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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 In the room there was a faint, sweet, sickly smell of flowers and of drugs, the scent that pervades the rooms of invalids.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading The sun was still blazing outside, and through the drawn Venetian blinds three long streaks of warm light forced their way, and fell across the white figure lying on the couch.
air
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From this reading Bars of golden air, breathing with innumerable tiny sparks of dust--they seemed in the hushed room to be the only living things.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the room there was a faint, sweet, sickly smell of flowers and of drugs, the scent that pervades the rooms of invalids.
ashen
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From this reading Even the flowers drooped, like beings that had given up their souls to the woman with the ashen yellow face, whose breathing scarcely stirred the white swansdown ruffle thrown across her chest.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Over the bullfinch’s cage was drawn a grey silk covering that quivered faintly at the opening of the door.
Bars
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From this reading Bars of golden air, breathing with innumerable tiny sparks of dust--they seemed in the hushed room to be the only living things.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Bars of golden air, breathing with innumerable tiny sparks of dust--they seemed in the hushed room to be the only living things.
beings
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From this reading Even the flowers drooped, like beings that had given up their souls to the woman with the ashen yellow face, whose breathing scarcely stirred the white swansdown ruffle thrown across her chest.
blazing
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From this reading The sun was still blazing outside, and through the drawn Venetian blinds three long streaks of warm light forced their way, and fell across the white figure lying on the couch.
blinds
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From this reading The sun was still blazing outside, and through the drawn Venetian blinds three long streaks of warm light forced their way, and fell across the white figure lying on the couch.
breathing
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From this reading Bars of golden air, breathing with innumerable tiny sparks of dust--they seemed in the hushed room to be the only living things.
bullfinch's
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From this reading Over the bullfinch’s cage was drawn a grey silk covering that quivered faintly at the opening of the door.
cage
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From this reading Over the bullfinch’s cage was drawn a grey silk covering that quivered faintly at the opening of the door.
chest
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couch
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covering
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From this reading Over the bullfinch’s cage was drawn a grey silk covering that quivered faintly at the opening of the door.
door
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From this reading Over the bullfinch’s cage was drawn a grey silk covering that quivered faintly at the opening of the door.
drawn
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From this reading The sun was still blazing outside, and through the drawn Venetian blinds three long streaks of warm light forced their way, and fell across the white figure lying on the couch.
drooped
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From this reading Even the flowers drooped, like beings that had given up their souls to the woman with the ashen yellow face, whose breathing scarcely stirred the white swansdown ruffle thrown across her chest.
drugs
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From this reading In the room there was a faint, sweet, sickly smell of flowers and of drugs, the scent that pervades the rooms of invalids.
dust
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From this reading Bars of golden air, breathing with innumerable tiny sparks of dust--they seemed in the hushed room to be the only living things.
EvennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Even the flowers drooped, like beings that had given up their souls to the woman with the ashen yellow face, whose breathing scarcely stirred the white swansdown ruffle thrown across her chest.
face
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From this reading Even the flowers drooped, like beings that had given up their souls to the woman with the ashen yellow face, whose breathing scarcely stirred the white swansdown ruffle thrown across her chest.
faint
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From this reading In the room there was a faint, sweet, sickly smell of flowers and of drugs, the scent that pervades the rooms of invalids.
faintly
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From this reading Over the bullfinch’s cage was drawn a grey silk covering that quivered faintly at the opening of the door.
fell
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From this reading The sun was still blazing outside, and through the drawn Venetian blinds three long streaks of warm light forced their way, and fell across the white figure lying on the couch.
figure
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From this reading The sun was still blazing outside, and through the drawn Venetian blinds three long streaks of warm light forced their way, and fell across the white figure lying on the couch.
flowers
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From this reading In the room there was a faint, sweet, sickly smell of flowers and of drugs, the scent that pervades the rooms of invalids.
forced
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From this reading The sun was still blazing outside, and through the drawn Venetian blinds three long streaks of warm light forced their way, and fell across the white figure lying on the couch.
given
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From this reading Even the flowers drooped, like beings that had given up their souls to the woman with the ashen yellow face, whose breathing scarcely stirred the white swansdown ruffle thrown across her chest.
