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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 was a suffocating stench of cabbage in hallway and corridor as usual when Athalie came in that evening.
addressed
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Doris, now twenty-one, sprawled on a lounge in her faded wrapper reading an evening paper.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was a suffocating stench of cabbage in hallway and corridor as usual when Athalie came in that evening.
apartment
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There was a suffocating stench of cabbage in hallway and corridor as usual when Athalie came in that evening.
Athalie
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From this reading There was a suffocating stench of cabbage in hallway and corridor as usual when Athalie came in that evening.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Catharine, a year younger, stood by a bureau, some drawers of which had been pulled out, sorting over odds and ends of crumpled finery.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
begin
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
breathing
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
bureau
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From this reading Catharine, a year younger, stood by a bureau, some drawers of which had been pulled out, sorting over odds and ends of crumpled finery.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Catharine, a year younger, stood by a bureau, some drawers of which had been pulled out, sorting over odds and ends of crumpled finery.
cabbage
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From this reading There was a suffocating stench of cabbage in hallway and corridor as usual when Athalie came in that evening.
came
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From this reading There was a suffocating stench of cabbage in hallway and corridor as usual when Athalie came in that evening.
Catharine
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From this reading Catharine, a year younger, stood by a bureau, some drawers of which had been pulled out, sorting over odds and ends of crumpled finery.
climb
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
corridor
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From this reading There was a suffocating stench of cabbage in hallway and corridor as usual when Athalie came in that evening.
crumpled
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From this reading Catharine, a year younger, stood by a bureau, some drawers of which had been pulled out, sorting over odds and ends of crumpled finery.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading "Well," remarked Doris to Athalie, as she came in, "what do _you_ know?"
Doris
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From this reading Doris, now twenty-one, sprawled on a lounge in her faded wrapper reading an evening paper.
drawers
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From this reading Catharine, a year younger, stood by a bureau, some drawers of which had been pulled out, sorting over odds and ends of crumpled finery.
ends
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From this reading Catharine, a year younger, stood by a bureau, some drawers of which had been pulled out, sorting over odds and ends of crumpled finery.
evening
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From this reading There was a suffocating stench of cabbage in hallway and corridor as usual when Athalie came in that evening.
faded
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From this reading Doris, now twenty-one, sprawled on a lounge in her faded wrapper reading an evening paper.
fatigue
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
finery
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From this reading Catharine, a year younger, stood by a bureau, some drawers of which had been pulled out, sorting over odds and ends of crumpled finery.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
five
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
flights
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Catharine, a year younger, stood by a bureau, some drawers of which had been pulled out, sorting over odds and ends of crumpled finery.
hallway
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From this reading There was a suffocating stench of cabbage in hallway and corridor as usual when Athalie came in that evening.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
immediately
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading There was a suffocating stench of cabbage in hallway and corridor as usual when Athalie came in that evening.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Well," remarked Doris to Athalie, as she came in, "what do _you_ know?"
labour
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
latch-key
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
lounge
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From this reading Doris, now twenty-one, sprawled on a lounge in her faded wrapper reading an evening paper.
meal
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
moment
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
monotonous
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
now
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From this reading Doris, now twenty-one, sprawled on a lounge in her faded wrapper reading an evening paper.
odds
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From this reading Catharine, a year younger, stood by a bureau, some drawers of which had been pulled out, sorting over odds and ends of crumpled finery.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a suffocating stench of cabbage in hallway and corridor as usual when Athalie came in that evening.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
out
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From this reading Catharine, a year younger, stood by a bureau, some drawers of which had been pulled out, sorting over odds and ends of crumpled finery.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Catharine, a year younger, stood by a bureau, some drawers of which had been pulled out, sorting over odds and ends of crumpled finery.
paper
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From this reading Doris, now twenty-one, sprawled on a lounge in her faded wrapper reading an evening paper.
partnounUS /part/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
paused
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
preparing
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
pullednounUS /pulled/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Catharine, a year younger, stood by a bureau, some drawers of which had been pulled out, sorting over odds and ends of crumpled finery.
quietly
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
reading
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From this reading Doris, now twenty-one, sprawled on a lounge in her faded wrapper reading an evening paper.
remarked
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From this reading "Well," remarked Doris to Athalie, as she came in, "what do _you_ know?"
restnounUS /rest/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
some
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From this reading Catharine, a year younger, stood by a bureau, some drawers of which had been pulled out, sorting over odds and ends of crumpled finery.
sorting
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From this reading Catharine, a year younger, stood by a bureau, some drawers of which had been pulled out, sorting over odds and ends of crumpled finery.
sprawled
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From this reading Doris, now twenty-one, sprawled on a lounge in her faded wrapper reading an evening paper.
stairs
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
stairway
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
stench
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From this reading There was a suffocating stench of cabbage in hallway and corridor as usual when Athalie came in that evening.
stepnounUS /step/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Catharine, a year younger, stood by a bureau, some drawers of which had been pulled out, sorting over odds and ends of crumpled finery.
suffocating
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From this reading There was a suffocating stench of cabbage in hallway and corridor as usual when Athalie came in that evening.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading There was a suffocating stench of cabbage in hallway and corridor as usual when Athalie came in that evening.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
then
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
There
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From this reading There was a suffocating stench of cabbage in hallway and corridor as usual when Athalie came in that evening.
three
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
tiny
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
tired
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
twenty-one
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From this reading Doris, now twenty-one, sprawled on a lounge in her faded wrapper reading an evening paper.
two
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
unventilated
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From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
usual
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From this reading There was a suffocating stench of cabbage in hallway and corridor as usual when Athalie came in that evening.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading There was a suffocating stench of cabbage in hallway and corridor as usual when Athalie came in that evening.
Well
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From this reading "Well," remarked Doris to Athalie, as she came in, "what do _you_ know?"
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading "Well," remarked Doris to Athalie, as she came in, "what do _you_ know?"
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading There was a suffocating stench of cabbage in hallway and corridor as usual when Athalie came in that evening.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She paused to rest a tired foot on the first step of the stairway, for a moment or two, quietly breathing her fatigue, then addressed herself to the monotonous labour before her, which was to climb five flights of unventilated stairs, let herself into the tiny apartment with her latch-key, and immediately begin her part in preparing the evening meal for three.
wrapper
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From this reading Doris, now twenty-one, sprawled on a lounge in her faded wrapper reading an evening paper.
year
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From this reading Catharine, a year younger, stood by a bureau, some drawers of which had been pulled out, sorting over odds and ends of crumpled finery.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Well," remarked Doris to Athalie, as she came in, "what do _you_ know?"
younger
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From this reading Catharine, a year younger, stood by a bureau, some drawers of which had been pulled out, sorting over odds and ends of crumpled finery.
