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27
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From this reading The gist of her remarks came always back to what Sunny was to do when they arrived at 27 Broadway; how she was to look; how speak.
adeterminerUS /ə/
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading That was a long and exciting ride for Sunny.
AboveprepositionUS /əˈbʌv/
higher than, or over, something
From this reading Above the roar of the rushing train Katy shouted in her ear.
always
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From this reading The gist of her remarks came always back to what Sunny was to do when they arrived at 27 Broadway; how she was to look; how speak.
American
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From this reading She was to bear in mind that she was going into the presence of American royalty, and she was to be neither too fresh nor yet too humble.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading That was a long and exciting ride for Sunny.
arrived
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From this reading The gist of her remarks came always back to what Sunny was to do when they arrived at 27 Broadway; how she was to look; how speak.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Perfectly at home in the Subway, Katy did not let a little thing like mere noise deter the steady flow of her tongue.
back
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From this reading The gist of her remarks came always back to what Sunny was to do when they arrived at 27 Broadway; how she was to look; how speak.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She was to bear in mind that she was going into the presence of American royalty, and she was to be neither too fresh nor yet too humble.
bear
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From this reading She was to bear in mind that she was going into the presence of American royalty, and she was to be neither too fresh nor yet too humble.
Broadway
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From this reading The gist of her remarks came always back to what Sunny was to do when they arrived at 27 Broadway; how she was to look; how speak.
came
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From this reading The gist of her remarks came always back to what Sunny was to do when they arrived at 27 Broadway; how she was to look; how speak.
deter
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From this reading Perfectly at home in the Subway, Katy did not let a little thing like mere noise deter the steady flow of her tongue.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading Perfectly at home in the Subway, Katy did not let a little thing like mere noise deter the steady flow of her tongue.
doauxiliary verbUS /duː/
used to form questions and negatives, and to give emphasis
From this reading The gist of her remarks came always back to what Sunny was to do when they arrived at 27 Broadway; how she was to look; how speak.
ear
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From this reading Above the roar of the rushing train Katy shouted in her ear.
exciting
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From this reading That was a long and exciting ride for Sunny.
flow
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From this reading Perfectly at home in the Subway, Katy did not let a little thing like mere noise deter the steady flow of her tongue.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading That was a long and exciting ride for Sunny.
fresh
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From this reading She was to bear in mind that she was going into the presence of American royalty, and she was to be neither too fresh nor yet too humble.
gist
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From this reading The gist of her remarks came always back to what Sunny was to do when they arrived at 27 Broadway; how she was to look; how speak.
going
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From this reading She was to bear in mind that she was going into the presence of American royalty, and she was to be neither too fresh nor yet too humble.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Above the roar of the rushing train Katy shouted in her ear.
home
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From this reading Perfectly at home in the Subway, Katy did not let a little thing like mere noise deter the steady flow of her tongue.
how
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From this reading The gist of her remarks came always back to what Sunny was to do when they arrived at 27 Broadway; how she was to look; how speak.
humble
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From this reading She was to bear in mind that she was going into the presence of American royalty, and she was to be neither too fresh nor yet too humble.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Above the roar of the rushing train Katy shouted in her ear.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading She was to bear in mind that she was going into the presence of American royalty, and she was to be neither too fresh nor yet too humble.
Katy
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From this reading Above the roar of the rushing train Katy shouted in her ear.
letauxiliary verbUS /let/
used to make a suggestion or a command including the speaker
From this reading Perfectly at home in the Subway, Katy did not let a little thing like mere noise deter the steady flow of her tongue.
like
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From this reading Perfectly at home in the Subway, Katy did not let a little thing like mere noise deter the steady flow of her tongue.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Perfectly at home in the Subway, Katy did not let a little thing like mere noise deter the steady flow of her tongue.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading That was a long and exciting ride for Sunny.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading The gist of her remarks came always back to what Sunny was to do when they arrived at 27 Broadway; how she was to look; how speak.
mere
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From this reading Perfectly at home in the Subway, Katy did not let a little thing like mere noise deter the steady flow of her tongue.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She was to bear in mind that she was going into the presence of American royalty, and she was to be neither too fresh nor yet too humble.
neitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading She was to bear in mind that she was going into the presence of American royalty, and she was to be neither too fresh nor yet too humble.
noise
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From this reading Perfectly at home in the Subway, Katy did not let a little thing like mere noise deter the steady flow of her tongue.
norconjunctionUS /nɔːr/
and not; used after a negative to add a second negative
From this reading She was to bear in mind that she was going into the presence of American royalty, and she was to be neither too fresh nor yet too humble.
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Perfectly at home in the Subway, Katy did not let a little thing like mere noise deter the steady flow of her tongue.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Above the roar of the rushing train Katy shouted in her ear.
Perfectly
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From this reading Perfectly at home in the Subway, Katy did not let a little thing like mere noise deter the steady flow of her tongue.
presence
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From this reading She was to bear in mind that she was going into the presence of American royalty, and she was to be neither too fresh nor yet too humble.
remarks
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From this reading The gist of her remarks came always back to what Sunny was to do when they arrived at 27 Broadway; how she was to look; how speak.
ride
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From this reading That was a long and exciting ride for Sunny.
roar
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From this reading Above the roar of the rushing train Katy shouted in her ear.
royalty
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From this reading She was to bear in mind that she was going into the presence of American royalty, and she was to be neither too fresh nor yet too humble.
rushing
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From this reading Above the roar of the rushing train Katy shouted in her ear.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The gist of her remarks came always back to what Sunny was to do when they arrived at 27 Broadway; how she was to look; how speak.
shoutednounUS /shouted/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Above the roar of the rushing train Katy shouted in her ear.
speak
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From this reading The gist of her remarks came always back to what Sunny was to do when they arrived at 27 Broadway; how she was to look; how speak.
steady
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From this reading Perfectly at home in the Subway, Katy did not let a little thing like mere noise deter the steady flow of her tongue.
Subway
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From this reading Perfectly at home in the Subway, Katy did not let a little thing like mere noise deter the steady flow of her tongue.
Sunny
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From this reading That was a long and exciting ride for Sunny.
ThatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading That was a long and exciting ride for Sunny.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Above the roar of the rushing train Katy shouted in her ear.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading The gist of her remarks came always back to what Sunny was to do when they arrived at 27 Broadway; how she was to look; how speak.
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Perfectly at home in the Subway, Katy did not let a little thing like mere noise deter the steady flow of her tongue.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The gist of her remarks came always back to what Sunny was to do when they arrived at 27 Broadway; how she was to look; how speak.
tonguenounUS /tongue/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Perfectly at home in the Subway, Katy did not let a little thing like mere noise deter the steady flow of her tongue.
too
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From this reading She was to bear in mind that she was going into the presence of American royalty, and she was to be neither too fresh nor yet too humble.
train
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From this reading Above the roar of the rushing train Katy shouted in her ear.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading That was a long and exciting ride for Sunny.
whatpronounUS /wʌt/
used to ask for information about something
From this reading The gist of her remarks came always back to what Sunny was to do when they arrived at 27 Broadway; how she was to look; how speak.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading The gist of her remarks came always back to what Sunny was to do when they arrived at 27 Broadway; how she was to look; how speak.
yetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading She was to bear in mind that she was going into the presence of American royalty, and she was to be neither too fresh nor yet too humble.
