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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 “Ain't they pretty?” she kept repeating as she gathered the flowers into a starry circle.
Ain't
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From this reading “Ain't they pretty?” she kept repeating as she gathered the flowers into a starry circle.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
Ann
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From this reading Ann Eliza remembered that it was Mr. Ramy's evening.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading When he came, the Teutonic eye for anything that blooms made him turn at once to the jonquils.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading “Ain't they pretty?” she kept repeating as she gathered the flowers into a starry circle.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading When he came, the Teutonic eye for anything that blooms made him turn at once to the jonquils.
blade-like
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From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
blooms
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From this reading When he came, the Teutonic eye for anything that blooms made him turn at once to the jonquils.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
bundlenounUS /ˈbʌndəl/
a group of things tied or wrapped together
From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
came
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From this reading When he came, the Teutonic eye for anything that blooms made him turn at once to the jonquils.
china
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From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
circle
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From this reading “Ain't they pretty?” she kept repeating as she gathered the flowers into a starry circle.
don't
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From this reading “Seems as if spring was really here, don't it?”
down
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From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
dried
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From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
Eliza
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From this reading Ann Eliza remembered that it was Mr. Ramy's evening.
Evelina
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From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
evening
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From this reading Ann Eliza remembered that it was Mr. Ramy's evening.
eye
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From this reading When he came, the Teutonic eye for anything that blooms made him turn at once to the jonquils.
flowers
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From this reading “Ain't they pretty?” she kept repeating as she gathered the flowers into a starry circle.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading When he came, the Teutonic eye for anything that blooms made him turn at once to the jonquils.
gathered
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From this reading “Ain't they pretty?” she kept repeating as she gathered the flowers into a starry circle.
grasses
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From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading When he came, the Teutonic eye for anything that blooms made him turn at once to the jonquils.
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Seems as if spring was really here, don't it?”
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading When he came, the Teutonic eye for anything that blooms made him turn at once to the jonquils.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading “Seems as if spring was really here, don't it?”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading “Ain't they pretty?” she kept repeating as she gathered the flowers into a starry circle.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Seems as if spring was really here, don't it?”
jonquils
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From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
kept
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From this reading “Ain't they pretty?” she kept repeating as she gathered the flowers into a starry circle.
leaves
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From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
lingered
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From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
made
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From this reading When he came, the Teutonic eye for anything that blooms made him turn at once to the jonquils.
meanwhilenounUS /ˈmeanwhile/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
Mr
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From this reading Ann Eliza remembered that it was Mr. Ramy's evening.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
once
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From this reading When he came, the Teutonic eye for anything that blooms made him turn at once to the jonquils.
out
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From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
place
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From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
pretty
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From this reading “Ain't they pretty?” she kept repeating as she gathered the flowers into a starry circle.
putting
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From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
Ramy's
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From this reading Ann Eliza remembered that it was Mr. Ramy's evening.
really
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From this reading “Seems as if spring was really here, don't it?”
remembered
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From this reading Ann Eliza remembered that it was Mr. Ramy's evening.
repeating
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From this reading “Ain't they pretty?” she kept repeating as she gathered the flowers into a starry circle.
Seems
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From this reading “Seems as if spring was really here, don't it?”
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Ain't they pretty?” she kept repeating as she gathered the flowers into a starry circle.
smooth
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From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
spring
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From this reading “Seems as if spring was really here, don't it?”
starry
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From this reading “Ain't they pretty?” she kept repeating as she gathered the flowers into a starry circle.
stems
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From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
taken
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From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
Teutonic
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From this reading When he came, the Teutonic eye for anything that blooms made him turn at once to the jonquils.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Ain't they pretty?” she kept repeating as she gathered the flowers into a starry circle.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading When he came, the Teutonic eye for anything that blooms made him turn at once to the jonquils.
touches
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From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
turn
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From this reading When he came, the Teutonic eye for anything that blooms made him turn at once to the jonquils.
vase
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From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading When he came, the Teutonic eye for anything that blooms made him turn at once to the jonquils.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Evelina, meanwhile, had taken the bundle of dried grasses out of the broken china vase, and was putting the jonquils in their place with touches that lingered down their smooth stems and blade-like leaves.
