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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 For a moment she remained silent, her handsome head downcast.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading With her fair head buried upon my shoulder she shed tears of joy, while, time after time, I smothered her white brow with my kisses.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN OF THINGS UNMENTIONABLE I remained in that cosy, book-lined den for perhaps an hour--one whole hour of sweet, delightful ecstasy.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Then slowly, with a sweet love-look upon her beautiful countenance, she raised her face to mine, and then for the first time our lips met in a fierce and passionate caress.
beautiful
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From this reading Then slowly, with a sweet love-look upon her beautiful countenance, she raised her face to mine, and then for the first time our lips met in a fierce and passionate caress.
book-lined
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From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN OF THINGS UNMENTIONABLE I remained in that cosy, book-lined den for perhaps an hour--one whole hour of sweet, delightful ecstasy.
brow
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From this reading With her fair head buried upon my shoulder she shed tears of joy, while, time after time, I smothered her white brow with my kisses.
buried
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From this reading With her fair head buried upon my shoulder she shed tears of joy, while, time after time, I smothered her white brow with my kisses.
caress
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From this reading Then slowly, with a sweet love-look upon her beautiful countenance, she raised her face to mine, and then for the first time our lips met in a fierce and passionate caress.
CHAPTER
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From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN OF THINGS UNMENTIONABLE I remained in that cosy, book-lined den for perhaps an hour--one whole hour of sweet, delightful ecstasy.
compact
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From this reading Thus was our solemn compact sealed.
cosy
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From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN OF THINGS UNMENTIONABLE I remained in that cosy, book-lined den for perhaps an hour--one whole hour of sweet, delightful ecstasy.
countenance
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From this reading Then slowly, with a sweet love-look upon her beautiful countenance, she raised her face to mine, and then for the first time our lips met in a fierce and passionate caress.
delightful
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From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN OF THINGS UNMENTIONABLE I remained in that cosy, book-lined den for perhaps an hour--one whole hour of sweet, delightful ecstasy.
den
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From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN OF THINGS UNMENTIONABLE I remained in that cosy, book-lined den for perhaps an hour--one whole hour of sweet, delightful ecstasy.
downcast
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From this reading For a moment she remained silent, her handsome head downcast.
ecstasy
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From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN OF THINGS UNMENTIONABLE I remained in that cosy, book-lined den for perhaps an hour--one whole hour of sweet, delightful ecstasy.
face
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From this reading Then slowly, with a sweet love-look upon her beautiful countenance, she raised her face to mine, and then for the first time our lips met in a fierce and passionate caress.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading With her fair head buried upon my shoulder she shed tears of joy, while, time after time, I smothered her white brow with my kisses.
fierce
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From this reading Then slowly, with a sweet love-look upon her beautiful countenance, she raised her face to mine, and then for the first time our lips met in a fierce and passionate caress.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then slowly, with a sweet love-look upon her beautiful countenance, she raised her face to mine, and then for the first time our lips met in a fierce and passionate caress.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For a moment she remained silent, her handsome head downcast.
FOURTEEN
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From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN OF THINGS UNMENTIONABLE I remained in that cosy, book-lined den for perhaps an hour--one whole hour of sweet, delightful ecstasy.
handsomenounUS /ˈhandsome/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading For a moment she remained silent, her handsome head downcast.
head
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From this reading For a moment she remained silent, her handsome head downcast.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading For a moment she remained silent, her handsome head downcast.
hour
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From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN OF THINGS UNMENTIONABLE I remained in that cosy, book-lined den for perhaps an hour--one whole hour of sweet, delightful ecstasy.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN OF THINGS UNMENTIONABLE I remained in that cosy, book-lined den for perhaps an hour--one whole hour of sweet, delightful ecstasy.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Then slowly, with a sweet love-look upon her beautiful countenance, she raised her face to mine, and then for the first time our lips met in a fierce and passionate caress.
joy
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From this reading With her fair head buried upon my shoulder she shed tears of joy, while, time after time, I smothered her white brow with my kisses.
kisses
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From this reading With her fair head buried upon my shoulder she shed tears of joy, while, time after time, I smothered her white brow with my kisses.
lips
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From this reading Then slowly, with a sweet love-look upon her beautiful countenance, she raised her face to mine, and then for the first time our lips met in a fierce and passionate caress.
love-look
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From this reading Then slowly, with a sweet love-look upon her beautiful countenance, she raised her face to mine, and then for the first time our lips met in a fierce and passionate caress.
met
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From this reading Then slowly, with a sweet love-look upon her beautiful countenance, she raised her face to mine, and then for the first time our lips met in a fierce and passionate caress.
