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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 Hollyhock was a child who, with all her wildness, her insubordination, her many faults, bore no malice.
all
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From this reading Hollyhock was a child who, with all her wildness, her insubordination, her many faults, bore no malice.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The open look on her bonnie face alone proclaimed this fact.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was really sorry for Leucha, and did not give her own swollen cheek a serious thought.
bonnie
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From this reading The open look on her bonnie face alone proclaimed this fact.
bore
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From this reading Hollyhock was a child who, with all her wildness, her insubordination, her many faults, bore no malice.
cheek
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From this reading She was really sorry for Leucha, and did not give her own swollen cheek a serious thought.
child
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From this reading Hollyhock was a child who, with all her wildness, her insubordination, her many faults, bore no malice.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She did not know the meaning of malice.
face
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From this reading The open look on her bonnie face alone proclaimed this fact.
fact
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From this reading The open look on her bonnie face alone proclaimed this fact.
faults
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From this reading Hollyhock was a child who, with all her wildness, her insubordination, her many faults, bore no malice.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She was really sorry for Leucha, and did not give her own swollen cheek a serious thought.
GIRL
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From this reading THE GIRL WITH THE WAYWARD HEART.
give
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From this reading She was really sorry for Leucha, and did not give her own swollen cheek a serious thought.
HEART
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From this reading THE GIRL WITH THE WAYWARD HEART.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Hollyhock was a child who, with all her wildness, her insubordination, her many faults, bore no malice.
Hollyhock
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From this reading Hollyhock was a child who, with all her wildness, her insubordination, her many faults, bore no malice.
insubordination
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From this reading Hollyhock was a child who, with all her wildness, her insubordination, her many faults, bore no malice.
knownounUS /know/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She did not know the meaning of malice.
Leucha
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From this reading She was really sorry for Leucha, and did not give her own swollen cheek a serious thought.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The open look on her bonnie face alone proclaimed this fact.
malice
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From this reading Hollyhock was a child who, with all her wildness, her insubordination, her many faults, bore no malice.
many
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From this reading Hollyhock was a child who, with all her wildness, her insubordination, her many faults, bore no malice.
meaning
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From this reading She did not know the meaning of malice.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading Hollyhock was a child who, with all her wildness, her insubordination, her many faults, bore no malice.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She did not know the meaning of malice.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She did not know the meaning of malice.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The open look on her bonnie face alone proclaimed this fact.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading The open look on her bonnie face alone proclaimed this fact.
own
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From this reading She was really sorry for Leucha, and did not give her own swollen cheek a serious thought.
proclaimed
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From this reading The open look on her bonnie face alone proclaimed this fact.
really
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From this reading She was really sorry for Leucha, and did not give her own swollen cheek a serious thought.
serious
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From this reading She was really sorry for Leucha, and did not give her own swollen cheek a serious thought.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She did not know the meaning of malice.
sorry
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From this reading She was really sorry for Leucha, and did not give her own swollen cheek a serious thought.
swollen
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From this reading She was really sorry for Leucha, and did not give her own swollen cheek a serious thought.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE GIRL WITH THE WAYWARD HEART.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading The open look on her bonnie face alone proclaimed this fact.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was really sorry for Leucha, and did not give her own swollen cheek a serious thought.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Hollyhock was a child who, with all her wildness, her insubordination, her many faults, bore no malice.
WAYWARD
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From this reading THE GIRL WITH THE WAYWARD HEART.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Hollyhock was a child who, with all her wildness, her insubordination, her many faults, bore no malice.
wildness
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From this reading Hollyhock was a child who, with all her wildness, her insubordination, her many faults, bore no malice.
WITHprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading THE GIRL WITH THE WAYWARD HEART.