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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 "A STUDY" A TALL, pale girl with delicate features and great brown eyes and a wealth of gold-brown hair.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading "A STUDY" A TALL, pale girl with delicate features and great brown eyes and a wealth of gold-brown hair.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She felt rather than realized that, whatever might have been Irene's appearance in girlhood, the two had nothing in common now, for her eyes.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading "A study in black and white," was the phrase that floated through Ruth's mind as she looked at her.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading "A study in black and white," was the phrase that floated through Ruth's mind as she looked at her.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
black
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From this reading "A study in black and white," was the phrase that floated through Ruth's mind as she looked at her.
brown
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From this reading "A STUDY" A TALL, pale girl with delicate features and great brown eyes and a wealth of gold-brown hair.
Burnham
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From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The girl was in deep mourning unrelieved even by a touch of white, and her face was intensely pale.
claimed
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From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
common
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From this reading She felt rather than realized that, whatever might have been Irene's appearance in girlhood, the two had nothing in common now, for her eyes.
deep
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From this reading The girl was in deep mourning unrelieved even by a touch of white, and her face was intensely pale.
delicate
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From this reading "A STUDY" A TALL, pale girl with delicate features and great brown eyes and a wealth of gold-brown hair.
desire
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From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
drawn
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From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The girl was in deep mourning unrelieved even by a touch of white, and her face was intensely pale.
evernounUS /ever/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
existence
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From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
eyes
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From this reading "A STUDY" A TALL, pale girl with delicate features and great brown eyes and a wealth of gold-brown hair.
face
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From this reading The girl was in deep mourning unrelieved even by a touch of white, and her face was intensely pale.
features
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From this reading "A STUDY" A TALL, pale girl with delicate features and great brown eyes and a wealth of gold-brown hair.
felt
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From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
floated
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From this reading "A study in black and white," was the phrase that floated through Ruth's mind as she looked at her.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading She felt rather than realized that, whatever might have been Irene's appearance in girlhood, the two had nothing in common now, for her eyes.
girl
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From this reading "A STUDY" A TALL, pale girl with delicate features and great brown eyes and a wealth of gold-brown hair.
girl's
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From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
girlhood
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From this reading She felt rather than realized that, whatever might have been Irene's appearance in girlhood, the two had nothing in common now, for her eyes.
gold-brown
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From this reading "A STUDY" A TALL, pale girl with delicate features and great brown eyes and a wealth of gold-brown hair.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "A STUDY" A TALL, pale girl with delicate features and great brown eyes and a wealth of gold-brown hair.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
hair
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From this reading "A STUDY" A TALL, pale girl with delicate features and great brown eyes and a wealth of gold-brown hair.
hate
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From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She felt rather than realized that, whatever might have been Irene's appearance in girlhood, the two had nothing in common now, for her eyes.
heard
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From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading "A study in black and white," was the phrase that floated through Ruth's mind as she looked at her.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "A study in black and white," was the phrase that floated through Ruth's mind as she looked at her.
instant
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From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
instantly
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From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
intensely
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From this reading The girl was in deep mourning unrelieved even by a touch of white, and her face was intensely pale.
interest
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From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
Irene's
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From this reading She felt rather than realized that, whatever might have been Irene's appearance in girlhood, the two had nothing in common now, for her eyes.
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "A study in black and white," was the phrase that floated through Ruth's mind as she looked at her.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading She felt rather than realized that, whatever might have been Irene's appearance in girlhood, the two had nothing in common now, for her eyes.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "A study in black and white," was the phrase that floated through Ruth's mind as she looked at her.
mourning
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From this reading The girl was in deep mourning unrelieved even by a touch of white, and her face was intensely pale.
Mrs
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From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
namelessadjectiveUS /ˈneɪm.ləs/
Having no name, or having a name that is kept secret or unknown.
From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading She felt rather than realized that, whatever might have been Irene's appearance in girlhood, the two had nothing in common now, for her eyes.
now
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From this reading She felt rather than realized that, whatever might have been Irene's appearance in girlhood, the two had nothing in common now, for her eyes.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "A STUDY" A TALL, pale girl with delicate features and great brown eyes and a wealth of gold-brown hair.
pale
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From this reading "A STUDY" A TALL, pale girl with delicate features and great brown eyes and a wealth of gold-brown hair.
phrase
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From this reading "A study in black and white," was the phrase that floated through Ruth's mind as she looked at her.
rather
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From this reading She felt rather than realized that, whatever might have been Irene's appearance in girlhood, the two had nothing in common now, for her eyes.
realized
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From this reading She felt rather than realized that, whatever might have been Irene's appearance in girlhood, the two had nothing in common now, for her eyes.
Ruth's
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From this reading "A study in black and white," was the phrase that floated through Ruth's mind as she looked at her.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading "A study in black and white," was the phrase that floated through Ruth's mind as she looked at her.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
struggling
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From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
STUDY
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From this reading "A STUDY" A TALL, pale girl with delicate features and great brown eyes and a wealth of gold-brown hair.
TALL
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From this reading "A STUDY" A TALL, pale girl with delicate features and great brown eyes and a wealth of gold-brown hair.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading She felt rather than realized that, whatever might have been Irene's appearance in girlhood, the two had nothing in common now, for her eyes.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading "A study in black and white," was the phrase that floated through Ruth's mind as she looked at her.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading "A study in black and white," was the phrase that floated through Ruth's mind as she looked at her.
there
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From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading "A study in black and white," was the phrase that floated through Ruth's mind as she looked at her.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
touch
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From this reading The girl was in deep mourning unrelieved even by a touch of white, and her face was intensely pale.
towardprepositionUS /təˈwɔːrd/
in the direction of
From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
two
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From this reading She felt rather than realized that, whatever might have been Irene's appearance in girlhood, the two had nothing in common now, for her eyes.
unreasonable
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From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
unrelieved
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From this reading The girl was in deep mourning unrelieved even by a touch of white, and her face was intensely pale.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "A study in black and white," was the phrase that floated through Ruth's mind as she looked at her.
wealth
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From this reading "A STUDY" A TALL, pale girl with delicate features and great brown eyes and a wealth of gold-brown hair.
whateverdeterminerUS /ˌwʌˈtevər/
any or all of a kind, it does not matter which
From this reading She felt rather than realized that, whatever might have been Irene's appearance in girlhood, the two had nothing in common now, for her eyes.
white
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From this reading "A study in black and white," was the phrase that floated through Ruth's mind as she looked at her.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading "A STUDY" A TALL, pale girl with delicate features and great brown eyes and a wealth of gold-brown hair.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet there was something about her, a nameless something, that claimed instant interest, and Mrs. Burnham, who, ever since she had heard of the girl's existence, had been struggling with an unreasonable desire to hate her, felt instantly drawn toward her.
