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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 "There!" cried Grizel triumphantly, achieving a double chin in her effort to admire her own splendour.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The first part of the afternoon was spent pleasantly enough in strolling about the gardens, or in sitting down to watch the kaleidoscopic brilliance of the scene.
achieving
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From this reading "There!" cried Grizel triumphantly, achieving a double chin in her effort to admire her own splendour.
acquaintance
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From this reading At intervals Martin was hailed by a fellow-writer or club acquaintance, or Grizel by a friend from town, but Katrine was never so addressed.
addressed
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From this reading At intervals Martin was hailed by a fellow-writer or club acquaintance, or Grizel by a friend from town, but Katrine was never so addressed.
admire
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From this reading "There!" cried Grizel triumphantly, achieving a double chin in her effort to admire her own splendour.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The first part of the afternoon was spent pleasantly enough in strolling about the gardens, or in sitting down to watch the kaleidoscopic brilliance of the scene.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Never say again that I don't do you credit!"
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At intervals Martin was hailed by a fellow-writer or club acquaintance, or Grizel by a friend from town, but Katrine was never so addressed.
attendant
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From this reading Other girls less attractive than herself flitted about with attendant cavaliers, or formed the centres of merry groups.
attractive
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From this reading Other girls less attractive than herself flitted about with attendant cavaliers, or formed the centres of merry groups.
brilliance
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From this reading The first part of the afternoon was spent pleasantly enough in strolling about the gardens, or in sitting down to watch the kaleidoscopic brilliance of the scene.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading At intervals Martin was hailed by a fellow-writer or club acquaintance, or Grizel by a friend from town, but Katrine was never so addressed.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading At intervals Martin was hailed by a fellow-writer or club acquaintance, or Grizel by a friend from town, but Katrine was never so addressed.
cavaliers
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From this reading Other girls less attractive than herself flitted about with attendant cavaliers, or formed the centres of merry groups.
centres
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From this reading Other girls less attractive than herself flitted about with attendant cavaliers, or formed the centres of merry groups.
chin
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From this reading "There!" cried Grizel triumphantly, achieving a double chin in her effort to admire her own splendour.
club
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From this reading At intervals Martin was hailed by a fellow-writer or club acquaintance, or Grizel by a friend from town, but Katrine was never so addressed.
credit
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From this reading "Never say again that I don't do you credit!"
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "There!" cried Grizel triumphantly, achieving a double chin in her effort to admire her own splendour.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Never say again that I don't do you credit!"
don't
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From this reading "Never say again that I don't do you credit!"
double
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From this reading "There!" cried Grizel triumphantly, achieving a double chin in her effort to admire her own splendour.
down
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From this reading The first part of the afternoon was spent pleasantly enough in strolling about the gardens, or in sitting down to watch the kaleidoscopic brilliance of the scene.
effort
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From this reading "There!" cried Grizel triumphantly, achieving a double chin in her effort to admire her own splendour.
enough
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From this reading The first part of the afternoon was spent pleasantly enough in strolling about the gardens, or in sitting down to watch the kaleidoscopic brilliance of the scene.
fellow-writer
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From this reading At intervals Martin was hailed by a fellow-writer or club acquaintance, or Grizel by a friend from town, but Katrine was never so addressed.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first part of the afternoon was spent pleasantly enough in strolling about the gardens, or in sitting down to watch the kaleidoscopic brilliance of the scene.
flitted
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From this reading Other girls less attractive than herself flitted about with attendant cavaliers, or formed the centres of merry groups.
formed
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From this reading Other girls less attractive than herself flitted about with attendant cavaliers, or formed the centres of merry groups.
friend
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From this reading At intervals Martin was hailed by a fellow-writer or club acquaintance, or Grizel by a friend from town, but Katrine was never so addressed.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading At intervals Martin was hailed by a fellow-writer or club acquaintance, or Grizel by a friend from town, but Katrine was never so addressed.
gardens
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From this reading The first part of the afternoon was spent pleasantly enough in strolling about the gardens, or in sitting down to watch the kaleidoscopic brilliance of the scene.
girls
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From this reading Other girls less attractive than herself flitted about with attendant cavaliers, or formed the centres of merry groups.
