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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 Tante was at work in the music-room and was playing the prelude in D flat, a special favourite of Karen's.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Tante was at work in the music-room and was playing the prelude in D flat, a special favourite of Karen's.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Tante was at work in the music-room and was playing the prelude in D flat, a special favourite of Karen's.
awake
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From this reading She lay and listened with a curious, cautious pleasure, like that with which, half awake, one may guide a charming dream, knowing it to be a dream.
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading She lay and listened with a curious, cautious pleasure, like that with which, half awake, one may guide a charming dream, knowing it to be a dream.
beautiful
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From this reading Tante's beautiful notes, rising to her like the bubbles of a spring through clear water, seemed to encircle her, ringing her in from the wider consciousness.
bubbles
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From this reading Tante's beautiful notes, rising to her like the bubbles of a spring through clear water, seemed to encircle her, ringing her in from the wider consciousness.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading Karen was waked next morning by the familiar sound of the _Wohltemperirtes Clavier_.
cautious
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From this reading She lay and listened with a curious, cautious pleasure, like that with which, half awake, one may guide a charming dream, knowing it to be a dream.
charming
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From this reading She lay and listened with a curious, cautious pleasure, like that with which, half awake, one may guide a charming dream, knowing it to be a dream.
Clavier
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From this reading Karen was waked next morning by the familiar sound of the _Wohltemperirtes Clavier_.
clear
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From this reading Tante's beautiful notes, rising to her like the bubbles of a spring through clear water, seemed to encircle her, ringing her in from the wider consciousness.
consciousness
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From this reading Tante's beautiful notes, rising to her like the bubbles of a spring through clear water, seemed to encircle her, ringing her in from the wider consciousness.
curious
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From this reading She lay and listened with a curious, cautious pleasure, like that with which, half awake, one may guide a charming dream, knowing it to be a dream.
D
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From this reading Tante was at work in the music-room and was playing the prelude in D flat, a special favourite of Karen's.
dreamnounUS /driːm/
A series of thoughts, images, or emotions during sleep.
From this reading She lay and listened with a curious, cautious pleasure, like that with which, half awake, one may guide a charming dream, knowing it to be a dream.
encircle
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From this reading Tante's beautiful notes, rising to her like the bubbles of a spring through clear water, seemed to encircle her, ringing her in from the wider consciousness.
familiar
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From this reading Karen was waked next morning by the familiar sound of the _Wohltemperirtes Clavier_.
favourite
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From this reading Tante was at work in the music-room and was playing the prelude in D flat, a special favourite of Karen's.
flat
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From this reading Tante was at work in the music-room and was playing the prelude in D flat, a special favourite of Karen's.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading Tante's beautiful notes, rising to her like the bubbles of a spring through clear water, seemed to encircle her, ringing her in from the wider consciousness.
guide
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From this reading She lay and listened with a curious, cautious pleasure, like that with which, half awake, one may guide a charming dream, knowing it to be a dream.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She lay and listened with a curious, cautious pleasure, like that with which, half awake, one may guide a charming dream, knowing it to be a dream.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Tante's beautiful notes, rising to her like the bubbles of a spring through clear water, seemed to encircle her, ringing her in from the wider consciousness.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Tante was at work in the music-room and was playing the prelude in D flat, a special favourite of Karen's.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She lay and listened with a curious, cautious pleasure, like that with which, half awake, one may guide a charming dream, knowing it to be a dream.
Karen
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From this reading Karen was waked next morning by the familiar sound of the _Wohltemperirtes Clavier_.
Karen's
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From this reading Tante was at work in the music-room and was playing the prelude in D flat, a special favourite of Karen's.
knowing
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From this reading She lay and listened with a curious, cautious pleasure, like that with which, half awake, one may guide a charming dream, knowing it to be a dream.
lay
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From this reading She lay and listened with a curious, cautious pleasure, like that with which, half awake, one may guide a charming dream, knowing it to be a dream.
like
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From this reading She lay and listened with a curious, cautious pleasure, like that with which, half awake, one may guide a charming dream, knowing it to be a dream.
listened
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From this reading She lay and listened with a curious, cautious pleasure, like that with which, half awake, one may guide a charming dream, knowing it to be a dream.
maymodal verbUS /meɪ/
used to say something is possible, or to give permission
From this reading She lay and listened with a curious, cautious pleasure, like that with which, half awake, one may guide a charming dream, knowing it to be a dream.
