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aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading The painted Jezebel fascinated Mary Hope, who had read all about that wicked woman in the Bible, and had shivered in secret at her terrible fate.
all
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From this reading The painted Jezebel fascinated Mary Hope, who had read all about that wicked woman in the Bible, and had shivered in secret at her terrible fate.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading If she could see Belle go tearing down the trail with her bronks and her buckboard she would be horrifiedly happy.
any
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From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading The painted Jezebel fascinated Mary Hope, who had read all about that wicked woman in the Bible, and had shivered in secret at her terrible fate.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading If she could see Belle go tearing down the trail with her bronks and her buckboard she would be horrifiedly happy.
beautiful
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From this reading At the infrequent parties which the Douglas household countenanced,--such as Christmas trees and Fourth of July picnics, Mary Hope would sit and stare fixedly at Belle Lorrigan and wonder if all painted Jezebels were beautiful and happy and smiling.
Belle
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From this reading If she could see Belle go tearing down the trail with her bronks and her buckboard she would be horrifiedly happy.
Bible
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From this reading The painted Jezebel fascinated Mary Hope, who had read all about that wicked woman in the Bible, and had shivered in secret at her terrible fate.
bronks
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From this reading If she could see Belle go tearing down the trail with her bronks and her buckboard she would be horrifiedly happy.
buckboard
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From this reading If she could see Belle go tearing down the trail with her bronks and her buckboard she would be horrifiedly happy.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
cattleland
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From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
Christmas
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From this reading At the infrequent parties which the Douglas household countenanced,--such as Christmas trees and Fourth of July picnics, Mary Hope would sit and stare fixedly at Belle Lorrigan and wonder if all painted Jezebels were beautiful and happy and smiling.
commended
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From this reading If so, why was unadorned virtue to be commended?
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading If she could see Belle go tearing down the trail with her bronks and her buckboard she would be horrifiedly happy.
countenanced
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From this reading At the infrequent parties which the Douglas household countenanced,--such as Christmas trees and Fourth of July picnics, Mary Hope would sit and stare fixedly at Belle Lorrigan and wonder if all painted Jezebels were beautiful and happy and smiling.
dogs
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From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
doom
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From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
Douglas
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From this reading At the infrequent parties which the Douglas household countenanced,--such as Christmas trees and Fourth of July picnics, Mary Hope would sit and stare fixedly at Belle Lorrigan and wonder if all painted Jezebels were beautiful and happy and smiling.
down
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From this reading If she could see Belle go tearing down the trail with her bronks and her buckboard she would be horrifiedly happy.
eaten
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From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
fascinated
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From this reading The painted Jezebel fascinated Mary Hope, who had read all about that wicked woman in the Bible, and had shivered in secret at her terrible fate.
fate
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From this reading The painted Jezebel fascinated Mary Hope, who had read all about that wicked woman in the Bible, and had shivered in secret at her terrible fate.
few
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From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
final
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From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
fixedly
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From this reading At the infrequent parties which the Douglas household countenanced,--such as Christmas trees and Fourth of July picnics, Mary Hope would sit and stare fixedly at Belle Lorrigan and wonder if all painted Jezebels were beautiful and happy and smiling.
FourthnounUS /fourth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the infrequent parties which the Douglas household countenanced,--such as Christmas trees and Fourth of July picnics, Mary Hope would sit and stare fixedly at Belle Lorrigan and wonder if all painted Jezebels were beautiful and happy and smiling.
go
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From this reading If she could see Belle go tearing down the trail with her bronks and her buckboard she would be horrifiedly happy.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading The painted Jezebel fascinated Mary Hope, who had read all about that wicked woman in the Bible, and had shivered in secret at her terrible fate.
happy
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From this reading If she could see Belle go tearing down the trail with her bronks and her buckboard she would be horrifiedly happy.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading If she could see Belle go tearing down the trail with her bronks and her buckboard she would be horrifiedly happy.
home
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From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
Hope
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From this reading The painted Jezebel fascinated Mary Hope, who had read all about that wicked woman in the Bible, and had shivered in secret at her terrible fate.
