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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 beautiful moth brushed across the great blue eyes of Nycteris.
acrossprepositionUS /əˈkrɔːs/
from one side of something to the other
From this reading A beautiful moth brushed across the great blue eyes of Nycteris.
afraid
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From this reading But as she followed the moth, she caught sight of something lying on the bank of the river, and not yet having learned to be afraid of anything, ran straight to see what it was.
amazed
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From this reading Reaching it, she stood amazed.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading Her heart--like every heart, if only its fallen sides were cleared away--was an inexhaustible fountain of love: she loved everything she saw.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading But as she followed the moth, she caught sight of something lying on the bank of the river, and not yet having learned to be afraid of anything, ran straight to see what it was.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading But as she followed the moth, she caught sight of something lying on the bank of the river, and not yet having learned to be afraid of anything, ran straight to see what it was.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading But as she followed the moth, she caught sight of something lying on the bank of the river, and not yet having learned to be afraid of anything, ran straight to see what it was.
away
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From this reading Her heart--like every heart, if only its fallen sides were cleared away--was an inexhaustible fountain of love: she loved everything she saw.
bank
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From this reading But as she followed the moth, she caught sight of something lying on the bank of the river, and not yet having learned to be afraid of anything, ran straight to see what it was.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading But as she followed the moth, she caught sight of something lying on the bank of the river, and not yet having learned to be afraid of anything, ran straight to see what it was.
beautiful
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From this reading A beautiful moth brushed across the great blue eyes of Nycteris.
blue
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From this reading A beautiful moth brushed across the great blue eyes of Nycteris.
brushed
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From this reading A beautiful moth brushed across the great blue eyes of Nycteris.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading She sprang to her feet to follow it--not in the spirit of the hunter, but of the lover.
caught
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From this reading But as she followed the moth, she caught sight of something lying on the bank of the river, and not yet having learned to be afraid of anything, ran straight to see what it was.
cleared
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From this reading Her heart--like every heart, if only its fallen sides were cleared away--was an inexhaustible fountain of love: she loved everything she saw.
everydeterminerUS /ˈevəri/
all the members of a group, with none left out
From this reading Her heart--like every heart, if only its fallen sides were cleared away--was an inexhaustible fountain of love: she loved everything she saw.
everythingpronounUS /ˈevriθɪŋ/
all things; all of a situation
From this reading Her heart--like every heart, if only its fallen sides were cleared away--was an inexhaustible fountain of love: she loved everything she saw.
eyes
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From this reading A beautiful moth brushed across the great blue eyes of Nycteris.
fallen
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From this reading Her heart--like every heart, if only its fallen sides were cleared away--was an inexhaustible fountain of love: she loved everything she saw.
feet
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From this reading She sprang to her feet to follow it--not in the spirit of the hunter, but of the lover.
follow
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From this reading She sprang to her feet to follow it--not in the spirit of the hunter, but of the lover.
followed
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From this reading But as she followed the moth, she caught sight of something lying on the bank of the river, and not yet having learned to be afraid of anything, ran straight to see what it was.
fountain
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From this reading Her heart--like every heart, if only its fallen sides were cleared away--was an inexhaustible fountain of love: she loved everything she saw.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A beautiful moth brushed across the great blue eyes of Nycteris.
havingauxiliary verbUS /ˈhævɪŋ/
the -ing form of “have”
From this reading But as she followed the moth, she caught sight of something lying on the bank of the river, and not yet having learned to be afraid of anything, ran straight to see what it was.
heart
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From this reading Her heart--like every heart, if only its fallen sides were cleared away--was an inexhaustible fountain of love: she loved everything she saw.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She sprang to her feet to follow it--not in the spirit of the hunter, but of the lover.
hunter
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From this reading She sprang to her feet to follow it--not in the spirit of the hunter, but of the lover.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Her heart--like every heart, if only its fallen sides were cleared away--was an inexhaustible fountain of love: she loved everything she saw.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She sprang to her feet to follow it--not in the spirit of the hunter, but of the lover.
