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air
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From this reading The odor of peau d'Espagne was still in the air, eclipsing the Easter lilies, when Liz got up and sauntered down to the girl's bed.
all
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From this reading But Liz knew; Liz had gone through it all when "the first one" came; and so, from the end of the ward, she rocked and watched.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But Liz knew; Liz had gone through it all when "the first one" came; and so, from the end of the ward, she rocked and watched.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading "How are you now, dearie?" she asked, and, reaching under the blankets, brought out the tiny pearl-handled knife with which the girl had been wont to clean her finger-nails.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The girl lay much as Liz had left her.
askednounUS /asked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "How are you now, dearie?" she asked, and, reaching under the blankets, brought out the tiny pearl-handled knife with which the girl had been wont to clean her finger-nails.
bed
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From this reading The odor of peau d'Espagne was still in the air, eclipsing the Easter lilies, when Liz got up and sauntered down to the girl's bed.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading "How are you now, dearie?" she asked, and, reaching under the blankets, brought out the tiny pearl-handled knife with which the girl had been wont to clean her finger-nails.
blankets
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From this reading "How are you now, dearie?" she asked, and, reaching under the blankets, brought out the tiny pearl-handled knife with which the girl had been wont to clean her finger-nails.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "How are you now, dearie?" she asked, and, reaching under the blankets, brought out the tiny pearl-handled knife with which the girl had been wont to clean her finger-nails.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Liz knew; Liz had gone through it all when "the first one" came; and so, from the end of the ward, she rocked and watched.
came
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From this reading But Liz knew; Liz had gone through it all when "the first one" came; and so, from the end of the ward, she rocked and watched.
clean
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From this reading "How are you now, dearie?" she asked, and, reaching under the blankets, brought out the tiny pearl-handled knife with which the girl had been wont to clean her finger-nails.
d'Espagne
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From this reading The odor of peau d'Espagne was still in the air, eclipsing the Easter lilies, when Liz got up and sauntered down to the girl's bed.
dearie
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From this reading "How are you now, dearie?" she asked, and, reaching under the blankets, brought out the tiny pearl-handled knife with which the girl had been wont to clean her finger-nails.
despair
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From this reading Except her eyes, there was nothing in her face to show that despair had given place to wild mutiny.
down
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From this reading The odor of peau d'Espagne was still in the air, eclipsing the Easter lilies, when Liz got up and sauntered down to the girl's bed.
Easter
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From this reading The odor of peau d'Espagne was still in the air, eclipsing the Easter lilies, when Liz got up and sauntered down to the girl's bed.
eclipsing
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From this reading The odor of peau d'Espagne was still in the air, eclipsing the Easter lilies, when Liz got up and sauntered down to the girl's bed.
end
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From this reading But Liz knew; Liz had gone through it all when "the first one" came; and so, from the end of the ward, she rocked and watched.
ExceptprepositionUS /ɪkˈsept/
apart from; not including
From this reading Except her eyes, there was nothing in her face to show that despair had given place to wild mutiny.
eyes
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From this reading Except her eyes, there was nothing in her face to show that despair had given place to wild mutiny.
face
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From this reading Except her eyes, there was nothing in her face to show that despair had given place to wild mutiny.
finger-nails
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From this reading "How are you now, dearie?" she asked, and, reaching under the blankets, brought out the tiny pearl-handled knife with which the girl had been wont to clean her finger-nails.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading But Liz knew; Liz had gone through it all when "the first one" came; and so, from the end of the ward, she rocked and watched.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading But Liz knew; Liz had gone through it all when "the first one" came; and so, from the end of the ward, she rocked and watched.
girl
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From this reading The girl lay much as Liz had left her.
girl's
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From this reading The odor of peau d'Espagne was still in the air, eclipsing the Easter lilies, when Liz got up and sauntered down to the girl's bed.
given
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From this reading Except her eyes, there was nothing in her face to show that despair had given place to wild mutiny.
gone
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From this reading But Liz knew; Liz had gone through it all when "the first one" came; and so, from the end of the ward, she rocked and watched.
got
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From this reading The odor of peau d'Espagne was still in the air, eclipsing the Easter lilies, when Liz got up and sauntered down to the girl's bed.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The girl lay much as Liz had left her.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The girl lay much as Liz had left her.
How
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From this reading "How are you now, dearie?" she asked, and, reaching under the blankets, brought out the tiny pearl-handled knife with which the girl had been wont to clean her finger-nails.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Except her eyes, there was nothing in her face to show that despair had given place to wild mutiny.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading But Liz knew; Liz had gone through it all when "the first one" came; and so, from the end of the ward, she rocked and watched.
knew
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From this reading But Liz knew; Liz had gone through it all when "the first one" came; and so, from the end of the ward, she rocked and watched.
knife
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From this reading "How are you now, dearie?" she asked, and, reaching under the blankets, brought out the tiny pearl-handled knife with which the girl had been wont to clean her finger-nails.
lay
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From this reading The girl lay much as Liz had left her.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The girl lay much as Liz had left her.
lilies
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From this reading The odor of peau d'Espagne was still in the air, eclipsing the Easter lilies, when Liz got up and sauntered down to the girl's bed.
