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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 Sunny, after she left Jerry's apartment, might be likened to a little wounded wild thing, who has trailed off with broken wing.
act
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From this reading She had never consciously committed a wrong act.
afterprepositionUS /ˈæftər/
later than; following
From this reading Sunny, after she left Jerry's apartment, might be likened to a little wounded wild thing, who has trailed off with broken wing.
All
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From this reading All she felt was that numb sense of pain at her heart and the impulse to get as far away as possible from the man she loved.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
apartment
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From this reading Sunny, after she left Jerry's apartment, might be likened to a little wounded wild thing, who has trailed off with broken wing.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading All she felt was that numb sense of pain at her heart and the impulse to get as far away as possible from the man she loved.
Avenue
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From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
away
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From this reading All she felt was that numb sense of pain at her heart and the impulse to get as far away as possible from the man she loved.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading Sunny, after she left Jerry's apartment, might be likened to a little wounded wild thing, who has trailed off with broken wing.
beenauxiliary verbUS /bɪn/
the past participle of “be”
From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sunny, after she left Jerry's apartment, might be likened to a little wounded wild thing, who has trailed off with broken wing.
clear
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From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
comenounUS /come/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
committed
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From this reading She had never consciously committed a wrong act.
consciously
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From this reading She had never consciously committed a wrong act.
crammed
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From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
direction
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From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
elevated
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From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
far
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From this reading All she felt was that numb sense of pain at her heart and the impulse to get as far away as possible from the man she loved.
fareverbUS /fer/
to do or succeed in a particular way
From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
fatherless
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From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
felt
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From this reading All she felt was that numb sense of pain at her heart and the impulse to get as far away as possible from the man she loved.
foreign
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From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
get
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From this reading All she felt was that numb sense of pain at her heart and the impulse to get as far away as possible from the man she loved.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had never consciously committed a wrong act.
hasauxiliary verbUS /hæz/
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Sunny, after she left Jerry's apartment, might be likened to a little wounded wild thing, who has trailed off with broken wing.
heart
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From this reading All she felt was that numb sense of pain at her heart and the impulse to get as far away as possible from the man she loved.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading All she felt was that numb sense of pain at her heart and the impulse to get as far away as possible from the man she loved.
home-going
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From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
how
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From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
ifconjunctionUS /ɪf/
on condition that; in the event that
From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
impulsenounUS /ˈɪmpʌls/
a sudden strong desire to act
From this reading All she felt was that numb sense of pain at her heart and the impulse to get as far away as possible from the man she loved.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
innocent
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From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
itsdeterminerUS /ɪts/
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
Jerry's
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From this reading Sunny, after she left Jerry's apartment, might be likened to a little wounded wild thing, who has trailed off with broken wing.
land
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From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
leftnounUS /left/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sunny, after she left Jerry's apartment, might be likened to a little wounded wild thing, who has trailed off with broken wing.
likened
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From this reading Sunny, after she left Jerry's apartment, might be likened to a little wounded wild thing, who has trailed off with broken wing.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sunny, after she left Jerry's apartment, might be likened to a little wounded wild thing, who has trailed off with broken wing.
loved
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From this reading All she felt was that numb sense of pain at her heart and the impulse to get as far away as possible from the man she loved.
lovely
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From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
man
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From this reading All she felt was that numb sense of pain at her heart and the impulse to get as far away as possible from the man she loved.
mightmodal verbUS /maɪt/
used to say something is possible but not certain
From this reading Sunny, after she left Jerry's apartment, might be likened to a little wounded wild thing, who has trailed off with broken wing.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
Motherless
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From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
nevernounUS /never/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had never consciously committed a wrong act.
new
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From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
numb
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From this reading All she felt was that numb sense of pain at her heart and the impulse to get as far away as possible from the man she loved.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
off
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From this reading Sunny, after she left Jerry's apartment, might be likened to a little wounded wild thing, who has trailed off with broken wing.
overloaded
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From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
pain
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From this reading All she felt was that numb sense of pain at her heart and the impulse to get as far away as possible from the man she loved.
planet
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From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
possible
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From this reading All she felt was that numb sense of pain at her heart and the impulse to get as far away as possible from the man she loved.
purpose
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From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
roaring
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From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
sense
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From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Sunny, after she left Jerry's apartment, might be likened to a little wounded wild thing, who has trailed off with broken wing.
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
SixthnounUS /sixth/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
structure
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From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
Sunny
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From this reading Sunny, after she left Jerry's apartment, might be likened to a little wounded wild thing, who has trailed off with broken wing.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Sunny, after she left Jerry's apartment, might be likened to a little wounded wild thing, who has trailed off with broken wing.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Sunny, after she left Jerry's apartment, might be likened to a little wounded wild thing, who has trailed off with broken wing.
trailed
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From this reading Sunny, after she left Jerry's apartment, might be likened to a little wounded wild thing, who has trailed off with broken wing.
trains
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From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
transplanted
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From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
turned
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From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading All she felt was that numb sense of pain at her heart and the impulse to get as far away as possible from the man she loved.
ways
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From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading Sunny, after she left Jerry's apartment, might be likened to a little wounded wild thing, who has trailed off with broken wing.
whosedeterminerUS /huːz/
belonging to which person
From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
wild
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From this reading Sunny, after she left Jerry's apartment, might be likened to a little wounded wild thing, who has trailed off with broken wing.
wing
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From this reading Sunny, after she left Jerry's apartment, might be likened to a little wounded wild thing, who has trailed off with broken wing.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Sunny, after she left Jerry's apartment, might be likened to a little wounded wild thing, who has trailed off with broken wing.
workers
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From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
worse
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From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
wounded
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From this reading Sunny, after she left Jerry's apartment, might be likened to a little wounded wild thing, who has trailed off with broken wing.
wrong
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From this reading She had never consciously committed a wrong act.
York
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From this reading As she turned into Sixth Avenue, under the roaring elevated structure, with its overloaded trains, crammed with the home-going workers of New York, she had no sense of direction and no clear purpose in mind.
young
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From this reading Motherless, worse than fatherless, young, innocent, lovely, how should she fare in a land whose ways were as foreign to that from which she had come as if she had been transplanted to a new planet.
