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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 She was a particular little body, and very fond of her room and its furniture and arrangements.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
all
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From this reading Left with June, Daisy lay for awhile feasting her eyes on all the pleasant wonted objects around her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
aroundprepositionUS /ərˈaʊnd/
surrounding, or on every side of, something
From this reading Left with June, Daisy lay for awhile feasting her eyes on all the pleasant wonted objects around her.
arrangements
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From this reading She was a particular little body, and very fond of her room and its furniture and arrangements.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The next day Daisy felt very much at home.
awhile
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From this reading Left with June, Daisy lay for awhile feasting her eyes on all the pleasant wonted objects around her.
bodynounUS /body/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was a particular little body, and very fond of her room and its furniture and arrangements.
breakfast
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From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
came
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From this reading Her orders were not to stir till the doctor came.
Daisy
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From this reading The next day Daisy felt very much at home.
day
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From this reading The next day Daisy felt very much at home.
devices
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From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
doctornounUS /doctor/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her orders were not to stir till the doctor came.
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
eyes
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From this reading Left with June, Daisy lay for awhile feasting her eyes on all the pleasant wonted objects around her.
feasting
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From this reading Left with June, Daisy lay for awhile feasting her eyes on all the pleasant wonted objects around her.
felt
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From this reading The next day Daisy felt very much at home.
fond
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From this reading She was a particular little body, and very fond of her room and its furniture and arrangements.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
furniture
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From this reading She was a particular little body, and very fond of her room and its furniture and arrangements.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
hand
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From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
happened
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From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
HerdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Her orders were not to stir till the doctor came.
home
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From this reading The next day Daisy felt very much at home.
house
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From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading She was a particular little body, and very fond of her room and its furniture and arrangements.
June
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From this reading Left with June, Daisy lay for awhile feasting her eyes on all the pleasant wonted objects around her.
lay
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From this reading Left with June, Daisy lay for awhile feasting her eyes on all the pleasant wonted objects around her.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was a particular little body, and very fond of her room and its furniture and arrangements.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
much
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From this reading The next day Daisy felt very much at home.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day Daisy felt very much at home.
nobodypronounUS /ˈnoʊbɑːdiː/
no person; not anyone
From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Her orders were not to stir till the doctor came.
objects
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From this reading Left with June, Daisy lay for awhile feasting her eyes on all the pleasant wonted objects around her.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was a particular little body, and very fond of her room and its furniture and arrangements.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
orders
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From this reading Her orders were not to stir till the doctor came.
own
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From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
particular
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From this reading She was a particular little body, and very fond of her room and its furniture and arrangements.
pleasantnounUS /pleasant/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Left with June, Daisy lay for awhile feasting her eyes on all the pleasant wonted objects around her.
receiving
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From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
room
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From this reading She was a particular little body, and very fond of her room and its furniture and arrangements.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
staid
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From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
stir
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From this reading Her orders were not to stir till the doctor came.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The next day Daisy felt very much at home.
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Her orders were not to stir till the doctor came.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her orders were not to stir till the doctor came.
very
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From this reading The next day Daisy felt very much at home.
visits
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From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her orders were not to stir till the doctor came.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading So after breakfast and after receiving visits from everybody in the house, she was left to her own devices, for it happened that everybody had something on hand that morning and nobody staid with her.
wonted
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From this reading Left with June, Daisy lay for awhile feasting her eyes on all the pleasant wonted objects around her.
