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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Mrs. Floyd Grandon is considered fairly in society, and the world decides there is nothing detrimental about her.
admitted
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From this reading She is admitted to be pretty, she is well-bred, with some little touches of formalism, due to her training, that are really refreshing to elderly people, and sit quaintly upon her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "Love and hay are thick sown, but come up full of thistles."
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "Love and hay are thick sown, but come up full of thistles."
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She is admitted to be pretty, she is well-bred, with some little touches of formalism, due to her training, that are really refreshing to elderly people, and sit quaintly upon her.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She is charming, both when her natural vivacity crops out, that has been so repressed, and when she is shyly diffident.
blossoms
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From this reading Cards and invitations are left for her, and Grandon Park blossoms out into unwonted gayety.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading She is charming, both when her natural vivacity crops out, that has been so repressed, and when she is shyly diffident.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading "Love and hay are thick sown, but come up full of thistles."
Cards
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From this reading Cards and invitations are left for her, and Grandon Park blossoms out into unwonted gayety.
charming
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From this reading She is charming, both when her natural vivacity crops out, that has been so repressed, and when she is shyly diffident.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "Love and hay are thick sown, but come up full of thistles."
considered
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From this reading Mrs. Floyd Grandon is considered fairly in society, and the world decides there is nothing detrimental about her.
crops
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From this reading She is charming, both when her natural vivacity crops out, that has been so repressed, and when she is shyly diffident.
decides
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From this reading Mrs. Floyd Grandon is considered fairly in society, and the world decides there is nothing detrimental about her.
detrimental
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From this reading Mrs. Floyd Grandon is considered fairly in society, and the world decides there is nothing detrimental about her.
diffident
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From this reading She is charming, both when her natural vivacity crops out, that has been so repressed, and when she is shyly diffident.
due
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From this reading She is admitted to be pretty, she is well-bred, with some little touches of formalism, due to her training, that are really refreshing to elderly people, and sit quaintly upon her.
elderly
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From this reading She is admitted to be pretty, she is well-bred, with some little touches of formalism, due to her training, that are really refreshing to elderly people, and sit quaintly upon her.
fairly
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From this reading Mrs. Floyd Grandon is considered fairly in society, and the world decides there is nothing detrimental about her.
Floyd
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From this reading Mrs. Floyd Grandon is considered fairly in society, and the world decides there is nothing detrimental about her.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Cards and invitations are left for her, and Grandon Park blossoms out into unwonted gayety.
formalism
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From this reading She is admitted to be pretty, she is well-bred, with some little touches of formalism, due to her training, that are really refreshing to elderly people, and sit quaintly upon her.
full
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From this reading "Love and hay are thick sown, but come up full of thistles."
gayety
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From this reading Cards and invitations are left for her, and Grandon Park blossoms out into unwonted gayety.
Grandon
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From this reading Mrs. Floyd Grandon is considered fairly in society, and the world decides there is nothing detrimental about her.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She is charming, both when her natural vivacity crops out, that has been so repressed, and when she is shyly diffident.
hay
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From this reading "Love and hay are thick sown, but come up full of thistles."
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Mrs. Floyd Grandon is considered fairly in society, and the world decides there is nothing detrimental about her.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Mrs. Floyd Grandon is considered fairly in society, and the world decides there is nothing detrimental about her.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Cards and invitations are left for her, and Grandon Park blossoms out into unwonted gayety.
invitations
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From this reading Cards and invitations are left for her, and Grandon Park blossoms out into unwonted gayety.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Mrs. Floyd Grandon is considered fairly in society, and the world decides there is nothing detrimental about her.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Cards and invitations are left for her, and Grandon Park blossoms out into unwonted gayety.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She is admitted to be pretty, she is well-bred, with some little touches of formalism, due to her training, that are really refreshing to elderly people, and sit quaintly upon her.
Love
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From this reading "Love and hay are thick sown, but come up full of thistles."
Mrs
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From this reading Mrs. Floyd Grandon is considered fairly in society, and the world decides there is nothing detrimental about her.
natural
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From this reading She is charming, both when her natural vivacity crops out, that has been so repressed, and when she is shyly diffident.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Mrs. Floyd Grandon is considered fairly in society, and the world decides there is nothing detrimental about her.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "Love and hay are thick sown, but come up full of thistles."
out
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From this reading She is charming, both when her natural vivacity crops out, that has been so repressed, and when she is shyly diffident.