golden
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From this reading Bars of golden air, breathing with innumerable tiny sparks of dust--they seemed in the hushed room to be the only living things.
grey
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From this reading Over the bullfinch’s cage was drawn a grey silk covering that quivered faintly at the opening of the door.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Even the flowers drooped, like beings that had given up their souls to the woman with the ashen yellow face, whose breathing scarcely stirred the white swansdown ruffle thrown across her chest.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Even the flowers drooped, like beings that had given up their souls to the woman with the ashen yellow face, whose breathing scarcely stirred the white swansdown ruffle thrown across her chest.
hushed
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From this reading Bars of golden air, breathing with innumerable tiny sparks of dust--they seemed in the hushed room to be the only living things.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the room there was a faint, sweet, sickly smell of flowers and of drugs, the scent that pervades the rooms of invalids.
innumerable
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From this reading Bars of golden air, breathing with innumerable tiny sparks of dust--they seemed in the hushed room to be the only living things.
invalids
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From this reading In the room there was a faint, sweet, sickly smell of flowers and of drugs, the scent that pervades the rooms of invalids.
light
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From this reading The sun was still blazing outside, and through the drawn Venetian blinds three long streaks of warm light forced their way, and fell across the white figure lying on the couch.
like
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From this reading Even the flowers drooped, like beings that had given up their souls to the woman with the ashen yellow face, whose breathing scarcely stirred the white swansdown ruffle thrown across her chest.
living
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From this reading Bars of golden air, breathing with innumerable tiny sparks of dust--they seemed in the hushed room to be the only living things.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun was still blazing outside, and through the drawn Venetian blinds three long streaks of warm light forced their way, and fell across the white figure lying on the couch.
lying
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From this reading The sun was still blazing outside, and through the drawn Venetian blinds three long streaks of warm light forced their way, and fell across the white figure lying on the couch.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading In the room there was a faint, sweet, sickly smell of flowers and of drugs, the scent that pervades the rooms of invalids.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading The sun was still blazing outside, and through the drawn Venetian blinds three long streaks of warm light forced their way, and fell across the white figure lying on the couch.
only
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From this reading Bars of golden air, breathing with innumerable tiny sparks of dust--they seemed in the hushed room to be the only living things.
opening
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From this reading Over the bullfinch’s cage was drawn a grey silk covering that quivered faintly at the opening of the door.
outsidenounUS /ˈoutside/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The sun was still blazing outside, and through the drawn Venetian blinds three long streaks of warm light forced their way, and fell across the white figure lying on the couch.
OverprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Over the bullfinch’s cage was drawn a grey silk covering that quivered faintly at the opening of the door.
pervades
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From this reading In the room there was a faint, sweet, sickly smell of flowers and of drugs, the scent that pervades the rooms of invalids.
quivered
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From this reading Over the bullfinch’s cage was drawn a grey silk covering that quivered faintly at the opening of the door.
room
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From this reading In the room there was a faint, sweet, sickly smell of flowers and of drugs, the scent that pervades the rooms of invalids.
rooms
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From this reading In the room there was a faint, sweet, sickly smell of flowers and of drugs, the scent that pervades the rooms of invalids.
ruffle
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From this reading Even the flowers drooped, like beings that had given up their souls to the woman with the ashen yellow face, whose breathing scarcely stirred the white swansdown ruffle thrown across her chest.
scarcely
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From this reading Even the flowers drooped, like beings that had given up their souls to the woman with the ashen yellow face, whose breathing scarcely stirred the white swansdown ruffle thrown across her chest.
scentnounUS /sɛnt/
A distinctive smell or aroma.
From this reading In the room there was a faint, sweet, sickly smell of flowers and of drugs, the scent that pervades the rooms of invalids.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Bars of golden air, breathing with innumerable tiny sparks of dust--they seemed in the hushed room to be the only living things.
sickly
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From this reading In the room there was a faint, sweet, sickly smell of flowers and of drugs, the scent that pervades the rooms of invalids.
silk
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From this reading Over the bullfinch’s cage was drawn a grey silk covering that quivered faintly at the opening of the door.
smell
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From this reading In the room there was a faint, sweet, sickly smell of flowers and of drugs, the scent that pervades the rooms of invalids.