Liz
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From this reading The girl lay much as Liz had left her.
much
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From this reading The girl lay much as Liz had left her.
mutiny
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From this reading Except her eyes, there was nothing in her face to show that despair had given place to wild mutiny.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Except her eyes, there was nothing in her face to show that despair had given place to wild mutiny.
now
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From this reading "How are you now, dearie?" she asked, and, reaching under the blankets, brought out the tiny pearl-handled knife with which the girl had been wont to clean her finger-nails.
odor
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From this reading The odor of peau d'Espagne was still in the air, eclipsing the Easter lilies, when Liz got up and sauntered down to the girl's bed.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading But Liz knew; Liz had gone through it all when "the first one" came; and so, from the end of the ward, she rocked and watched.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading But Liz knew; Liz had gone through it all when "the first one" came; and so, from the end of the ward, she rocked and watched.
out
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From this reading "How are you now, dearie?" she asked, and, reaching under the blankets, brought out the tiny pearl-handled knife with which the girl had been wont to clean her finger-nails.
pearl-handled
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From this reading "How are you now, dearie?" she asked, and, reaching under the blankets, brought out the tiny pearl-handled knife with which the girl had been wont to clean her finger-nails.
peau
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From this reading The odor of peau d'Espagne was still in the air, eclipsing the Easter lilies, when Liz got up and sauntered down to the girl's bed.
place
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From this reading Except her eyes, there was nothing in her face to show that despair had given place to wild mutiny.
reaching
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From this reading "How are you now, dearie?" she asked, and, reaching under the blankets, brought out the tiny pearl-handled knife with which the girl had been wont to clean her finger-nails.
rocked
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From this reading But Liz knew; Liz had gone through it all when "the first one" came; and so, from the end of the ward, she rocked and watched.
sauntered
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From this reading The odor of peau d'Espagne was still in the air, eclipsing the Easter lilies, when Liz got up and sauntered down to the girl's bed.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading But Liz knew; Liz had gone through it all when "the first one" came; and so, from the end of the ward, she rocked and watched.
show
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From this reading Except her eyes, there was nothing in her face to show that despair had given place to wild mutiny.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading But Liz knew; Liz had gone through it all when "the first one" came; and so, from the end of the ward, she rocked and watched.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The odor of peau d'Espagne was still in the air, eclipsing the Easter lilies, when Liz got up and sauntered down to the girl's bed.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Except her eyes, there was nothing in her face to show that despair had given place to wild mutiny.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The girl lay much as Liz had left her.
there
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From this reading Except her eyes, there was nothing in her face to show that despair had given place to wild mutiny.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading But Liz knew; Liz had gone through it all when "the first one" came; and so, from the end of the ward, she rocked and watched.
tiny
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From this reading "How are you now, dearie?" she asked, and, reaching under the blankets, brought out the tiny pearl-handled knife with which the girl had been wont to clean her finger-nails.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Except her eyes, there was nothing in her face to show that despair had given place to wild mutiny.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading "How are you now, dearie?" she asked, and, reaching under the blankets, brought out the tiny pearl-handled knife with which the girl had been wont to clean her finger-nails.
up
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From this reading The odor of peau d'Espagne was still in the air, eclipsing the Easter lilies, when Liz got up and sauntered down to the girl's bed.
ward
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From this reading But Liz knew; Liz had gone through it all when "the first one" came; and so, from the end of the ward, she rocked and watched.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Except her eyes, there was nothing in her face to show that despair had given place to wild mutiny.
watched
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From this reading But Liz knew; Liz had gone through it all when "the first one" came; and so, from the end of the ward, she rocked and watched.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading But Liz knew; Liz had gone through it all when "the first one" came; and so, from the end of the ward, she rocked and watched.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading "How are you now, dearie?" she asked, and, reaching under the blankets, brought out the tiny pearl-handled knife with which the girl had been wont to clean her finger-nails.
wild
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From this reading Except her eyes, there was nothing in her face to show that despair had given place to wild mutiny.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "How are you now, dearie?" she asked, and, reaching under the blankets, brought out the tiny pearl-handled knife with which the girl had been wont to clean her finger-nails.
wont
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From this reading "How are you now, dearie?" she asked, and, reaching under the blankets, brought out the tiny pearl-handled knife with which the girl had been wont to clean her finger-nails.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "How are you now, dearie?" she asked, and, reaching under the blankets, brought out the tiny pearl-handled knife with which the girl had been wont to clean her finger-nails.
