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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 detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
accommodation
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From this reading The accommodation train from New York to Boston was late that day.
Allington
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From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
angular
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From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
AUNT
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From this reading BESSIE MEETS HER AUNT.
back
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From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading She had heard of Daisy's death from her brother only a few days before, and had felt a pang of regret that she had treated her quite so harshly on the occasion of her visit to her.
BESSIE
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From this reading BESSIE MEETS HER AUNT.
Betsey
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From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
Boston
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From this reading The accommodation train from New York to Boston was late that day.
brother
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From this reading She had heard of Daisy's death from her brother only a few days before, and had felt a pang of regret that she had treated her quite so harshly on the occasion of her visit to her.
cars
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From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
chair
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From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
clock
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From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
Daisy's
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From this reading She had heard of Daisy's death from her brother only a few days before, and had felt a pang of regret that she had treated her quite so harshly on the occasion of her visit to her.
day
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From this reading The accommodation train from New York to Boston was late that day.
days
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From this reading She had heard of Daisy's death from her brother only a few days before, and had felt a pang of regret that she had treated her quite so harshly on the occasion of her visit to her.
death
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From this reading She had heard of Daisy's death from her brother only a few days before, and had felt a pang of regret that she had treated her quite so harshly on the occasion of her visit to her.
detention
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From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
dress
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From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
embodiment
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From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
felt
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From this reading She had heard of Daisy's death from her brother only a few days before, and had felt a pang of regret that she had treated her quite so harshly on the occasion of her visit to her.
few
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From this reading She had heard of Daisy's death from her brother only a few days before, and had felt a pang of regret that she had treated her quite so harshly on the occasion of her visit to her.
fit
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From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The accommodation train from New York to Boston was late that day.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had heard of Daisy's death from her brother only a few days before, and had felt a pang of regret that she had treated her quite so harshly on the occasion of her visit to her.
hair
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From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
handful
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From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
hard
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From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
harshly
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From this reading She had heard of Daisy's death from her brother only a few days before, and had felt a pang of regret that she had treated her quite so harshly on the occasion of her visit to her.
Hartford
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From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
head
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From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
heard
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From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
HERdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading BESSIE MEETS HER AUNT.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
knot
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From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
late
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From this reading The accommodation train from New York to Boston was late that day.
like
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From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
locomotive
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From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
looking
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From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
mantel
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From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
McPherson's
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From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
MEETS
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From this reading BESSIE MEETS HER AUNT.
Miss
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From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
naked
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From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
New
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From this reading The accommodation train from New York to Boston was late that day.
now
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From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
occasion
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From this reading She had heard of Daisy's death from her brother only a few days before, and had felt a pang of regret that she had treated her quite so harshly on the occasion of her visit to her.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
only
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From this reading She had heard of Daisy's death from her brother only a few days before, and had felt a pang of regret that she had treated her quite so harshly on the occasion of her visit to her.
pang
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From this reading She had heard of Daisy's death from her brother only a few days before, and had felt a pang of regret that she had treated her quite so harshly on the occasion of her visit to her.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had heard of Daisy's death from her brother only a few days before, and had felt a pang of regret that she had treated her quite so harshly on the occasion of her visit to her.
regret
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From this reading She had heard of Daisy's death from her brother only a few days before, and had felt a pang of regret that she had treated her quite so harshly on the occasion of her visit to her.
sat
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From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
saw
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From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
scantyadjectiveUS /ˈskænti/
small or barely sufficient in amount
From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
seven
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From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
severe
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From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
Springfield
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From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
station
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From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
stoppednounUS /stopped/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
straight-back
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From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
tall
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From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The accommodation train from New York to Boston was late that day.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The accommodation train from New York to Boston was late that day.
There
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From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The accommodation train from New York to Boston was late that day.
train
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From this reading The accommodation train from New York to Boston was late that day.
treated
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From this reading She had heard of Daisy's death from her brother only a few days before, and had felt a pang of regret that she had treated her quite so harshly on the occasion of her visit to her.
truth
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From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
twisted
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From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
very
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From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
visit
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From this reading She had heard of Daisy's death from her brother only a few days before, and had felt a pang of regret that she had treated her quite so harshly on the occasion of her visit to her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The accommodation train from New York to Boston was late that day.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading As Miss Betsey was when we last saw her so she was now--tall, and angular, and severe, and looking, as she sat in her hard, straight-back chair, like the very embodiment of the _naked truth_, from the fit of her dress to the scanty handful of hair, twisted in a knot at the back of her head.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
whistlenounUS /ˈwhistle/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was a detention at Hartford and another at Springfield, so that the clock on Miss Betsey McPherson's mantel struck seven when she heard the whistle of the locomotive as the cars stopped at the Allington station.
York
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From this reading The accommodation train from New York to Boston was late that day.