Hope's
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From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
horrible
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From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
horrifiedly
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From this reading If she could see Belle go tearing down the trail with her bronks and her buckboard she would be horrifiedly happy.
household
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From this reading At the infrequent parties which the Douglas household countenanced,--such as Christmas trees and Fourth of July picnics, Mary Hope would sit and stare fixedly at Belle Lorrigan and wonder if all painted Jezebels were beautiful and happy and smiling.
IfconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading If she could see Belle go tearing down the trail with her bronks and her buckboard she would be horrifiedly happy.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The painted Jezebel fascinated Mary Hope, who had read all about that wicked woman in the Bible, and had shivered in secret at her terrible fate.
infrequent
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From this reading At the infrequent parties which the Douglas household countenanced,--such as Christmas trees and Fourth of July picnics, Mary Hope would sit and stare fixedly at Belle Lorrigan and wonder if all painted Jezebels were beautiful and happy and smiling.
Jezebel
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From this reading The painted Jezebel fascinated Mary Hope, who had read all about that wicked woman in the Bible, and had shivered in secret at her terrible fate.
Jezebel's
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From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
Jezebels
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From this reading At the infrequent parties which the Douglas household countenanced,--such as Christmas trees and Fourth of July picnics, Mary Hope would sit and stare fixedly at Belle Lorrigan and wonder if all painted Jezebels were beautiful and happy and smiling.
July
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From this reading At the infrequent parties which the Douglas household countenanced,--such as Christmas trees and Fourth of July picnics, Mary Hope would sit and stare fixedly at Belle Lorrigan and wonder if all painted Jezebels were beautiful and happy and smiling.
kept
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From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
Lorrigan
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From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
Mary
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From this reading The painted Jezebel fascinated Mary Hope, who had read all about that wicked woman in the Bible, and had shivered in secret at her terrible fate.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
mother
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From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading At the infrequent parties which the Douglas household countenanced,--such as Christmas trees and Fourth of July picnics, Mary Hope would sit and stare fixedly at Belle Lorrigan and wonder if all painted Jezebels were beautiful and happy and smiling.
painted
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From this reading The painted Jezebel fascinated Mary Hope, who had read all about that wicked woman in the Bible, and had shivered in secret at her terrible fate.
parties
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From this reading At the infrequent parties which the Douglas household countenanced,--such as Christmas trees and Fourth of July picnics, Mary Hope would sit and stare fixedly at Belle Lorrigan and wonder if all painted Jezebels were beautiful and happy and smiling.
picnics
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From this reading At the infrequent parties which the Douglas household countenanced,--such as Christmas trees and Fourth of July picnics, Mary Hope would sit and stare fixedly at Belle Lorrigan and wonder if all painted Jezebels were beautiful and happy and smiling.
prophetess
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From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
quitenounUS /quite/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
read
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From this reading The painted Jezebel fascinated Mary Hope, who had read all about that wicked woman in the Bible, and had shivered in secret at her terrible fate.
secretnounUS /ˈsiː.krət/
Something that is kept or meant to be kept unknown or unseen by others.
From this reading The painted Jezebel fascinated Mary Hope, who had read all about that wicked woman in the Bible, and had shivered in secret at her terrible fate.
see
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From this reading If she could see Belle go tearing down the trail with her bronks and her buckboard she would be horrifiedly happy.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading If she could see Belle go tearing down the trail with her bronks and her buckboard she would be horrifiedly happy.
shivered
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From this reading The painted Jezebel fascinated Mary Hope, who had read all about that wicked woman in the Bible, and had shivered in secret at her terrible fate.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
sit
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From this reading At the infrequent parties which the Douglas household countenanced,--such as Christmas trees and Fourth of July picnics, Mary Hope would sit and stare fixedly at Belle Lorrigan and wonder if all painted Jezebels were beautiful and happy and smiling.
