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andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading BETSY'S BALL-GOWN When the little flurry over the sword had ended, Napoleon seemed lost in thought, and the children wondered what he was thinking of.
attendants
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babyhood
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BALL-GOWN
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From this reading BETSY'S BALL-GOWN When the little flurry over the sword had ended, Napoleon seemed lost in thought, and the children wondered what he was thinking of.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Some such thought must have been in his mind when he turned to one of his attendants, saying:
believenounUS /ˈbelieve/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "I believe that these children would like to see some of my _bijouterie_.
BETSY'S
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From this reading BETSY'S BALL-GOWN When the little flurry over the sword had ended, Napoleon seemed lost in thought, and the children wondered what he was thinking of.
bijouterie
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bring
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From this reading Go bring me those miniatures of the King of Rome."
children
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From this reading BETSY'S BALL-GOWN When the little flurry over the sword had ended, Napoleon seemed lost in thought, and the children wondered what he was thinking of.
destined
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ended
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From this reading BETSY'S BALL-GOWN When the little flurry over the sword had ended, Napoleon seemed lost in thought, and the children wondered what he was thinking of.
flurry
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From this reading BETSY'S BALL-GOWN When the little flurry over the sword had ended, Napoleon seemed lost in thought, and the children wondered what he was thinking of.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Perhaps the laughing ways of these young people reminded him of his little son, whose growth from babyhood to youth he was destined never to see.
Go
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From this reading Go bring me those miniatures of the King of Rome."
growth
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From this reading Perhaps the laughing ways of these young people reminded him of his little son, whose growth from babyhood to youth he was destined never to see.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading BETSY'S BALL-GOWN When the little flurry over the sword had ended, Napoleon seemed lost in thought, and the children wondered what he was thinking of.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Some such thought must have been in his mind when he turned to one of his attendants, saying:
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading BETSY'S BALL-GOWN When the little flurry over the sword had ended, Napoleon seemed lost in thought, and the children wondered what he was thinking of.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Perhaps the laughing ways of these young people reminded him of his little son, whose growth from babyhood to youth he was destined never to see.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Perhaps the laughing ways of these young people reminded him of his little son, whose growth from babyhood to youth he was destined never to see.
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading "I believe that these children would like to see some of my _bijouterie_.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading BETSY'S BALL-GOWN When the little flurry over the sword had ended, Napoleon seemed lost in thought, and the children wondered what he was thinking of.
King
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From this reading Go bring me those miniatures of the King of Rome."
laughing
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From this reading Perhaps the laughing ways of these young people reminded him of his little son, whose growth from babyhood to youth he was destined never to see.
like
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From this reading "I believe that these children would like to see some of my _bijouterie_.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BETSY'S BALL-GOWN When the little flurry over the sword had ended, Napoleon seemed lost in thought, and the children wondered what he was thinking of.
lost
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From this reading BETSY'S BALL-GOWN When the little flurry over the sword had ended, Napoleon seemed lost in thought, and the children wondered what he was thinking of.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Go bring me those miniatures of the King of Rome."
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Some such thought must have been in his mind when he turned to one of his attendants, saying:
miniatures
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From this reading Go bring me those miniatures of the King of Rome."
mustmodal verbUS /mʌst/
used to say something is necessary, or almost certainly true
From this reading Some such thought must have been in his mind when he turned to one of his attendants, saying:
mydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading "I believe that these children would like to see some of my _bijouterie_.
Napoleon
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From this reading BETSY'S BALL-GOWN When the little flurry over the sword had ended, Napoleon seemed lost in thought, and the children wondered what he was thinking of.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Perhaps the laughing ways of these young people reminded him of his little son, whose growth from babyhood to youth he was destined never to see.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading BETSY'S BALL-GOWN When the little flurry over the sword had ended, Napoleon seemed lost in thought, and the children wondered what he was thinking of.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
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overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading BETSY'S BALL-GOWN When the little flurry over the sword had ended, Napoleon seemed lost in thought, and the children wondered what he was thinking of.
people
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Perhaps
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reminded
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Rome
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From this reading Go bring me those miniatures of the King of Rome."
saying
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see
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seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BETSY'S BALL-GOWN When the little flurry over the sword had ended, Napoleon seemed lost in thought, and the children wondered what he was thinking of.
Some
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son
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From this reading Perhaps the laughing ways of these young people reminded him of his little son, whose growth from babyhood to youth he was destined never to see.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
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sword
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From this reading BETSY'S BALL-GOWN When the little flurry over the sword had ended, Napoleon seemed lost in thought, and the children wondered what he was thinking of.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "I believe that these children would like to see some of my _bijouterie_.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading BETSY'S BALL-GOWN When the little flurry over the sword had ended, Napoleon seemed lost in thought, and the children wondered what he was thinking of.
thesedeterminerUS /ðiːz/
the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned
From this reading Perhaps the laughing ways of these young people reminded him of his little son, whose growth from babyhood to youth he was destined never to see.
thinkingnounUS /thinking/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BETSY'S BALL-GOWN When the little flurry over the sword had ended, Napoleon seemed lost in thought, and the children wondered what he was thinking of.
thosedeterminerUS /ðoʊz/
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading Go bring me those miniatures of the King of Rome."
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BETSY'S BALL-GOWN When the little flurry over the sword had ended, Napoleon seemed lost in thought, and the children wondered what he was thinking of.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Perhaps the laughing ways of these young people reminded him of his little son, whose growth from babyhood to youth he was destined never to see.
turned
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wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading BETSY'S BALL-GOWN When the little flurry over the sword had ended, Napoleon seemed lost in thought, and the children wondered what he was thinking of.
ways
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From this reading Perhaps the laughing ways of these young people reminded him of his little son, whose growth from babyhood to youth he was destined never to see.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading BETSY'S BALL-GOWN When the little flurry over the sword had ended, Napoleon seemed lost in thought, and the children wondered what he was thinking of.
WhenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading BETSY'S BALL-GOWN When the little flurry over the sword had ended, Napoleon seemed lost in thought, and the children wondered what he was thinking of.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Perhaps the laughing ways of these young people reminded him of his little son, whose growth from babyhood to youth he was destined never to see.
wonderednounUS /wondered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading BETSY'S BALL-GOWN When the little flurry over the sword had ended, Napoleon seemed lost in thought, and the children wondered what he was thinking of.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading "I believe that these children would like to see some of my _bijouterie_.
young
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From this reading Perhaps the laughing ways of these young people reminded him of his little son, whose growth from babyhood to youth he was destined never to see.
youth
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From this reading Perhaps the laughing ways of these young people reminded him of his little son, whose growth from babyhood to youth he was destined never to see.
