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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 sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
Addie
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
amazed
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.
away
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From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.
begannounUS /began/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
Bel
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
brief
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From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.
brilliant
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From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.
conspirators
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From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.
cue
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From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.
dashing
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From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.
De
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
deportment
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
devoid
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From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.
driven
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From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.
elegance
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From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.
engaged
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
evening
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From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
expected
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From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.
feelingnounUS /ˈfeeling/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.
festive
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
Forrest
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
Frank
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From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.
frolicsome
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.
gale
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From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.
gave
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From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.
Harcourt
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.
Hemstead
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From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
intervening
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From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.
ladies
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From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.
languid
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
like
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From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.
Lottie
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From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.
maddest
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
masked
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
men
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From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.
most
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
music
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From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.
nature
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
north
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From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.
off-hand
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From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
pass
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From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.
piano
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From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.
playing
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
pranks
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
propriety
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From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.
Puritan
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
requirednounUS /required/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
romp
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
schooled
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
sentiment
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From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
shreds
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From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.
sombre
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
some
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From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.
soon
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
spirits
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From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.
sprang
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE VICTIM.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.
Then
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.
train
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From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
up
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From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
VICTIM
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From this reading THE VICTIM.
wait
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From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To pass the brief intervening time Lottie went to the piano and gave them some music like herself, brilliant, dashing, off-hand, but devoid of sentiment and feeling.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.
wild
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From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then she sprang up and began playing the maddest pranks on languid Bel, and with Addie was soon engaged in a romp with De Forrest and Harcourt, that would have amazed the most festive Puritan that ever schooled or masked a frolicsome nature under the sombre deportment required.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Frank Hemstead was expected on the evening train from the north, so the conspirators would not have long to wait.
young
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From this reading The young men took their cue from the ladies, and elegance and propriety were driven away in shreds before the gale of their wild spirits.
