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againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Life was gay and glad once again, glad and gay as it had always been when she and Claude were together.
all
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From this reading This one was all gauzy whiteness, with something green and glittering that flashed out of the whiteness now and then, to match the emerald circlet in her cloudy hair.
always
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From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
away
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From this reading She had been happy; she had put away dark thoughts.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had been happy; she had put away dark thoughts.
brightness
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From this reading The tender carnation that had come from her walk was still in her cheeks, still giving unusual brightness to her eyes.
called
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From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
carnation
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From this reading The tender carnation that had come from her walk was still in her cheeks, still giving unusual brightness to her eyes.
cheeks
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From this reading The tender carnation that had come from her walk was still in her cheeks, still giving unusual brightness to her eyes.
circlet
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From this reading This one was all gauzy whiteness, with something green and glittering that flashed out of the whiteness now and then, to match the emerald circlet in her cloudy hair.
Claude
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From this reading Life was gay and glad once again, glad and gay as it had always been when she and Claude were together.
cloudy
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From this reading This one was all gauzy whiteness, with something green and glittering that flashed out of the whiteness now and then, to match the emerald circlet in her cloudy hair.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The tender carnation that had come from her walk was still in her cheeks, still giving unusual brightness to her eyes.
dark
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From this reading She had been happy; she had put away dark thoughts.
down
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From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
drawing-room
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From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
dressed
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From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
eight
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From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
emeraldnounUS /ˈemərəld/
a bright green precious stone
From this reading This one was all gauzy whiteness, with something green and glittering that flashed out of the whiteness now and then, to match the emerald circlet in her cloudy hair.
evening
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From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
eyes
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From this reading The tender carnation that had come from her walk was still in her cheeks, still giving unusual brightness to her eyes.
filmy
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From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
flashed
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From this reading This one was all gauzy whiteness, with something green and glittering that flashed out of the whiteness now and then, to match the emerald circlet in her cloudy hair.
frocks
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From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The tender carnation that had come from her walk was still in her cheeks, still giving unusual brightness to her eyes.
gauzy
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From this reading This one was all gauzy whiteness, with something green and glittering that flashed out of the whiteness now and then, to match the emerald circlet in her cloudy hair.
gay
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From this reading Life was gay and glad once again, glad and gay as it had always been when she and Claude were together.
giving
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From this reading The tender carnation that had come from her walk was still in her cheeks, still giving unusual brightness to her eyes.
glad
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From this reading Life was gay and glad once again, glad and gay as it had always been when she and Claude were together.
glittering
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From this reading This one was all gauzy whiteness, with something green and glittering that flashed out of the whiteness now and then, to match the emerald circlet in her cloudy hair.
gowns
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From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
green
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From this reading This one was all gauzy whiteness, with something green and glittering that flashed out of the whiteness now and then, to match the emerald circlet in her cloudy hair.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The tender carnation that had come from her walk was still in her cheeks, still giving unusual brightness to her eyes.
hair
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From this reading This one was all gauzy whiteness, with something green and glittering that flashed out of the whiteness now and then, to match the emerald circlet in her cloudy hair.
happy
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From this reading She had been happy; she had put away dark thoughts.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Life was gay and glad once again, glad and gay as it had always been when she and Claude were together.
Lady
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From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
LifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Life was gay and glad once again, glad and gay as it had always been when she and Claude were together.
match
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From this reading This one was all gauzy whiteness, with something green and glittering that flashed out of the whiteness now and then, to match the emerald circlet in her cloudy hair.
mermaid
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From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
minutes
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From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
now
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From this reading This one was all gauzy whiteness, with something green and glittering that flashed out of the whiteness now and then, to match the emerald circlet in her cloudy hair.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
once
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From this reading Life was gay and glad once again, glad and gay as it had always been when she and Claude were together.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
out
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From this reading This one was all gauzy whiteness, with something green and glittering that flashed out of the whiteness now and then, to match the emerald circlet in her cloudy hair.
past
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From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
put
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From this reading She had been happy; she had put away dark thoughts.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had been happy; she had put away dark thoughts.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading This one was all gauzy whiteness, with something green and glittering that flashed out of the whiteness now and then, to match the emerald circlet in her cloudy hair.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The tender carnation that had come from her walk was still in her cheeks, still giving unusual brightness to her eyes.
supplied
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From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
Susan
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From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
tender
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From this reading The tender carnation that had come from her walk was still in her cheeks, still giving unusual brightness to her eyes.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading This one was all gauzy whiteness, with something green and glittering that flashed out of the whiteness now and then, to match the emerald circlet in her cloudy hair.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading This one was all gauzy whiteness, with something green and glittering that flashed out of the whiteness now and then, to match the emerald circlet in her cloudy hair.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
then
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From this reading This one was all gauzy whiteness, with something green and glittering that flashed out of the whiteness now and then, to match the emerald circlet in her cloudy hair.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This one was all gauzy whiteness, with something green and glittering that flashed out of the whiteness now and then, to match the emerald circlet in her cloudy hair.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
thoughts
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From this reading She had been happy; she had put away dark thoughts.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading This one was all gauzy whiteness, with something green and glittering that flashed out of the whiteness now and then, to match the emerald circlet in her cloudy hair.
together
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From this reading Life was gay and glad once again, glad and gay as it had always been when she and Claude were together.
twenty
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From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
unusual
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From this reading The tender carnation that had come from her walk was still in her cheeks, still giving unusual brightness to her eyes.
up
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From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
Vera
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From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
walk
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From this reading The tender carnation that had come from her walk was still in her cheeks, still giving unusual brightness to her eyes.
walking
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From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
wardrobe
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From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Life was gay and glad once again, glad and gay as it had always been when she and Claude were together.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Life was gay and glad once again, glad and gay as it had always been when she and Claude were together.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
white
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From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
whiteness
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From this reading This one was all gauzy whiteness, with something green and glittering that flashed out of the whiteness now and then, to match the emerald circlet in her cloudy hair.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Vera was walking up and down her drawing-room at twenty minutes past eight, dressed in one of those filmy white evening gowns with which her wardrobe was always supplied, one of her mermaid frocks, as Lady Susan called them.
