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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 In particular, he had been coaxing her into friendship with a wooden Japanese dragon which wound itself in awful yet most seductive coils all round the cabinet at the end of the room.
accompanied
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From this reading Catherine had been to church at St. Paul’s, and Robert, though not without some inward struggle, had accompanied her.
afternoonnounUS /ˈafternoon/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading It was the afternoon of Good Friday.
all
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From this reading In particular, he had been coaxing her into friendship with a wooden Japanese dragon which wound itself in awful yet most seductive coils all round the cabinet at the end of the room.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Catherine had been to church at St. Paul’s, and Robert, though not without some inward struggle, had accompanied her.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Catherine had been to church at St. Paul’s, and Robert, though not without some inward struggle, had accompanied her.
awful
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From this reading In particular, he had been coaxing her into friendship with a wooden Japanese dragon which wound itself in awful yet most seductive coils all round the cabinet at the end of the room.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Catherine had been to church at St. Paul’s, and Robert, though not without some inward struggle, had accompanied her.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It was Mary’s weekly task to embrace this horror, and the performance went by the name of ‘kissing the Jabberwock.’
cabinet
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From this reading In particular, he had been coaxing her into friendship with a wooden Japanese dragon which wound itself in awful yet most seductive coils all round the cabinet at the end of the room.
Catherine
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From this reading Catherine had been to church at St. Paul’s, and Robert, though not without some inward struggle, had accompanied her.
chubby
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From this reading Their mid-day meal was over, and Robert had been devoting himself to Mary, who had been tottering round the room in his wake, clutching one finger tight with her chubby hand.
church
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From this reading Catherine had been to church at St. Paul’s, and Robert, though not without some inward struggle, had accompanied her.
clutching
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From this reading Their mid-day meal was over, and Robert had been devoting himself to Mary, who had been tottering round the room in his wake, clutching one finger tight with her chubby hand.
coaxing
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From this reading In particular, he had been coaxing her into friendship with a wooden Japanese dragon which wound itself in awful yet most seductive coils all round the cabinet at the end of the room.
coils
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From this reading In particular, he had been coaxing her into friendship with a wooden Japanese dragon which wound itself in awful yet most seductive coils all round the cabinet at the end of the room.
devoting
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From this reading Their mid-day meal was over, and Robert had been devoting himself to Mary, who had been tottering round the room in his wake, clutching one finger tight with her chubby hand.
dragonnounUS /ˈdræɡən/
a mythical or imagined creature shaped like a large reptile
From this reading In particular, he had been coaxing her into friendship with a wooden Japanese dragon which wound itself in awful yet most seductive coils all round the cabinet at the end of the room.
embrace
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From this reading It was Mary’s weekly task to embrace this horror, and the performance went by the name of ‘kissing the Jabberwock.’
end
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From this reading In particular, he had been coaxing her into friendship with a wooden Japanese dragon which wound itself in awful yet most seductive coils all round the cabinet at the end of the room.
finger
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From this reading Their mid-day meal was over, and Robert had been devoting himself to Mary, who had been tottering round the room in his wake, clutching one finger tight with her chubby hand.
Friday
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From this reading It was the afternoon of Good Friday.
friendship
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From this reading In particular, he had been coaxing her into friendship with a wooden Japanese dragon which wound itself in awful yet most seductive coils all round the cabinet at the end of the room.
GoodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was the afternoon of Good Friday.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Catherine had been to church at St. Paul’s, and Robert, though not without some inward struggle, had accompanied her.
hand
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From this reading Their mid-day meal was over, and Robert had been devoting himself to Mary, who had been tottering round the room in his wake, clutching one finger tight with her chubby hand.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading In particular, he had been coaxing her into friendship with a wooden Japanese dragon which wound itself in awful yet most seductive coils all round the cabinet at the end of the room.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Catherine had been to church at St. Paul’s, and Robert, though not without some inward struggle, had accompanied her.
himselfpronounUS /hɪmˈself/
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Their mid-day meal was over, and Robert had been devoting himself to Mary, who had been tottering round the room in his wake, clutching one finger tight with her chubby hand.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Their mid-day meal was over, and Robert had been devoting himself to Mary, who had been tottering round the room in his wake, clutching one finger tight with her chubby hand.
horror
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From this reading It was Mary’s weekly task to embrace this horror, and the performance went by the name of ‘kissing the Jabberwock.’
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Their mid-day meal was over, and Robert had been devoting himself to Mary, who had been tottering round the room in his wake, clutching one finger tight with her chubby hand.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading In particular, he had been coaxing her into friendship with a wooden Japanese dragon which wound itself in awful yet most seductive coils all round the cabinet at the end of the room.
inward
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From this reading Catherine had been to church at St. Paul’s, and Robert, though not without some inward struggle, had accompanied her.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It was the afternoon of Good Friday.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading In particular, he had been coaxing her into friendship with a wooden Japanese dragon which wound itself in awful yet most seductive coils all round the cabinet at the end of the room.
Jabberwock
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From this reading It was Mary’s weekly task to embrace this horror, and the performance went by the name of ‘kissing the Jabberwock.’
Japanese
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From this reading In particular, he had been coaxing her into friendship with a wooden Japanese dragon which wound itself in awful yet most seductive coils all round the cabinet at the end of the room.
kissing
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From this reading It was Mary’s weekly task to embrace this horror, and the performance went by the name of ‘kissing the Jabberwock.’
