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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 great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She did not care to have it known that she was of the Mountain, and was shy of being seen in talk with Liff Hyatt.
animal
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From this reading She continued to look up curiously at his freckled weather-beaten face, with feverish hollows below the cheekbones and the pale yellow eyes of a harmless animal.
any
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From this reading Charity had, in truth, never felt any desire to visit her birthplace.
appear
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From this reading But today she was not sorry to have him appear.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading She continued to look up curiously at his freckled weather-beaten face, with feverish hollows below the cheekbones and the pale yellow eyes of a harmless animal.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading She did not care to have it known that she was of the Mountain, and was shy of being seen in talk with Liff Hyatt.
belowprepositionUS /bɪˈloʊ/
at or to a lower level than something
From this reading She continued to look up curiously at his freckled weather-beaten face, with feverish hollows below the cheekbones and the pale yellow eyes of a harmless animal.
birthplace
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From this reading Charity had, in truth, never felt any desire to visit her birthplace.
ButconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading But today she was not sorry to have him appear.
care
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From this reading She did not care to have it known that she was of the Mountain, and was shy of being seen in talk with Liff Hyatt.
Charity
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From this reading Charity had, in truth, never felt any desire to visit her birthplace.
cheekbones
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From this reading She continued to look up curiously at his freckled weather-beaten face, with feverish hollows below the cheekbones and the pale yellow eyes of a harmless animal.
continuednounUS /ˈcontinued/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading She continued to look up curiously at his freckled weather-beaten face, with feverish hollows below the cheekbones and the pale yellow eyes of a harmless animal.
convenience
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From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
curiously
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From this reading She continued to look up curiously at his freckled weather-beaten face, with feverish hollows below the cheekbones and the pale yellow eyes of a harmless animal.
day
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From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
desire
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From this reading Charity had, in truth, never felt any desire to visit her birthplace.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading She did not care to have it known that she was of the Mountain, and was shy of being seen in talk with Liff Hyatt.
doors
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From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
entered
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From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
eyes
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From this reading She continued to look up curiously at his freckled weather-beaten face, with feverish hollows below the cheekbones and the pale yellow eyes of a harmless animal.
face
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From this reading She continued to look up curiously at his freckled weather-beaten face, with feverish hollows below the cheekbones and the pale yellow eyes of a harmless animal.
fact
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From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
felt
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From this reading Charity had, in truth, never felt any desire to visit her birthplace.
feverish
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From this reading She continued to look up curiously at his freckled weather-beaten face, with feverish hollows below the cheekbones and the pale yellow eyes of a harmless animal.
finding
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From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
freckled
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From this reading She continued to look up curiously at his freckled weather-beaten face, with feverish hollows below the cheekbones and the pale yellow eyes of a harmless animal.
goodnounUS /good/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Charity had, in truth, never felt any desire to visit her birthplace.
happened
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From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
harmless
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From this reading She continued to look up curiously at his freckled weather-beaten face, with feverish hollows below the cheekbones and the pale yellow eyes of a harmless animal.
Harney
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From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
Hatchard
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From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading She did not care to have it known that she was of the Mountain, and was shy of being seen in talk with Liff Hyatt.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Charity had, in truth, never felt any desire to visit her birthplace.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading But today she was not sorry to have him appear.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading She continued to look up curiously at his freckled weather-beaten face, with feverish hollows below the cheekbones and the pale yellow eyes of a harmless animal.
hollows
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From this reading She continued to look up curiously at his freckled weather-beaten face, with feverish hollows below the cheekbones and the pale yellow eyes of a harmless animal.
Hyatt
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From this reading She did not care to have it known that she was of the Mountain, and was shy of being seen in talk with Liff Hyatt.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Charity had, in truth, never felt any desire to visit her birthplace.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She did not care to have it known that she was of the Mountain, and was shy of being seen in talk with Liff Hyatt.
known
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From this reading She did not care to have it known that she was of the Mountain, and was shy of being seen in talk with Liff Hyatt.
Liff
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From this reading She did not care to have it known that she was of the Mountain, and was shy of being seen in talk with Liff Hyatt.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She continued to look up curiously at his freckled weather-beaten face, with feverish hollows below the cheekbones and the pale yellow eyes of a harmless animal.
Lucius
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From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
many
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From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
Memorial
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From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
Mountain
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From this reading She did not care to have it known that she was of the Mountain, and was shy of being seen in talk with Liff Hyatt.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Charity had, in truth, never felt any desire to visit her birthplace.
nonepronounUS /nʌn/
not one, and not any
From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading She did not care to have it known that she was of the Mountain, and was shy of being seen in talk with Liff Hyatt.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She did not care to have it known that she was of the Mountain, and was shy of being seen in talk with Liff Hyatt.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
pale
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From this reading She continued to look up curiously at his freckled weather-beaten face, with feverish hollows below the cheekbones and the pale yellow eyes of a harmless animal.
perhaps
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From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
seen
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From this reading She did not care to have it known that she was of the Mountain, and was shy of being seen in talk with Liff Hyatt.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She did not care to have it known that she was of the Mountain, and was shy of being seen in talk with Liff Hyatt.
shy
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From this reading She did not care to have it known that she was of the Mountain, and was shy of being seen in talk with Liff Hyatt.
sinceprepositionUS /sɪns/
from a time in the past until now
From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
sorry
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From this reading But today she was not sorry to have him appear.
suddenlynounUS /ˈsuddenly/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
talk
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From this reading She did not care to have it known that she was of the Mountain, and was shy of being seen in talk with Liff Hyatt.
terms
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From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She did not care to have it known that she was of the Mountain, and was shy of being seen in talk with Liff Hyatt.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She did not care to have it known that she was of the Mountain, and was shy of being seen in talk with Liff Hyatt.
things
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From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Charity had, in truth, never felt any desire to visit her birthplace.
today
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From this reading But today she was not sorry to have him appear.
truth
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From this reading Charity had, in truth, never felt any desire to visit her birthplace.
unforeseen
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From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
up
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From this reading She continued to look up curiously at his freckled weather-beaten face, with feverish hollows below the cheekbones and the pale yellow eyes of a harmless animal.
visit
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From this reading Charity had, in truth, never felt any desire to visit her birthplace.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She did not care to have it known that she was of the Mountain, and was shy of being seen in talk with Liff Hyatt.
weather-beaten
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From this reading She continued to look up curiously at his freckled weather-beaten face, with feverish hollows below the cheekbones and the pale yellow eyes of a harmless animal.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She did not care to have it known that she was of the Mountain, and was shy of being seen in talk with Liff Hyatt.
yellow
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From this reading She continued to look up curiously at his freckled weather-beaten face, with feverish hollows below the cheekbones and the pale yellow eyes of a harmless animal.
young
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From this reading A great many things had happened to her since the day when young Lucius Harney had entered the doors of the Hatchard Memorial, but none, perhaps, so unforeseen as the fact of her suddenly finding it a convenience to be on good terms with Liff Hyatt.