Grizel
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From this reading "There!" cried Grizel triumphantly, achieving a double chin in her effort to admire her own splendour.
groups
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From this reading Other girls less attractive than herself flitted about with attendant cavaliers, or formed the centres of merry groups.
hailednounUS /hailed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At intervals Martin was hailed by a fellow-writer or club acquaintance, or Grizel by a friend from town, but Katrine was never so addressed.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "There!" cried Grizel triumphantly, achieving a double chin in her effort to admire her own splendour.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Other girls less attractive than herself flitted about with attendant cavaliers, or formed the centres of merry groups.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "Never say again that I don't do you credit!"
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "There!" cried Grizel triumphantly, achieving a double chin in her effort to admire her own splendour.
intervals
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From this reading At intervals Martin was hailed by a fellow-writer or club acquaintance, or Grizel by a friend from town, but Katrine was never so addressed.
kaleidoscopic
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From this reading The first part of the afternoon was spent pleasantly enough in strolling about the gardens, or in sitting down to watch the kaleidoscopic brilliance of the scene.
Katrine
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From this reading At intervals Martin was hailed by a fellow-writer or club acquaintance, or Grizel by a friend from town, but Katrine was never so addressed.
less
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From this reading Other girls less attractive than herself flitted about with attendant cavaliers, or formed the centres of merry groups.
Martin
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From this reading At intervals Martin was hailed by a fellow-writer or club acquaintance, or Grizel by a friend from town, but Katrine was never so addressed.
merry
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From this reading Other girls less attractive than herself flitted about with attendant cavaliers, or formed the centres of merry groups.
NevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Never say again that I don't do you credit!"
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The first part of the afternoon was spent pleasantly enough in strolling about the gardens, or in sitting down to watch the kaleidoscopic brilliance of the scene.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading The first part of the afternoon was spent pleasantly enough in strolling about the gardens, or in sitting down to watch the kaleidoscopic brilliance of the scene.
Other
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From this reading Other girls less attractive than herself flitted about with attendant cavaliers, or formed the centres of merry groups.
own
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From this reading "There!" cried Grizel triumphantly, achieving a double chin in her effort to admire her own splendour.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The first part of the afternoon was spent pleasantly enough in strolling about the gardens, or in sitting down to watch the kaleidoscopic brilliance of the scene.
pleasantly
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From this reading The first part of the afternoon was spent pleasantly enough in strolling about the gardens, or in sitting down to watch the kaleidoscopic brilliance of the scene.
say
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From this reading "Never say again that I don't do you credit!"
scene
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From this reading The first part of the afternoon was spent pleasantly enough in strolling about the gardens, or in sitting down to watch the kaleidoscopic brilliance of the scene.
sitting
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From this reading The first part of the afternoon was spent pleasantly enough in strolling about the gardens, or in sitting down to watch the kaleidoscopic brilliance of the scene.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading At intervals Martin was hailed by a fellow-writer or club acquaintance, or Grizel by a friend from town, but Katrine was never so addressed.
spent
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From this reading The first part of the afternoon was spent pleasantly enough in strolling about the gardens, or in sitting down to watch the kaleidoscopic brilliance of the scene.
splendournounUS /ˈsplendər/
magnificent and impressive appearance
From this reading "There!" cried Grizel triumphantly, achieving a double chin in her effort to admire her own splendour.
strolling
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From this reading The first part of the afternoon was spent pleasantly enough in strolling about the gardens, or in sitting down to watch the kaleidoscopic brilliance of the scene.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Other girls less attractive than herself flitted about with attendant cavaliers, or formed the centres of merry groups.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "Never say again that I don't do you credit!"
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The first part of the afternoon was spent pleasantly enough in strolling about the gardens, or in sitting down to watch the kaleidoscopic brilliance of the scene.
There
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From this reading "There!" cried Grizel triumphantly, achieving a double chin in her effort to admire her own splendour.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading "There!" cried Grizel triumphantly, achieving a double chin in her effort to admire her own splendour.
town
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From this reading At intervals Martin was hailed by a fellow-writer or club acquaintance, or Grizel by a friend from town, but Katrine was never so addressed.
triumphantly
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From this reading "There!" cried Grizel triumphantly, achieving a double chin in her effort to admire her own splendour.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The first part of the afternoon was spent pleasantly enough in strolling about the gardens, or in sitting down to watch the kaleidoscopic brilliance of the scene.
watch
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From this reading The first part of the afternoon was spent pleasantly enough in strolling about the gardens, or in sitting down to watch the kaleidoscopic brilliance of the scene.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Other girls less attractive than herself flitted about with attendant cavaliers, or formed the centres of merry groups.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Never say again that I don't do you credit!"
