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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 BRESSANT CONFIDES A SECRET TO THE FOUNTAIN.
afforded
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From this reading Bressant, glad of the concealment afforded by the shrubbery, remained gazing moodily at the fountain, his head on his hand.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sophie went flitting up the garden-path toward the house, and in a moment more the sisters were in one another's arms.
another's
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From this reading Sophie went flitting up the garden-path toward the house, and in a moment more the sisters were in one another's arms.
arms
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From this reading Sophie went flitting up the garden-path toward the house, and in a moment more the sisters were in one another's arms.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Bressant, glad of the concealment afforded by the shrubbery, remained gazing moodily at the fountain, his head on his hand.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
betraying
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From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
BRESSANT
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From this reading BRESSANT CONFIDES A SECRET TO THE FOUNTAIN.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Bressant, glad of the concealment afforded by the shrubbery, remained gazing moodily at the fountain, his head on his hand.
came
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From this reading "But how came you to get here so soon, you dear darling?" said Sophie, looking with lighted eyes at her sister.
concealment
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From this reading Bressant, glad of the concealment afforded by the shrubbery, remained gazing moodily at the fountain, his head on his hand.
CONFIDES
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From this reading BRESSANT CONFIDES A SECRET TO THE FOUNTAIN.
Cornelia
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From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
darling
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From this reading "But how came you to get here so soon, you dear darling?" said Sophie, looking with lighted eyes at her sister.
dear
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From this reading "But how came you to get here so soon, you dear darling?" said Sophie, looking with lighted eyes at her sister.
delight
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From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
down
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From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
enclouding
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From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
entered
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From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
eyes
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From this reading "But how came you to get here so soon, you dear darling?" said Sophie, looking with lighted eyes at her sister.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
flitting
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From this reading Sophie went flitting up the garden-path toward the house, and in a moment more the sisters were in one another's arms.
FOUNTAIN
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From this reading BRESSANT CONFIDES A SECRET TO THE FOUNTAIN.
garden-path
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From this reading Sophie went flitting up the garden-path toward the house, and in a moment more the sisters were in one another's arms.
gazing
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From this reading Bressant, glad of the concealment afforded by the shrubbery, remained gazing moodily at the fountain, his head on his hand.
gentlemannounUS /ˈgentleman/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
get
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From this reading "But how came you to get here so soon, you dear darling?" said Sophie, looking with lighted eyes at her sister.
girls
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From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
glad
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From this reading Bressant, glad of the concealment afforded by the shrubbery, remained gazing moodily at the fountain, his head on his hand.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
hand
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From this reading Bressant, glad of the concealment afforded by the shrubbery, remained gazing moodily at the fountain, his head on his hand.
head
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From this reading Bressant, glad of the concealment afforded by the shrubbery, remained gazing moodily at the fountain, his head on his hand.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "But how came you to get here so soon, you dear darling?" said Sophie, looking with lighted eyes at her sister.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "But how came you to get here so soon, you dear darling?" said Sophie, looking with lighted eyes at her sister.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Bressant, glad of the concealment afforded by the shrubbery, remained gazing moodily at the fountain, his head on his hand.
house
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From this reading Sophie went flitting up the garden-path toward the house, and in a moment more the sisters were in one another's arms.
how
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From this reading "But how came you to get here so soon, you dear darling?" said Sophie, looking with lighted eyes at her sister.
huge
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From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Sophie went flitting up the garden-path toward the house, and in a moment more the sisters were in one another's arms.
lighted
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From this reading "But how came you to get here so soon, you dear darling?" said Sophie, looking with lighted eyes at her sister.
looking
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From this reading "But how came you to get here so soon, you dear darling?" said Sophie, looking with lighted eyes at her sister.
meet
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From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
moment
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From this reading Sophie went flitting up the garden-path toward the house, and in a moment more the sisters were in one another's arms.
moodily
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From this reading Bressant, glad of the concealment afforded by the shrubbery, remained gazing moodily at the fountain, his head on his hand.
more
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From this reading Sophie went flitting up the garden-path toward the house, and in a moment more the sisters were in one another's arms.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Bressant, glad of the concealment afforded by the shrubbery, remained gazing moodily at the fountain, his head on his hand.
old
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From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Bressant, glad of the concealment afforded by the shrubbery, remained gazing moodily at the fountain, his head on his hand.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Sophie went flitting up the garden-path toward the house, and in a moment more the sisters were in one another's arms.
other
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From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
professor's
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From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Bressant, glad of the concealment afforded by the shrubbery, remained gazing moodily at the fountain, his head on his hand.
said
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From this reading "But how came you to get here so soon, you dear darling?" said Sophie, looking with lighted eyes at her sister.
sat
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From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
SECRETnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading BRESSANT CONFIDES A SECRET TO THE FOUNTAIN.
shrubbery
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From this reading Bressant, glad of the concealment afforded by the shrubbery, remained gazing moodily at the fountain, his head on his hand.
sister
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From this reading "But how came you to get here so soon, you dear darling?" said Sophie, looking with lighted eyes at her sister.
sisters
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From this reading Sophie went flitting up the garden-path toward the house, and in a moment more the sisters were in one another's arms.
smoke
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From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "But how came you to get here so soon, you dear darling?" said Sophie, looking with lighted eyes at her sister.
soon
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From this reading "But how came you to get here so soon, you dear darling?" said Sophie, looking with lighted eyes at her sister.
Sophie
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From this reading Sophie went flitting up the garden-path toward the house, and in a moment more the sisters were in one another's arms.
study
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From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
symptom
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From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BRESSANT CONFIDES A SECRET TO THE FOUNTAIN.
TOparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading BRESSANT CONFIDES A SECRET TO THE FOUNTAIN.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Sophie went flitting up the garden-path toward the house, and in a moment more the sisters were in one another's arms.
two
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From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
up
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From this reading Sophie went flitting up the garden-path toward the house, and in a moment more the sisters were in one another's arms.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sophie went flitting up the garden-path toward the house, and in a moment more the sisters were in one another's arms.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Sophie went flitting up the garden-path toward the house, and in a moment more the sisters were in one another's arms.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The two girls entered the house, and sat down in the professor's study, where the old gentleman (who had been the first to meet Cornelia) sat enclouding himself with smoke, but betraying no other symptom of his huge delight.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "But how came you to get here so soon, you dear darling?" said Sophie, looking with lighted eyes at her sister.
