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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 It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
able
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From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
air
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From this reading As to the moor, she had been brought up on it; she had drank in its air, and felt its kindly breath on her cheeks from her earliest days.
alarm
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From this reading To be alone, even at night, in one of the small ravines of Peg-Top Moor had little in itself to alarm the moorland child.
alonenounUS /alone/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To be alone, even at night, in one of the small ravines of Peg-Top Moor had little in itself to alarm the moorland child.
ANdeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading AN OLD SONG.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As to the moor, she had been brought up on it; she had drank in its air, and felt its kindly breath on her cheeks from her earliest days.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As to the moor, she had been brought up on it; she had drank in its air, and felt its kindly breath on her cheeks from her earliest days.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading To be alone, even at night, in one of the small ravines of Peg-Top Moor had little in itself to alarm the moorland child.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading To be alone, even at night, in one of the small ravines of Peg-Top Moor had little in itself to alarm the moorland child.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
breast
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From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
breath
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From this reading As to the moor, she had been brought up on it; she had drank in its air, and felt its kindly breath on her cheeks from her earliest days.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading As to the moor, she had been brought up on it; she had drank in its air, and felt its kindly breath on her cheeks from her earliest days.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading The moors were to Polly like dear, valued, but somewhat stern, friends.
cheeks
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From this reading As to the moor, she had been brought up on it; she had drank in its air, and felt its kindly breath on her cheeks from her earliest days.
child
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From this reading To be alone, even at night, in one of the small ravines of Peg-Top Moor had little in itself to alarm the moorland child.
days
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From this reading As to the moor, she had been brought up on it; she had drank in its air, and felt its kindly breath on her cheeks from her earliest days.
deal
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From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
dear
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From this reading The moors were to Polly like dear, valued, but somewhat stern, friends.
discipline
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From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
drank
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From this reading As to the moor, she had been brought up on it; she had drank in its air, and felt its kindly breath on her cheeks from her earliest days.
earliest
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From this reading As to the moor, she had been brought up on it; she had drank in its air, and felt its kindly breath on her cheeks from her earliest days.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To be alone, even at night, in one of the small ravines of Peg-Top Moor had little in itself to alarm the moorland child.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
fear
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From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
felt
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From this reading As to the moor, she had been brought up on it; she had drank in its air, and felt its kindly breath on her cheeks from her earliest days.
friends
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From this reading The moors were to Polly like dear, valued, but somewhat stern, friends.
frighten
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From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading As to the moor, she had been brought up on it; she had drank in its air, and felt its kindly breath on her cheeks from her earliest days.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
hard
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From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
induce
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From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading As to the moor, she had been brought up on it; she had drank in its air, and felt its kindly breath on her cheeks from her earliest days.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading To be alone, even at night, in one of the small ravines of Peg-Top Moor had little in itself to alarm the moorland child.
kindly
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From this reading As to the moor, she had been brought up on it; she had drank in its air, and felt its kindly breath on her cheeks from her earliest days.
like
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From this reading The moors were to Polly like dear, valued, but somewhat stern, friends.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading To be alone, even at night, in one of the small ravines of Peg-Top Moor had little in itself to alarm the moorland child.
Maybright
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From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
moor
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From this reading As to the moor, she had been brought up on it; she had drank in its air, and felt its kindly breath on her cheeks from her earliest days.
moorland
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From this reading To be alone, even at night, in one of the small ravines of Peg-Top Moor had little in itself to alarm the moorland child.
moors
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From this reading The moors were to Polly like dear, valued, but somewhat stern, friends.
night
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From this reading To be alone, even at night, in one of the small ravines of Peg-Top Moor had little in itself to alarm the moorland child.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
OLD
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From this reading AN OLD SONG.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As to the moor, she had been brought up on it; she had drank in its air, and felt its kindly breath on her cheeks from her earliest days.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading To be alone, even at night, in one of the small ravines of Peg-Top Moor had little in itself to alarm the moorland child.
Peg-Top
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From this reading To be alone, even at night, in one of the small ravines of Peg-Top Moor had little in itself to alarm the moorland child.
Polly
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From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
punishments
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From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
ravines
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From this reading To be alone, even at night, in one of the small ravines of Peg-Top Moor had little in itself to alarm the moorland child.
sensation
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From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As to the moor, she had been brought up on it; she had drank in its air, and felt its kindly breath on her cheeks from her earliest days.
small
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From this reading To be alone, even at night, in one of the small ravines of Peg-Top Moor had little in itself to alarm the moorland child.
smallest
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From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
somewhat
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From this reading The moors were to Polly like dear, valued, but somewhat stern, friends.
SONG
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From this reading AN OLD SONG.
stern
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From this reading The moors were to Polly like dear, valued, but somewhat stern, friends.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
tooknounUS /took/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
up
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From this reading As to the moor, she had been brought up on it; she had drank in its air, and felt its kindly breath on her cheeks from her earliest days.
valued
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From this reading The moors were to Polly like dear, valued, but somewhat stern, friends.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The moors were to Polly like dear, valued, but somewhat stern, friends.
words
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From this reading It took a great deal to frighten Polly Maybright; no discipline, no hard words, no punishments, had ever been able to induce the smallest sensation of fear in her breast.
