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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 Her heart was very sore for the hurt she had suffered; it gave her a twinge every time she thought of the lotus carving of her spoon handle, and those odd representations of fish in the bowl of it.
all
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From this reading Her heart was not at all comforted yet; and indeed her talk with Dr. Sandford had rather roused her to keener discomfort.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Meanwhile Daisy turned away from her beautiful little ivory cathedral, and opened Mr. Dinwiddie's Bible.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Her heart was not at all comforted yet; and indeed her talk with Dr. Sandford had rather roused her to keener discomfort.
away
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From this reading Meanwhile Daisy turned away from her beautiful little ivory cathedral, and opened Mr. Dinwiddie's Bible.
beautiful
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From this reading Meanwhile Daisy turned away from her beautiful little ivory cathedral, and opened Mr. Dinwiddie's Bible.
Bible
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From this reading Meanwhile Daisy turned away from her beautiful little ivory cathedral, and opened Mr. Dinwiddie's Bible.
bowl
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From this reading Her heart was very sore for the hurt she had suffered; it gave her a twinge every time she thought of the lotus carving of her spoon handle, and those odd representations of fish in the bowl of it.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She had confessed herself wrong, and had told him the way to get right; yet she herself, in spite of knowing the way, was not right, but very far from it.
carving
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From this reading Her heart was very sore for the hurt she had suffered; it gave her a twinge every time she thought of the lotus carving of her spoon handle, and those odd representations of fish in the bowl of it.
cathedral
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From this reading Meanwhile Daisy turned away from her beautiful little ivory cathedral, and opened Mr. Dinwiddie's Bible.
comforted
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From this reading Her heart was not at all comforted yet; and indeed her talk with Dr. Sandford had rather roused her to keener discomfort.
confessed
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From this reading She had confessed herself wrong, and had told him the way to get right; yet she herself, in spite of knowing the way, was not right, but very far from it.
Daisy
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From this reading Meanwhile Daisy turned away from her beautiful little ivory cathedral, and opened Mr. Dinwiddie's Bible.
Dinwiddie's
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From this reading Meanwhile Daisy turned away from her beautiful little ivory cathedral, and opened Mr. Dinwiddie's Bible.
discomfort
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From this reading Her heart was not at all comforted yet; and indeed her talk with Dr. Sandford had rather roused her to keener discomfort.
Dr
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From this reading Her heart was not at all comforted yet; and indeed her talk with Dr. Sandford had rather roused her to keener discomfort.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Her heart was very sore for the hurt she had suffered; it gave her a twinge every time she thought of the lotus carving of her spoon handle, and those odd representations of fish in the bowl of it.
far
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From this reading She had confessed herself wrong, and had told him the way to get right; yet she herself, in spite of knowing the way, was not right, but very far from it.
felt
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From this reading So she felt.
fish
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From this reading Her heart was very sore for the hurt she had suffered; it gave her a twinge every time she thought of the lotus carving of her spoon handle, and those odd representations of fish in the bowl of it.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Her heart was very sore for the hurt she had suffered; it gave her a twinge every time she thought of the lotus carving of her spoon handle, and those odd representations of fish in the bowl of it.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Meanwhile Daisy turned away from her beautiful little ivory cathedral, and opened Mr. Dinwiddie's Bible.
gave
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From this reading Her heart was very sore for the hurt she had suffered; it gave her a twinge every time she thought of the lotus carving of her spoon handle, and those odd representations of fish in the bowl of it.
get
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From this reading She had confessed herself wrong, and had told him the way to get right; yet she herself, in spite of knowing the way, was not right, but very far from it.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Her heart was not at all comforted yet; and indeed her talk with Dr. Sandford had rather roused her to keener discomfort.
handle
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From this reading Her heart was very sore for the hurt she had suffered; it gave her a twinge every time she thought of the lotus carving of her spoon handle, and those odd representations of fish in the bowl of it.
heart
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From this reading Her heart was not at all comforted yet; and indeed her talk with Dr. Sandford had rather roused her to keener discomfort.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Meanwhile Daisy turned away from her beautiful little ivory cathedral, and opened Mr. Dinwiddie's Bible.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She had confessed herself wrong, and had told him the way to get right; yet she herself, in spite of knowing the way, was not right, but very far from it.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading She had confessed herself wrong, and had told him the way to get right; yet she herself, in spite of knowing the way, was not right, but very far from it.
hurt
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From this reading Her heart was very sore for the hurt she had suffered; it gave her a twinge every time she thought of the lotus carving of her spoon handle, and those odd representations of fish in the bowl of it.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She had confessed herself wrong, and had told him the way to get right; yet she herself, in spite of knowing the way, was not right, but very far from it.
indeed
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From this reading Her heart was not at all comforted yet; and indeed her talk with Dr. Sandford had rather roused her to keener discomfort.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She had confessed herself wrong, and had told him the way to get right; yet she herself, in spite of knowing the way, was not right, but very far from it.
ivory
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From this reading Meanwhile Daisy turned away from her beautiful little ivory cathedral, and opened Mr. Dinwiddie's Bible.
keener
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From this reading Her heart was not at all comforted yet; and indeed her talk with Dr. Sandford had rather roused her to keener discomfort.
knowing
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From this reading She had confessed herself wrong, and had told him the way to get right; yet she herself, in spite of knowing the way, was not right, but very far from it.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Meanwhile Daisy turned away from her beautiful little ivory cathedral, and opened Mr. Dinwiddie's Bible.
lotus
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From this reading Her heart was very sore for the hurt she had suffered; it gave her a twinge every time she thought of the lotus carving of her spoon handle, and those odd representations of fish in the bowl of it.
