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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 She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
all
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From this reading Distinct among all this forlorn and innocent furbishing was her face, with its pitiful, youthful prettiness, turning toward her mother and the lawyer with a very clutch of vision.
amongprepositionUS /əˈmʌŋ/
surrounded by; in the middle of a group
From this reading Distinct among all this forlorn and innocent furbishing was her face, with its pitiful, youthful prettiness, turning toward her mother and the lawyer with a very clutch of vision.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
best
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From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
bit
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From this reading She had curled her hair over her forehead, and tied on a bit of a lace veil.
brown
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From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
cheap
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From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
clutch
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From this reading Distinct among all this forlorn and innocent furbishing was her face, with its pitiful, youthful prettiness, turning toward her mother and the lawyer with a very clutch of vision.
curled
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From this reading She had curled her hair over her forehead, and tied on a bit of a lace veil.
Distinct
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From this reading Distinct among all this forlorn and innocent furbishing was her face, with its pitiful, youthful prettiness, turning toward her mother and the lawyer with a very clutch of vision.
dress
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From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
face
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From this reading Distinct among all this forlorn and innocent furbishing was her face, with its pitiful, youthful prettiness, turning toward her mother and the lawyer with a very clutch of vision.
feather
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From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
fold
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From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
forehead
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From this reading She had curled her hair over her forehead, and tied on a bit of a lace veil.
forlorn
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From this reading Distinct among all this forlorn and innocent furbishing was her face, with its pitiful, youthful prettiness, turning toward her mother and the lawyer with a very clutch of vision.
furbishing
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From this reading Distinct among all this forlorn and innocent furbishing was her face, with its pitiful, youthful prettiness, turning toward her mother and the lawyer with a very clutch of vision.
gotten
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From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had curled her hair over her forehead, and tied on a bit of a lace veil.
hair
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From this reading She had curled her hair over her forehead, and tied on a bit of a lace veil.
hat
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From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her small worn shoes hesitated on the threshold.
hesitated
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From this reading Her small worn shoes hesitated on the threshold.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
innocent
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From this reading Distinct among all this forlorn and innocent furbishing was her face, with its pitiful, youthful prettiness, turning toward her mother and the lawyer with a very clutch of vision.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
lace
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From this reading She had curled her hair over her forehead, and tied on a bit of a lace veil.
lawyer
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From this reading Distinct among all this forlorn and innocent furbishing was her face, with its pitiful, youthful prettiness, turning toward her mother and the lawyer with a very clutch of vision.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
Lois
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From this reading There Lois stood.
mother
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From this reading Distinct among all this forlorn and innocent furbishing was her face, with its pitiful, youthful prettiness, turning toward her mother and the lawyer with a very clutch of vision.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Her small worn shoes hesitated on the threshold.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading She had curled her hair over her forehead, and tied on a bit of a lace veil.
panel
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From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
pitiful
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From this reading Distinct among all this forlorn and innocent furbishing was her face, with its pitiful, youthful prettiness, turning toward her mother and the lawyer with a very clutch of vision.
poornounUS /poor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
prettiness
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From this reading Distinct among all this forlorn and innocent furbishing was her face, with its pitiful, youthful prettiness, turning toward her mother and the lawyer with a very clutch of vision.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
shoes
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From this reading Her small worn shoes hesitated on the threshold.
silk
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From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
skimpy
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From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
small
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From this reading Her small worn shoes hesitated on the threshold.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There Lois stood.
stuff
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From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Her small worn shoes hesitated on the threshold.
There
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From this reading There Lois stood.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Distinct among all this forlorn and innocent furbishing was her face, with its pitiful, youthful prettiness, turning toward her mother and the lawyer with a very clutch of vision.
threshold
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From this reading Her small worn shoes hesitated on the threshold.
tied
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From this reading She had curled her hair over her forehead, and tied on a bit of a lace veil.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Distinct among all this forlorn and innocent furbishing was her face, with its pitiful, youthful prettiness, turning toward her mother and the lawyer with a very clutch of vision.
trimmed
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From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
turning
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From this reading Distinct among all this forlorn and innocent furbishing was her face, with its pitiful, youthful prettiness, turning toward her mother and the lawyer with a very clutch of vision.
up
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From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
veil
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From this reading She had curled her hair over her forehead, and tied on a bit of a lace veil.
velvet
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From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
very
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From this reading Distinct among all this forlorn and innocent furbishing was her face, with its pitiful, youthful prettiness, turning toward her mother and the lawyer with a very clutch of vision.
vision
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From this reading Distinct among all this forlorn and innocent furbishing was her face, with its pitiful, youthful prettiness, turning toward her mother and the lawyer with a very clutch of vision.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
wool
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From this reading She was gotten up in her poor little best--her dress of cheap brown wool stuff, with its skimpy velvet panel, her hat trimmed with a fold of silk and a little feather.
wornverbUS /wɔːrn/
Damaged or thinned by continuous use.
From this reading Her small worn shoes hesitated on the threshold.
youthful
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From this reading Distinct among all this forlorn and innocent furbishing was her face, with its pitiful, youthful prettiness, turning toward her mother and the lawyer with a very clutch of vision.
