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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 Dare she hope successfully to conceal the ravages of a sleepless, tortured night?
accentuate
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From this reading Only the birthmark, like a scarlet stain, glowed sullenly and served but to accentuate her pallor.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Her cheeks and very lips were blanched and her eyes sunken and heavily circled.
asconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
attribute
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From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
beforeprepositionUS /bɪˈfɔːr/
earlier than; in front of
From this reading _The Velvet Glove._ Betty was seated before her mirror, gazing somewhat doubtfully from the small round box of rouge in her hand to her wan reflection.
better
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From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
Betty
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From this reading _The Velvet Glove._ Betty was seated before her mirror, gazing somewhat doubtfully from the small round box of rouge in her hand to her wan reflection.
birthmark
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From this reading Only the birthmark, like a scarlet stain, glowed sullenly and served but to accentuate her pallor.
blanched
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From this reading Her cheeks and very lips were blanched and her eyes sunken and heavily circled.
box
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From this reading _The Velvet Glove._ Betty was seated before her mirror, gazing somewhat doubtfully from the small round box of rouge in her hand to her wan reflection.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Only the birthmark, like a scarlet stain, glowed sullenly and served but to accentuate her pallor.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
cheeks
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From this reading Her cheeks and very lips were blanched and her eyes sunken and heavily circled.
circled
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From this reading Her cheeks and very lips were blanched and her eyes sunken and heavily circled.
conceal
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From this reading Dare she hope successfully to conceal the ravages of a sleepless, tortured night?
condition
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From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
couldmodal verbUS /kʊd/
the past of “can”; used for possibility or polite requests
From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
Dare
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From this reading Dare she hope successfully to conceal the ravages of a sleepless, tortured night?
doubtfully
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From this reading _The Velvet Glove._ Betty was seated before her mirror, gazing somewhat doubtfully from the small round box of rouge in her hand to her wan reflection.
effort
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From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
employer's
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From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
eyes
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From this reading Her cheeks and very lips were blanched and her eyes sunken and heavily circled.
far
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From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading _The Velvet Glove._ Betty was seated before her mirror, gazing somewhat doubtfully from the small round box of rouge in her hand to her wan reflection.
gazing
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From this reading _The Velvet Glove._ Betty was seated before her mirror, gazing somewhat doubtfully from the small round box of rouge in her hand to her wan reflection.
Glove
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From this reading _The Velvet Glove._ Betty was seated before her mirror, gazing somewhat doubtfully from the small round box of rouge in her hand to her wan reflection.
glowed
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From this reading Only the birthmark, like a scarlet stain, glowed sullenly and served but to accentuate her pallor.
graver
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From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
hand
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From this reading _The Velvet Glove._ Betty was seated before her mirror, gazing somewhat doubtfully from the small round box of rouge in her hand to her wan reflection.
heavily
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From this reading Her cheeks and very lips were blanched and her eyes sunken and heavily circled.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading _The Velvet Glove._ Betty was seated before her mirror, gazing somewhat doubtfully from the small round box of rouge in her hand to her wan reflection.
hope
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From this reading Dare she hope successfully to conceal the ravages of a sleepless, tortured night?
illness
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From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading _The Velvet Glove._ Betty was seated before her mirror, gazing somewhat doubtfully from the small round box of rouge in her hand to her wan reflection.
invite
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From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
ItpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
keen
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From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
like
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From this reading Only the birthmark, like a scarlet stain, glowed sullenly and served but to accentuate her pallor.
lips
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From this reading Her cheeks and very lips were blanched and her eyes sunken and heavily circled.
mirror
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From this reading _The Velvet Glove._ Betty was seated before her mirror, gazing somewhat doubtfully from the small round box of rouge in her hand to her wan reflection.
nature
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From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
night
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From this reading Dare she hope successfully to conceal the ravages of a sleepless, tortured night?
note
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From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading _The Velvet Glove._ Betty was seated before her mirror, gazing somewhat doubtfully from the small round box of rouge in her hand to her wan reflection.
Only
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From this reading Only the birthmark, like a scarlet stain, glowed sullenly and served but to accentuate her pallor.
pallor
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From this reading Only the birthmark, like a scarlet stain, glowed sullenly and served but to accentuate her pallor.
palpable
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From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
ravages
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From this reading Dare she hope successfully to conceal the ravages of a sleepless, tortured night?
reflection
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From this reading _The Velvet Glove._ Betty was seated before her mirror, gazing somewhat doubtfully from the small round box of rouge in her hand to her wan reflection.
rouge
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From this reading _The Velvet Glove._ Betty was seated before her mirror, gazing somewhat doubtfully from the small round box of rouge in her hand to her wan reflection.
round
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From this reading _The Velvet Glove._ Betty was seated before her mirror, gazing somewhat doubtfully from the small round box of rouge in her hand to her wan reflection.
scarlet
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From this reading Only the birthmark, like a scarlet stain, glowed sullenly and served but to accentuate her pallor.
seated
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From this reading _The Velvet Glove._ Betty was seated before her mirror, gazing somewhat doubtfully from the small round box of rouge in her hand to her wan reflection.
served
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From this reading Only the birthmark, like a scarlet stain, glowed sullenly and served but to accentuate her pallor.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Dare she hope successfully to conceal the ravages of a sleepless, tortured night?
shouldmodal verbUS /ʃʊd/
used to say what is right, expected, or advisable
From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
sleepless
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From this reading Dare she hope successfully to conceal the ravages of a sleepless, tortured night?
small
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From this reading _The Velvet Glove._ Betty was seated before her mirror, gazing somewhat doubtfully from the small round box of rouge in her hand to her wan reflection.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
somewhat
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From this reading _The Velvet Glove._ Betty was seated before her mirror, gazing somewhat doubtfully from the small round box of rouge in her hand to her wan reflection.
stain
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From this reading Only the birthmark, like a scarlet stain, glowed sullenly and served but to accentuate her pallor.
successfully
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From this reading Dare she hope successfully to conceal the ravages of a sleepless, tortured night?
sullenly
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From this reading Only the birthmark, like a scarlet stain, glowed sullenly and served but to accentuate her pallor.
sunken
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From this reading Her cheeks and very lips were blanched and her eyes sunken and heavily circled.
suspicion
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From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
thanconjunctionUS /ðæn/
used to introduce the second part of a comparison
From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
ThedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading _The Velvet Glove._ Betty was seated before her mirror, gazing somewhat doubtfully from the small round box of rouge in her hand to her wan reflection.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading _The Velvet Glove._ Betty was seated before her mirror, gazing somewhat doubtfully from the small round box of rouge in her hand to her wan reflection.
tortured
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From this reading Dare she hope successfully to conceal the ravages of a sleepless, tortured night?
Velvet
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From this reading _The Velvet Glove._ Betty was seated before her mirror, gazing somewhat doubtfully from the small round box of rouge in her hand to her wan reflection.
very
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From this reading Her cheeks and very lips were blanched and her eyes sunken and heavily circled.
wan
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From this reading _The Velvet Glove._ Betty was seated before her mirror, gazing somewhat doubtfully from the small round box of rouge in her hand to her wan reflection.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading _The Velvet Glove._ Betty was seated before her mirror, gazing somewhat doubtfully from the small round box of rouge in her hand to her wan reflection.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her cheeks and very lips were blanched and her eyes sunken and heavily circled.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
wouldmodal verbUS /wʊd/
used for something imagined, polite, or habitual in the past
From this reading It were better by far that her employer's keen eyes should note a condition which she could attribute to illness than that her effort to conceal it would be so palpable as to invite suspicion of a graver nature.
