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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 CAMERON was seated alone in her pretty drawing-room, with a book lying open, but unheeded, on her lap.
acute
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From this reading To a very acute and practised observer, there was in her countenance an expression which baffled the common eye.
all
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From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading CAMERON was seated alone in her pretty drawing-room, with a book lying open, but unheeded, on her lap.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading To a very acute and practised observer, there was in her countenance an expression which baffled the common eye.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading To a very acute and practised observer, there was in her countenance an expression which baffled the common eye.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
away
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From this reading She was looking away from its pages, seemingly into the garden without, but rather into empty space.
baffled
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From this reading To a very acute and practised observer, there was in her countenance an expression which baffled the common eye.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
book
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From this reading CAMERON was seated alone in her pretty drawing-room, with a book lying open, but unheeded, on her lap.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading CAMERON was seated alone in her pretty drawing-room, with a book lying open, but unheeded, on her lap.
CAMERON
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From this reading CAMERON was seated alone in her pretty drawing-room, with a book lying open, but unheeded, on her lap.
common
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From this reading To a very acute and practised observer, there was in her countenance an expression which baffled the common eye.
countenance
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From this reading To a very acute and practised observer, there was in her countenance an expression which baffled the common eye.
detail
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From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
drawing-room
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From this reading CAMERON was seated alone in her pretty drawing-room, with a book lying open, but unheeded, on her lap.
empty
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From this reading She was looking away from its pages, seemingly into the garden without, but rather into empty space.
expression
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From this reading To a very acute and practised observer, there was in her countenance an expression which baffled the common eye.
eye
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From this reading To a very acute and practised observer, there was in her countenance an expression which baffled the common eye.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
foundnounUS /found/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She was looking away from its pages, seemingly into the garden without, but rather into empty space.
garden
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From this reading She was looking away from its pages, seemingly into the garden without, but rather into empty space.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading CAMERON was seated alone in her pretty drawing-room, with a book lying open, but unheeded, on her lap.
household
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From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
humdrum
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From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading CAMERON was seated alone in her pretty drawing-room, with a book lying open, but unheeded, on her lap.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She was looking away from its pages, seemingly into the garden without, but rather into empty space.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading She was looking away from its pages, seemingly into the garden without, but rather into empty space.
lap
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From this reading CAMERON was seated alone in her pretty drawing-room, with a book lying open, but unheeded, on her lap.
looking
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From this reading She was looking away from its pages, seemingly into the garden without, but rather into empty space.
lying
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From this reading CAMERON was seated alone in her pretty drawing-room, with a book lying open, but unheeded, on her lap.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
MRS
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From this reading MRS.
much
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From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
now
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From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
observer
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From this reading To a very acute and practised observer, there was in her countenance an expression which baffled the common eye.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading CAMERON was seated alone in her pretty drawing-room, with a book lying open, but unheeded, on her lap.
openverbUS /ˈoʊ.pən/
To move from a closed position.
From this reading CAMERON was seated alone in her pretty drawing-room, with a book lying open, but unheeded, on her lap.
pages
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From this reading She was looking away from its pages, seemingly into the garden without, but rather into empty space.
practised
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From this reading To a very acute and practised observer, there was in her countenance an expression which baffled the common eye.
pretty
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From this reading CAMERON was seated alone in her pretty drawing-room, with a book lying open, but unheeded, on her lap.
quiet
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From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
rather
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From this reading She was looking away from its pages, seemingly into the garden without, but rather into empty space.
seated
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From this reading CAMERON was seated alone in her pretty drawing-room, with a book lying open, but unheeded, on her lap.
seemingly
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From this reading She was looking away from its pages, seemingly into the garden without, but rather into empty space.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She was looking away from its pages, seemingly into the garden without, but rather into empty space.
simply
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From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
some
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From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
space
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From this reading She was looking away from its pages, seemingly into the garden without, but rather into empty space.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She was looking away from its pages, seemingly into the garden without, but rather into empty space.
there
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From this reading To a very acute and practised observer, there was in her countenance an expression which baffled the common eye.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
ToparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To a very acute and practised observer, there was in her countenance an expression which baffled the common eye.
too
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From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
unheedednounUS /ˈunheeded/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading CAMERON was seated alone in her pretty drawing-room, with a book lying open, but unheeded, on her lap.
vacant
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From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
very
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From this reading To a very acute and practised observer, there was in her countenance an expression which baffled the common eye.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading CAMERON was seated alone in her pretty drawing-room, with a book lying open, but unheeded, on her lap.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading To a very acute and practised observer, there was in her countenance an expression which baffled the common eye.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading CAMERON was seated alone in her pretty drawing-room, with a book lying open, but unheeded, on her lap.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading She was looking away from its pages, seemingly into the garden without, but rather into empty space.
woman
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From this reading To the common eye it was simply vacant; the expression of a quiet, humdrum woman, who might have been thinking of some quiet humdrum household detail,--found that too much for her, and was now not thinking at all.
