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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 But for the narrow white beds, you would hardly have thought that the big room was a hospital ward.
all
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From this reading In days before all the world was caught into a whirlpool of war it had been a ballroom.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading A famous painter had made the vaulted ceiling an exquisite thing of palest blush-roses and laughing Cupids, tumbling among vine-leaves and tendrils.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading A famous painter had made the vaulted ceiling an exquisite thing of palest blush-roses and laughing Cupids, tumbling among vine-leaves and tendrils.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A famous painter had made the vaulted ceiling an exquisite thing of palest blush-roses and laughing Cupids, tumbling among vine-leaves and tendrils.
ballroom
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From this reading In days before all the world was caught into a whirlpool of war it had been a ballroom.
beds
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From this reading But for the narrow white beds, you would hardly have thought that the big room was a hospital ward.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading In days before all the world was caught into a whirlpool of war it had been a ballroom.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading In days before all the world was caught into a whirlpool of war it had been a ballroom.
big
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From this reading But for the narrow white beds, you would hardly have thought that the big room was a hospital ward.
blush-roses
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From this reading A famous painter had made the vaulted ceiling an exquisite thing of palest blush-roses and laughing Cupids, tumbling among vine-leaves and tendrils.
bore
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From this reading The white walls bore long panels of the same design.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But for the narrow white beds, you would hardly have thought that the big room was a hospital ward.
button
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From this reading There were no fittings for light visible: when darkness fell, the touch of a button flooded the room with a soft glow, coming from some unseen source in the carved cornice.
carved
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From this reading There were no fittings for light visible: when darkness fell, the touch of a button flooded the room with a soft glow, coming from some unseen source in the carved cornice.
caught
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From this reading In days before all the world was caught into a whirlpool of war it had been a ballroom.
ceiling
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From this reading A famous painter had made the vaulted ceiling an exquisite thing of palest blush-roses and laughing Cupids, tumbling among vine-leaves and tendrils.
coming
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From this reading There were no fittings for light visible: when darkness fell, the touch of a button flooded the room with a soft glow, coming from some unseen source in the carved cornice.
cornice
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From this reading There were no fittings for light visible: when darkness fell, the touch of a button flooded the room with a soft glow, coming from some unseen source in the carved cornice.
Cupids
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From this reading A famous painter had made the vaulted ceiling an exquisite thing of palest blush-roses and laughing Cupids, tumbling among vine-leaves and tendrils.
darkness
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From this reading There were no fittings for light visible: when darkness fell, the touch of a button flooded the room with a soft glow, coming from some unseen source in the carved cornice.
days
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From this reading In days before all the world was caught into a whirlpool of war it had been a ballroom.
design
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From this reading The white walls bore long panels of the same design.
exquisite
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From this reading A famous painter had made the vaulted ceiling an exquisite thing of palest blush-roses and laughing Cupids, tumbling among vine-leaves and tendrils.
famous
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From this reading A famous painter had made the vaulted ceiling an exquisite thing of palest blush-roses and laughing Cupids, tumbling among vine-leaves and tendrils.
fell
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From this reading There were no fittings for light visible: when darkness fell, the touch of a button flooded the room with a soft glow, coming from some unseen source in the carved cornice.
fittings
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From this reading There were no fittings for light visible: when darkness fell, the touch of a button flooded the room with a soft glow, coming from some unseen source in the carved cornice.
flooded
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From this reading There were no fittings for light visible: when darkness fell, the touch of a button flooded the room with a soft glow, coming from some unseen source in the carved cornice.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading But for the narrow white beds, you would hardly have thought that the big room was a hospital ward.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There were no fittings for light visible: when darkness fell, the touch of a button flooded the room with a soft glow, coming from some unseen source in the carved cornice.
glow
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From this reading There were no fittings for light visible: when darkness fell, the touch of a button flooded the room with a soft glow, coming from some unseen source in the carved cornice.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading In days before all the world was caught into a whirlpool of war it had been a ballroom.
hardly
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From this reading But for the narrow white beds, you would hardly have thought that the big room was a hospital ward.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading But for the narrow white beds, you would hardly have thought that the big room was a hospital ward.
hospital
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From this reading But for the narrow white beds, you would hardly have thought that the big room was a hospital ward.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In days before all the world was caught into a whirlpool of war it had been a ballroom.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In days before all the world was caught into a whirlpool of war it had been a ballroom.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading In days before all the world was caught into a whirlpool of war it had been a ballroom.
laughing
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From this reading A famous painter had made the vaulted ceiling an exquisite thing of palest blush-roses and laughing Cupids, tumbling among vine-leaves and tendrils.
