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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 Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading A fancy flashed across his brain, which shone like a light from heaven.
ALICE
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From this reading ALICE PASCAL.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
attitude
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From this reading But her smile, the shape of her eyes, the kneeling attitude, riveted him to the spot where he stood, and struck him dumb.
beautiful
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From this reading The oval of her face, and the color of her hair and eyes, resembled, though slightly, the more beautiful face of Felicita in her girlhood; it was simply the curious likeness which runs through some families to the remotest branches.
brain
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From this reading A fancy flashed across his brain, which shone like a light from heaven.
branches
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From this reading The oval of her face, and the color of her hair and eyes, resembled, though slightly, the more beautiful face of Felicita in her girlhood; it was simply the curious likeness which runs through some families to the remotest branches.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But her smile, the shape of her eyes, the kneeling attitude, riveted him to the spot where he stood, and struck him dumb.
color
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From this reading The oval of her face, and the color of her hair and eyes, resembled, though slightly, the more beautiful face of Felicita in her girlhood; it was simply the curious likeness which runs through some families to the remotest branches.
coloring
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From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
curious
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From this reading The oval of her face, and the color of her hair and eyes, resembled, though slightly, the more beautiful face of Felicita in her girlhood; it was simply the curious likeness which runs through some families to the remotest branches.
dark
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From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
dumb
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From this reading But her smile, the shape of her eyes, the kneeling attitude, riveted him to the spot where he stood, and struck him dumb.
easy
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From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
English
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From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
eyes
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From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
face
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From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
families
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From this reading The oval of her face, and the color of her hair and eyes, resembled, though slightly, the more beautiful face of Felicita in her girlhood; it was simply the curious likeness which runs through some families to the remotest branches.
fancy
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From this reading A fancy flashed across his brain, which shone like a light from heaven.
Felicita
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From this reading The oval of her face, and the color of her hair and eyes, resembled, though slightly, the more beautiful face of Felicita in her girlhood; it was simply the curious likeness which runs through some families to the remotest branches.
flashed
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From this reading A fancy flashed across his brain, which shone like a light from heaven.
frank
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From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A fancy flashed across his brain, which shone like a light from heaven.
girlhood
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From this reading The oval of her face, and the color of her hair and eyes, resembled, though slightly, the more beautiful face of Felicita in her girlhood; it was simply the curious likeness which runs through some families to the remotest branches.
girlish
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From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
hair
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From this reading The oval of her face, and the color of her hair and eyes, resembled, though slightly, the more beautiful face of Felicita in her girlhood; it was simply the curious likeness which runs through some families to the remotest branches.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But her smile, the shape of her eyes, the kneeling attitude, riveted him to the spot where he stood, and struck him dumb.
heaven
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From this reading A fancy flashed across his brain, which shone like a light from heaven.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But her smile, the shape of her eyes, the kneeling attitude, riveted him to the spot where he stood, and struck him dumb.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading A fancy flashed across his brain, which shone like a light from heaven.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading The oval of her face, and the color of her hair and eyes, resembled, though slightly, the more beautiful face of Felicita in her girlhood; it was simply the curious likeness which runs through some families to the remotest branches.
Jean
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From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
kneeling
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From this reading But her smile, the shape of her eyes, the kneeling attitude, riveted him to the spot where he stood, and struck him dumb.
light
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From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
like
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From this reading A fancy flashed across his brain, which shone like a light from heaven.
likeness
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From this reading The oval of her face, and the color of her hair and eyes, resembled, though slightly, the more beautiful face of Felicita in her girlhood; it was simply the curious likeness which runs through some families to the remotest branches.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
Merle's
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From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
more
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From this reading The oval of her face, and the color of her hair and eyes, resembled, though slightly, the more beautiful face of Felicita in her girlhood; it was simply the curious likeness which runs through some families to the remotest branches.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
oval
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From this reading The oval of her face, and the color of her hair and eyes, resembled, though slightly, the more beautiful face of Felicita in her girlhood; it was simply the curious likeness which runs through some families to the remotest branches.
PASCAL
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From this reading ALICE PASCAL.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
remotest
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From this reading The oval of her face, and the color of her hair and eyes, resembled, though slightly, the more beautiful face of Felicita in her girlhood; it was simply the curious likeness which runs through some families to the remotest branches.
resembled
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From this reading The oval of her face, and the color of her hair and eyes, resembled, though slightly, the more beautiful face of Felicita in her girlhood; it was simply the curious likeness which runs through some families to the remotest branches.
riveted
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From this reading But her smile, the shape of her eyes, the kneeling attitude, riveted him to the spot where he stood, and struck him dumb.
runs
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From this reading The oval of her face, and the color of her hair and eyes, resembled, though slightly, the more beautiful face of Felicita in her girlhood; it was simply the curious likeness which runs through some families to the remotest branches.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
self-possession
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From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
shape
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From this reading But her smile, the shape of her eyes, the kneeling attitude, riveted him to the spot where he stood, and struck him dumb.
shone
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From this reading A fancy flashed across his brain, which shone like a light from heaven.
shyness
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From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
simply
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From this reading The oval of her face, and the color of her hair and eyes, resembled, though slightly, the more beautiful face of Felicita in her girlhood; it was simply the curious likeness which runs through some families to the remotest branches.
slightly
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From this reading The oval of her face, and the color of her hair and eyes, resembled, though slightly, the more beautiful face of Felicita in her girlhood; it was simply the curious likeness which runs through some families to the remotest branches.
smile
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From this reading But her smile, the shape of her eyes, the kneeling attitude, riveted him to the spot where he stood, and struck him dumb.
smiling
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From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
some
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From this reading The oval of her face, and the color of her hair and eyes, resembled, though slightly, the more beautiful face of Felicita in her girlhood; it was simply the curious likeness which runs through some families to the remotest branches.
spot
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From this reading But her smile, the shape of her eyes, the kneeling attitude, riveted him to the spot where he stood, and struck him dumb.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But her smile, the shape of her eyes, the kneeling attitude, riveted him to the spot where he stood, and struck him dumb.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But her smile, the shape of her eyes, the kneeling attitude, riveted him to the spot where he stood, and struck him dumb.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading The oval of her face, and the color of her hair and eyes, resembled, though slightly, the more beautiful face of Felicita in her girlhood; it was simply the curious likeness which runs through some families to the remotest branches.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The oval of her face, and the color of her hair and eyes, resembled, though slightly, the more beautiful face of Felicita in her girlhood; it was simply the curious likeness which runs through some families to the remotest branches.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The oval of her face, and the color of her hair and eyes, resembled, though slightly, the more beautiful face of Felicita in her girlhood; it was simply the curious likeness which runs through some families to the remotest branches.
up
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From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The oval of her face, and the color of her hair and eyes, resembled, though slightly, the more beautiful face of Felicita in her girlhood; it was simply the curious likeness which runs through some families to the remotest branches.
well-bred
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From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading But her smile, the shape of her eyes, the kneeling attitude, riveted him to the spot where he stood, and struck him dumb.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading The oval of her face, and the color of her hair and eyes, resembled, though slightly, the more beautiful face of Felicita in her girlhood; it was simply the curious likeness which runs through some families to the remotest branches.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
woman
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From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Alice Pascal looked up into Jean Merle's face with the frank and easy self-possession of a well-bred English woman; coloring a little with girlish shyness, yet at the same time smiling with a pleasant light in her dark eyes.
