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4
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From this reading Fru[4] Atlung was evidently glad to see me.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
advanced
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From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
all
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From this reading She was so thoroughly the same as she was formerly, that had she not been somewhat plumper, I could not--at all events, not at once--have detected the slightest change.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She was so thoroughly the same as she was formerly, that had she not been somewhat plumper, I could not--at all events, not at once--have detected the slightest change.
Atlung
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From this reading Fru[4] Atlung was evidently glad to see me.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Nay, unhappy she could not be.
beautiful
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From this reading It was, of course, the wedding journey this look concerned, the most beautiful days of her life;--but the tears?
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading She was so thoroughly the same as she was formerly, that had she not been somewhat plumper, I could not--at all events, not at once--have detected the slightest change.
bent
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From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
change
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From this reading She was so thoroughly the same as she was formerly, that had she not been somewhat plumper, I could not--at all events, not at once--have detected the slightest change.
concerned
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From this reading It was, of course, the wedding journey this look concerned, the most beautiful days of her life;--but the tears?
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Nay, unhappy she could not be.
coursenounUS /course/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was, of course, the wedding journey this look concerned, the most beautiful days of her life;--but the tears?
days
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From this reading It was, of course, the wedding journey this look concerned, the most beautiful days of her life;--but the tears?
detected
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From this reading She was so thoroughly the same as she was formerly, that had she not been somewhat plumper, I could not--at all events, not at once--have detected the slightest change.
events
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From this reading She was so thoroughly the same as she was formerly, that had she not been somewhat plumper, I could not--at all events, not at once--have detected the slightest change.
evidently
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From this reading Fru[4] Atlung was evidently glad to see me.
eyes
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From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
filled
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From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
formerly
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From this reading She was so thoroughly the same as she was formerly, that had she not been somewhat plumper, I could not--at all events, not at once--have detected the slightest change.
Fru
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From this reading Fru[4] Atlung was evidently glad to see me.
fully
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From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
gait
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From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
glad
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From this reading Fru[4] Atlung was evidently glad to see me.
grasped
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From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
hastily
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From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She was so thoroughly the same as she was formerly, that had she not been somewhat plumper, I could not--at all events, not at once--have detected the slightest change.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
herspronounUS /hərz/
the one or ones belonging to her
From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading She was so thoroughly the same as she was formerly, that had she not been somewhat plumper, I could not--at all events, not at once--have detected the slightest change.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
journeynounUS /ˈjourney/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was, of course, the wedding journey this look concerned, the most beautiful days of her life;--but the tears?
knees
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From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was, of course, the wedding journey this look concerned, the most beautiful days of her life;--but the tears?
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was, of course, the wedding journey this look concerned, the most beautiful days of her life;--but the tears?
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Fru[4] Atlung was evidently glad to see me.
most
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From this reading It was, of course, the wedding journey this look concerned, the most beautiful days of her life;--but the tears?
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
NayexclamationUS /neɪ/
an old word for “no”
From this reading Nay, unhappy she could not be.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Nay, unhappy she could not be.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
once
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From this reading She was so thoroughly the same as she was formerly, that had she not been somewhat plumper, I could not--at all events, not at once--have detected the slightest change.
own
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From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
peculiar
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From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
plumper
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From this reading She was so thoroughly the same as she was formerly, that had she not been somewhat plumper, I could not--at all events, not at once--have detected the slightest change.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was so thoroughly the same as she was formerly, that had she not been somewhat plumper, I could not--at all events, not at once--have detected the slightest change.
see
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From this reading Fru[4] Atlung was evidently glad to see me.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
singular
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From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
slightest
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From this reading She was so thoroughly the same as she was formerly, that had she not been somewhat plumper, I could not--at all events, not at once--have detected the slightest change.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading She was so thoroughly the same as she was formerly, that had she not been somewhat plumper, I could not--at all events, not at once--have detected the slightest change.
somewhat
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From this reading She was so thoroughly the same as she was formerly, that had she not been somewhat plumper, I could not--at all events, not at once--have detected the slightest change.
tears
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From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She was so thoroughly the same as she was formerly, that had she not been somewhat plumper, I could not--at all events, not at once--have detected the slightest change.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was, of course, the wedding journey this look concerned, the most beautiful days of her life;--but the tears?
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
thoroughly
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From this reading She was so thoroughly the same as she was formerly, that had she not been somewhat plumper, I could not--at all events, not at once--have detected the slightest change.
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Fru[4] Atlung was evidently glad to see me.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
unhappy
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From this reading Nay, unhappy she could not be.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
walk
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From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Fru[4] Atlung was evidently glad to see me.
wedding
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From this reading It was, of course, the wedding journey this look concerned, the most beautiful days of her life;--but the tears?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She had a singular walk; it seemed as though she never fully bent her knees; but with this peculiar gait she advanced hastily toward me, grasped my hands with both of hers, and looked long into my eyes, until her own filled with tears.
