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aboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
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againstprepositionUS /əˈɡenst/
touching and pressing; in opposition to
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ago
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all
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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
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arms
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asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
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breast
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byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
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cheeks
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From this reading Strange, shuddering sighs heave the fair breast as she lies there in the dim, half-light of the lowered lamp, with her fair arms tossed above her golden head, and the dark lashes drooping against the pale and lovely cheeks.
Clive's
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closing
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From this reading Then, closing her heavy eyelids, she endeavors to woo sleep to her weary pillow.
completenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Having disrobed and retired, she dismisses her maid to the dressing-room to complete the packing for to-morrow's flitting.
conversation
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couch
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dark
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dim
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dismisses
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disrobed
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From this reading Having disrobed and retired, she dismisses her maid to the dressing-room to complete the packing for to-morrow's flitting.
dressing-room
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From this reading Having disrobed and retired, she dismisses her maid to the dressing-room to complete the packing for to-morrow's flitting.
drooping
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endeavors
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enough
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From this reading Sadly and wearily enough Lady Vera goes to her room and her couch that night.
entombment
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eyelids
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From this reading Then, closing her heavy eyelids, she endeavors to woo sleep to her weary pillow.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Strange, shuddering sighs heave the fair breast as she lies there in the dim, half-light of the lowered lamp, with her fair arms tossed above her golden head, and the dark lashes drooping against the pale and lovely cheeks.
father's
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flitting
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From this reading Having disrobed and retired, she dismisses her maid to the dressing-room to complete the packing for to-morrow's flitting.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Having disrobed and retired, she dismisses her maid to the dressing-room to complete the packing for to-morrow's flitting.
goes
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golden
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half-light
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Harry
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hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Sir Harry Clive's conversation has revived in her sensitive, imaginative mind all her horror of that strange, living entombment through which she has passed years ago, all unknown to herself by reason of her father's tender, shielding love.
Havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Having disrobed and retired, she dismisses her maid to the dressing-room to complete the packing for to-morrow's flitting.
head
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heave
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heavy
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From this reading Then, closing her heavy eyelids, she endeavors to woo sleep to her weary pillow.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Sadly and wearily enough Lady Vera goes to her room and her couch that night.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
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horror
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imaginative
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inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
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Lady
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lamp
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lashes
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lies
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living
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love
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lovely
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lowered
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maid
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From this reading Having disrobed and retired, she dismisses her maid to the dressing-room to complete the packing for to-morrow's flitting.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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night
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ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
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packing
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From this reading Having disrobed and retired, she dismisses her maid to the dressing-room to complete the packing for to-morrow's flitting.
pale
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passednounUS /passed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
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pillow
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From this reading Then, closing her heavy eyelids, she endeavors to woo sleep to her weary pillow.
reason
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retiredverbUS /rɪˈtaɪərd/
went away to a private place
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revived
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room
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Sadly
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sensitive
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shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Having disrobed and retired, she dismisses her maid to the dressing-room to complete the packing for to-morrow's flitting.
shielding
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shuddering
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sighs
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Sir
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sleep
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From this reading Then, closing her heavy eyelids, she endeavors to woo sleep to her weary pillow.
Strange
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tender
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thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Sadly and wearily enough Lady Vera goes to her room and her couch that night.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Having disrobed and retired, she dismisses her maid to the dressing-room to complete the packing for to-morrow's flitting.
Then
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there
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throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
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toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sadly and wearily enough Lady Vera goes to her room and her couch that night.
to-morrow's
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tossed
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unknown
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Vera
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wearily
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weary
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From this reading Then, closing her heavy eyelids, she endeavors to woo sleep to her weary pillow.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
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withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
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woo
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years
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