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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 “Now,” said Agnes, throwing down her pen with a cry of triumph--“now, look here, everybody--it is done at last.”
accomplished
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From this reading So now it was no longer in progress, to be smiled and wondered over, but an actual thing, accomplished and complete, out of anybody’s power to check or to alter.
actual
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From this reading So now it was no longer in progress, to be smiled and wondered over, but an actual thing, accomplished and complete, out of anybody’s power to check or to alter.
admiring
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From this reading She had written it with girlish delight, and importance worthy the occasion; and with admiring eyes Mamma and Marian looked upon the momentous words--The End!
Agnes
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From this reading “Now,” said Agnes, throwing down her pen with a cry of triumph--“now, look here, everybody--it is done at last.”
Agnes's
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From this reading And, indeed, there it was upon the fair and legible page, in Agnes’s best and clearest handwriting, “The End.”
alter
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From this reading So now it was no longer in progress, to be smiled and wondered over, but an actual thing, accomplished and complete, out of anybody’s power to check or to alter.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading So now it was no longer in progress, to be smiled and wondered over, but an actual thing, accomplished and complete, out of anybody’s power to check or to alter.
AndconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading And, indeed, there it was upon the fair and legible page, in Agnes’s best and clearest handwriting, “The End.”
anybody's
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From this reading So now it was no longer in progress, to be smiled and wondered over, but an actual thing, accomplished and complete, out of anybody’s power to check or to alter.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading “Now,” said Agnes, throwing down her pen with a cry of triumph--“now, look here, everybody--it is done at last.”
beauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading So now it was no longer in progress, to be smiled and wondered over, but an actual thing, accomplished and complete, out of anybody’s power to check or to alter.
best
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From this reading And, indeed, there it was upon the fair and legible page, in Agnes’s best and clearest handwriting, “The End.”
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading So now it was no longer in progress, to be smiled and wondered over, but an actual thing, accomplished and complete, out of anybody’s power to check or to alter.
check
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From this reading So now it was no longer in progress, to be smiled and wondered over, but an actual thing, accomplished and complete, out of anybody’s power to check or to alter.
clearest
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From this reading And, indeed, there it was upon the fair and legible page, in Agnes’s best and clearest handwriting, “The End.”
completenounUS /complete/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So now it was no longer in progress, to be smiled and wondered over, but an actual thing, accomplished and complete, out of anybody’s power to check or to alter.
cry
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From this reading “Now,” said Agnes, throwing down her pen with a cry of triumph--“now, look here, everybody--it is done at last.”
delight
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From this reading She had written it with girlish delight, and importance worthy the occasion; and with admiring eyes Mamma and Marian looked upon the momentous words--The End!
donenounUS /done/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now,” said Agnes, throwing down her pen with a cry of triumph--“now, look here, everybody--it is done at last.”
down
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From this reading “Now,” said Agnes, throwing down her pen with a cry of triumph--“now, look here, everybody--it is done at last.”
End
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From this reading And, indeed, there it was upon the fair and legible page, in Agnes’s best and clearest handwriting, “The End.”
everybodypronounUS /ˈevribɑːdi/
every person
From this reading “Now,” said Agnes, throwing down her pen with a cry of triumph--“now, look here, everybody--it is done at last.”
eyes
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From this reading She had written it with girlish delight, and importance worthy the occasion; and with admiring eyes Mamma and Marian looked upon the momentous words--The End!
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading And, indeed, there it was upon the fair and legible page, in Agnes’s best and clearest handwriting, “The End.”
FIRSTnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading THE FIRST WORK.
girlish
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From this reading She had written it with girlish delight, and importance worthy the occasion; and with admiring eyes Mamma and Marian looked upon the momentous words--The End!
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading She had written it with girlish delight, and importance worthy the occasion; and with admiring eyes Mamma and Marian looked upon the momentous words--The End!
handwriting
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From this reading And, indeed, there it was upon the fair and legible page, in Agnes’s best and clearest handwriting, “The End.”
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading “Now,” said Agnes, throwing down her pen with a cry of triumph--“now, look here, everybody--it is done at last.”
herenounUS /here/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now,” said Agnes, throwing down her pen with a cry of triumph--“now, look here, everybody--it is done at last.”
importance
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From this reading She had written it with girlish delight, and importance worthy the occasion; and with admiring eyes Mamma and Marian looked upon the momentous words--The End!
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading And, indeed, there it was upon the fair and legible page, in Agnes’s best and clearest handwriting, “The End.”
indeed
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From this reading And, indeed, there it was upon the fair and legible page, in Agnes’s best and clearest handwriting, “The End.”
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading “Now,” said Agnes, throwing down her pen with a cry of triumph--“now, look here, everybody--it is done at last.”
