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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 Danger had roused Freda from a little frightened girl into a ready-witted and daring woman.
aboutprepositionUS /əˈbaʊt/
on the subject of; concerning
From this reading As soon as the thought suggested itself, she set about carrying it out.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading Flying out of the house, across the court-yard, unlocking the first gate and taking care to keep it from closing by a stone at its base, she was out of breath by the time she reached the lodge-gates and pulled lustily at the bell.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Danger had roused Freda from a little frightened girl into a ready-witted and daring woman.
anotherdeterminerUS /əˈnʌðər/
one more of the same kind, or a different one
From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As soon as the thought suggested itself, she set about carrying it out.
asleep
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From this reading Of course the old woman was asleep, and it was some moments before the gates opened.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Flying out of the house, across the court-yard, unlocking the first gate and taking care to keep it from closing by a stone at its base, she was out of breath by the time she reached the lodge-gates and pulled lustily at the bell.
base
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From this reading Flying out of the house, across the court-yard, unlocking the first gate and taking care to keep it from closing by a stone at its base, she was out of breath by the time she reached the lodge-gates and pulled lustily at the bell.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading Of course the old woman was asleep, and it was some moments before the gates opened.
bell
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From this reading Flying out of the house, across the court-yard, unlocking the first gate and taking care to keep it from closing by a stone at its base, she was out of breath by the time she reached the lodge-gates and pulled lustily at the bell.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
breath
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From this reading Flying out of the house, across the court-yard, unlocking the first gate and taking care to keep it from closing by a stone at its base, she was out of breath by the time she reached the lodge-gates and pulled lustily at the bell.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Flying out of the house, across the court-yard, unlocking the first gate and taking care to keep it from closing by a stone at its base, she was out of breath by the time she reached the lodge-gates and pulled lustily at the bell.
care
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From this reading Flying out of the house, across the court-yard, unlocking the first gate and taking care to keep it from closing by a stone at its base, she was out of breath by the time she reached the lodge-gates and pulled lustily at the bell.
carrying
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From this reading As soon as the thought suggested itself, she set about carrying it out.
closing
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From this reading Flying out of the house, across the court-yard, unlocking the first gate and taking care to keep it from closing by a stone at its base, she was out of breath by the time she reached the lodge-gates and pulled lustily at the bell.
course
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From this reading Of course the old woman was asleep, and it was some moments before the gates opened.
court-yard
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From this reading Flying out of the house, across the court-yard, unlocking the first gate and taking care to keep it from closing by a stone at its base, she was out of breath by the time she reached the lodge-gates and pulled lustily at the bell.
Crispin
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From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
Danger
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From this reading Danger had roused Freda from a little frightened girl into a ready-witted and daring woman.
daring
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From this reading Danger had roused Freda from a little frightened girl into a ready-witted and daring woman.
down
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From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
fastened
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From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
first
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From this reading Flying out of the house, across the court-yard, unlocking the first gate and taking care to keep it from closing by a stone at its base, she was out of breath by the time she reached the lodge-gates and pulled lustily at the bell.
flashed
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From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
Flying
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From this reading Flying out of the house, across the court-yard, unlocking the first gate and taking care to keep it from closing by a stone at its base, she was out of breath by the time she reached the lodge-gates and pulled lustily at the bell.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
Freda
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From this reading Danger had roused Freda from a little frightened girl into a ready-witted and daring woman.
frightened
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From this reading Danger had roused Freda from a little frightened girl into a ready-witted and daring woman.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Danger had roused Freda from a little frightened girl into a ready-witted and daring woman.
gate
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From this reading Flying out of the house, across the court-yard, unlocking the first gate and taking care to keep it from closing by a stone at its base, she was out of breath by the time she reached the lodge-gates and pulled lustily at the bell.
gates
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From this reading Of course the old woman was asleep, and it was some moments before the gates opened.
get
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From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
girl
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From this reading Danger had roused Freda from a little frightened girl into a ready-witted and daring woman.
