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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 Clare ran all the way, with scared eyes, and heaving breast, and a hand clutching the rim of the tilted hat.
all
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From this reading Clare ran all the way, with scared eyes, and heaving breast, and a hand clutching the rim of the tilted hat.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Clare ran all the way, with scared eyes, and heaving breast, and a hand clutching the rim of the tilted hat.
apartment
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From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading And only when she reached the corner nearest home did she slow a little, to look behind her as if she feared pursuit.
aside
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From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
basement
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From this reading As she waited, she remembered that there was some laundry due her in the basement.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading That must be collected.
behindprepositionUS /bɪˈhaɪnd/
at or toward the back of something
From this reading And only when she reached the corner nearest home did she slow a little, to look behind her as if she feared pursuit.
boy
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From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
breast
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From this reading Clare ran all the way, with scared eyes, and heaving breast, and a hand clutching the rim of the tilted hat.
breathless
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From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
Clare
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From this reading Clare ran all the way, with scared eyes, and heaving breast, and a hand clutching the rim of the tilted hat.
clutching
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From this reading Clare ran all the way, with scared eyes, and heaving breast, and a hand clutching the rim of the tilted hat.
collected
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From this reading That must be collected.
corner
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From this reading And only when she reached the corner nearest home did she slow a little, to look behind her as if she feared pursuit.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading And only when she reached the corner nearest home did she slow a little, to look behind her as if she feared pursuit.
due
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From this reading As she waited, she remembered that there was some laundry due her in the basement.
elevator
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From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
entrance
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From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
eyes
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From this reading Clare ran all the way, with scared eyes, and heaving breast, and a hand clutching the rim of the tilted hat.
feared
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From this reading And only when she reached the corner nearest home did she slow a little, to look behind her as if she feared pursuit.
finding
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From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
hand
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From this reading Clare ran all the way, with scared eyes, and heaving breast, and a hand clutching the rim of the tilted hat.
hat
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From this reading Clare ran all the way, with scared eyes, and heaving breast, and a hand clutching the rim of the tilted hat.
heaving
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From this reading Clare ran all the way, with scared eyes, and heaving breast, and a hand clutching the rim of the tilted hat.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading And only when she reached the corner nearest home did she slow a little, to look behind her as if she feared pursuit.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
home
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From this reading And only when she reached the corner nearest home did she slow a little, to look behind her as if she feared pursuit.
house
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From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
hunt
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From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading And only when she reached the corner nearest home did she slow a little, to look behind her as if she feared pursuit.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
laundry
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From this reading As she waited, she remembered that there was some laundry due her in the basement.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And only when she reached the corner nearest home did she slow a little, to look behind her as if she feared pursuit.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And only when she reached the corner nearest home did she slow a little, to look behind her as if she feared pursuit.
moment
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From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
music-roll
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From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading That must be collected.
nearest
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From this reading And only when she reached the corner nearest home did she slow a little, to look behind her as if she feared pursuit.
negro
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From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Clare ran all the way, with scared eyes, and heaving breast, and a hand clutching the rim of the tilted hat.
only
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From this reading And only when she reached the corner nearest home did she slow a little, to look behind her as if she feared pursuit.
pretended
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From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
pursuit
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From this reading And only when she reached the corner nearest home did she slow a little, to look behind her as if she feared pursuit.
ran
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From this reading Clare ran all the way, with scared eyes, and heaving breast, and a hand clutching the rim of the tilted hat.
reached
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From this reading And only when she reached the corner nearest home did she slow a little, to look behind her as if she feared pursuit.
remembered
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From this reading As she waited, she remembered that there was some laundry due her in the basement.
rim
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From this reading Clare ran all the way, with scared eyes, and heaving breast, and a hand clutching the rim of the tilted hat.
scared
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From this reading Clare ran all the way, with scared eyes, and heaving breast, and a hand clutching the rim of the tilted hat.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading And only when she reached the corner nearest home did she slow a little, to look behind her as if she feared pursuit.
slow
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From this reading And only when she reached the corner nearest home did she slow a little, to look behind her as if she feared pursuit.
some
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From this reading As she waited, she remembered that there was some laundry due her in the basement.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
stepped
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From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
suspicious
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From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading As she waited, she remembered that there was some laundry due her in the basement.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Clare ran all the way, with scared eyes, and heaving breast, and a hand clutching the rim of the tilted hat.
Then
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From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
there
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From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
tilted
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From this reading Clare ran all the way, with scared eyes, and heaving breast, and a hand clutching the rim of the tilted hat.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading And only when she reached the corner nearest home did she slow a little, to look behind her as if she feared pursuit.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
waited
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From this reading As she waited, she remembered that there was some laundry due her in the basement.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading As she waited, she remembered that there was some laundry due her in the basement.
watch
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From this reading Then finding herself breathless, she stepped aside for a moment into the entrance of an apartment house, and there, under the suspicious watch of a negro elevator boy, pretended to hunt for something in her music-roll.
way
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From this reading Clare ran all the way, with scared eyes, and heaving breast, and a hand clutching the rim of the tilted hat.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading And only when she reached the corner nearest home did she slow a little, to look behind her as if she feared pursuit.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Clare ran all the way, with scared eyes, and heaving breast, and a hand clutching the rim of the tilted hat.
