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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 AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
absorbed
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From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
all
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From this reading The strangest thing of all was the change in herself.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading In the utter negation of her life she had wished that something would happen, and so much had happened and so swiftly that she was bewildered.
annoyance
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From this reading She was too high-spirited to submit to the one, and too simple and sincere, still too much of a child, to feel anything but annoyance at the sentimental gallantry of the other.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading She was too high-spirited to submit to the one, and too simple and sincere, still too much of a child, to feel anything but annoyance at the sentimental gallantry of the other.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She was too high-spirited to submit to the one, and too simple and sincere, still too much of a child, to feel anything but annoyance at the sentimental gallantry of the other.
AUN
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background
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From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
bewilderednounUS /bewildered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the utter negation of her life she had wished that something would happen, and so much had happened and so swiftly that she was bewildered.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She was too high-spirited to submit to the one, and too simple and sincere, still too much of a child, to feel anything but annoyance at the sentimental gallantry of the other.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Lovers of the Whately and Maynard type could only repel by their tactics.
change
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From this reading The strangest thing of all was the change in herself.
child
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From this reading She was too high-spirited to submit to the one, and too simple and sincere, still too much of a child, to feel anything but annoyance at the sentimental gallantry of the other.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading Lovers of the Whately and Maynard type could only repel by their tactics.
day
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From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
dreams
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events
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From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
experience
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From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
feel
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From this reading She was too high-spirited to submit to the one, and too simple and sincere, still too much of a child, to feel anything but annoyance at the sentimental gallantry of the other.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
gallantry
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From this reading She was too high-spirited to submit to the one, and too simple and sincere, still too much of a child, to feel anything but annoyance at the sentimental gallantry of the other.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
happen
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From this reading In the utter negation of her life she had wished that something would happen, and so much had happened and so swiftly that she was bewildered.
happened
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From this reading In the utter negation of her life she had wished that something would happen, and so much had happened and so swiftly that she was bewildered.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading The strangest thing of all was the change in herself.
high-spirited
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From this reading She was too high-spirited to submit to the one, and too simple and sincere, still too much of a child, to feel anything but annoyance at the sentimental gallantry of the other.
hospital
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From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
InprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading In the utter negation of her life she had wished that something would happen, and so much had happened and so swiftly that she was bewildered.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
JINKEY'S
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From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
lifenounUS /life/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading In the utter negation of her life she had wished that something would happen, and so much had happened and so swiftly that she was bewildered.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
Lou
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From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
Lovers
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Maynard
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Miss
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From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
much
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From this reading In the utter negation of her life she had wished that something would happen, and so much had happened and so swiftly that she was bewildered.
negation
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From this reading In the utter negation of her life she had wished that something would happen, and so much had happened and so swiftly that she was bewildered.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She was too high-spirited to submit to the one, and too simple and sincere, still too much of a child, to feel anything but annoyance at the sentimental gallantry of the other.
only
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other
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From this reading She was too high-spirited to submit to the one, and too simple and sincere, still too much of a child, to feel anything but annoyance at the sentimental gallantry of the other.
relegate
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From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
repel
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sentimental
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From this reading She was too high-spirited to submit to the one, and too simple and sincere, still too much of a child, to feel anything but annoyance at the sentimental gallantry of the other.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In the utter negation of her life she had wished that something would happen, and so much had happened and so swiftly that she was bewildered.
shortadjectiveUS /ʃɔrt/
brief or direct in expression
From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
simple
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From this reading She was too high-spirited to submit to the one, and too simple and sincere, still too much of a child, to feel anything but annoyance at the sentimental gallantry of the other.
sincere
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From this reading She was too high-spirited to submit to the one, and too simple and sincere, still too much of a child, to feel anything but annoyance at the sentimental gallantry of the other.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading In the utter negation of her life she had wished that something would happen, and so much had happened and so swiftly that she was bewildered.
stillnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was too high-spirited to submit to the one, and too simple and sincere, still too much of a child, to feel anything but annoyance at the sentimental gallantry of the other.
strangest
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From this reading The strangest thing of all was the change in herself.
submitverbUS /səbˈmɪt/
to accept another person's control or a difficult situation
From this reading She was too high-spirited to submit to the one, and too simple and sincere, still too much of a child, to feel anything but annoyance at the sentimental gallantry of the other.
SUPREME
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From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
swiftly
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From this reading In the utter negation of her life she had wished that something would happen, and so much had happened and so swiftly that she was bewildered.
tactics
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From this reading Lovers of the Whately and Maynard type could only repel by their tactics.
TEST
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From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading In the utter negation of her life she had wished that something would happen, and so much had happened and so swiftly that she was bewildered.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Lovers of the Whately and Maynard type could only repel by their tactics.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The strangest thing of all was the change in herself.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
too
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From this reading She was too high-spirited to submit to the one, and too simple and sincere, still too much of a child, to feel anything but annoyance at the sentimental gallantry of the other.
tragic
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From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
type
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utter
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From this reading In the utter negation of her life she had wished that something would happen, and so much had happened and so swiftly that she was bewildered.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading In the utter negation of her life she had wished that something would happen, and so much had happened and so swiftly that she was bewildered.
Whately
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whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
wildest
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From this reading AUN' JINKEY'S SUPREME TEST The first long tragic day of hospital experience had so absorbed Miss Lou as to relegate into the background events which a short time before had been beyond her wildest dreams.
wished
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From this reading In the utter negation of her life she had wished that something would happen, and so much had happened and so swiftly that she was bewildered.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading In the utter negation of her life she had wished that something would happen, and so much had happened and so swiftly that she was bewildered.