inexhaustible
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From this reading Her heart--like every heart, if only its fallen sides were cleared away--was an inexhaustible fountain of love: she loved everything she saw.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She sprang to her feet to follow it--not in the spirit of the hunter, but of the lover.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading Her heart--like every heart, if only its fallen sides were cleared away--was an inexhaustible fountain of love: she loved everything she saw.
learned
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From this reading But as she followed the moth, she caught sight of something lying on the bank of the river, and not yet having learned to be afraid of anything, ran straight to see what it was.
like
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From this reading Her heart--like every heart, if only its fallen sides were cleared away--was an inexhaustible fountain of love: she loved everything she saw.
love
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From this reading Her heart--like every heart, if only its fallen sides were cleared away--was an inexhaustible fountain of love: she loved everything she saw.
loved
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From this reading Her heart--like every heart, if only its fallen sides were cleared away--was an inexhaustible fountain of love: she loved everything she saw.
lover
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From this reading She sprang to her feet to follow it--not in the spirit of the hunter, but of the lover.
lying
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From this reading But as she followed the moth, she caught sight of something lying on the bank of the river, and not yet having learned to be afraid of anything, ran straight to see what it was.
moth
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From this reading A beautiful moth brushed across the great blue eyes of Nycteris.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She sprang to her feet to follow it--not in the spirit of the hunter, but of the lover.
Nycteris
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From this reading A beautiful moth brushed across the great blue eyes of Nycteris.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading A beautiful moth brushed across the great blue eyes of Nycteris.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading But as she followed the moth, she caught sight of something lying on the bank of the river, and not yet having learned to be afraid of anything, ran straight to see what it was.
only
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From this reading Her heart--like every heart, if only its fallen sides were cleared away--was an inexhaustible fountain of love: she loved everything she saw.
ran
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From this reading But as she followed the moth, she caught sight of something lying on the bank of the river, and not yet having learned to be afraid of anything, ran straight to see what it was.
Reaching
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From this reading Reaching it, she stood amazed.
river
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From this reading But as she followed the moth, she caught sight of something lying on the bank of the river, and not yet having learned to be afraid of anything, ran straight to see what it was.
saw
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From this reading Her heart--like every heart, if only its fallen sides were cleared away--was an inexhaustible fountain of love: she loved everything she saw.
see
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From this reading But as she followed the moth, she caught sight of something lying on the bank of the river, and not yet having learned to be afraid of anything, ran straight to see what it was.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She sprang to her feet to follow it--not in the spirit of the hunter, but of the lover.
sides
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From this reading Her heart--like every heart, if only its fallen sides were cleared away--was an inexhaustible fountain of love: she loved everything she saw.
sight
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From this reading But as she followed the moth, she caught sight of something lying on the bank of the river, and not yet having learned to be afraid of anything, ran straight to see what it was.
somethingpronounUS /ˈsʌmθɪŋ/
a thing, without saying which
From this reading But as she followed the moth, she caught sight of something lying on the bank of the river, and not yet having learned to be afraid of anything, ran straight to see what it was.
spirit
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From this reading She sprang to her feet to follow it--not in the spirit of the hunter, but of the lover.
sprang
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From this reading She sprang to her feet to follow it--not in the spirit of the hunter, but of the lover.
stoodnounUS /stood/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Reaching it, she stood amazed.
straight
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From this reading But as she followed the moth, she caught sight of something lying on the bank of the river, and not yet having learned to be afraid of anything, ran straight to see what it was.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading A beautiful moth brushed across the great blue eyes of Nycteris.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She sprang to her feet to follow it--not in the spirit of the hunter, but of the lover.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Her heart--like every heart, if only its fallen sides were cleared away--was an inexhaustible fountain of love: she loved everything she saw.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her heart--like every heart, if only its fallen sides were cleared away--was an inexhaustible fountain of love: she loved everything she saw.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading But as she followed the moth, she caught sight of something lying on the bank of the river, and not yet having learned to be afraid of anything, ran straight to see what it was.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading But as she followed the moth, she caught sight of something lying on the bank of the river, and not yet having learned to be afraid of anything, ran straight to see what it was.