Mary
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From this reading Their mid-day meal was over, and Robert had been devoting himself to Mary, who had been tottering round the room in his wake, clutching one finger tight with her chubby hand.
Mary's
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From this reading It was Mary’s weekly task to embrace this horror, and the performance went by the name of ‘kissing the Jabberwock.’
meal
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From this reading Their mid-day meal was over, and Robert had been devoting himself to Mary, who had been tottering round the room in his wake, clutching one finger tight with her chubby hand.
mid-day
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From this reading Their mid-day meal was over, and Robert had been devoting himself to Mary, who had been tottering round the room in his wake, clutching one finger tight with her chubby hand.
most
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From this reading In particular, he had been coaxing her into friendship with a wooden Japanese dragon which wound itself in awful yet most seductive coils all round the cabinet at the end of the room.
namenounUS /name/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was Mary’s weekly task to embrace this horror, and the performance went by the name of ‘kissing the Jabberwock.’
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Catherine had been to church at St. Paul’s, and Robert, though not without some inward struggle, had accompanied her.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading It was the afternoon of Good Friday.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Their mid-day meal was over, and Robert had been devoting himself to Mary, who had been tottering round the room in his wake, clutching one finger tight with her chubby hand.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading Their mid-day meal was over, and Robert had been devoting himself to Mary, who had been tottering round the room in his wake, clutching one finger tight with her chubby hand.
particular
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From this reading In particular, he had been coaxing her into friendship with a wooden Japanese dragon which wound itself in awful yet most seductive coils all round the cabinet at the end of the room.
Paul's
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From this reading Catherine had been to church at St. Paul’s, and Robert, though not without some inward struggle, had accompanied her.
performance
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From this reading It was Mary’s weekly task to embrace this horror, and the performance went by the name of ‘kissing the Jabberwock.’
Robert
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From this reading Catherine had been to church at St. Paul’s, and Robert, though not without some inward struggle, had accompanied her.
room
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From this reading Their mid-day meal was over, and Robert had been devoting himself to Mary, who had been tottering round the room in his wake, clutching one finger tight with her chubby hand.
round
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From this reading Their mid-day meal was over, and Robert had been devoting himself to Mary, who had been tottering round the room in his wake, clutching one finger tight with her chubby hand.
seductive
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From this reading In particular, he had been coaxing her into friendship with a wooden Japanese dragon which wound itself in awful yet most seductive coils all round the cabinet at the end of the room.
some
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From this reading Catherine had been to church at St. Paul’s, and Robert, though not without some inward struggle, had accompanied her.
St
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From this reading Catherine had been to church at St. Paul’s, and Robert, though not without some inward struggle, had accompanied her.
struggle
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From this reading Catherine had been to church at St. Paul’s, and Robert, though not without some inward struggle, had accompanied her.
task
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From this reading It was Mary’s weekly task to embrace this horror, and the performance went by the name of ‘kissing the Jabberwock.’
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading It was the afternoon of Good Friday.
TheirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading Their mid-day meal was over, and Robert had been devoting himself to Mary, who had been tottering round the room in his wake, clutching one finger tight with her chubby hand.
thisdeterminerUS /ðɪs/
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading It was Mary’s weekly task to embrace this horror, and the performance went by the name of ‘kissing the Jabberwock.’
thoughconjunctionUS /ðoʊ/
in spite of the fact that
From this reading Catherine had been to church at St. Paul’s, and Robert, though not without some inward struggle, had accompanied her.
tight
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From this reading Their mid-day meal was over, and Robert had been devoting himself to Mary, who had been tottering round the room in his wake, clutching one finger tight with her chubby hand.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Catherine had been to church at St. Paul’s, and Robert, though not without some inward struggle, had accompanied her.
tottering
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From this reading Their mid-day meal was over, and Robert had been devoting himself to Mary, who had been tottering round the room in his wake, clutching one finger tight with her chubby hand.
wake
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From this reading Their mid-day meal was over, and Robert had been devoting himself to Mary, who had been tottering round the room in his wake, clutching one finger tight with her chubby hand.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading It was the afternoon of Good Friday.
weekly
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From this reading It was Mary’s weekly task to embrace this horror, and the performance went by the name of ‘kissing the Jabberwock.’
wentnounUS /went/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading It was Mary’s weekly task to embrace this horror, and the performance went by the name of ‘kissing the Jabberwock.’
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading In particular, he had been coaxing her into friendship with a wooden Japanese dragon which wound itself in awful yet most seductive coils all round the cabinet at the end of the room.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Their mid-day meal was over, and Robert had been devoting himself to Mary, who had been tottering round the room in his wake, clutching one finger tight with her chubby hand.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Their mid-day meal was over, and Robert had been devoting himself to Mary, who had been tottering round the room in his wake, clutching one finger tight with her chubby hand.
withoutprepositionUS /wɪˈθaʊt/
not having, not using, or not accompanied by
From this reading Catherine had been to church at St. Paul’s, and Robert, though not without some inward struggle, had accompanied her.
wooden
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From this reading In particular, he had been coaxing her into friendship with a wooden Japanese dragon which wound itself in awful yet most seductive coils all round the cabinet at the end of the room.
wound
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From this reading In particular, he had been coaxing her into friendship with a wooden Japanese dragon which wound itself in awful yet most seductive coils all round the cabinet at the end of the room.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading In particular, he had been coaxing her into friendship with a wooden Japanese dragon which wound itself in awful yet most seductive coils all round the cabinet at the end of the room.
