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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 A large basket, filled with little garments ready for mending, lay on the floor at her feet, and her working materials were close by; but, for a wonder, the busy fingers were idle.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
basket
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From this reading A large basket, filled with little garments ready for mending, lay on the floor at her feet, and her working materials were close by; but, for a wonder, the busy fingers were idle.
bed
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From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
busy
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From this reading A large basket, filled with little garments ready for mending, lay on the floor at her feet, and her working materials were close by; but, for a wonder, the busy fingers were idle.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A large basket, filled with little garments ready for mending, lay on the floor at her feet, and her working materials were close by; but, for a wonder, the busy fingers were idle.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
Charlotte
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From this reading Charlotte Home neither put on her thimble nor threaded her needle; she sat gazing into the fire, lost in reverie.
children
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From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
close
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From this reading A large basket, filled with little garments ready for mending, lay on the floor at her feet, and her working materials were close by; but, for a wonder, the busy fingers were idle.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
Daisy's
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From this reading In vain Daisy's frock pleaded for that great rent made yesterday, and Harold's socks showed themselves most disreputably out at heels.
day's
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From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
dining-room
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From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
dinner
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From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
disreputably
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From this reading In vain Daisy's frock pleaded for that great rent made yesterday, and Harold's socks showed themselves most disreputably out at heels.
drawing-room
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From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
feet
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From this reading A large basket, filled with little garments ready for mending, lay on the floor at her feet, and her working materials were close by; but, for a wonder, the busy fingers were idle.
filled
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From this reading A large basket, filled with little garments ready for mending, lay on the floor at her feet, and her working materials were close by; but, for a wonder, the busy fingers were idle.
fingers
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From this reading A large basket, filled with little garments ready for mending, lay on the floor at her feet, and her working materials were close by; but, for a wonder, the busy fingers were idle.
finished
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From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
fire
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From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
floor
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From this reading A large basket, filled with little garments ready for mending, lay on the floor at her feet, and her working materials were close by; but, for a wonder, the busy fingers were idle.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A large basket, filled with little garments ready for mending, lay on the floor at her feet, and her working materials were close by; but, for a wonder, the busy fingers were idle.
frock
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From this reading In vain Daisy's frock pleaded for that great rent made yesterday, and Harold's socks showed themselves most disreputably out at heels.
garments
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From this reading A large basket, filled with little garments ready for mending, lay on the floor at her feet, and her working materials were close by; but, for a wonder, the busy fingers were idle.
gazing
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From this reading Charlotte Home neither put on her thimble nor threaded her needle; she sat gazing into the fire, lost in reverie.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In vain Daisy's frock pleaded for that great rent made yesterday, and Harold's socks showed themselves most disreputably out at heels.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
Harold's
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From this reading In vain Daisy's frock pleaded for that great rent made yesterday, and Harold's socks showed themselves most disreputably out at heels.
heels
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From this reading In vain Daisy's frock pleaded for that great rent made yesterday, and Harold's socks showed themselves most disreputably out at heels.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
Home
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From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
idle
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From this reading A large basket, filled with little garments ready for mending, lay on the floor at her feet, and her working materials were close by; but, for a wonder, the busy fingers were idle.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Charlotte Home neither put on her thimble nor threaded her needle; she sat gazing into the fire, lost in reverie.
large
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From this reading A large basket, filled with little garments ready for mending, lay on the floor at her feet, and her working materials were close by; but, for a wonder, the busy fingers were idle.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
lay
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From this reading A large basket, filled with little garments ready for mending, lay on the floor at her feet, and her working materials were close by; but, for a wonder, the busy fingers were idle.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A large basket, filled with little garments ready for mending, lay on the floor at her feet, and her working materials were close by; but, for a wonder, the busy fingers were idle.
lodger
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From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
lost
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From this reading Charlotte Home neither put on her thimble nor threaded her needle; she sat gazing into the fire, lost in reverie.
lull
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From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
made
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From this reading In vain Daisy's frock pleaded for that great rent made yesterday, and Harold's socks showed themselves most disreputably out at heels.
materials
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From this reading A large basket, filled with little garments ready for mending, lay on the floor at her feet, and her working materials were close by; but, for a wonder, the busy fingers were idle.
mending
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From this reading A large basket, filled with little garments ready for mending, lay on the floor at her feet, and her working materials were close by; but, for a wonder, the busy fingers were idle.
most
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From this reading In vain Daisy's frock pleaded for that great rent made yesterday, and Harold's socks showed themselves most disreputably out at heels.
