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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 She ran a gamut of emotions from self-pity to self-contempt for so unlady-like a method of extricating herself from a predicament that no lady would have got into.
affection
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From this reading She reproached herself for being some kind of miserable reptile to have inspired either the affection or the insolence of so loathsome another reptile as Reben.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Sheila wept more as Pennock helped her to undress and drew the sleeve tenderly over the invincible elbow.
anothernounUS /ˈanother/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She reproached herself for being some kind of miserable reptile to have inspired either the affection or the insolence of so loathsome another reptile as Reben.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Sheila wept more as Pennock helped her to undress and drew the sleeve tenderly over the invincible elbow.
bath
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From this reading She wept into the bath and she wept into her pillow.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading She reproached herself for being some kind of miserable reptile to have inspired either the affection or the insolence of so loathsome another reptile as Reben.
bewailed
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From this reading Then she bewailed the ruin of her career.
career
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From this reading Then she bewailed the ruin of her career.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sheila wept more as Pennock helped her to undress and drew the sleeve tenderly over the invincible elbow.
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading She reproached herself for being some kind of miserable reptile to have inspired either the affection or the insolence of so loathsome another reptile as Reben.
elbow
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From this reading Sheila wept more as Pennock helped her to undress and drew the sleeve tenderly over the invincible elbow.
emotions
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From this reading She ran a gamut of emotions from self-pity to self-contempt for so unlady-like a method of extricating herself from a predicament that no lady would have got into.
extricating
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From this reading She ran a gamut of emotions from self-pity to self-contempt for so unlady-like a method of extricating herself from a predicament that no lady would have got into.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She ran a gamut of emotions from self-pity to self-contempt for so unlady-like a method of extricating herself from a predicament that no lady would have got into.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She ran a gamut of emotions from self-pity to self-contempt for so unlady-like a method of extricating herself from a predicament that no lady would have got into.
gamut
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From this reading She ran a gamut of emotions from self-pity to self-contempt for so unlady-like a method of extricating herself from a predicament that no lady would have got into.
got
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From this reading She ran a gamut of emotions from self-pity to self-contempt for so unlady-like a method of extricating herself from a predicament that no lady would have got into.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She ran a gamut of emotions from self-pity to self-contempt for so unlady-like a method of extricating herself from a predicament that no lady would have got into.
helped
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From this reading Sheila wept more as Pennock helped her to undress and drew the sleeve tenderly over the invincible elbow.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Sheila wept more as Pennock helped her to undress and drew the sleeve tenderly over the invincible elbow.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She ran a gamut of emotions from self-pity to self-contempt for so unlady-like a method of extricating herself from a predicament that no lady would have got into.
insolence
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From this reading She reproached herself for being some kind of miserable reptile to have inspired either the affection or the insolence of so loathsome another reptile as Reben.
inspired
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From this reading She reproached herself for being some kind of miserable reptile to have inspired either the affection or the insolence of so loathsome another reptile as Reben.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She wept into the bath and she wept into her pillow.
invincible
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From this reading Sheila wept more as Pennock helped her to undress and drew the sleeve tenderly over the invincible elbow.
kind
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From this reading She reproached herself for being some kind of miserable reptile to have inspired either the affection or the insolence of so loathsome another reptile as Reben.
lady
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From this reading She ran a gamut of emotions from self-pity to self-contempt for so unlady-like a method of extricating herself from a predicament that no lady would have got into.
loathsome
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From this reading She reproached herself for being some kind of miserable reptile to have inspired either the affection or the insolence of so loathsome another reptile as Reben.
method
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From this reading She ran a gamut of emotions from self-pity to self-contempt for so unlady-like a method of extricating herself from a predicament that no lady would have got into.
miserable
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From this reading She reproached herself for being some kind of miserable reptile to have inspired either the affection or the insolence of so loathsome another reptile as Reben.
more
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From this reading Sheila wept more as Pennock helped her to undress and drew the sleeve tenderly over the invincible elbow.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading She ran a gamut of emotions from self-pity to self-contempt for so unlady-like a method of extricating herself from a predicament that no lady would have got into.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She ran a gamut of emotions from self-pity to self-contempt for so unlady-like a method of extricating herself from a predicament that no lady would have got into.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading She reproached herself for being some kind of miserable reptile to have inspired either the affection or the insolence of so loathsome another reptile as Reben.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Sheila wept more as Pennock helped her to undress and drew the sleeve tenderly over the invincible elbow.
Pennock
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From this reading Sheila wept more as Pennock helped her to undress and drew the sleeve tenderly over the invincible elbow.
pillow
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From this reading She wept into the bath and she wept into her pillow.
predicament
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From this reading She ran a gamut of emotions from self-pity to self-contempt for so unlady-like a method of extricating herself from a predicament that no lady would have got into.
ran
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From this reading She ran a gamut of emotions from self-pity to self-contempt for so unlady-like a method of extricating herself from a predicament that no lady would have got into.
Reben
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From this reading She reproached herself for being some kind of miserable reptile to have inspired either the affection or the insolence of so loathsome another reptile as Reben.
reproached
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From this reading She reproached herself for being some kind of miserable reptile to have inspired either the affection or the insolence of so loathsome another reptile as Reben.
reptile
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From this reading She reproached herself for being some kind of miserable reptile to have inspired either the affection or the insolence of so loathsome another reptile as Reben.
ruin
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From this reading Then she bewailed the ruin of her career.
self-contempt
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From this reading She ran a gamut of emotions from self-pity to self-contempt for so unlady-like a method of extricating herself from a predicament that no lady would have got into.
self-pity
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From this reading She ran a gamut of emotions from self-pity to self-contempt for so unlady-like a method of extricating herself from a predicament that no lady would have got into.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She wept into the bath and she wept into her pillow.
Sheila
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From this reading Sheila wept more as Pennock helped her to undress and drew the sleeve tenderly over the invincible elbow.
sleeve
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From this reading Sheila wept more as Pennock helped her to undress and drew the sleeve tenderly over the invincible elbow.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She ran a gamut of emotions from self-pity to self-contempt for so unlady-like a method of extricating herself from a predicament that no lady would have got into.
some
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From this reading She reproached herself for being some kind of miserable reptile to have inspired either the affection or the insolence of so loathsome another reptile as Reben.
tenderly
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From this reading Sheila wept more as Pennock helped her to undress and drew the sleeve tenderly over the invincible elbow.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She ran a gamut of emotions from self-pity to self-contempt for so unlady-like a method of extricating herself from a predicament that no lady would have got into.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Sheila wept more as Pennock helped her to undress and drew the sleeve tenderly over the invincible elbow.
Then
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From this reading Then she bewailed the ruin of her career.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sheila wept more as Pennock helped her to undress and drew the sleeve tenderly over the invincible elbow.
undress
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From this reading Sheila wept more as Pennock helped her to undress and drew the sleeve tenderly over the invincible elbow.
unlady-like
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From this reading She ran a gamut of emotions from self-pity to self-contempt for so unlady-like a method of extricating herself from a predicament that no lady would have got into.
wept
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From this reading Sheila wept more as Pennock helped her to undress and drew the sleeve tenderly over the invincible elbow.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She ran a gamut of emotions from self-pity to self-contempt for so unlady-like a method of extricating herself from a predicament that no lady would have got into.
