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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 To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
abilities
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From this reading But she never seemed to be conscious of her personal advantages, or vain of the very remarkable abilities which she did unquestionably possess.
advantages
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From this reading But she never seemed to be conscious of her personal advantages, or vain of the very remarkable abilities which she did unquestionably possess.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Having married a man very much older than herself, she was still (after many years of wedded life) a notably attractive woman.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the end of the week we found the widow waiting to receive us.
attractive
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From this reading Having married a man very much older than herself, she was still (after many years of wedded life) a notably attractive woman.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But she never seemed to be conscious of her personal advantages, or vain of the very remarkable abilities which she did unquestionably possess.
brightly-intelligent
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From this reading To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
broad
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From this reading To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But she never seemed to be conscious of her personal advantages, or vain of the very remarkable abilities which she did unquestionably possess.
circumstances
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From this reading Under ordinary circumstances, she was a singularly gentle, unobtrusive creature.
clear
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From this reading To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
complexion
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From this reading To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
conscious
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From this reading But she never seemed to be conscious of her personal advantages, or vain of the very remarkable abilities which she did unquestionably possess.
creaturenounUS /ˈcreature/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Under ordinary circumstances, she was a singularly gentle, unobtrusive creature.
describe
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From this reading To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading But she never seemed to be conscious of her personal advantages, or vain of the very remarkable abilities which she did unquestionably possess.
end
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From this reading At the end of the week we found the widow waiting to receive us.
eyes
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From this reading To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
figure
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From this reading To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
forehead
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From this reading To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the end of the week we found the widow waiting to receive us.
gentle
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From this reading Under ordinary circumstances, she was a singularly gentle, unobtrusive creature.
gray
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From this reading To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
Havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading Having married a man very much older than herself, she was still (after many years of wedded life) a notably attractive woman.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Having married a man very much older than herself, she was still (after many years of wedded life) a notably attractive woman.
lady
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From this reading To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
large
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From this reading To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Having married a man very much older than herself, she was still (after many years of wedded life) a notably attractive woman.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
low
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From this reading To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
man
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From this reading Having married a man very much older than herself, she was still (after many years of wedded life) a notably attractive woman.
many
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From this reading Having married a man very much older than herself, she was still (after many years of wedded life) a notably attractive woman.
married
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From this reading Having married a man very much older than herself, she was still (after many years of wedded life) a notably attractive woman.
much
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From this reading Having married a man very much older than herself, she was still (after many years of wedded life) a notably attractive woman.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But she never seemed to be conscious of her personal advantages, or vain of the very remarkable abilities which she did unquestionably possess.
notably
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From this reading Having married a man very much older than herself, she was still (after many years of wedded life) a notably attractive woman.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the end of the week we found the widow waiting to receive us.
older
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From this reading Having married a man very much older than herself, she was still (after many years of wedded life) a notably attractive woman.
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading But she never seemed to be conscious of her personal advantages, or vain of the very remarkable abilities which she did unquestionably possess.
ordinary
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From this reading Under ordinary circumstances, she was a singularly gentle, unobtrusive creature.
pale
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From this reading To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
personal
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From this reading But she never seemed to be conscious of her personal advantages, or vain of the very remarkable abilities which she did unquestionably possess.
personally
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From this reading To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
possess
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From this reading But she never seemed to be conscious of her personal advantages, or vain of the very remarkable abilities which she did unquestionably possess.
pretty
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From this reading To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
receive
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From this reading At the end of the week we found the widow waiting to receive us.
remarkablenounUS /ˈremarkable/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But she never seemed to be conscious of her personal advantages, or vain of the very remarkable abilities which she did unquestionably possess.
remarkably
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From this reading To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But she never seemed to be conscious of her personal advantages, or vain of the very remarkable abilities which she did unquestionably possess.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
singularly
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From this reading Under ordinary circumstances, she was a singularly gentle, unobtrusive creature.
steady
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From this reading To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Having married a man very much older than herself, she was still (after many years of wedded life) a notably attractive woman.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Having married a man very much older than herself, she was still (after many years of wedded life) a notably attractive woman.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading At the end of the week we found the widow waiting to receive us.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading At the end of the week we found the widow waiting to receive us.
UnderprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading Under ordinary circumstances, she was a singularly gentle, unobtrusive creature.
unobtrusive
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From this reading Under ordinary circumstances, she was a singularly gentle, unobtrusive creature.
unquestionably
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From this reading But she never seemed to be conscious of her personal advantages, or vain of the very remarkable abilities which she did unquestionably possess.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading At the end of the week we found the widow waiting to receive us.
vain
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From this reading But she never seemed to be conscious of her personal advantages, or vain of the very remarkable abilities which she did unquestionably possess.
very
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From this reading Having married a man very much older than herself, she was still (after many years of wedded life) a notably attractive woman.
waiting
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From this reading At the end of the week we found the widow waiting to receive us.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading At the end of the week we found the widow waiting to receive us.
wedded
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From this reading Having married a man very much older than herself, she was still (after many years of wedded life) a notably attractive woman.
week
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From this reading At the end of the week we found the widow waiting to receive us.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading But she never seemed to be conscious of her personal advantages, or vain of the very remarkable abilities which she did unquestionably possess.
widow
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From this reading At the end of the week we found the widow waiting to receive us.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading To describe her personally, she was a little lady, with a remarkably pretty figure, a clear pale complexion, a broad low forehead, and large, steady, brightly-intelligent gray eyes.
woman
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From this reading Having married a man very much older than herself, she was still (after many years of wedded life) a notably attractive woman.
years
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From this reading Having married a man very much older than herself, she was still (after many years of wedded life) a notably attractive woman.