Mrs
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From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
needle
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From this reading Charlotte Home neither put on her thimble nor threaded her needle; she sat gazing into the fire, lost in reverie.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Charlotte Home neither put on her thimble nor threaded her needle; she sat gazing into the fire, lost in reverie.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading Charlotte Home neither put on her thimble nor threaded her needle; she sat gazing into the fire, lost in reverie.
occupations
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From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A large basket, filled with little garments ready for mending, lay on the floor at her feet, and her working materials were close by; but, for a wonder, the busy fingers were idle.
out
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From this reading In vain Daisy's frock pleaded for that great rent made yesterday, and Harold's socks showed themselves most disreputably out at heels.
pleaded
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From this reading In vain Daisy's frock pleaded for that great rent made yesterday, and Harold's socks showed themselves most disreputably out at heels.
put
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From this reading Charlotte Home neither put on her thimble nor threaded her needle; she sat gazing into the fire, lost in reverie.
ready
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From this reading A large basket, filled with little garments ready for mending, lay on the floor at her feet, and her working materials were close by; but, for a wonder, the busy fingers were idle.
rent
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From this reading In vain Daisy's frock pleaded for that great rent made yesterday, and Harold's socks showed themselves most disreputably out at heels.
reverie
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From this reading Charlotte Home neither put on her thimble nor threaded her needle; she sat gazing into the fire, lost in reverie.
sat
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From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Charlotte Home neither put on her thimble nor threaded her needle; she sat gazing into the fire, lost in reverie.
showed
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From this reading In vain Daisy's frock pleaded for that great rent made yesterday, and Harold's socks showed themselves most disreputably out at heels.
socks
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From this reading In vain Daisy's frock pleaded for that great rent made yesterday, and Harold's socks showed themselves most disreputably out at heels.
STORY
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From this reading THE STORY.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In vain Daisy's frock pleaded for that great rent made yesterday, and Harold's socks showed themselves most disreputably out at heels.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE STORY.
themselvespronounUS /ðemˈselvz/
used when the people doing the action are also its object
From this reading In vain Daisy's frock pleaded for that great rent made yesterday, and Harold's socks showed themselves most disreputably out at heels.
thimble
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From this reading Charlotte Home neither put on her thimble nor threaded her needle; she sat gazing into the fire, lost in reverie.
threaded
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From this reading Charlotte Home neither put on her thimble nor threaded her needle; she sat gazing into the fire, lost in reverie.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
vain
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From this reading In vain Daisy's frock pleaded for that great rent made yesterday, and Harold's socks showed themselves most disreputably out at heels.
welcome
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From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The children were at last in bed, the drawing-room lodger had finished her dinner, the welcome time of lull in the day's occupations had come, and Mrs. Home sat by the dining-room fire.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading A large basket, filled with little garments ready for mending, lay on the floor at her feet, and her working materials were close by; but, for a wonder, the busy fingers were idle.
wonder
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From this reading A large basket, filled with little garments ready for mending, lay on the floor at her feet, and her working materials were close by; but, for a wonder, the busy fingers were idle.
working
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From this reading A large basket, filled with little garments ready for mending, lay on the floor at her feet, and her working materials were close by; but, for a wonder, the busy fingers were idle.
yesterday
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From this reading In vain Daisy's frock pleaded for that great rent made yesterday, and Harold's socks showed themselves most disreputably out at heels.