minepronounUS /maɪn/
the one or ones belonging to the person speaking
From this reading Then slowly, with a sweet love-look upon her beautiful countenance, she raised her face to mine, and then for the first time our lips met in a fierce and passionate caress.
moment
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From this reading For a moment she remained silent, her handsome head downcast.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading With her fair head buried upon my shoulder she shed tears of joy, while, time after time, I smothered her white brow with my kisses.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN OF THINGS UNMENTIONABLE I remained in that cosy, book-lined den for perhaps an hour--one whole hour of sweet, delightful ecstasy.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN OF THINGS UNMENTIONABLE I remained in that cosy, book-lined den for perhaps an hour--one whole hour of sweet, delightful ecstasy.
ourdeterminerUS /ˈaʊər/
belonging to the speaker and others
From this reading Then slowly, with a sweet love-look upon her beautiful countenance, she raised her face to mine, and then for the first time our lips met in a fierce and passionate caress.
passionate
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From this reading Then slowly, with a sweet love-look upon her beautiful countenance, she raised her face to mine, and then for the first time our lips met in a fierce and passionate caress.
perhaps
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From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN OF THINGS UNMENTIONABLE I remained in that cosy, book-lined den for perhaps an hour--one whole hour of sweet, delightful ecstasy.
raised
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From this reading Then slowly, with a sweet love-look upon her beautiful countenance, she raised her face to mine, and then for the first time our lips met in a fierce and passionate caress.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading For a moment she remained silent, her handsome head downcast.
sealedadjectiveUS /siːld/
closed and kept secret in this chapter’s sailing situation
From this reading Thus was our solemn compact sealed.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading For a moment she remained silent, her handsome head downcast.
shed
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From this reading With her fair head buried upon my shoulder she shed tears of joy, while, time after time, I smothered her white brow with my kisses.
shoulder
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From this reading With her fair head buried upon my shoulder she shed tears of joy, while, time after time, I smothered her white brow with my kisses.
silent
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From this reading For a moment she remained silent, her handsome head downcast.
slowly
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From this reading Then slowly, with a sweet love-look upon her beautiful countenance, she raised her face to mine, and then for the first time our lips met in a fierce and passionate caress.
smothered
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From this reading With her fair head buried upon my shoulder she shed tears of joy, while, time after time, I smothered her white brow with my kisses.
solemn
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From this reading Thus was our solemn compact sealed.
sweet
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From this reading Then slowly, with a sweet love-look upon her beautiful countenance, she raised her face to mine, and then for the first time our lips met in a fierce and passionate caress.
tears
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From this reading With her fair head buried upon my shoulder she shed tears of joy, while, time after time, I smothered her white brow with my kisses.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN OF THINGS UNMENTIONABLE I remained in that cosy, book-lined den for perhaps an hour--one whole hour of sweet, delightful ecstasy.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Then slowly, with a sweet love-look upon her beautiful countenance, she raised her face to mine, and then for the first time our lips met in a fierce and passionate caress.
Then
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From this reading Then slowly, with a sweet love-look upon her beautiful countenance, she raised her face to mine, and then for the first time our lips met in a fierce and passionate caress.
THINGS
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From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN OF THINGS UNMENTIONABLE I remained in that cosy, book-lined den for perhaps an hour--one whole hour of sweet, delightful ecstasy.
Thus
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From this reading Thus was our solemn compact sealed.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then slowly, with a sweet love-look upon her beautiful countenance, she raised her face to mine, and then for the first time our lips met in a fierce and passionate caress.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Then slowly, with a sweet love-look upon her beautiful countenance, she raised her face to mine, and then for the first time our lips met in a fierce and passionate caress.
UNMENTIONABLE
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From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN OF THINGS UNMENTIONABLE I remained in that cosy, book-lined den for perhaps an hour--one whole hour of sweet, delightful ecstasy.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading Then slowly, with a sweet love-look upon her beautiful countenance, she raised her face to mine, and then for the first time our lips met in a fierce and passionate caress.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Thus was our solemn compact sealed.
whileconjunctionUS /waɪl/
during the time that
From this reading With her fair head buried upon my shoulder she shed tears of joy, while, time after time, I smothered her white brow with my kisses.
white
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From this reading With her fair head buried upon my shoulder she shed tears of joy, while, time after time, I smothered her white brow with my kisses.
whole
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From this reading CHAPTER FOURTEEN OF THINGS UNMENTIONABLE I remained in that cosy, book-lined den for perhaps an hour--one whole hour of sweet, delightful ecstasy.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Then slowly, with a sweet love-look upon her beautiful countenance, she raised her face to mine, and then for the first time our lips met in a fierce and passionate caress.
