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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 Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
advanced
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From this reading Her lips in lines of order and discretion, her skirts hanging in perfect folds, she advanced up the straggling path, the picture of maidenly composure.
also
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From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
Austin
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From this reading FLASHLIGHTS "Please tilt your parasol back the least bit more, Miss Austin.
back
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From this reading FLASHLIGHTS "Please tilt your parasol back the least bit more, Miss Austin.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
bit
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From this reading FLASHLIGHTS "Please tilt your parasol back the least bit more, Miss Austin.
clad
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From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
composure
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From this reading Her lips in lines of order and discretion, her skirts hanging in perfect folds, she advanced up the straggling path, the picture of maidenly composure.
directions
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From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
discretion
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From this reading Her lips in lines of order and discretion, her skirts hanging in perfect folds, she advanced up the straggling path, the picture of maidenly composure.
expression
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From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
FLASHLIGHTS
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From this reading FLASHLIGHTS "Please tilt your parasol back the least bit more, Miss Austin.
folds
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From this reading Her lips in lines of order and discretion, her skirts hanging in perfect folds, she advanced up the straggling path, the picture of maidenly composure.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
hanging
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From this reading Her lips in lines of order and discretion, her skirts hanging in perfect folds, she advanced up the straggling path, the picture of maidenly composure.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading That's it!
leastnounUS /least/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading FLASHLIGHTS "Please tilt your parasol back the least bit more, Miss Austin.
letter
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From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
lines
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From this reading Her lips in lines of order and discretion, her skirts hanging in perfect folds, she advanced up the straggling path, the picture of maidenly composure.
lips
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From this reading Her lips in lines of order and discretion, her skirts hanging in perfect folds, she advanced up the straggling path, the picture of maidenly composure.
maidenly
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From this reading Her lips in lines of order and discretion, her skirts hanging in perfect folds, she advanced up the straggling path, the picture of maidenly composure.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Now walk toward me, up this path, till you reach the rosebush."
Miss
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From this reading FLASHLIGHTS "Please tilt your parasol back the least bit more, Miss Austin.
more
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From this reading FLASHLIGHTS "Please tilt your parasol back the least bit more, Miss Austin.
muslin
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From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
Now
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From this reading Now walk toward me, up this path, till you reach the rosebush."
obeyed
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From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Her lips in lines of order and discretion, her skirts hanging in perfect folds, she advanced up the straggling path, the picture of maidenly composure.
ordernounUS /order/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her lips in lines of order and discretion, her skirts hanging in perfect folds, she advanced up the straggling path, the picture of maidenly composure.
parasol
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From this reading FLASHLIGHTS "Please tilt your parasol back the least bit more, Miss Austin.
path
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From this reading Now walk toward me, up this path, till you reach the rosebush."
perfect
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From this reading Her lips in lines of order and discretion, her skirts hanging in perfect folds, she advanced up the straggling path, the picture of maidenly composure.
photographer
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From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
picture
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From this reading Her lips in lines of order and discretion, her skirts hanging in perfect folds, she advanced up the straggling path, the picture of maidenly composure.
Please
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From this reading FLASHLIGHTS "Please tilt your parasol back the least bit more, Miss Austin.
prim
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From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
reach
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From this reading Now walk toward me, up this path, till you reach the rosebush."
rosebush
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From this reading Now walk toward me, up this path, till you reach the rosebush."
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Her lips in lines of order and discretion, her skirts hanging in perfect folds, she advanced up the straggling path, the picture of maidenly composure.
skirts
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From this reading Her lips in lines of order and discretion, her skirts hanging in perfect folds, she advanced up the straggling path, the picture of maidenly composure.
some
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From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
straggling
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From this reading Her lips in lines of order and discretion, her skirts hanging in perfect folds, she advanced up the straggling path, the picture of maidenly composure.
struggling
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From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
tall
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From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
That's
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From this reading That's it!
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading FLASHLIGHTS "Please tilt your parasol back the least bit more, Miss Austin.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
thinadjectiveUS /θɪn/
Having little thickness or extent.
From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading Now walk toward me, up this path, till you reach the rosebush."
tillprepositionUS /tɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading Now walk toward me, up this path, till you reach the rosebush."
tilt
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From this reading FLASHLIGHTS "Please tilt your parasol back the least bit more, Miss Austin.
timenounUS /time/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Now walk toward me, up this path, till you reach the rosebush."
up
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From this reading Now walk toward me, up this path, till you reach the rosebush."
vain
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From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
walk
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From this reading Now walk toward me, up this path, till you reach the rosebush."
wearing
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From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
white
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From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
woman
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From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading Now walk toward me, up this path, till you reach the rosebush."
young
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From this reading Miss Austin, a tall, thin young woman clad in white muslin and wearing also a prim expression with which her photographer had been struggling for some time in vain, obeyed these directions to the letter.
yourdeterminerUS /jɔːr/
belonging to the person or people being spoken to
From this reading FLASHLIGHTS "Please tilt your parasol back the least bit more, Miss Austin.
