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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 He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
almshouse
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From this reading She was a girl whom Doctor Prescott had taken from the almshouse to assist in the lighter household duties.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
assist
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From this reading She was a girl whom Doctor Prescott had taken from the almshouse to assist in the lighter household duties.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
bent
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From this reading Jerome bent his head with a sudden stiff duck to this girl.
blue
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From this reading He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
chin
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From this reading He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
considered
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From this reading She was considered rather weak in her intellect, though she did her work well enough when she had once learned how.
consult
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From this reading He went on straight round the house to the south-side door, whither everybody went to consult the doctor.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She was considered rather weak in her intellect, though she did her work well enough when she had once learned how.
doctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He went on straight round the house to the south-side door, whither everybody went to consult the doctor.
door
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From this reading He went on straight round the house to the south-side door, whither everybody went to consult the doctor.
droop
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From this reading He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
duck
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From this reading Jerome bent his head with a sudden stiff duck to this girl.
duties
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From this reading She was a girl whom Doctor Prescott had taken from the almshouse to assist in the lighter household duties.
enough
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From this reading She was considered rather weak in her intellect, though she did her work well enough when she had once learned how.
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading He went on straight round the house to the south-side door, whither everybody went to consult the doctor.
eyes
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From this reading He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She was a girl whom Doctor Prescott had taken from the almshouse to assist in the lighter household duties.
girl
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From this reading He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She was a girl whom Doctor Prescott had taken from the almshouse to assist in the lighter household duties.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
HepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading He went on straight round the house to the south-side door, whither everybody went to consult the doctor.
head
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From this reading Jerome bent his head with a sudden stiff duck to this girl.
helpless
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From this reading He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She was considered rather weak in her intellect, though she did her work well enough when she had once learned how.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Jerome bent his head with a sudden stiff duck to this girl.
house
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From this reading He went on straight round the house to the south-side door, whither everybody went to consult the doctor.
household
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From this reading She was a girl whom Doctor Prescott had taken from the almshouse to assist in the lighter household duties.
how
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From this reading She was considered rather weak in her intellect, though she did her work well enough when she had once learned how.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
intellect
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From this reading She was considered rather weak in her intellect, though she did her work well enough when she had once learned how.
Jerome
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From this reading Jerome bent his head with a sudden stiff duck to this girl.
knocked
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From this reading He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
learned
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From this reading She was considered rather weak in her intellect, though she did her work well enough when she had once learned how.
lighter
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From this reading She was a girl whom Doctor Prescott had taken from the almshouse to assist in the lighter household duties.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
moment
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From this reading He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
mouth
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From this reading He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading He went on straight round the house to the south-side door, whither everybody went to consult the doctor.
once
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From this reading She was considered rather weak in her intellect, though she did her work well enough when she had once learned how.
opened
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From this reading He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
out
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From this reading He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
Prescott
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From this reading She was a girl whom Doctor Prescott had taken from the almshouse to assist in the lighter household duties.
rather
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From this reading She was considered rather weak in her intellect, though she did her work well enough when she had once learned how.
round
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From this reading He went on straight round the house to the south-side door, whither everybody went to consult the doctor.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was a girl whom Doctor Prescott had taken from the almshouse to assist in the lighter household duties.
silly
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From this reading He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
smile
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From this reading He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
south-side
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From this reading He went on straight round the house to the south-side door, whither everybody went to consult the doctor.
stiff
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From this reading Jerome bent his head with a sudden stiff duck to this girl.
straight
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From this reading He went on straight round the house to the south-side door, whither everybody went to consult the doctor.
suddennounUS /sudden/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Jerome bent his head with a sudden stiff duck to this girl.
taken
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From this reading She was a girl whom Doctor Prescott had taken from the almshouse to assist in the lighter household duties.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading He went on straight round the house to the south-side door, whither everybody went to consult the doctor.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Jerome bent his head with a sudden stiff duck to this girl.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading She was considered rather weak in her intellect, though she did her work well enough when she had once learned how.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading He went on straight round the house to the south-side door, whither everybody went to consult the doctor.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was a girl whom Doctor Prescott had taken from the almshouse to assist in the lighter household duties.
weak
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From this reading He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
well
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From this reading She was considered rather weak in her intellect, though she did her work well enough when she had once learned how.
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading He went on straight round the house to the south-side door, whither everybody went to consult the doctor.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading She was considered rather weak in her intellect, though she did her work well enough when she had once learned how.
whitheradverbUS /ˈwɪðər/
an old word meaning “to where”
From this reading He went on straight round the house to the south-side door, whither everybody went to consult the doctor.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She was a girl whom Doctor Prescott had taken from the almshouse to assist in the lighter household duties.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
work
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From this reading She was considered rather weak in her intellect, though she did her work well enough when she had once learned how.
young
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From this reading He knocked, and in a moment the door opened, and a young girl with weak blue eyes, with a helpless droop of the chin, and mouth half opened in a silly smile, looked out at him.