MeanwhilenounUS /ˈmeanwhile/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Meanwhile Daisy turned away from her beautiful little ivory cathedral, and opened Mr. Dinwiddie's Bible.
Mr
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From this reading Meanwhile Daisy turned away from her beautiful little ivory cathedral, and opened Mr. Dinwiddie's Bible.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Her heart was not at all comforted yet; and indeed her talk with Dr. Sandford had rather roused her to keener discomfort.
odd
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From this reading Her heart was very sore for the hurt she had suffered; it gave her a twinge every time she thought of the lotus carving of her spoon handle, and those odd representations of fish in the bowl of it.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She had confessed herself wrong, and had told him the way to get right; yet she herself, in spite of knowing the way, was not right, but very far from it.
opened
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From this reading Meanwhile Daisy turned away from her beautiful little ivory cathedral, and opened Mr. Dinwiddie's Bible.
rather
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From this reading Her heart was not at all comforted yet; and indeed her talk with Dr. Sandford had rather roused her to keener discomfort.
representations
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From this reading Her heart was very sore for the hurt she had suffered; it gave her a twinge every time she thought of the lotus carving of her spoon handle, and those odd representations of fish in the bowl of it.
rightnounUS /right/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had confessed herself wrong, and had told him the way to get right; yet she herself, in spite of knowing the way, was not right, but very far from it.
roused
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From this reading Her heart was not at all comforted yet; and indeed her talk with Dr. Sandford had rather roused her to keener discomfort.
Sandford
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From this reading Her heart was not at all comforted yet; and indeed her talk with Dr. Sandford had rather roused her to keener discomfort.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had confessed herself wrong, and had told him the way to get right; yet she herself, in spite of knowing the way, was not right, but very far from it.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So she felt.
sore
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From this reading Her heart was very sore for the hurt she had suffered; it gave her a twinge every time she thought of the lotus carving of her spoon handle, and those odd representations of fish in the bowl of it.
spite
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From this reading She had confessed herself wrong, and had told him the way to get right; yet she herself, in spite of knowing the way, was not right, but very far from it.
spoon
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From this reading Her heart was very sore for the hurt she had suffered; it gave her a twinge every time she thought of the lotus carving of her spoon handle, and those odd representations of fish in the bowl of it.
suffered
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From this reading Her heart was very sore for the hurt she had suffered; it gave her a twinge every time she thought of the lotus carving of her spoon handle, and those odd representations of fish in the bowl of it.
talk
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From this reading Her heart was not at all comforted yet; and indeed her talk with Dr. Sandford had rather roused her to keener discomfort.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She had confessed herself wrong, and had told him the way to get right; yet she herself, in spite of knowing the way, was not right, but very far from it.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Her heart was very sore for the hurt she had suffered; it gave her a twinge every time she thought of the lotus carving of her spoon handle, and those odd representations of fish in the bowl of it.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her heart was very sore for the hurt she had suffered; it gave her a twinge every time she thought of the lotus carving of her spoon handle, and those odd representations of fish in the bowl of it.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her heart was very sore for the hurt she had suffered; it gave her a twinge every time she thought of the lotus carving of her spoon handle, and those odd representations of fish in the bowl of it.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Her heart was not at all comforted yet; and indeed her talk with Dr. Sandford had rather roused her to keener discomfort.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had confessed herself wrong, and had told him the way to get right; yet she herself, in spite of knowing the way, was not right, but very far from it.
turned
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From this reading Meanwhile Daisy turned away from her beautiful little ivory cathedral, and opened Mr. Dinwiddie's Bible.
twinge
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From this reading Her heart was very sore for the hurt she had suffered; it gave her a twinge every time she thought of the lotus carving of her spoon handle, and those odd representations of fish in the bowl of it.
very
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From this reading She had confessed herself wrong, and had told him the way to get right; yet she herself, in spite of knowing the way, was not right, but very far from it.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her heart was not at all comforted yet; and indeed her talk with Dr. Sandford had rather roused her to keener discomfort.
way
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From this reading She had confessed herself wrong, and had told him the way to get right; yet she herself, in spite of knowing the way, was not right, but very far from it.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Her heart was not at all comforted yet; and indeed her talk with Dr. Sandford had rather roused her to keener discomfort.
wrong
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From this reading She had confessed herself wrong, and had told him the way to get right; yet she herself, in spite of knowing the way, was not right, but very far from it.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Her heart was not at all comforted yet; and indeed her talk with Dr. Sandford had rather roused her to keener discomfort.