souls
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From this reading Even the flowers drooped, like beings that had given up their souls to the woman with the ashen yellow face, whose breathing scarcely stirred the white swansdown ruffle thrown across her chest.
sparks
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From this reading Bars of golden air, breathing with innumerable tiny sparks of dust--they seemed in the hushed room to be the only living things.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The sun was still blazing outside, and through the drawn Venetian blinds three long streaks of warm light forced their way, and fell across the white figure lying on the couch.
stirred
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From this reading Even the flowers drooped, like beings that had given up their souls to the woman with the ashen yellow face, whose breathing scarcely stirred the white swansdown ruffle thrown across her chest.
streaks
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From this reading The sun was still blazing outside, and through the drawn Venetian blinds three long streaks of warm light forced their way, and fell across the white figure lying on the couch.
sun
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From this reading The sun was still blazing outside, and through the drawn Venetian blinds three long streaks of warm light forced their way, and fell across the white figure lying on the couch.
swansdown
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From this reading Even the flowers drooped, like beings that had given up their souls to the woman with the ashen yellow face, whose breathing scarcely stirred the white swansdown ruffle thrown across her chest.
sweet
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From this reading In the room there was a faint, sweet, sickly smell of flowers and of drugs, the scent that pervades the rooms of invalids.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In the room there was a faint, sweet, sickly smell of flowers and of drugs, the scent that pervades the rooms of invalids.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading In the room there was a faint, sweet, sickly smell of flowers and of drugs, the scent that pervades the rooms of invalids.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading The sun was still blazing outside, and through the drawn Venetian blinds three long streaks of warm light forced their way, and fell across the white figure lying on the couch.
there
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From this reading In the room there was a faint, sweet, sickly smell of flowers and of drugs, the scent that pervades the rooms of invalids.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Bars of golden air, breathing with innumerable tiny sparks of dust--they seemed in the hushed room to be the only living things.
things
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From this reading Bars of golden air, breathing with innumerable tiny sparks of dust--they seemed in the hushed room to be the only living things.
three
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From this reading The sun was still blazing outside, and through the drawn Venetian blinds three long streaks of warm light forced their way, and fell across the white figure lying on the couch.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The sun was still blazing outside, and through the drawn Venetian blinds three long streaks of warm light forced their way, and fell across the white figure lying on the couch.
thrown
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From this reading Even the flowers drooped, like beings that had given up their souls to the woman with the ashen yellow face, whose breathing scarcely stirred the white swansdown ruffle thrown across her chest.
tiny
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From this reading Bars of golden air, breathing with innumerable tiny sparks of dust--they seemed in the hushed room to be the only living things.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Bars of golden air, breathing with innumerable tiny sparks of dust--they seemed in the hushed room to be the only living things.
up
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From this reading Even the flowers drooped, like beings that had given up their souls to the woman with the ashen yellow face, whose breathing scarcely stirred the white swansdown ruffle thrown across her chest.
Venetian
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From this reading The sun was still blazing outside, and through the drawn Venetian blinds three long streaks of warm light forced their way, and fell across the white figure lying on the couch.
warm
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From this reading The sun was still blazing outside, and through the drawn Venetian blinds three long streaks of warm light forced their way, and fell across the white figure lying on the couch.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the room there was a faint, sweet, sickly smell of flowers and of drugs, the scent that pervades the rooms of invalids.
way
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From this reading The sun was still blazing outside, and through the drawn Venetian blinds three long streaks of warm light forced their way, and fell across the white figure lying on the couch.
white
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From this reading The sun was still blazing outside, and through the drawn Venetian blinds three long streaks of warm light forced their way, and fell across the white figure lying on the couch.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Even the flowers drooped, like beings that had given up their souls to the woman with the ashen yellow face, whose breathing scarcely stirred the white swansdown ruffle thrown across her chest.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Bars of golden air, breathing with innumerable tiny sparks of dust--they seemed in the hushed room to be the only living things.
woman
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From this reading Even the flowers drooped, like beings that had given up their souls to the woman with the ashen yellow face, whose breathing scarcely stirred the white swansdown ruffle thrown across her chest.
yellow
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From this reading Even the flowers drooped, like beings that had given up their souls to the woman with the ashen yellow face, whose breathing scarcely stirred the white swansdown ruffle thrown across her chest.
