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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 THE SCENE IN THE AVENUE There followed a few minutes of somewhat curious silence.
absolutely
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From this reading She had moved impulsively a little forward; the moon, visible now from over the tree tops, was shining faintly upon her absolutely colourless face and dilated eyes.
andeterminerUS /æn/
the form of “a” used before a word that begins with a vowel sound
From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading She had moved impulsively a little forward; the moon, visible now from over the tree tops, was shining faintly upon her absolutely colourless face and dilated eyes.
appearancenounUS /ˈappearance/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
arm
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From this reading For some reason she seemed terror-stricken, both she and Louise, who was clinging now to her arm.
AtprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
AVENUE
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From this reading THE SCENE IN THE AVENUE There followed a few minutes of somewhat curious silence.
bothdeterminerUS /boʊθ/
the two together, not just one
From this reading For some reason she seemed terror-stricken, both she and Louise, who was clinging now to her arm.
brokennounUS /broken/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
clinging
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From this reading For some reason she seemed terror-stricken, both she and Louise, who was clinging now to her arm.
colourless
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From this reading She had moved impulsively a little forward; the moon, visible now from over the tree tops, was shining faintly upon her absolutely colourless face and dilated eyes.
cowering
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From this reading Neither of them seemed even to have glanced at the cowering figure of the man, who had relapsed now into a venomous silence.
cry
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From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
curious
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From this reading THE SCENE IN THE AVENUE There followed a few minutes of somewhat curious silence.
de
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From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
dilated
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From this reading She had moved impulsively a little forward; the moon, visible now from over the tree tops, was shining faintly upon her absolutely colourless face and dilated eyes.
evennounUS /even/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Neither of them seemed even to have glanced at the cowering figure of the man, who had relapsed now into a venomous silence.
eyes
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From this reading She had moved impulsively a little forward; the moon, visible now from over the tree tops, was shining faintly upon her absolutely colourless face and dilated eyes.
face
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From this reading She had moved impulsively a little forward; the moon, visible now from over the tree tops, was shining faintly upon her absolutely colourless face and dilated eyes.
faintly
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From this reading She had moved impulsively a little forward; the moon, visible now from over the tree tops, was shining faintly upon her absolutely colourless face and dilated eyes.
few
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From this reading THE SCENE IN THE AVENUE There followed a few minutes of somewhat curious silence.
figure
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From this reading Neither of them seemed even to have glanced at the cowering figure of the man, who had relapsed now into a venomous silence.
firstnounUS /first/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
followed
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From this reading THE SCENE IN THE AVENUE There followed a few minutes of somewhat curious silence.
ForprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading For some reason she seemed terror-stricken, both she and Louise, who was clinging now to her arm.
forwardnounUS /forward/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had moved impulsively a little forward; the moon, visible now from over the tree tops, was shining faintly upon her absolutely colourless face and dilated eyes.
fromprepositionUS /frʌm/
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
glanced
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From this reading Neither of them seemed even to have glanced at the cowering figure of the man, who had relapsed now into a venomous silence.
hadauxiliary verbUS /hæd/
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading Neither of them seemed even to have glanced at the cowering figure of the man, who had relapsed now into a venomous silence.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading She had moved impulsively a little forward; the moon, visible now from over the tree tops, was shining faintly upon her absolutely colourless face and dilated eyes.
impulsively
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From this reading She had moved impulsively a little forward; the moon, visible now from over the tree tops, was shining faintly upon her absolutely colourless face and dilated eyes.
INprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading THE SCENE IN THE AVENUE There followed a few minutes of somewhat curious silence.
intoprepositionUS /ˈɪntuː/
moving to the inside of something
From this reading Neither of them seemed even to have glanced at the cowering figure of the man, who had relapsed now into a venomous silence.
lips
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From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading She had moved impulsively a little forward; the moon, visible now from over the tree tops, was shining faintly upon her absolutely colourless face and dilated eyes.
Louise
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From this reading For some reason she seemed terror-stricken, both she and Louise, who was clinging now to her arm.
