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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 men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
any
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From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
back
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From this reading But Bess seized her by the shoulders and thrust her back violently into her seat; and, sobered by the force used to her, and terrified lest the men should lay hands on her, she resigned herself.
Bess
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From this reading But Bess seized her by the shoulders and thrust her back violently into her seat; and, sobered by the force used to her, and terrified lest the men should lay hands on her, she resigned herself.
Bess's
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From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
beyondprepositionUS /bɪˈɑːnd/
on the far side of; further than
From this reading Once, stung beyond reason, she sprang up and would have fled from them, with burning ears.
burning
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From this reading Once, stung beyond reason, she sprang up and would have fled from them, with burning ears.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But Bess seized her by the shoulders and thrust her back violently into her seat; and, sobered by the force used to her, and terrified lest the men should lay hands on her, she resigned herself.
butt
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From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading But Bess seized her by the shoulders and thrust her back violently into her seat; and, sobered by the force used to her, and terrified lest the men should lay hands on her, she resigned herself.
ceased
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From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading The gipsy lad did not speak.
eager
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From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
ears
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From this reading Once, stung beyond reason, she sprang up and would have fled from them, with burning ears.
feared
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From this reading Strangely, the one of the four who said nothing, was the one whom she feared the most.
fled
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From this reading Once, stung beyond reason, she sprang up and would have fled from them, with burning ears.
followed
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From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
force
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From this reading But Bess seized her by the shoulders and thrust her back violently into her seat; and, sobered by the force used to her, and terrified lest the men should lay hands on her, she resigned herself.
four
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From this reading Strangely, the one of the four who said nothing, was the one whom she feared the most.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
gallantries
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From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
gipsy
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From this reading The gipsy lad did not speak.
girl
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From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
handsplural nounUS /hændz/
members of a ship’s crew
From this reading But Bess seized her by the shoulders and thrust her back violently into her seat; and, sobered by the force used to her, and terrified lest the men should lay hands on her, she resigned herself.
hateful
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From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Once, stung beyond reason, she sprang up and would have fled from them, with burning ears.
Henrietta
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From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading But Bess seized her by the shoulders and thrust her back violently into her seat; and, sobered by the force used to her, and terrified lest the men should lay hands on her, she resigned herself.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading But Bess seized her by the shoulders and thrust her back violently into her seat; and, sobered by the force used to her, and terrified lest the men should lay hands on her, she resigned herself.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading But Bess seized her by the shoulders and thrust her back violently into her seat; and, sobered by the force used to her, and terrified lest the men should lay hands on her, she resigned herself.
issue
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From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
jests
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From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
lad
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From this reading The gipsy lad did not speak.
lay
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From this reading But Bess seized her by the shoulders and thrust her back violently into her seat; and, sobered by the force used to her, and terrified lest the men should lay hands on her, she resigned herself.
lead
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From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
lestconjunctionUS /lest/
in order that something should not happen
From this reading But Bess seized her by the shoulders and thrust her back violently into her seat; and, sobered by the force used to her, and terrified lest the men should lay hands on her, she resigned herself.
makenounUS /make/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
men
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From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
more
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From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
most
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From this reading Strangely, the one of the four who said nothing, was the one whom she feared the most.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading The gipsy lad did not speak.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading Strangely, the one of the four who said nothing, was the one whom she feared the most.
now
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From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
odious
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From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But Bess seized her by the shoulders and thrust her back violently into her seat; and, sobered by the force used to her, and terrified lest the men should lay hands on her, she resigned herself.
Once
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From this reading Once, stung beyond reason, she sprang up and would have fled from them, with burning ears.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading Strangely, the one of the four who said nothing, was the one whom she feared the most.
pale
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From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
position
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From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
reason
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From this reading Once, stung beyond reason, she sprang up and would have fled from them, with burning ears.
red
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From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
resigned
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From this reading But Bess seized her by the shoulders and thrust her back violently into her seat; and, sobered by the force used to her, and terrified lest the men should lay hands on her, she resigned herself.
said
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From this reading Strangely, the one of the four who said nothing, was the one whom she feared the most.
seat
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From this reading But Bess seized her by the shoulders and thrust her back violently into her seat; and, sobered by the force used to her, and terrified lest the men should lay hands on her, she resigned herself.
seized
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From this reading But Bess seized her by the shoulders and thrust her back violently into her seat; and, sobered by the force used to her, and terrified lest the men should lay hands on her, she resigned herself.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Once, stung beyond reason, she sprang up and would have fled from them, with burning ears.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading But Bess seized her by the shoulders and thrust her back violently into her seat; and, sobered by the force used to her, and terrified lest the men should lay hands on her, she resigned herself.
shoulders
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From this reading But Bess seized her by the shoulders and thrust her back violently into her seat; and, sobered by the force used to her, and terrified lest the men should lay hands on her, she resigned herself.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
sobered
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From this reading But Bess seized her by the shoulders and thrust her back violently into her seat; and, sobered by the force used to her, and terrified lest the men should lay hands on her, she resigned herself.
speak
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From this reading The gipsy lad did not speak.
sprang
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From this reading Once, stung beyond reason, she sprang up and would have fled from them, with burning ears.
StrangelynounUS /ˈstrangely/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Strangely, the one of the four who said nothing, was the one whom she feared the most.
stung
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From this reading Once, stung beyond reason, she sprang up and would have fled from them, with burning ears.
supped
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From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
terrifiedadjectiveUS /ˈterəfaɪd/
extremely frightened
From this reading But Bess seized her by the shoulders and thrust her back violently into her seat; and, sobered by the force used to her, and terrified lest the men should lay hands on her, she resigned herself.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Once, stung beyond reason, she sprang up and would have fled from them, with burning ears.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
thrust
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From this reading But Bess seized her by the shoulders and thrust her back violently into her seat; and, sobered by the force used to her, and terrified lest the men should lay hands on her, she resigned herself.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
untilprepositionUS /ənˈtɪl/
up to a particular time
From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
up
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From this reading Once, stung beyond reason, she sprang up and would have fled from them, with burning ears.
used
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From this reading But Bess seized her by the shoulders and thrust her back violently into her seat; and, sobered by the force used to her, and terrified lest the men should lay hands on her, she resigned herself.
violently
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From this reading But Bess seized her by the shoulders and thrust her back violently into her seat; and, sobered by the force used to her, and terrified lest the men should lay hands on her, she resigned herself.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
welcome
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From this reading The men followed Bess’s lead, and as they supped never ceased to make Henrietta the butt of odious jests and more odious gallantries; until, now pale, now red, the girl was eager to welcome any issue from a position so hateful.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Strangely, the one of the four who said nothing, was the one whom she feared the most.
whompronounUS /huːm/
the form of “who” used as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Strangely, the one of the four who said nothing, was the one whom she feared the most.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Once, stung beyond reason, she sprang up and would have fled from them, with burning ears.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading Once, stung beyond reason, she sprang up and would have fled from them, with burning ears.