light
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From this reading There were no fittings for light visible: when darkness fell, the touch of a button flooded the room with a soft glow, coming from some unseen source in the carved cornice.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The white walls bore long panels of the same design.
made
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From this reading A famous painter had made the vaulted ceiling an exquisite thing of palest blush-roses and laughing Cupids, tumbling among vine-leaves and tendrils.
narrow
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From this reading But for the narrow white beds, you would hardly have thought that the big room was a hospital ward.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There were no fittings for light visible: when darkness fell, the touch of a button flooded the room with a soft glow, coming from some unseen source in the carved cornice.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In days before all the world was caught into a whirlpool of war it had been a ballroom.
painter
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From this reading A famous painter had made the vaulted ceiling an exquisite thing of palest blush-roses and laughing Cupids, tumbling among vine-leaves and tendrils.
palest
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From this reading A famous painter had made the vaulted ceiling an exquisite thing of palest blush-roses and laughing Cupids, tumbling among vine-leaves and tendrils.
panels
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From this reading The white walls bore long panels of the same design.
room
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From this reading But for the narrow white beds, you would hardly have thought that the big room was a hospital ward.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The white walls bore long panels of the same design.
soft
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From this reading There were no fittings for light visible: when darkness fell, the touch of a button flooded the room with a soft glow, coming from some unseen source in the carved cornice.
some
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From this reading There were no fittings for light visible: when darkness fell, the touch of a button flooded the room with a soft glow, coming from some unseen source in the carved cornice.
source
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From this reading There were no fittings for light visible: when darkness fell, the touch of a button flooded the room with a soft glow, coming from some unseen source in the carved cornice.
tendrils
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From this reading A famous painter had made the vaulted ceiling an exquisite thing of palest blush-roses and laughing Cupids, tumbling among vine-leaves and tendrils.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading But for the narrow white beds, you would hardly have thought that the big room was a hospital ward.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading But for the narrow white beds, you would hardly have thought that the big room was a hospital ward.
There
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From this reading There were no fittings for light visible: when darkness fell, the touch of a button flooded the room with a soft glow, coming from some unseen source in the carved cornice.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A famous painter had made the vaulted ceiling an exquisite thing of palest blush-roses and laughing Cupids, tumbling among vine-leaves and tendrils.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But for the narrow white beds, you would hardly have thought that the big room was a hospital ward.
touch
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From this reading There were no fittings for light visible: when darkness fell, the touch of a button flooded the room with a soft glow, coming from some unseen source in the carved cornice.
tumblingnounUS /ˈtumbling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A famous painter had made the vaulted ceiling an exquisite thing of palest blush-roses and laughing Cupids, tumbling among vine-leaves and tendrils.
unseen
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From this reading There were no fittings for light visible: when darkness fell, the touch of a button flooded the room with a soft glow, coming from some unseen source in the carved cornice.
vaulted
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From this reading A famous painter had made the vaulted ceiling an exquisite thing of palest blush-roses and laughing Cupids, tumbling among vine-leaves and tendrils.
vine-leaves
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From this reading A famous painter had made the vaulted ceiling an exquisite thing of palest blush-roses and laughing Cupids, tumbling among vine-leaves and tendrils.
visible
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From this reading There were no fittings for light visible: when darkness fell, the touch of a button flooded the room with a soft glow, coming from some unseen source in the carved cornice.
walls
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From this reading The white walls bore long panels of the same design.
war
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From this reading In days before all the world was caught into a whirlpool of war it had been a ballroom.
ward
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From this reading But for the narrow white beds, you would hardly have thought that the big room was a hospital ward.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading But for the narrow white beds, you would hardly have thought that the big room was a hospital ward.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading There were no fittings for light visible: when darkness fell, the touch of a button flooded the room with a soft glow, coming from some unseen source in the carved cornice.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading There were no fittings for light visible: when darkness fell, the touch of a button flooded the room with a soft glow, coming from some unseen source in the carved cornice.
whirlpool
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From this reading In days before all the world was caught into a whirlpool of war it had been a ballroom.
white
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From this reading But for the narrow white beds, you would hardly have thought that the big room was a hospital ward.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There were no fittings for light visible: when darkness fell, the touch of a button flooded the room with a soft glow, coming from some unseen source in the carved cornice.
world
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From this reading In days before all the world was caught into a whirlpool of war it had been a ballroom.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading But for the narrow white beds, you would hardly have thought that the big room was a hospital ward.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading But for the narrow white beds, you would hardly have thought that the big room was a hospital ward.