guest
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From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Danger had roused Freda from a little frightened girl into a ready-witted and daring woman.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
house
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From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
idea
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From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
impossible
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From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Danger had roused Freda from a little frightened girl into a ready-witted and daring woman.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Flying out of the house, across the court-yard, unlocking the first gate and taking care to keep it from closing by a stone at its base, she was out of breath by the time she reached the lodge-gates and pulled lustily at the bell.
itselfpronounUS /ˌɪtˈself/
used when the thing doing the action is also its object
From this reading As soon as the thought suggested itself, she set about carrying it out.
keep
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From this reading Flying out of the house, across the court-yard, unlocking the first gate and taking care to keep it from closing by a stone at its base, she was out of breath by the time she reached the lodge-gates and pulled lustily at the bell.
little
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From this reading Danger had roused Freda from a little frightened girl into a ready-witted and daring woman.
lodge-gates
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From this reading Flying out of the house, across the court-yard, unlocking the first gate and taking care to keep it from closing by a stone at its base, she was out of breath by the time she reached the lodge-gates and pulled lustily at the bell.
lustily
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From this reading Flying out of the house, across the court-yard, unlocking the first gate and taking care to keep it from closing by a stone at its base, she was out of breath by the time she reached the lodge-gates and pulled lustily at the bell.
made
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From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
mindnounUS /maɪnd/
The element of a person that enables awareness and thought.
From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
moments
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From this reading Of course the old woman was asleep, and it was some moments before the gates opened.
NodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
old
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From this reading Of course the old woman was asleep, and it was some moments before the gates opened.
opened
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From this reading Of course the old woman was asleep, and it was some moments before the gates opened.
out
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From this reading As soon as the thought suggested itself, she set about carrying it out.
pulled
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From this reading Flying out of the house, across the court-yard, unlocking the first gate and taking care to keep it from closing by a stone at its base, she was out of breath by the time she reached the lodge-gates and pulled lustily at the bell.
reached
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From this reading Flying out of the house, across the court-yard, unlocking the first gate and taking care to keep it from closing by a stone at its base, she was out of breath by the time she reached the lodge-gates and pulled lustily at the bell.
ready-witted
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From this reading Danger had roused Freda from a little frightened girl into a ready-witted and daring woman.
roused
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From this reading Danger had roused Freda from a little frightened girl into a ready-witted and daring woman.
safety
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From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
securing
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From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
set
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From this reading As soon as the thought suggested itself, she set about carrying it out.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
sick
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From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
some
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From this reading Of course the old woman was asleep, and it was some moments before the gates opened.
soon
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From this reading As soon as the thought suggested itself, she set about carrying it out.
sooner
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From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
stone
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From this reading Flying out of the house, across the court-yard, unlocking the first gate and taking care to keep it from closing by a stone at its base, she was out of breath by the time she reached the lodge-gates and pulled lustily at the bell.
suggested
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From this reading As soon as the thought suggested itself, she set about carrying it out.
taking
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From this reading Flying out of the house, across the court-yard, unlocking the first gate and taking care to keep it from closing by a stone at its base, she was out of breath by the time she reached the lodge-gates and pulled lustily at the bell.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
thought
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From this reading As soon as the thought suggested itself, she set about carrying it out.
time
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From this reading Flying out of the house, across the court-yard, unlocking the first gate and taking care to keep it from closing by a stone at its base, she was out of breath by the time she reached the lodge-gates and pulled lustily at the bell.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
trap-door
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From this reading No sooner had she fastened down the trap-door and made it impossible for Crispin to get into the house from below than another idea for securing the safety of her sick guest flashed into her mind.
unlocking
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From this reading Flying out of the house, across the court-yard, unlocking the first gate and taking care to keep it from closing by a stone at its base, she was out of breath by the time she reached the lodge-gates and pulled lustily at the bell.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Flying out of the house, across the court-yard, unlocking the first gate and taking care to keep it from closing by a stone at its base, she was out of breath by the time she reached the lodge-gates and pulled lustily at the bell.
woman
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From this reading Danger had roused Freda from a little frightened girl into a ready-witted and daring woman.
