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admirable
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From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
afraid
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From this reading '_Mes mignons_,' she said, looking alternately at each of them, 'I want you to tell me something quite honestly; are you afraid of me, either of you?'
alternately
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From this reading '_Mes mignons_,' she said, looking alternately at each of them, 'I want you to tell me something quite honestly; are you afraid of me, either of you?'
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading 'Send the children to me,' she said when at last she rang for her women, and the children came.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading '_Mes mignons_,' she said, looking alternately at each of them, 'I want you to tell me something quite honestly; are you afraid of me, either of you?'
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading 'Send the children to me,' she said when at last she rang for her women, and the children came.
Bois
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From this reading They had come in from their morning's ride on their small ponies in the Bois.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading She drew them both towards her.
boy
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From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
came
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From this reading 'Send the children to me,' she said when at last she rang for her women, and the children came.
cap
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From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
children
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From this reading 'Send the children to me,' she said when at last she rang for her women, and the children came.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They had come in from their morning's ride on their small ponies in the Bois.
dresses
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From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
drewnounUS /drew/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She drew them both towards her.
eachdeterminerUS /iːtʃ/
every one of two or more people or things, taken separately
From this reading '_Mes mignons_,' she said, looking alternately at each of them, 'I want you to tell me something quite honestly; are you afraid of me, either of you?'
eitherdeterminerUS /ˈiːðər/
one or the other of two
From this reading '_Mes mignons_,' she said, looking alternately at each of them, 'I want you to tell me something quite honestly; are you afraid of me, either of you?'
fingers
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From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
flowing
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From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading 'Send the children to me,' she said when at last she rang for her women, and the children came.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading They had come in from their morning's ride on their small ponies in the Bois.
gentle
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From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
golden
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From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
grace
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From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading They had come in from their morning's ride on their small ponies in the Bois.
hair
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From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
hand
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From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading 'Send the children to me,' she said when at last she rang for her women, and the children came.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
honestly
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From this reading '_Mes mignons_,' she said, looking alternately at each of them, 'I want you to tell me something quite honestly; are you afraid of me, either of you?'
IpronounUS /aɪ/
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading '_Mes mignons_,' she said, looking alternately at each of them, 'I want you to tell me something quite honestly; are you afraid of me, either of you?'
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading They had come in from their morning's ride on their small ponies in the Bois.
kissed
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From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading 'Send the children to me,' she said when at last she rang for her women, and the children came.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
looking
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From this reading '_Mes mignons_,' she said, looking alternately at each of them, 'I want you to tell me something quite honestly; are you afraid of me, either of you?'
manners
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From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
mepronounUS /miː/
the person speaking, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading 'Send the children to me,' she said when at last she rang for her women, and the children came.
Mes
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From this reading '_Mes mignons_,' she said, looking alternately at each of them, 'I want you to tell me something quite honestly; are you afraid of me, either of you?'
mignons
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From this reading '_Mes mignons_,' she said, looking alternately at each of them, 'I want you to tell me something quite honestly; are you afraid of me, either of you?'
morning's
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From this reading They had come in from their morning's ride on their small ponies in the Bois.
mother's
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From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading '_Mes mignons_,' she said, looking alternately at each of them, 'I want you to tell me something quite honestly; are you afraid of me, either of you?'
old-world
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From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading They had come in from their morning's ride on their small ponies in the Bois.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
ponies
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From this reading They had come in from their morning's ride on their small ponies in the Bois.
pretty
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From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading '_Mes mignons_,' she said, looking alternately at each of them, 'I want you to tell me something quite honestly; are you afraid of me, either of you?'
rang
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From this reading 'Send the children to me,' she said when at last she rang for her women, and the children came.
ride
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From this reading They had come in from their morning's ride on their small ponies in the Bois.
riding
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From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
said
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From this reading 'Send the children to me,' she said when at last she rang for her women, and the children came.
Send
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From this reading 'Send the children to me,' she said when at last she rang for her women, and the children came.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading 'Send the children to me,' she said when at last she rang for her women, and the children came.
shoulders
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From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
small
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From this reading They had come in from their morning's ride on their small ponies in the Bois.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading '_Mes mignons_,' she said, looking alternately at each of them, 'I want you to tell me something quite honestly; are you afraid of me, either of you?'
tellnounUS /tell/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading '_Mes mignons_,' she said, looking alternately at each of them, 'I want you to tell me something quite honestly; are you afraid of me, either of you?'
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading 'Send the children to me,' she said when at last she rang for her women, and the children came.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading They had come in from their morning's ride on their small ponies in the Bois.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading She drew them both towards her.
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They had come in from their morning's ride on their small ponies in the Bois.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading 'Send the children to me,' she said when at last she rang for her women, and the children came.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading She drew them both towards her.
velvet
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From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
very
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From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
want
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From this reading '_Mes mignons_,' she said, looking alternately at each of them, 'I want you to tell me something quite honestly; are you afraid of me, either of you?'
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading 'Send the children to me,' she said when at last she rang for her women, and the children came.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading They were very pretty in their velvet riding dresses, with their golden hair flowing over their shoulders; they were very gentle and had admirable manners; the little boy with his cap in his hand kissed his mother's fingers with an old-world grace.
women
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From this reading 'Send the children to me,' she said when at last she rang for her women, and the children came.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading '_Mes mignons_,' she said, looking alternately at each of them, 'I want you to tell me something quite honestly; are you afraid of me, either of you?'
