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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 was trying to engage in a very intimate conversation with her husband, and simultaneously to conduct communication through the telephone, to smoke a cigarette, and to write letters.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was trying to engage in a very intimate conversation with her husband, and simultaneously to conduct communication through the telephone, to smoke a cigarette, and to write letters.
apologized
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From this reading She had just done this and apologized to the Central exchange.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
became
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From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Dodo was sitting in her room in Jack's house in Eaton Square, one morning towards the end of May, being moderately busy.
busy
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From this reading Dodo was sitting in her room in Jack's house in Eaton Square, one morning towards the end of May, being moderately busy.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
Central
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From this reading She had just done this and apologized to the Central exchange.
cigarette
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From this reading She was trying to engage in a very intimate conversation with her husband, and simultaneously to conduct communication through the telephone, to smoke a cigarette, and to write letters.
communication
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From this reading She was trying to engage in a very intimate conversation with her husband, and simultaneously to conduct communication through the telephone, to smoke a cigarette, and to write letters.
complicated
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From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
conduct
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From this reading She was trying to engage in a very intimate conversation with her husband, and simultaneously to conduct communication through the telephone, to smoke a cigarette, and to write letters.
Considering
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From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
conversation
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From this reading She was trying to engage in a very intimate conversation with her husband, and simultaneously to conduct communication through the telephone, to smoke a cigarette, and to write letters.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "I never knew you could send smoke down a telephone," remarked Jack.
determinedadjectiveUS /dɪˈtɜrmɪnd/
having firmly decided to do something
From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
Dodo
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From this reading Dodo was sitting in her room in Jack's house in Eaton Square, one morning towards the end of May, being moderately busy.
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had just done this and apologized to the Central exchange.
down
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From this reading "I never knew you could send smoke down a telephone," remarked Jack.
Eaton
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From this reading Dodo was sitting in her room in Jack's house in Eaton Square, one morning towards the end of May, being moderately busy.
end
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From this reading Dodo was sitting in her room in Jack's house in Eaton Square, one morning towards the end of May, being moderately busy.
engage
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From this reading She was trying to engage in a very intimate conversation with her husband, and simultaneously to conduct communication through the telephone, to smoke a cigarette, and to write letters.
exchange
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From this reading She had just done this and apologized to the Central exchange.
fairly
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From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
getting
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From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
habitually
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From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had just done this and apologized to the Central exchange.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Dodo was sitting in her room in Jack's house in Eaton Square, one morning towards the end of May, being moderately busy.
house
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From this reading Dodo was sitting in her room in Jack's house in Eaton Square, one morning towards the end of May, being moderately busy.
husband
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From this reading She was trying to engage in a very intimate conversation with her husband, and simultaneously to conduct communication through the telephone, to smoke a cigarette, and to write letters.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I never knew you could send smoke down a telephone," remarked Jack.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Dodo was sitting in her room in Jack's house in Eaton Square, one morning towards the end of May, being moderately busy.
intimate
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From this reading She was trying to engage in a very intimate conversation with her husband, and simultaneously to conduct communication through the telephone, to smoke a cigarette, and to write letters.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
Jack
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Jack's
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From this reading Dodo was sitting in her room in Jack's house in Eaton Square, one morning towards the end of May, being moderately busy.
just
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From this reading She had just done this and apologized to the Central exchange.
knew
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From this reading "I never knew you could send smoke down a telephone," remarked Jack.
letters
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From this reading She was trying to engage in a very intimate conversation with her husband, and simultaneously to conduct communication through the telephone, to smoke a cigarette, and to write letters.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
Maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading Dodo was sitting in her room in Jack's house in Eaton Square, one morning towards the end of May, being moderately busy.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
mixedverbUS /mɪkst/
involved with or connected to
From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
moderately
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From this reading Dodo was sitting in her room in Jack's house in Eaton Square, one morning towards the end of May, being moderately busy.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Dodo was sitting in her room in Jack's house in Eaton Square, one morning towards the end of May, being moderately busy.
nature
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From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "I never knew you could send smoke down a telephone," remarked Jack.
occasionally
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From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Dodo was sitting in her room in Jack's house in Eaton Square, one morning towards the end of May, being moderately busy.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Dodo was sitting in her room in Jack's house in Eaton Square, one morning towards the end of May, being moderately busy.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
proceeding
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From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
puffed
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From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
receiver
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From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
remarked
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From this reading "I never knew you could send smoke down a telephone," remarked Jack.
room
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From this reading Dodo was sitting in her room in Jack's house in Eaton Square, one morning towards the end of May, being moderately busy.
send
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From this reading "I never knew you could send smoke down a telephone," remarked Jack.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was trying to engage in a very intimate conversation with her husband, and simultaneously to conduct communication through the telephone, to smoke a cigarette, and to write letters.
simultaneously
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From this reading She was trying to engage in a very intimate conversation with her husband, and simultaneously to conduct communication through the telephone, to smoke a cigarette, and to write letters.
sitting
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From this reading Dodo was sitting in her room in Jack's house in Eaton Square, one morning towards the end of May, being moderately busy.
smoke
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From this reading She was trying to engage in a very intimate conversation with her husband, and simultaneously to conduct communication through the telephone, to smoke a cigarette, and to write letters.
spoke
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From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
Square
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From this reading Dodo was sitting in her room in Jack's house in Eaton Square, one morning towards the end of May, being moderately busy.
telephone
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From this reading She was trying to engage in a very intimate conversation with her husband, and simultaneously to conduct communication through the telephone, to smoke a cigarette, and to write letters.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dodo was sitting in her room in Jack's house in Eaton Square, one morning towards the end of May, being moderately busy.
things
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From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She had just done this and apologized to the Central exchange.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She was trying to engage in a very intimate conversation with her husband, and simultaneously to conduct communication through the telephone, to smoke a cigarette, and to write letters.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was trying to engage in a very intimate conversation with her husband, and simultaneously to conduct communication through the telephone, to smoke a cigarette, and to write letters.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading Dodo was sitting in her room in Jack's house in Eaton Square, one morning towards the end of May, being moderately busy.
trying
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From this reading She was trying to engage in a very intimate conversation with her husband, and simultaneously to conduct communication through the telephone, to smoke a cigarette, and to write letters.
up
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From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
used
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From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
very
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From this reading She was trying to engage in a very intimate conversation with her husband, and simultaneously to conduct communication through the telephone, to smoke a cigarette, and to write letters.
viewed
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From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
violently
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From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
voice
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From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Dodo was sitting in her room in Jack's house in Eaton Square, one morning towards the end of May, being moderately busy.
well
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From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
whole
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From this reading Considering the complicated nature of the proceeding viewed as a whole, she was getting on fairly well, but occasionally became a little mixed up in her mind, and spoke of intimate things to Jack in the determined telephone voice habitually used, or puffed cigarette smoke violently into the receiver.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was trying to engage in a very intimate conversation with her husband, and simultaneously to conduct communication through the telephone, to smoke a cigarette, and to write letters.
write
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From this reading She was trying to engage in a very intimate conversation with her husband, and simultaneously to conduct communication through the telephone, to smoke a cigarette, and to write letters.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "I never knew you could send smoke down a telephone," remarked Jack.
