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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 speaker shaded her eyes with a great fan of carved ivory and painted silk.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The divinity to whom they belonged was clad in a gown of green dimity, flowered with pink roses, and trimmed about the neck and half sleeves with a fall of yellow lace.
according
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From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading "She will reach the wharf in half an hour."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The speaker shaded her eyes with a great fan of carved ivory and painted silk.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
bay
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From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
beautiful
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From this reading They were beautiful eyes; large, brown, perfect in shape and expression, and set in a lovely, imperious, laughing face.
belonged
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From this reading The divinity to whom they belonged was clad in a gown of green dimity, flowered with pink roses, and trimmed about the neck and half sleeves with a fall of yellow lace.
beloved
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From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
brown
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From this reading They were beautiful eyes; large, brown, perfect in shape and expression, and set in a lovely, imperious, laughing face.
carved
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From this reading The speaker shaded her eyes with a great fan of carved ivory and painted silk.
Charles
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From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
Chesapeake
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From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
clad
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From this reading The divinity to whom they belonged was clad in a gown of green dimity, flowered with pink roses, and trimmed about the neck and half sleeves with a fall of yellow lace.
court
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From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
described
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From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
dimity
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From this reading The divinity to whom they belonged was clad in a gown of green dimity, flowered with pink roses, and trimmed about the neck and half sleeves with a fall of yellow lace.
divinity
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From this reading The divinity to whom they belonged was clad in a gown of green dimity, flowered with pink roses, and trimmed about the neck and half sleeves with a fall of yellow lace.
dominion
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From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
expression
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From this reading They were beautiful eyes; large, brown, perfect in shape and expression, and set in a lovely, imperious, laughing face.
eyes
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From this reading The speaker shaded her eyes with a great fan of carved ivory and painted silk.
face
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From this reading They were beautiful eyes; large, brown, perfect in shape and expression, and set in a lovely, imperious, laughing face.
fall
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From this reading The divinity to whom they belonged was clad in a gown of green dimity, flowered with pink roses, and trimmed about the neck and half sleeves with a fall of yellow lace.
fan
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From this reading The speaker shaded her eyes with a great fan of carved ivory and painted silk.
flowered
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From this reading The divinity to whom they belonged was clad in a gown of green dimity, flowered with pink roses, and trimmed about the neck and half sleeves with a fall of yellow lace.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
gazed
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From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
gown
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From this reading The divinity to whom they belonged was clad in a gown of green dimity, flowered with pink roses, and trimmed about the neck and half sleeves with a fall of yellow lace.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The speaker shaded her eyes with a great fan of carved ivory and painted silk.
green
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From this reading The divinity to whom they belonged was clad in a gown of green dimity, flowered with pink roses, and trimmed about the neck and half sleeves with a fall of yellow lace.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "She will reach the wharf in half an hour."
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading The speaker shaded her eyes with a great fan of carved ivory and painted silk.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
hour
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From this reading "She will reach the wharf in half an hour."
imperiousadjUS /ɪmˈpɪr.i.əs/
Assuming power or authority without justification; arrogant and domineering. (Hách dịch, độc đoán, kiêu kỳ.)
From this reading They were beautiful eyes; large, brown, perfect in shape and expression, and set in a lovely, imperious, laughing face.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "She will reach the wharf in half an hour."
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
ivory
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From this reading The speaker shaded her eyes with a great fan of carved ivory and painted silk.
lace
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From this reading The divinity to whom they belonged was clad in a gown of green dimity, flowered with pink roses, and trimmed about the neck and half sleeves with a fall of yellow lace.
large
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From this reading They were beautiful eyes; large, brown, perfect in shape and expression, and set in a lovely, imperious, laughing face.
latest
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From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
laughing
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From this reading They were beautiful eyes; large, brown, perfect in shape and expression, and set in a lovely, imperious, laughing face.
letter
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From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
lovely
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From this reading They were beautiful eyes; large, brown, perfect in shape and expression, and set in a lovely, imperious, laughing face.
loyal
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From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
made
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From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
Majesty's
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From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
mode
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From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
most
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From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
neck
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From this reading The divinity to whom they belonged was clad in a gown of green dimity, flowered with pink roses, and trimmed about the neck and half sleeves with a fall of yellow lace.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The speaker shaded her eyes with a great fan of carved ivory and painted silk.
painted
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From this reading The speaker shaded her eyes with a great fan of carved ivory and painted silk.
Paris
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From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
perfect
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From this reading They were beautiful eyes; large, brown, perfect in shape and expression, and set in a lovely, imperious, laughing face.
pink
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From this reading The divinity to whom they belonged was clad in a gown of green dimity, flowered with pink roses, and trimmed about the neck and half sleeves with a fall of yellow lace.
reach
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From this reading "She will reach the wharf in half an hour."
roses
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From this reading The divinity to whom they belonged was clad in a gown of green dimity, flowered with pink roses, and trimmed about the neck and half sleeves with a fall of yellow lace.
Second
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From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
set
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From this reading They were beautiful eyes; large, brown, perfect in shape and expression, and set in a lovely, imperious, laughing face.
shaded
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From this reading The speaker shaded her eyes with a great fan of carved ivory and painted silk.
shape
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From this reading They were beautiful eyes; large, brown, perfect in shape and expression, and set in a lovely, imperious, laughing face.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "She will reach the wharf in half an hour."
silk
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From this reading The speaker shaded her eyes with a great fan of carved ivory and painted silk.
sleeves
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From this reading The divinity to whom they belonged was clad in a gown of green dimity, flowered with pink roses, and trimmed about the neck and half sleeves with a fall of yellow lace.
speaker
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From this reading The speaker shaded her eyes with a great fan of carved ivory and painted silk.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "She will reach the wharf in half an hour."
TheypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading They were beautiful eyes; large, brown, perfect in shape and expression, and set in a lovely, imperious, laughing face.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The divinity to whom they belonged was clad in a gown of green dimity, flowered with pink roses, and trimmed about the neck and half sleeves with a fall of yellow lace.
towardsprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrdz/
in the direction of
From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
trimmed
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From this reading The divinity to whom they belonged was clad in a gown of green dimity, flowered with pink roses, and trimmed about the neck and half sleeves with a fall of yellow lace.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
Virginia
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From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The divinity to whom they belonged was clad in a gown of green dimity, flowered with pink roses, and trimmed about the neck and half sleeves with a fall of yellow lace.
waters
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From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
wearer
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From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
well
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From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading They were beautiful eyes; large, brown, perfect in shape and expression, and set in a lovely, imperious, laughing face.
wharf
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From this reading "She will reach the wharf in half an hour."
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The divinity to whom they belonged was clad in a gown of green dimity, flowered with pink roses, and trimmed about the neck and half sleeves with a fall of yellow lace.
willmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "She will reach the wharf in half an hour."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading The speaker shaded her eyes with a great fan of carved ivory and painted silk.
year-old
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From this reading The gown was made according to the latest Paris mode, as described in a year-old letter from the court of Charles the Second, and its wearer gazed from under her fan towards the waters of the great bay of Chesapeake, in his Majesty's most loyal and well beloved dominion of Virginia.
yellow
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From this reading The divinity to whom they belonged was clad in a gown of green dimity, flowered with pink roses, and trimmed about the neck and half sleeves with a fall of yellow lace.
