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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 The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN ITALIAN BALL.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
Andrea
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From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
Annunziata
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From this reading Annunziata was my informant.
any
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From this reading The Marchesina could rise to an occasion as well as any one else; could, when duty called, confine her stout form in the stiffest of stays, and build up her hair into the neatest of bandolined pyramids.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The Marchesina could rise to an occasion as well as any one else; could, when duty called, confine her stout form in the stiffest of stays, and build up her hair into the neatest of bandolined pyramids.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
BALL
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From this reading AN ITALIAN BALL.
bandolined
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From this reading The Marchesina could rise to an occasion as well as any one else; could, when duty called, confine her stout form in the stiffest of stays, and build up her hair into the neatest of bandolined pyramids.
bound
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From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
bright
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From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
build
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From this reading The Marchesina could rise to an occasion as well as any one else; could, when duty called, confine her stout form in the stiffest of stays, and build up her hair into the neatest of bandolined pyramids.
called
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From this reading The Marchesina could rise to an occasion as well as any one else; could, when duty called, confine her stout form in the stiffest of stays, and build up her hair into the neatest of bandolined pyramids.
came
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From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
Cascine
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From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
comer
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From this reading She had stayed at home, and, freed from the rigid eye of her mother-in-law, was sitting very much at her ease, ready to gossip with the first comer.
confine
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From this reading The Marchesina could rise to an occasion as well as any one else; could, when duty called, confine her stout form in the stiffest of stays, and build up her hair into the neatest of bandolined pyramids.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading The Marchesina could rise to an occasion as well as any one else; could, when duty called, confine her stout form in the stiffest of stays, and build up her hair into the neatest of bandolined pyramids.
day
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From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
drive
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From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
dutynounUS /ˈduːti/
a responsibility that must be carried out
From this reading The Marchesina could rise to an occasion as well as any one else; could, when duty called, confine her stout form in the stiffest of stays, and build up her hair into the neatest of bandolined pyramids.
ease
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From this reading She had stayed at home, and, freed from the rigid eye of her mother-in-law, was sitting very much at her ease, ready to gossip with the first comer.
else
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From this reading The Marchesina could rise to an occasion as well as any one else; could, when duty called, confine her stout form in the stiffest of stays, and build up her hair into the neatest of bandolined pyramids.
exquisitely
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From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
eye
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From this reading She had stayed at home, and, freed from the rigid eye of her mother-in-law, was sitting very much at her ease, ready to gossip with the first comer.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had stayed at home, and, freed from the rigid eye of her mother-in-law, was sitting very much at her ease, ready to gossip with the first comer.
form
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From this reading The Marchesina could rise to an occasion as well as any one else; could, when duty called, confine her stout form in the stiffest of stays, and build up her hair into the neatest of bandolined pyramids.
freed
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From this reading She had stayed at home, and, freed from the rigid eye of her mother-in-law, was sitting very much at her ease, ready to gossip with the first comer.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading She had stayed at home, and, freed from the rigid eye of her mother-in-law, was sitting very much at her ease, ready to gossip with the first comer.
gone
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From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
gossip
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From this reading She had stayed at home, and, freed from the rigid eye of her mother-in-law, was sitting very much at her ease, ready to gossip with the first comer.
greeted
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From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
hair
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From this reading The Marchesina could rise to an occasion as well as any one else; could, when duty called, confine her stout form in the stiffest of stays, and build up her hair into the neatest of bandolined pyramids.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
heart
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From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had stayed at home, and, freed from the rigid eye of her mother-in-law, was sitting very much at her ease, ready to gossip with the first comer.
home
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From this reading She had stayed at home, and, freed from the rigid eye of her mother-in-law, was sitting very much at her ease, ready to gossip with the first comer.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
informant
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From this reading Annunziata was my informant.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
ITALIAN
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From this reading AN ITALIAN BALL.
ladies
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From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
leapt
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From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
Marchesina
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From this reading The Marchesina could rise to an occasion as well as any one else; could, when duty called, confine her stout form in the stiffest of stays, and build up her hair into the neatest of bandolined pyramids.
mother-in-law
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From this reading She had stayed at home, and, freed from the rigid eye of her mother-in-law, was sitting very much at her ease, ready to gossip with the first comer.
much
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From this reading She had stayed at home, and, freed from the rigid eye of her mother-in-law, was sitting very much at her ease, ready to gossip with the first comer.
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
neatest
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From this reading The Marchesina could rise to an occasion as well as any one else; could, when duty called, confine her stout form in the stiffest of stays, and build up her hair into the neatest of bandolined pyramids.
news
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From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
occasion
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From this reading The Marchesina could rise to an occasion as well as any one else; could, when duty called, confine her stout form in the stiffest of stays, and build up her hair into the neatest of bandolined pyramids.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading The Marchesina could rise to an occasion as well as any one else; could, when duty called, confine her stout form in the stiffest of stays, and build up her hair into the neatest of bandolined pyramids.
out
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From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
pyramids
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From this reading The Marchesina could rise to an occasion as well as any one else; could, when duty called, confine her stout form in the stiffest of stays, and build up her hair into the neatest of bandolined pyramids.
ready
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From this reading She had stayed at home, and, freed from the rigid eye of her mother-in-law, was sitting very much at her ease, ready to gossip with the first comer.
rigid
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From this reading She had stayed at home, and, freed from the rigid eye of her mother-in-law, was sitting very much at her ease, ready to gossip with the first comer.
rise
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From this reading The Marchesina could rise to an occasion as well as any one else; could, when duty called, confine her stout form in the stiffest of stays, and build up her hair into the neatest of bandolined pyramids.
room
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From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had stayed at home, and, freed from the rigid eye of her mother-in-law, was sitting very much at her ease, ready to gossip with the first comer.
sitting
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From this reading She had stayed at home, and, freed from the rigid eye of her mother-in-law, was sitting very much at her ease, ready to gossip with the first comer.
spring
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From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
stayed
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From this reading She had stayed at home, and, freed from the rigid eye of her mother-in-law, was sitting very much at her ease, ready to gossip with the first comer.
stays
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From this reading The Marchesina could rise to an occasion as well as any one else; could, when duty called, confine her stout form in the stiffest of stays, and build up her hair into the neatest of bandolined pyramids.
stiffest
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From this reading The Marchesina could rise to an occasion as well as any one else; could, when duty called, confine her stout form in the stiffest of stays, and build up her hair into the neatest of bandolined pyramids.
stout
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From this reading The Marchesina could rise to an occasion as well as any one else; could, when duty called, confine her stout form in the stiffest of stays, and build up her hair into the neatest of bandolined pyramids.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
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 was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
up
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From this reading The Marchesina could rise to an occasion as well as any one else; could, when duty called, confine her stout form in the stiffest of stays, and build up her hair into the neatest of bandolined pyramids.
very
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From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
warm
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From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
wepronounUS /wiː/
the speaker together with one or more other people
From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
well
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From this reading The Marchesina could rise to an occasion as well as any one else; could, when duty called, confine her stout form in the stiffest of stays, and build up her hair into the neatest of bandolined pyramids.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The next day was exquisitely bright and warm--we seemed to have leapt at a bound into the very heart of spring--and when I came out of my room I was greeted with the news that Andrea and the ladies had gone to drive in the Cascine.