Madame
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From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
made
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From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
man
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From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
Melbain's
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From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
midst
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From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
minutes
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From this reading THE SCENE IN THE AVENUE There followed a few minutes of somewhat curious silence.
moon
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From this reading She had moved impulsively a little forward; the moon, visible now from over the tree tops, was shining faintly upon her absolutely colourless face and dilated eyes.
moved
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From this reading She had moved impulsively a little forward; the moon, visible now from over the tree tops, was shining faintly upon her absolutely colourless face and dilated eyes.
NeitherdeterminerUS /ˈniːðər/
not one and not the other of two
From this reading Neither of them seemed even to have glanced at the cowering figure of the man, who had relapsed now into a venomous silence.
now
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From this reading She had moved impulsively a little forward; the moon, visible now from over the tree tops, was shining faintly upon her absolutely colourless face and dilated eyes.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading THE SCENE IN THE AVENUE There followed a few minutes of somewhat curious silence.
only
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From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
overprepositionUS /ˈoʊvər/
above and across; more than
From this reading She had moved impulsively a little forward; the moon, visible now from over the tree tops, was shining faintly upon her absolutely colourless face and dilated eyes.
reason
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From this reading For some reason she seemed terror-stricken, both she and Louise, who was clinging now to her arm.
relapsed
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From this reading Neither of them seemed even to have glanced at the cowering figure of the man, who had relapsed now into a venomous silence.
SCENE
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From this reading THE SCENE IN THE AVENUE There followed a few minutes of somewhat curious silence.
seemednounUS /seemed/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading For some reason she seemed terror-stricken, both she and Louise, who was clinging now to her arm.
ShepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading She had moved impulsively a little forward; the moon, visible now from over the tree tops, was shining faintly upon her absolutely colourless face and dilated eyes.
shining
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From this reading She had moved impulsively a little forward; the moon, visible now from over the tree tops, was shining faintly upon her absolutely colourless face and dilated eyes.
silencenounUS /ˈsaɪ.ləns/
Complete absence of sound; a state of quietness and stillness.
From this reading THE SCENE IN THE AVENUE There followed a few minutes of somewhat curious silence.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
some
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From this reading For some reason she seemed terror-stricken, both she and Louise, who was clinging now to her arm.
somewhat
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From this reading THE SCENE IN THE AVENUE There followed a few minutes of somewhat curious silence.
sound
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From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
startling
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From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
suppressed
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From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
terror-stricken
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From this reading For some reason she seemed terror-stricken, both she and Louise, who was clinging now to her arm.
THEdeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE SCENE IN THE AVENUE There followed a few minutes of somewhat curious silence.
theirdeterminerUS /ðer/
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
thempronounUS /ðem/
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Neither of them seemed even to have glanced at the cowering figure of the man, who had relapsed now into a venomous silence.
There
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From this reading THE SCENE IN THE AVENUE There followed a few minutes of somewhat curious silence.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading For some reason she seemed terror-stricken, both she and Louise, who was clinging now to her arm.
tops
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From this reading She had moved impulsively a little forward; the moon, visible now from over the tree tops, was shining faintly upon her absolutely colourless face and dilated eyes.
tree
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From this reading She had moved impulsively a little forward; the moon, visible now from over the tree tops, was shining faintly upon her absolutely colourless face and dilated eyes.
uponprepositionUS /əˈpɑːn/
a formal word for “on”
From this reading She had moved impulsively a little forward; the moon, visible now from over the tree tops, was shining faintly upon her absolutely colourless face and dilated eyes.
venomous
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From this reading Neither of them seemed even to have glanced at the cowering figure of the man, who had relapsed now into a venomous silence.
visible
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From this reading She had moved impulsively a little forward; the moon, visible now from over the tree tops, was shining faintly upon her absolutely colourless face and dilated eyes.
voice
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From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading She had moved impulsively a little forward; the moon, visible now from over the tree tops, was shining faintly upon her absolutely colourless face and dilated eyes.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading At the first sound of the voice of the man who had made so startling an appearance in their midst, a cry, only half suppressed, had broken from Madame de Melbain's lips.
