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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 Deep emotion overpowered Laurel's speech for a moment.
againnounUS /again/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her lips parted as if to speak, but closed again without a sound.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Her lips parted as if to speak, but closed again without a sound.
Beatrix
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From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
beautiful
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From this reading Her fair head drooped like a beautiful flower too heavily laden with dew.
beneathprepositionUS /bɪˈniːθ/
Directly under; in or to a lower position than.
From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Her lips parted as if to speak, but closed again without a sound.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She called it by its worst name to herself, even though she flinched from it, for she had, as Clarice Wells said of her, a habit of calling things by their right names.
called
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From this reading She called it by its worst name to herself, even though she flinched from it, for she had, as Clarice Wells said of her, a habit of calling things by their right names.
calling
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From this reading She called it by its worst name to herself, even though she flinched from it, for she had, as Clarice Wells said of her, a habit of calling things by their right names.
Clarice
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From this reading She called it by its worst name to herself, even though she flinched from it, for she had, as Clarice Wells said of her, a habit of calling things by their right names.
closed
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From this reading Her lips parted as if to speak, but closed again without a sound.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
Deep
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From this reading Deep emotion overpowered Laurel's speech for a moment.
deliberate
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From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
dew
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From this reading Her fair head drooped like a beautiful flower too heavily laden with dew.
drooped
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From this reading Her fair head drooped like a beautiful flower too heavily laden with dew.
emotion
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From this reading Deep emotion overpowered Laurel's speech for a moment.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She called it by its worst name to herself, even though she flinched from it, for she had, as Clarice Wells said of her, a habit of calling things by their right names.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her fair head drooped like a beautiful flower too heavily laden with dew.
false
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From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
flinched
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From this reading She called it by its worst name to herself, even though she flinched from it, for she had, as Clarice Wells said of her, a habit of calling things by their right names.
flower
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From this reading Her fair head drooped like a beautiful flower too heavily laden with dew.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Deep emotion overpowered Laurel's speech for a moment.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She called it by its worst name to herself, even though she flinched from it, for she had, as Clarice Wells said of her, a habit of calling things by their right names.
girl
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From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
Gordon
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From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
habit
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From this reading She called it by its worst name to herself, even though she flinched from it, for she had, as Clarice Wells said of her, a habit of calling things by their right names.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
head
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From this reading Her fair head drooped like a beautiful flower too heavily laden with dew.
heavily
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From this reading Her fair head drooped like a beautiful flower too heavily laden with dew.
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her lips parted as if to speak, but closed again without a sound.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She called it by its worst name to herself, even though she flinched from it, for she had, as Clarice Wells said of her, a habit of calling things by their right names.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Her lips parted as if to speak, but closed again without a sound.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading She called it by its worst name to herself, even though she flinched from it, for she had, as Clarice Wells said of her, a habit of calling things by their right names.
laden
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From this reading Her fair head drooped like a beautiful flower too heavily laden with dew.
Laurel's
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From this reading Deep emotion overpowered Laurel's speech for a moment.
Le
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From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
Leon
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From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
lie
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From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
like
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From this reading Her fair head drooped like a beautiful flower too heavily laden with dew.
lips
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From this reading Her lips parted as if to speak, but closed again without a sound.
living
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From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
loved
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From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
moment
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From this reading Deep emotion overpowered Laurel's speech for a moment.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She called it by its worst name to herself, even though she flinched from it, for she had, as Clarice Wells said of her, a habit of calling things by their right names.
names
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From this reading She called it by its worst name to herself, even though she flinched from it, for she had, as Clarice Wells said of her, a habit of calling things by their right names.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She called it by its worst name to herself, even though she flinched from it, for she had, as Clarice Wells said of her, a habit of calling things by their right names.
overpowered
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From this reading Deep emotion overpowered Laurel's speech for a moment.
parted
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From this reading Her lips parted as if to speak, but closed again without a sound.
perjured
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From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She called it by its worst name to herself, even though she flinched from it, for she had, as Clarice Wells said of her, a habit of calling things by their right names.
roof
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From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
Roy
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From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
said
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From this reading She called it by its worst name to herself, even though she flinched from it, for she had, as Clarice Wells said of her, a habit of calling things by their right names.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She called it by its worst name to herself, even though she flinched from it, for she had, as Clarice Wells said of her, a habit of calling things by their right names.
shock
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From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
sound
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From this reading Her lips parted as if to speak, but closed again without a sound.
speak
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From this reading Her lips parted as if to speak, but closed again without a sound.
speech
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From this reading Deep emotion overpowered Laurel's speech for a moment.
St
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From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading She called it by its worst name to herself, even though she flinched from it, for she had, as Clarice Wells said of her, a habit of calling things by their right names.
things
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From this reading She called it by its worst name to herself, even though she flinched from it, for she had, as Clarice Wells said of her, a habit of calling things by their right names.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading She called it by its worst name to herself, even though she flinched from it, for she had, as Clarice Wells said of her, a habit of calling things by their right names.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her lips parted as if to speak, but closed again without a sound.
too
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From this reading Her fair head drooped like a beautiful flower too heavily laden with dew.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading It had come upon her like a great shock that St. Leon Le Roy loved her--loved her, the false Beatrix Gordon, the perjured girl living a deliberate lie beneath his roof.
Wells
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From this reading She called it by its worst name to herself, even though she flinched from it, for she had, as Clarice Wells said of her, a habit of calling things by their right names.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Her fair head drooped like a beautiful flower too heavily laden with dew.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Her lips parted as if to speak, but closed again without a sound.
worst
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From this reading She called it by its worst name to herself, even though she flinched from it, for she had, as Clarice Wells said of her, a habit of calling things by their right names.
