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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 My Lady Carteret's ball was a brilliant success, and, fairest where all were fair, Harrie Hunsden shone down all competitors.
admiring
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From this reading As she floated down the long ball-room on the arm of Lord Ernest, light as a swimming-sprite, a hundred admiring male eyes followed, and a hundred fair patrician bosoms throbbed with bitterest envy.
adored
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From this reading "The little Hunsden is in full feather to-night," lisped George Grosvenor, coming up with his adored Lady Louise on his arm.
ALL
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From this reading "FOR LOVE WILL STILL BE LORD OF ALL."
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading My Lady Carteret's ball was a brilliant success, and, fairest where all were fair, Harrie Hunsden shone down all competitors.
arm
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From this reading As she floated down the long ball-room on the arm of Lord Ernest, light as a swimming-sprite, a hundred admiring male eyes followed, and a hundred fair patrician bosoms throbbed with bitterest envy.
AsconjunctionUS /æz/
at the same time that; because; in the way that
From this reading As she floated down the long ball-room on the arm of Lord Ernest, light as a swimming-sprite, a hundred admiring male eyes followed, and a hundred fair patrician bosoms throbbed with bitterest envy.
ball
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From this reading My Lady Carteret's ball was a brilliant success, and, fairest where all were fair, Harrie Hunsden shone down all competitors.
ball-room
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From this reading As she floated down the long ball-room on the arm of Lord Ernest, light as a swimming-sprite, a hundred admiring male eyes followed, and a hundred fair patrician bosoms throbbed with bitterest envy.
BEauxiliary verbUS /biː/
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading "FOR LOVE WILL STILL BE LORD OF ALL."
beautiful
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From this reading "There is nothing half so beautiful in the room, with one exception.
bitterest
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From this reading As she floated down the long ball-room on the arm of Lord Ernest, light as a swimming-sprite, a hundred admiring male eyes followed, and a hundred fair patrician bosoms throbbed with bitterest envy.
bosoms
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From this reading As she floated down the long ball-room on the arm of Lord Ernest, light as a swimming-sprite, a hundred admiring male eyes followed, and a hundred fair patrician bosoms throbbed with bitterest envy.
brilliant
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From this reading My Lady Carteret's ball was a brilliant success, and, fairest where all were fair, Harrie Hunsden shone down all competitors.
Carteret's
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From this reading My Lady Carteret's ball was a brilliant success, and, fairest where all were fair, Harrie Hunsden shone down all competitors.
coming
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From this reading "The little Hunsden is in full feather to-night," lisped George Grosvenor, coming up with his adored Lady Louise on his arm.
competitors
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From this reading My Lady Carteret's ball was a brilliant success, and, fairest where all were fair, Harrie Hunsden shone down all competitors.
down
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From this reading My Lady Carteret's ball was a brilliant success, and, fairest where all were fair, Harrie Hunsden shone down all competitors.
envy
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From this reading As she floated down the long ball-room on the arm of Lord Ernest, light as a swimming-sprite, a hundred admiring male eyes followed, and a hundred fair patrician bosoms throbbed with bitterest envy.
Ernest
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From this reading As she floated down the long ball-room on the arm of Lord Ernest, light as a swimming-sprite, a hundred admiring male eyes followed, and a hundred fair patrician bosoms throbbed with bitterest envy.
exception
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From this reading "There is nothing half so beautiful in the room, with one exception.
eyes
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From this reading As she floated down the long ball-room on the arm of Lord Ernest, light as a swimming-sprite, a hundred admiring male eyes followed, and a hundred fair patrician bosoms throbbed with bitterest envy.
fairnounUS /fair/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading My Lady Carteret's ball was a brilliant success, and, fairest where all were fair, Harrie Hunsden shone down all competitors.
fairest
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From this reading My Lady Carteret's ball was a brilliant success, and, fairest where all were fair, Harrie Hunsden shone down all competitors.
feather
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From this reading "The little Hunsden is in full feather to-night," lisped George Grosvenor, coming up with his adored Lady Louise on his arm.
floated
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From this reading As she floated down the long ball-room on the arm of Lord Ernest, light as a swimming-sprite, a hundred admiring male eyes followed, and a hundred fair patrician bosoms throbbed with bitterest envy.
followed
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From this reading As she floated down the long ball-room on the arm of Lord Ernest, light as a swimming-sprite, a hundred admiring male eyes followed, and a hundred fair patrician bosoms throbbed with bitterest envy.
FORprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading "FOR LOVE WILL STILL BE LORD OF ALL."
full
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From this reading "The little Hunsden is in full feather to-night," lisped George Grosvenor, coming up with his adored Lady Louise on his arm.
George
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From this reading "The little Hunsden is in full feather to-night," lisped George Grosvenor, coming up with his adored Lady Louise on his arm.
Grosvenor
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From this reading "The little Hunsden is in full feather to-night," lisped George Grosvenor, coming up with his adored Lady Louise on his arm.
halfnounUS /half/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "There is nothing half so beautiful in the room, with one exception.
Harrie
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From this reading My Lady Carteret's ball was a brilliant success, and, fairest where all were fair, Harrie Hunsden shone down all competitors.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading "The little Hunsden is in full feather to-night," lisped George Grosvenor, coming up with his adored Lady Louise on his arm.
hundred
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From this reading As she floated down the long ball-room on the arm of Lord Ernest, light as a swimming-sprite, a hundred admiring male eyes followed, and a hundred fair patrician bosoms throbbed with bitterest envy.