smiling
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From this reading At the infrequent parties which the Douglas household countenanced,--such as Christmas trees and Fourth of July picnics, Mary Hope would sit and stare fixedly at Belle Lorrigan and wonder if all painted Jezebels were beautiful and happy and smiling.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading If so, why was unadorned virtue to be commended?
stare
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From this reading At the infrequent parties which the Douglas household countenanced,--such as Christmas trees and Fourth of July picnics, Mary Hope would sit and stare fixedly at Belle Lorrigan and wonder if all painted Jezebels were beautiful and happy and smiling.
strictly
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From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading At the infrequent parties which the Douglas household countenanced,--such as Christmas trees and Fourth of July picnics, Mary Hope would sit and stare fixedly at Belle Lorrigan and wonder if all painted Jezebels were beautiful and happy and smiling.
tearing
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From this reading If she could see Belle go tearing down the trail with her bronks and her buckboard she would be horrifiedly happy.
terriblenounUS /ˈterrible/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading The painted Jezebel fascinated Mary Hope, who had read all about that wicked woman in the Bible, and had shivered in secret at her terrible fate.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading The painted Jezebel fascinated Mary Hope, who had read all about that wicked woman in the Bible, and had shivered in secret at her terrible fate.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading If she could see Belle go tearing down the trail with her bronks and her buckboard she would be horrifiedly happy.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading If so, why was unadorned virtue to be commended?
trail
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From this reading If she could see Belle go tearing down the trail with her bronks and her buckboard she would be horrifiedly happy.
trees
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From this reading At the infrequent parties which the Douglas household countenanced,--such as Christmas trees and Fourth of July picnics, Mary Hope would sit and stare fixedly at Belle Lorrigan and wonder if all painted Jezebels were beautiful and happy and smiling.
true
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From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
unadorned
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From this reading If so, why was unadorned virtue to be commended?
virtuenounUS /ˈvɝː.tʃuː/
Moral excellence and goodness of character; the highest human attainment in Stoic philosophy.
From this reading If so, why was unadorned virtue to be commended?
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Belle Lorrigan might never be eaten by dogs, since dogs are few in cattleland and are kept strictly at home, but if Mary Hope's mother was any true prophetess, the painted Jezebel's final doom would be quite as horrible.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading At the infrequent parties which the Douglas household countenanced,--such as Christmas trees and Fourth of July picnics, Mary Hope would sit and stare fixedly at Belle Lorrigan and wonder if all painted Jezebels were beautiful and happy and smiling.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading At the infrequent parties which the Douglas household countenanced,--such as Christmas trees and Fourth of July picnics, Mary Hope would sit and stare fixedly at Belle Lorrigan and wonder if all painted Jezebels were beautiful and happy and smiling.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading The painted Jezebel fascinated Mary Hope, who had read all about that wicked woman in the Bible, and had shivered in secret at her terrible fate.
why
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From this reading If so, why was unadorned virtue to be commended?
wicked
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From this reading The painted Jezebel fascinated Mary Hope, who had read all about that wicked woman in the Bible, and had shivered in secret at her terrible fate.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading If she could see Belle go tearing down the trail with her bronks and her buckboard she would be horrifiedly happy.
woman
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From this reading The painted Jezebel fascinated Mary Hope, who had read all about that wicked woman in the Bible, and had shivered in secret at her terrible fate.
wonder
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From this reading At the infrequent parties which the Douglas household countenanced,--such as Christmas trees and Fourth of July picnics, Mary Hope would sit and stare fixedly at Belle Lorrigan and wonder if all painted Jezebels were beautiful and happy and smiling.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading If she could see Belle go tearing down the trail with her bronks and her buckboard she would be horrifiedly happy.
