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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 Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
amazement
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From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
astonishedadjectiveUS /əˈstɑːnɪʃt/
very surprised
From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
back
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From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "You needn't be troubled, dearie, this is the very best thing that could have happened to us.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
bent
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From this reading Seeing which, the lady bent over the cot and kissed the little girl, then promptly explained:
best
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From this reading "You needn't be troubled, dearie, this is the very best thing that could have happened to us.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
Chester
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From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
cot
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From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading "You needn't be troubled, dearie, this is the very best thing that could have happened to us.
criednounUS /cried/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
dearie
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From this reading "You needn't be troubled, dearie, this is the very best thing that could have happened to us.
DOROTHY
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From this reading DOROTHY GAINS IN WISDOM "Why, mother!
explained
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From this reading Seeing which, the lady bent over the cot and kissed the little girl, then promptly explained:
face
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From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
father
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From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
GAINS
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From this reading DOROTHY GAINS IN WISDOM "Why, mother!
gazed
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From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
girl
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From this reading Seeing which, the lady bent over the cot and kissed the little girl, then promptly explained:
glad
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From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
grievedverbUS /ɡriːvd/
felt extremely sad, especially because of a loss
From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
happened
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From this reading "You needn't be troubled, dearie, this is the very best thing that could have happened to us.
happiness
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From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
happy
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From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading "You needn't be troubled, dearie, this is the very best thing that could have happened to us.
head
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From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
heartlessness
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From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
ill
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From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading DOROTHY GAINS IN WISDOM "Why, mother!
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "You needn't be troubled, dearie, this is the very best thing that could have happened to us.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
kissed
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From this reading Seeing which, the lady bent over the cot and kissed the little girl, then promptly explained:
lady
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From this reading Seeing which, the lady bent over the cot and kissed the little girl, then promptly explained:
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Seeing which, the lady bent over the cot and kissed the little girl, then promptly explained:
mother
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From this reading DOROTHY GAINS IN WISDOM "Why, mother!
moved
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From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
Mrs
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From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
neck
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From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
needn't
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From this reading "You needn't be troubled, dearie, this is the very best thing that could have happened to us.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Seeing which, the lady bent over the cot and kissed the little girl, then promptly explained:
own
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From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
painful
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From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
promptly
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From this reading Seeing which, the lady bent over the cot and kissed the little girl, then promptly explained:
realized
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From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
sank
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From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
Seeing
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From this reading Seeing which, the lady bent over the cot and kissed the little girl, then promptly explained:
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
sitting
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From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
smiling
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From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
stiff
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From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
Then
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From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "You needn't be troubled, dearie, this is the very best thing that could have happened to us.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading "You needn't be troubled, dearie, this is the very best thing that could have happened to us.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
tried
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From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
troubled
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From this reading "You needn't be troubled, dearie, this is the very best thing that could have happened to us.
turn
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From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
up
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From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading "You needn't be troubled, dearie, this is the very best thing that could have happened to us.
very
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From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Seeing which, the lady bent over the cot and kissed the little girl, then promptly explained:
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
Why
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From this reading DOROTHY GAINS IN WISDOM "Why, mother!
WISDOM
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From this reading DOROTHY GAINS IN WISDOM "Why, mother!
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
wondering
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From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
wrenchnounUS /rɛntʃ/
a sudden twisting movement that causes pain
From this reading Then she realized that her neck was very stiff and that when she tried to turn her head it moved with a painful wrench, so sank back again, but still gazed at Mrs. Chester with a grieved amazement.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Why--why--_mother_!" cried the astonished Dorothy, sitting up in her cot and smiling back into the happy face before her, yet wondering at its happiness and her own heartlessness, in being glad while her father was so ill.
YoupronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "You needn't be troubled, dearie, this is the very best thing that could have happened to us.
