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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 Oh, she had been having a delightful afternoon.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Oh, she had been having a delightful afternoon.
all
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From this reading And where was little Star, while all this was going on down on the beach?
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading It was cloudy, and Daddy was going to be busy, so she had determined to spend an hour or so in her own room, and enjoy all the delights of “dressing up.”
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And where was little Star, while all this was going on down on the beach?
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
ashore
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From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It was cloudy, and Daddy was going to be busy, so she had determined to spend an hour or so in her own room, and enjoy all the delights of “dressing up.”
beach
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From this reading And where was little Star, while all this was going on down on the beach?
Beautiful
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From this reading Beautiful clothes they were; rich silks and velvets, with here and there cloudy laces and strange webs of Eastern gauze.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Oh, she had been having a delightful afternoon.
belonging
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From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
busy
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From this reading It was cloudy, and Daddy was going to be busy, so she had determined to spend an hour or so in her own room, and enjoy all the delights of “dressing up.”
chest
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From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
clothes
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From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
cloudy
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From this reading It was cloudy, and Daddy was going to be busy, so she had determined to spend an hour or so in her own room, and enjoy all the delights of “dressing up.”
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
Daddy
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From this reading It was cloudy, and Daddy was going to be busy, so she had determined to spend an hour or so in her own room, and enjoy all the delights of “dressing up.”
day
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From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
delightful
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From this reading Oh, she had been having a delightful afternoon.
delights
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From this reading It was cloudy, and Daddy was going to be busy, so she had determined to spend an hour or so in her own room, and enjoy all the delights of “dressing up.”
determinedadjectiveUS /dɪˈtɜrmɪnd/
having firmly decided to do something
From this reading It was cloudy, and Daddy was going to be busy, so she had determined to spend an hour or so in her own room, and enjoy all the delights of “dressing up.”
down
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From this reading And where was little Star, while all this was going on down on the beach?
dressing
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From this reading It was cloudy, and Daddy was going to be busy, so she had determined to spend an hour or so in her own room, and enjoy all the delights of “dressing up.”
Eastern
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From this reading Beautiful clothes they were; rich silks and velvets, with here and there cloudy laces and strange webs of Eastern gauze.
enjoy
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From this reading It was cloudy, and Daddy was going to be busy, so she had determined to spend an hour or so in her own room, and enjoy all the delights of “dressing up.”
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
full
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From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
fully
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From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
gauze
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From this reading Beautiful clothes they were; rich silks and velvets, with here and there cloudy laces and strange webs of Eastern gauze.
going
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From this reading And where was little Star, while all this was going on down on the beach?
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Oh, she had been having a delightful afternoon.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Oh, she had been having a delightful afternoon.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It was cloudy, and Daddy was going to be busy, so she had determined to spend an hour or so in her own room, and enjoy all the delights of “dressing up.”
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Beautiful clothes they were; rich silks and velvets, with here and there cloudy laces and strange webs of Eastern gauze.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
hour
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From this reading It was cloudy, and Daddy was going to be busy, so she had determined to spend an hour or so in her own room, and enjoy all the delights of “dressing up.”
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It was cloudy, and Daddy was going to be busy, so she had determined to spend an hour or so in her own room, and enjoy all the delights of “dressing up.”
inclined
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From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
island
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From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was cloudy, and Daddy was going to be busy, so she had determined to spend an hour or so in her own room, and enjoy all the delights of “dressing up.”
laces
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From this reading Beautiful clothes they were; rich silks and velvets, with here and there cloudy laces and strange webs of Eastern gauze.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And where was little Star, while all this was going on down on the beach?
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
mamma
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From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was cloudy, and Daddy was going to be busy, so she had determined to spend an hour or so in her own room, and enjoy all the delights of “dressing up.”
Oh
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From this reading Oh, she had been having a delightful afternoon.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading And where was little Star, while all this was going on down on the beach?
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading It was cloudy, and Daddy was going to be busy, so she had determined to spend an hour or so in her own room, and enjoy all the delights of “dressing up.”
own
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From this reading It was cloudy, and Daddy was going to be busy, so she had determined to spend an hour or so in her own room, and enjoy all the delights of “dressing up.”
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
rich
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From this reading Beautiful clothes they were; rich silks and velvets, with here and there cloudy laces and strange webs of Eastern gauze.
room
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From this reading It was cloudy, and Daddy was going to be busy, so she had determined to spend an hour or so in her own room, and enjoy all the delights of “dressing up.”
seen
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From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Oh, she had been having a delightful afternoon.
silks
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From this reading Beautiful clothes they were; rich silks and velvets, with here and there cloudy laces and strange webs of Eastern gauze.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It was cloudy, and Daddy was going to be busy, so she had determined to spend an hour or so in her own room, and enjoy all the delights of “dressing up.”
spend
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From this reading It was cloudy, and Daddy was going to be busy, so she had determined to spend an hour or so in her own room, and enjoy all the delights of “dressing up.”
Star
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From this reading And where was little Star, while all this was going on down on the beach?
strange
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From this reading Beautiful clothes they were; rich silks and velvets, with here and there cloudy laces and strange webs of Eastern gauze.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading And where was little Star, while all this was going on down on the beach?
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
there
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From this reading Beautiful clothes they were; rich silks and velvets, with here and there cloudy laces and strange webs of Eastern gauze.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Beautiful clothes they were; rich silks and velvets, with here and there cloudy laces and strange webs of Eastern gauze.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading And where was little Star, while all this was going on down on the beach?
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It was cloudy, and Daddy was going to be busy, so she had determined to spend an hour or so in her own room, and enjoy all the delights of “dressing up.”
up
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From this reading It was cloudy, and Daddy was going to be busy, so she had determined to spend an hour or so in her own room, and enjoy all the delights of “dressing up.”
use
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From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
velvets
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From this reading Beautiful clothes they were; rich silks and velvets, with here and there cloudy laces and strange webs of Eastern gauze.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And where was little Star, while all this was going on down on the beach?
washed
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From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
webs
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From this reading Beautiful clothes they were; rich silks and velvets, with here and there cloudy laces and strange webs of Eastern gauze.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Beautiful clothes they were; rich silks and velvets, with here and there cloudy laces and strange webs of Eastern gauze.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading And where was little Star, while all this was going on down on the beach?
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading And where was little Star, while all this was going on down on the beach?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Beautiful clothes they were; rich silks and velvets, with here and there cloudy laces and strange webs of Eastern gauze.
woman
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From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
wreck
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From this reading For the great chest that had been washed ashore from the wreck, the day after she herself had come to the island, was full of clothes belonging to her “poor mamma;” and as we have seen, the little woman was fully inclined to make use of them.
