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Althea
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From this reading She had taken what she wanted, when she wanted it; first Franklin, and then--and perhaps it had been before Franklin had failed her, perhaps it had been before she, Althea, had failed Gerald--she had taken Gerald.
Althea's
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From this reading The aspect of her back struck on Althea's bitter, breathless mood.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Helen was sitting at her writing-table before the window, and the morning light fell on her gracefully disordered hair and gracefully shabby shoulders.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading There was no effort made for anything with Helen.
aspect
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From this reading The aspect of her back struck on Althea's bitter, breathless mood.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Helen was sitting at her writing-table before the window, and the morning light fell on her gracefully disordered hair and gracefully shabby shoulders.
back
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From this reading The aspect of her back struck on Althea's bitter, breathless mood.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She was the sort of person who would get things without seeking for them and be things without caring to be them.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She had taken what she wanted, when she wanted it; first Franklin, and then--and perhaps it had been before Franklin had failed her, perhaps it had been before she, Althea, had failed Gerald--she had taken Gerald.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Helen was sitting at her writing-table before the window, and the morning light fell on her gracefully disordered hair and gracefully shabby shoulders.
bitter
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From this reading The aspect of her back struck on Althea's bitter, breathless mood.
breathless
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From this reading The aspect of her back struck on Althea's bitter, breathless mood.
caring
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From this reading She was the sort of person who would get things without seeking for them and be things without caring to be them.
disordered
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From this reading Helen was sitting at her writing-table before the window, and the morning light fell on her gracefully disordered hair and gracefully shabby shoulders.
effort
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From this reading There was no effort made for anything with Helen.
failed
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From this reading She had taken what she wanted, when she wanted it; first Franklin, and then--and perhaps it had been before Franklin had failed her, perhaps it had been before she, Althea, had failed Gerald--she had taken Gerald.
fell
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From this reading Helen was sitting at her writing-table before the window, and the morning light fell on her gracefully disordered hair and gracefully shabby shoulders.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had taken what she wanted, when she wanted it; first Franklin, and then--and perhaps it had been before Franklin had failed her, perhaps it had been before she, Althea, had failed Gerald--she had taken Gerald.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading There was no effort made for anything with Helen.
Franklin
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From this reading She had taken what she wanted, when she wanted it; first Franklin, and then--and perhaps it had been before Franklin had failed her, perhaps it had been before she, Althea, had failed Gerald--she had taken Gerald.
Gerald
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From this reading She had taken what she wanted, when she wanted it; first Franklin, and then--and perhaps it had been before Franklin had failed her, perhaps it had been before she, Althea, had failed Gerald--she had taken Gerald.
get
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From this reading She was the sort of person who would get things without seeking for them and be things without caring to be them.
gracefully
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From this reading Helen was sitting at her writing-table before the window, and the morning light fell on her gracefully disordered hair and gracefully shabby shoulders.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had taken what she wanted, when she wanted it; first Franklin, and then--and perhaps it had been before Franklin had failed her, perhaps it had been before she, Althea, had failed Gerald--she had taken Gerald.
hair
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From this reading Helen was sitting at her writing-table before the window, and the morning light fell on her gracefully disordered hair and gracefully shabby shoulders.
Helen
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From this reading Helen was sitting at her writing-table before the window, and the morning light fell on her gracefully disordered hair and gracefully shabby shoulders.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Helen was sitting at her writing-table before the window, and the morning light fell on her gracefully disordered hair and gracefully shabby shoulders.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She had taken what she wanted, when she wanted it; first Franklin, and then--and perhaps it had been before Franklin had failed her, perhaps it had been before she, Althea, had failed Gerald--she had taken Gerald.
light
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From this reading Helen was sitting at her writing-table before the window, and the morning light fell on her gracefully disordered hair and gracefully shabby shoulders.
made
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From this reading There was no effort made for anything with Helen.
mood
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From this reading The aspect of her back struck on Althea's bitter, breathless mood.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Helen was sitting at her writing-table before the window, and the morning light fell on her gracefully disordered hair and gracefully shabby shoulders.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading There was no effort made for anything with Helen.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The aspect of her back struck on Althea's bitter, breathless mood.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Helen was sitting at her writing-table before the window, and the morning light fell on her gracefully disordered hair and gracefully shabby shoulders.
perhaps
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From this reading She had taken what she wanted, when she wanted it; first Franklin, and then--and perhaps it had been before Franklin had failed her, perhaps it had been before she, Althea, had failed Gerald--she had taken Gerald.
person
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From this reading She was the sort of person who would get things without seeking for them and be things without caring to be them.
seeking
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From this reading She was the sort of person who would get things without seeking for them and be things without caring to be them.
shabby
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From this reading Helen was sitting at her writing-table before the window, and the morning light fell on her gracefully disordered hair and gracefully shabby shoulders.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was the sort of person who would get things without seeking for them and be things without caring to be them.
shoulders
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From this reading Helen was sitting at her writing-table before the window, and the morning light fell on her gracefully disordered hair and gracefully shabby shoulders.
sitting
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From this reading Helen was sitting at her writing-table before the window, and the morning light fell on her gracefully disordered hair and gracefully shabby shoulders.
sort
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From this reading She was the sort of person who would get things without seeking for them and be things without caring to be them.
strucknounUS /struck/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The aspect of her back struck on Althea's bitter, breathless mood.
taken
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From this reading She had taken what she wanted, when she wanted it; first Franklin, and then--and perhaps it had been before Franklin had failed her, perhaps it had been before she, Althea, had failed Gerald--she had taken Gerald.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Helen was sitting at her writing-table before the window, and the morning light fell on her gracefully disordered hair and gracefully shabby shoulders.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She was the sort of person who would get things without seeking for them and be things without caring to be them.
then
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From this reading She had taken what she wanted, when she wanted it; first Franklin, and then--and perhaps it had been before Franklin had failed her, perhaps it had been before she, Althea, had failed Gerald--she had taken Gerald.
There
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From this reading There was no effort made for anything with Helen.
things
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From this reading She was the sort of person who would get things without seeking for them and be things without caring to be them.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She was the sort of person who would get things without seeking for them and be things without caring to be them.
wanted
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From this reading She had taken what she wanted, when she wanted it; first Franklin, and then--and perhaps it had been before Franklin had failed her, perhaps it had been before she, Althea, had failed Gerald--she had taken Gerald.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Helen was sitting at her writing-table before the window, and the morning light fell on her gracefully disordered hair and gracefully shabby shoulders.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading She had taken what she wanted, when she wanted it; first Franklin, and then--and perhaps it had been before Franklin had failed her, perhaps it had been before she, Althea, had failed Gerald--she had taken Gerald.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She had taken what she wanted, when she wanted it; first Franklin, and then--and perhaps it had been before Franklin had failed her, perhaps it had been before she, Althea, had failed Gerald--she had taken Gerald.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading She was the sort of person who would get things without seeking for them and be things without caring to be them.
window
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From this reading Helen was sitting at her writing-table before the window, and the morning light fell on her gracefully disordered hair and gracefully shabby shoulders.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading There was no effort made for anything with Helen.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading She was the sort of person who would get things without seeking for them and be things without caring to be them.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading She was the sort of person who would get things without seeking for them and be things without caring to be them.
writing-table
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From this reading Helen was sitting at her writing-table before the window, and the morning light fell on her gracefully disordered hair and gracefully shabby shoulders.