morningnounUS /morning/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Karen was waked next morning by the familiar sound of the _Wohltemperirtes Clavier_.
much
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From this reading There was so much waiting to be remembered; so much waiting to be thought.
music-room
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From this reading Tante was at work in the music-room and was playing the prelude in D flat, a special favourite of Karen's.
nextnounUS /next/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Karen was waked next morning by the familiar sound of the _Wohltemperirtes Clavier_.
notes
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From this reading Tante's beautiful notes, rising to her like the bubbles of a spring through clear water, seemed to encircle her, ringing her in from the wider consciousness.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Karen was waked next morning by the familiar sound of the _Wohltemperirtes Clavier_.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading She lay and listened with a curious, cautious pleasure, like that with which, half awake, one may guide a charming dream, knowing it to be a dream.
playing
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From this reading Tante was at work in the music-room and was playing the prelude in D flat, a special favourite of Karen's.
pleasure
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From this reading She lay and listened with a curious, cautious pleasure, like that with which, half awake, one may guide a charming dream, knowing it to be a dream.
prelude
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From this reading Tante was at work in the music-room and was playing the prelude in D flat, a special favourite of Karen's.
remembered
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From this reading There was so much waiting to be remembered; so much waiting to be thought.
ringing
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From this reading Tante's beautiful notes, rising to her like the bubbles of a spring through clear water, seemed to encircle her, ringing her in from the wider consciousness.
rising
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From this reading Tante's beautiful notes, rising to her like the bubbles of a spring through clear water, seemed to encircle her, ringing her in from the wider consciousness.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Tante's beautiful notes, rising to her like the bubbles of a spring through clear water, seemed to encircle her, ringing her in from the wider consciousness.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She lay and listened with a curious, cautious pleasure, like that with which, half awake, one may guide a charming dream, knowing it to be a dream.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading There was so much waiting to be remembered; so much waiting to be thought.
sound
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From this reading Karen was waked next morning by the familiar sound of the _Wohltemperirtes Clavier_.
special
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From this reading Tante was at work in the music-room and was playing the prelude in D flat, a special favourite of Karen's.
spring
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From this reading Tante's beautiful notes, rising to her like the bubbles of a spring through clear water, seemed to encircle her, ringing her in from the wider consciousness.
Tante
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From this reading Tante was at work in the music-room and was playing the prelude in D flat, a special favourite of Karen's.
Tante's
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From this reading Tante's beautiful notes, rising to her like the bubbles of a spring through clear water, seemed to encircle her, ringing her in from the wider consciousness.
thatconjunctionUS /ðæt/
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading She lay and listened with a curious, cautious pleasure, like that with which, half awake, one may guide a charming dream, knowing it to be a dream.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Karen was waked next morning by the familiar sound of the _Wohltemperirtes Clavier_.
There
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From this reading There was so much waiting to be remembered; so much waiting to be thought.
thoughtnounUS /thought/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading There was so much waiting to be remembered; so much waiting to be thought.
throughnounUS /ˈthrough/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Tante's beautiful notes, rising to her like the bubbles of a spring through clear water, seemed to encircle her, ringing her in from the wider consciousness.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading She lay and listened with a curious, cautious pleasure, like that with which, half awake, one may guide a charming dream, knowing it to be a dream.
waiting
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From this reading There was so much waiting to be remembered; so much waiting to be thought.
waked
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From this reading Karen was waked next morning by the familiar sound of the _Wohltemperirtes Clavier_.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Karen was waked next morning by the familiar sound of the _Wohltemperirtes Clavier_.
water
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From this reading Tante's beautiful notes, rising to her like the bubbles of a spring through clear water, seemed to encircle her, ringing her in from the wider consciousness.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading She lay and listened with a curious, cautious pleasure, like that with which, half awake, one may guide a charming dream, knowing it to be a dream.
wider
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From this reading Tante's beautiful notes, rising to her like the bubbles of a spring through clear water, seemed to encircle her, ringing her in from the wider consciousness.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading She lay and listened with a curious, cautious pleasure, like that with which, half awake, one may guide a charming dream, knowing it to be a dream.
Wohltemperirtes
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From this reading Karen was waked next morning by the familiar sound of the _Wohltemperirtes Clavier_.
work
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From this reading Tante was at work in the music-room and was playing the prelude in D flat, a special favourite of Karen's.
