The tall, beautiful blonde, practicing a difficult sonata at the piano, pauses a moment and suffers her white hands to rest idly on the keys.
proper
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From this reading The latter rises slowly, folds her music together, restores it to the proper place and turns to leave the music-room.
pupil's
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From this reading The dignified head of the Parisian school bows in assent, and stands awaiting her pupil's pleasure.
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The tall, beautiful blonde, practicing a difficult sonata at the piano, pauses a moment and suffers her white hands to rest idly on the keys.
restores
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From this reading The latter rises slowly, folds her music together, restores it to the proper place and turns to leave the music-room.
rises
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From this reading The latter rises slowly, folds her music together, restores it to the proper place and turns to leave the music-room.
salon
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From this reading "Madam Carlyle, monsieur, your husband, awaits you in the _salon_."
say
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From this reading "Colonel Carlyle, did you say, madam?" she inquires calmly.
school
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From this reading The dignified head of the Parisian school bows in assent, and stands awaiting her pupil's pleasure.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "Colonel Carlyle, did you say, madam?" she inquires calmly.
slowly
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From this reading The latter rises slowly, folds her music together, restores it to the proper place and turns to leave the music-room.
sonata
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From this reading The tall, beautiful blonde, practicing a difficult sonata at the piano, pauses a moment and suffers her white hands to rest idly on the keys.
stands
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From this reading The dignified head of the Parisian school bows in assent, and stands awaiting her pupil's pleasure.
suffers
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From this reading The tall, beautiful blonde, practicing a difficult sonata at the piano, pauses a moment and suffers her white hands to rest idly on the keys.
tall
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From this reading The tall, beautiful blonde, practicing a difficult sonata at the piano, pauses a moment and suffers her white hands to rest idly on the keys.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "Madam Carlyle, monsieur, your husband, awaits you in the _salon_."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The tall, beautiful blonde, practicing a difficult sonata at the piano, pauses a moment and suffers her white hands to rest idly on the keys.
together
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From this reading The latter rises slowly, folds her music together, restores it to the proper place and turns to leave the music-room.
turns
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From this reading The latter rises slowly, folds her music together, restores it to the proper place and turns to leave the music-room.
white
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From this reading The tall, beautiful blonde, practicing a difficult sonata at the piano, pauses a moment and suffers her white hands to rest idly on the keys.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Madam Carlyle, monsieur, your husband, awaits you in the _salon_."
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Madam Carlyle, monsieur, your husband, awaits you in the _salon_."