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading “Now,” said Agnes, throwing down her pen with a cry of triumph--“now, look here, everybody--it is done at last.”
lastnounUS /last/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now,” said Agnes, throwing down her pen with a cry of triumph--“now, look here, everybody--it is done at last.”
legible
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From this reading And, indeed, there it was upon the fair and legible page, in Agnes’s best and clearest handwriting, “The End.”
longer
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From this reading So now it was no longer in progress, to be smiled and wondered over, but an actual thing, accomplished and complete, out of anybody’s power to check or to alter.
looknounUS /look/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Now,” said Agnes, throwing down her pen with a cry of triumph--“now, look here, everybody--it is done at last.”
lookednounUS /looked/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had written it with girlish delight, and importance worthy the occasion; and with admiring eyes Mamma and Marian looked upon the momentous words--The End!
Mamma
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From this reading She had written it with girlish delight, and importance worthy the occasion; and with admiring eyes Mamma and Marian looked upon the momentous words--The End!
Marian
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From this reading She had written it with girlish delight, and importance worthy the occasion; and with admiring eyes Mamma and Marian looked upon the momentous words--The End!
momentous
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From this reading She had written it with girlish delight, and importance worthy the occasion; and with admiring eyes Mamma and Marian looked upon the momentous words--The End!
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading So now it was no longer in progress, to be smiled and wondered over, but an actual thing, accomplished and complete, out of anybody’s power to check or to alter.
Now
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From this reading “Now,” said Agnes, throwing down her pen with a cry of triumph--“now, look here, everybody--it is done at last.”
occasion
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From this reading She had written it with girlish delight, and importance worthy the occasion; and with admiring eyes Mamma and Marian looked upon the momentous words--The End!
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading “Now,” said Agnes, throwing down her pen with a cry of triumph--“now, look here, everybody--it is done at last.”
orconjunctionUS /ɔːr/
used to join alternatives or possibilities
From this reading So now it was no longer in progress, to be smiled and wondered over, but an actual thing, accomplished and complete, out of anybody’s power to check or to alter.
out
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From this reading So now it was no longer in progress, to be smiled and wondered over, but an actual thing, accomplished and complete, out of anybody’s power to check or to alter.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading So now it was no longer in progress, to be smiled and wondered over, but an actual thing, accomplished and complete, out of anybody’s power to check or to alter.
page
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From this reading And, indeed, there it was upon the fair and legible page, in Agnes’s best and clearest handwriting, “The End.”
pen
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From this reading “Now,” said Agnes, throwing down her pen with a cry of triumph--“now, look here, everybody--it is done at last.”
power
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From this reading So now it was no longer in progress, to be smiled and wondered over, but an actual thing, accomplished and complete, out of anybody’s power to check or to alter.
progress
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From this reading So now it was no longer in progress, to be smiled and wondered over, but an actual thing, accomplished and complete, out of anybody’s power to check or to alter.
said
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From this reading “Now,” said Agnes, throwing down her pen with a cry of triumph--“now, look here, everybody--it is done at last.”
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had written it with girlish delight, and importance worthy the occasion; and with admiring eyes Mamma and Marian looked upon the momentous words--The End!
smiled
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From this reading So now it was no longer in progress, to be smiled and wondered over, but an actual thing, accomplished and complete, out of anybody’s power to check or to alter.
SoconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading So now it was no longer in progress, to be smiled and wondered over, but an actual thing, accomplished and complete, out of anybody’s power to check or to alter.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE FIRST WORK.
there
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From this reading And, indeed, there it was upon the fair and legible page, in Agnes’s best and clearest handwriting, “The End.”
thingnounUS /thing/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So now it was no longer in progress, to be smiled and wondered over, but an actual thing, accomplished and complete, out of anybody’s power to check or to alter.
throwing
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From this reading “Now,” said Agnes, throwing down her pen with a cry of triumph--“now, look here, everybody--it is done at last.”
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading So now it was no longer in progress, to be smiled and wondered over, but an actual thing, accomplished and complete, out of anybody’s power to check or to alter.
triumph
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From this reading “Now,” said Agnes, throwing down her pen with a cry of triumph--“now, look here, everybody--it is done at last.”
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading And, indeed, there it was upon the fair and legible page, in Agnes’s best and clearest handwriting, “The End.”
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading And, indeed, there it was upon the fair and legible page, in Agnes’s best and clearest handwriting, “The End.”
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading “Now,” said Agnes, throwing down her pen with a cry of triumph--“now, look here, everybody--it is done at last.”
wonderednounUS /wondered/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading So now it was no longer in progress, to be smiled and wondered over, but an actual thing, accomplished and complete, out of anybody’s power to check or to alter.
words
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From this reading She had written it with girlish delight, and importance worthy the occasion; and with admiring eyes Mamma and Marian looked upon the momentous words--The End!
WORK
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From this reading THE FIRST WORK.
worthyadjectiveUS /ˈwɜːr.ði/
Having or showing the qualities or abilities that merit recognition in character or magic.
From this reading She had written it with girlish delight, and importance worthy the occasion; and with admiring eyes Mamma and Marian looked upon the momentous words--The End!
written
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From this reading She had written it with girlish delight, and importance worthy the occasion; and with admiring eyes Mamma and Marian looked upon the momentous words--The End!
