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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 A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading This quick-witted negress, consumed with curiosity about Chunk, and some deeper interest, resolved not to be sent away.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To her questioning look, the old mammy nodded, glancing meantime at Zany as much as to say, "We should be alone."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading To her questioning look, the old mammy nodded, glancing meantime at Zany as much as to say, "We should be alone."
Aun
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From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
away
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From this reading This quick-witted negress, consumed with curiosity about Chunk, and some deeper interest, resolved not to be sent away.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
BOLD
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From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
Chunk
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From this reading This quick-witted negress, consumed with curiosity about Chunk, and some deeper interest, resolved not to be sent away.
consumed
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From this reading This quick-witted negress, consumed with curiosity about Chunk, and some deeper interest, resolved not to be sent away.
curiosity
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From this reading This quick-witted negress, consumed with curiosity about Chunk, and some deeper interest, resolved not to be sent away.
dat
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From this reading "Why you look dat away at Miss Lou, Aun' Jinkey?"
deeper
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From this reading This quick-witted negress, consumed with curiosity about Chunk, and some deeper interest, resolved not to be sent away.
divined
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From this reading The girl divined that something serious was to be told.
exhaustion
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From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
few
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From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
fright
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From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
gained
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From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
girl
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From this reading The girl divined that something serious was to be told.
glancing
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From this reading To her questioning look, the old mammy nodded, glancing meantime at Zany as much as to say, "We should be alone."
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading To her questioning look, the old mammy nodded, glancing meantime at Zany as much as to say, "We should be alone."
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
incapable
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From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
interest
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From this reading This quick-witted negress, consumed with curiosity about Chunk, and some deeper interest, resolved not to be sent away.
Jinkey
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From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To her questioning look, the old mammy nodded, glancing meantime at Zany as much as to say, "We should be alone."
Lou
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From this reading "Why you look dat away at Miss Lou, Aun' Jinkey?"
Lou's
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From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
mammy
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From this reading To her questioning look, the old mammy nodded, glancing meantime at Zany as much as to say, "We should be alone."
meantimenounUS /ˈmiːntaɪm/
the period of time while something else is happening
From this reading To her questioning look, the old mammy nodded, glancing meantime at Zany as much as to say, "We should be alone."
Miss
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From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
moments
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From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
much
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From this reading To her questioning look, the old mammy nodded, glancing meantime at Zany as much as to say, "We should be alone."
negress
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From this reading This quick-witted negress, consumed with curiosity about Chunk, and some deeper interest, resolved not to be sent away.
noddednounUS /nodded/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To her questioning look, the old mammy nodded, glancing meantime at Zany as much as to say, "We should be alone."
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading This quick-witted negress, consumed with curiosity about Chunk, and some deeper interest, resolved not to be sent away.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
old
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From this reading To her questioning look, the old mammy nodded, glancing meantime at Zany as much as to say, "We should be alone."
panting
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From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
questioning
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From this reading To her questioning look, the old mammy nodded, glancing meantime at Zany as much as to say, "We should be alone."
quick-witted
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From this reading This quick-witted negress, consumed with curiosity about Chunk, and some deeper interest, resolved not to be sent away.
resolved
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From this reading This quick-witted negress, consumed with curiosity about Chunk, and some deeper interest, resolved not to be sent away.
room
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From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
safety
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From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
say
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From this reading To her questioning look, the old mammy nodded, glancing meantime at Zany as much as to say, "We should be alone."
SCHEME
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From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
sent
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From this reading This quick-witted negress, consumed with curiosity about Chunk, and some deeper interest, resolved not to be sent away.
serious
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From this reading The girl divined that something serious was to be told.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading To her questioning look, the old mammy nodded, glancing meantime at Zany as much as to say, "We should be alone."
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
some
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From this reading This quick-witted negress, consumed with curiosity about Chunk, and some deeper interest, resolved not to be sent away.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading The girl divined that something serious was to be told.
speech
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From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The girl divined that something serious was to be told.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The girl divined that something serious was to be told.
ThisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This quick-witted negress, consumed with curiosity about Chunk, and some deeper interest, resolved not to be sent away.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
toldnounUS /told/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The girl divined that something serious was to be told.
utterly
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From this reading A BOLD SCHEME Aun' Jinkey gained Miss Lou's room in safety, but panting so from fright and exhaustion as to be for a few moments utterly incapable of speech.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The girl divined that something serious was to be told.
WepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading To her questioning look, the old mammy nodded, glancing meantime at Zany as much as to say, "We should be alone."
Why
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From this reading "Why you look dat away at Miss Lou, Aun' Jinkey?"
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading This quick-witted negress, consumed with curiosity about Chunk, and some deeper interest, resolved not to be sent away.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading "Why you look dat away at Miss Lou, Aun' Jinkey?"
Zany
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From this reading To her questioning look, the old mammy nodded, glancing meantime at Zany as much as to say, "We should be alone."
