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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 She awoke on a great soft bed that seemed to her wondering eyes as large as a room.
adored
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From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
alongprepositionUS /əˈlɔːŋ/
following the length of something from one end toward the other
From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She was sunk in a veritable nest of down, and, sitting up, she put out a little cautious hand and felt and punched the great pillow to reassure herself as to its reality.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading She awoke on a great soft bed that seemed to her wondering eyes as large as a room.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Then the small statue like figure at the foot of the great mahogany bed moved.
awoke
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From this reading She awoke on a great soft bed that seemed to her wondering eyes as large as a room.
bed
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From this reading She awoke on a great soft bed that seemed to her wondering eyes as large as a room.
beingauxiliary verbUS /ˈbiːɪŋ/
the -ing form of “be”
From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
cautious
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From this reading She was sunk in a veritable nest of down, and, sitting up, she put out a little cautious hand and felt and punched the great pillow to reassure herself as to its reality.
cloud
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From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
down
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From this reading She was sunk in a veritable nest of down, and, sitting up, she put out a little cautious hand and felt and punched the great pillow to reassure herself as to its reality.
escaped
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From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
eternal
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From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
eyes
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From this reading She awoke on a great soft bed that seemed to her wondering eyes as large as a room.
fact
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From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
felt
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From this reading She was sunk in a veritable nest of down, and, sitting up, she put out a little cautious hand and felt and punched the great pillow to reassure herself as to its reality.
figure
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From this reading Then the small statue like figure at the foot of the great mahogany bed moved.
flooded
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From this reading Memory flooded the girl.
footnounUS /foot/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Then the small statue like figure at the foot of the great mahogany bed moved.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
girl
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From this reading Memory flooded the girl.
girl's
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From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
greatnounUS /great/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She awoke on a great soft bed that seemed to her wondering eyes as large as a room.
hand
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From this reading She was sunk in a veritable nest of down, and, sitting up, she put out a little cautious hand and felt and punched the great pillow to reassure herself as to its reality.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She awoke on a great soft bed that seemed to her wondering eyes as large as a room.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading She was sunk in a veritable nest of down, and, sitting up, she put out a little cautious hand and felt and punched the great pillow to reassure herself as to its reality.
Hirata
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From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading She was sunk in a veritable nest of down, and, sitting up, she put out a little cautious hand and felt and punched the great pillow to reassure herself as to its reality.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading She was sunk in a veritable nest of down, and, sitting up, she put out a little cautious hand and felt and punched the great pillow to reassure herself as to its reality.
large
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From this reading She awoke on a great soft bed that seemed to her wondering eyes as large as a room.
like
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From this reading Then the small statue like figure at the foot of the great mahogany bed moved.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was sunk in a veritable nest of down, and, sitting up, she put out a little cautious hand and felt and punched the great pillow to reassure herself as to its reality.
mahogany
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From this reading Then the small statue like figure at the foot of the great mahogany bed moved.
medium
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From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
MemorynounUS /ˈmem.ər.i/
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information and knowledge.
From this reading Memory flooded the girl.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
mother
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From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
moved
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From this reading Then the small statue like figure at the foot of the great mahogany bed moved.
nest
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From this reading She was sunk in a veritable nest of down, and, sitting up, she put out a little cautious hand and felt and punched the great pillow to reassure herself as to its reality.
Nirvanna
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From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
now
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From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading She was sunk in a veritable nest of down, and, sitting up, she put out a little cautious hand and felt and punched the great pillow to reassure herself as to its reality.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading She awoke on a great soft bed that seemed to her wondering eyes as large as a room.
out
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From this reading She was sunk in a veritable nest of down, and, sitting up, she put out a little cautious hand and felt and punched the great pillow to reassure herself as to its reality.
pillow
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From this reading She was sunk in a veritable nest of down, and, sitting up, she put out a little cautious hand and felt and punched the great pillow to reassure herself as to its reality.
punched
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From this reading She was sunk in a veritable nest of down, and, sitting up, she put out a little cautious hand and felt and punched the great pillow to reassure herself as to its reality.
put
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From this reading She was sunk in a veritable nest of down, and, sitting up, she put out a little cautious hand and felt and punched the great pillow to reassure herself as to its reality.
questionnounUS /ˈquestion/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
reality
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From this reading She was sunk in a veritable nest of down, and, sitting up, she put out a little cautious hand and felt and punched the great pillow to reassure herself as to its reality.
reassure
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From this reading She was sunk in a veritable nest of down, and, sitting up, she put out a little cautious hand and felt and punched the great pillow to reassure herself as to its reality.
road
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From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
room
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From this reading She awoke on a great soft bed that seemed to her wondering eyes as large as a room.
samenounUS /same/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She awoke on a great soft bed that seemed to her wondering eyes as large as a room.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She awoke on a great soft bed that seemed to her wondering eyes as large as a room.
sitting
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From this reading She was sunk in a veritable nest of down, and, sitting up, she put out a little cautious hand and felt and punched the great pillow to reassure herself as to its reality.
small
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From this reading Then the small statue like figure at the foot of the great mahogany bed moved.
snowy
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From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
soft
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From this reading She awoke on a great soft bed that seemed to her wondering eyes as large as a room.
statue
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From this reading Then the small statue like figure at the foot of the great mahogany bed moved.
sunk
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From this reading She was sunk in a veritable nest of down, and, sitting up, she put out a little cautious hand and felt and punched the great pillow to reassure herself as to its reality.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She awoke on a great soft bed that seemed to her wondering eyes as large as a room.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading She was sunk in a veritable nest of down, and, sitting up, she put out a little cautious hand and felt and punched the great pillow to reassure herself as to its reality.
Then
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From this reading Then the small statue like figure at the foot of the great mahogany bed moved.
There
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From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She awoke on a great soft bed that seemed to her wondering eyes as large as a room.
trembling
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From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
up
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From this reading She was sunk in a veritable nest of down, and, sitting up, she put out a little cautious hand and felt and punched the great pillow to reassure herself as to its reality.
vague
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From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
veritable
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From this reading She was sunk in a veritable nest of down, and, sitting up, she put out a little cautious hand and felt and punched the great pillow to reassure herself as to its reality.
wafted
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From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She was sunk in a veritable nest of down, and, sitting up, she put out a little cautious hand and felt and punched the great pillow to reassure herself as to its reality.
whetherconjunctionUS /ˈweðər/
used to introduce two or more possibilities
From this reading There was a vague question trembling in the girl's mind as to whether she might not, in fact, have escaped from Hirata through the same medium as her adored mother, and was now being wafted on a snowy cloud along the eternal road to Nirvanna.
wondering
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From this reading She awoke on a great soft bed that seemed to her wondering eyes as large as a room.