Park
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From this reading Cards and invitations are left for her, and Grandon Park blossoms out into unwonted gayety.
people
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From this reading She is admitted to be pretty, she is well-bred, with some little touches of formalism, due to her training, that are really refreshing to elderly people, and sit quaintly upon her.
pretty
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From this reading She is admitted to be pretty, she is well-bred, with some little touches of formalism, due to her training, that are really refreshing to elderly people, and sit quaintly upon her.
quaintly
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From this reading She is admitted to be pretty, she is well-bred, with some little touches of formalism, due to her training, that are really refreshing to elderly people, and sit quaintly upon her.
really
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From this reading She is admitted to be pretty, she is well-bred, with some little touches of formalism, due to her training, that are really refreshing to elderly people, and sit quaintly upon her.
refreshing
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From this reading She is admitted to be pretty, she is well-bred, with some little touches of formalism, due to her training, that are really refreshing to elderly people, and sit quaintly upon her.
repressed
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From this reading She is charming, both when her natural vivacity crops out, that has been so repressed, and when she is shyly diffident.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She is admitted to be pretty, she is well-bred, with some little touches of formalism, due to her training, that are really refreshing to elderly people, and sit quaintly upon her.
shyly
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From this reading She is charming, both when her natural vivacity crops out, that has been so repressed, and when she is shyly diffident.
sit
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From this reading She is admitted to be pretty, she is well-bred, with some little touches of formalism, due to her training, that are really refreshing to elderly people, and sit quaintly upon her.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She is charming, both when her natural vivacity crops out, that has been so repressed, and when she is shyly diffident.
society
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From this reading Mrs. Floyd Grandon is considered fairly in society, and the world decides there is nothing detrimental about her.
some
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From this reading She is admitted to be pretty, she is well-bred, with some little touches of formalism, due to her training, that are really refreshing to elderly people, and sit quaintly upon her.
sown
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From this reading "Love and hay are thick sown, but come up full of thistles."
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She is admitted to be pretty, she is well-bred, with some little touches of formalism, due to her training, that are really refreshing to elderly people, and sit quaintly upon her.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Mrs. Floyd Grandon is considered fairly in society, and the world decides there is nothing detrimental about her.
there
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From this reading Mrs. Floyd Grandon is considered fairly in society, and the world decides there is nothing detrimental about her.
thick
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From this reading "Love and hay are thick sown, but come up full of thistles."
thistles
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From this reading "Love and hay are thick sown, but come up full of thistles."
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She is admitted to be pretty, she is well-bred, with some little touches of formalism, due to her training, that are really refreshing to elderly people, and sit quaintly upon her.
touches
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From this reading She is admitted to be pretty, she is well-bred, with some little touches of formalism, due to her training, that are really refreshing to elderly people, and sit quaintly upon her.
training
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From this reading She is admitted to be pretty, she is well-bred, with some little touches of formalism, due to her training, that are really refreshing to elderly people, and sit quaintly upon her.
unwonted
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From this reading Cards and invitations are left for her, and Grandon Park blossoms out into unwonted gayety.
up
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From this reading "Love and hay are thick sown, but come up full of thistles."
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She is admitted to be pretty, she is well-bred, with some little touches of formalism, due to her training, that are really refreshing to elderly people, and sit quaintly upon her.
vivacity
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From this reading She is charming, both when her natural vivacity crops out, that has been so repressed, and when she is shyly diffident.
well-bred
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From this reading She is admitted to be pretty, she is well-bred, with some little touches of formalism, due to her training, that are really refreshing to elderly people, and sit quaintly upon her.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She is charming, both when her natural vivacity crops out, that has been so repressed, and when she is shyly diffident.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She is admitted to be pretty, she is well-bred, with some little touches of formalism, due to her training, that are really refreshing to elderly people, and sit quaintly upon her.
world
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From this reading Mrs. Floyd Grandon is considered fairly in society, and the world decides there is nothing detrimental about her.