Hunsden
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From this reading My Lady Carteret's ball was a brilliant success, and, fairest where all were fair, Harrie Hunsden shone down all competitors.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading "The little Hunsden is in full feather to-night," lisped George Grosvenor, coming up with his adored Lady Louise on his arm.
isauxiliary verbUS /ɪz/
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading "The little Hunsden is in full feather to-night," lisped George Grosvenor, coming up with his adored Lady Louise on his arm.
Lady
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From this reading My Lady Carteret's ball was a brilliant success, and, fairest where all were fair, Harrie Hunsden shone down all competitors.
light
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From this reading As she floated down the long ball-room on the arm of Lord Ernest, light as a swimming-sprite, a hundred admiring male eyes followed, and a hundred fair patrician bosoms throbbed with bitterest envy.
lisped
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From this reading "The little Hunsden is in full feather to-night," lisped George Grosvenor, coming up with his adored Lady Louise on his arm.
littlenounUS /little/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "The little Hunsden is in full feather to-night," lisped George Grosvenor, coming up with his adored Lady Louise on his arm.
longnounUS /long/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading As she floated down the long ball-room on the arm of Lord Ernest, light as a swimming-sprite, a hundred admiring male eyes followed, and a hundred fair patrician bosoms throbbed with bitterest envy.
LORD
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From this reading "FOR LOVE WILL STILL BE LORD OF ALL."
Louise
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From this reading "The little Hunsden is in full feather to-night," lisped George Grosvenor, coming up with his adored Lady Louise on his arm.
LOVE
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From this reading "FOR LOVE WILL STILL BE LORD OF ALL."
male
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From this reading As she floated down the long ball-room on the arm of Lord Ernest, light as a swimming-sprite, a hundred admiring male eyes followed, and a hundred fair patrician bosoms throbbed with bitterest envy.
MydeterminerUS /maɪ/
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading My Lady Carteret's ball was a brilliant success, and, fairest where all were fair, Harrie Hunsden shone down all competitors.
nothingpronounUS /ˈnʌθɪŋ/
not one thing; not anything
From this reading "There is nothing half so beautiful in the room, with one exception.
OFprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading "FOR LOVE WILL STILL BE LORD OF ALL."
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading As she floated down the long ball-room on the arm of Lord Ernest, light as a swimming-sprite, a hundred admiring male eyes followed, and a hundred fair patrician bosoms throbbed with bitterest envy.
onepronounUS /wʌn/
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading "There is nothing half so beautiful in the room, with one exception.
patrician
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From this reading As she floated down the long ball-room on the arm of Lord Ernest, light as a swimming-sprite, a hundred admiring male eyes followed, and a hundred fair patrician bosoms throbbed with bitterest envy.
room
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From this reading "There is nothing half so beautiful in the room, with one exception.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading As she floated down the long ball-room on the arm of Lord Ernest, light as a swimming-sprite, a hundred admiring male eyes followed, and a hundred fair patrician bosoms throbbed with bitterest envy.
shone
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From this reading My Lady Carteret's ball was a brilliant success, and, fairest where all were fair, Harrie Hunsden shone down all competitors.
soconjunctionUS /soʊ/
for that reason; with the result that
From this reading "There is nothing half so beautiful in the room, with one exception.
STILLnounUS /still/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading "FOR LOVE WILL STILL BE LORD OF ALL."
success
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From this reading My Lady Carteret's ball was a brilliant success, and, fairest where all were fair, Harrie Hunsden shone down all competitors.
swimming-sprite
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From this reading As she floated down the long ball-room on the arm of Lord Ernest, light as a swimming-sprite, a hundred admiring male eyes followed, and a hundred fair patrician bosoms throbbed with bitterest envy.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading As she floated down the long ball-room on the arm of Lord Ernest, light as a swimming-sprite, a hundred admiring male eyes followed, and a hundred fair patrician bosoms throbbed with bitterest envy.
There
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From this reading "There is nothing half so beautiful in the room, with one exception.
throbbed
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From this reading As she floated down the long ball-room on the arm of Lord Ernest, light as a swimming-sprite, a hundred admiring male eyes followed, and a hundred fair patrician bosoms throbbed with bitterest envy.
to-night
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From this reading "The little Hunsden is in full feather to-night," lisped George Grosvenor, coming up with his adored Lady Louise on his arm.
up
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From this reading "The little Hunsden is in full feather to-night," lisped George Grosvenor, coming up with his adored Lady Louise on his arm.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading My Lady Carteret's ball was a brilliant success, and, fairest where all were fair, Harrie Hunsden shone down all competitors.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading My Lady Carteret's ball was a brilliant success, and, fairest where all were fair, Harrie Hunsden shone down all competitors.
whereconjunctionUS /wer/
in or at the place that
From this reading My Lady Carteret's ball was a brilliant success, and, fairest where all were fair, Harrie Hunsden shone down all competitors.
WILLmodal verbUS /wɪl/
used to talk about the future, or about willingness
From this reading "FOR LOVE WILL STILL BE LORD OF ALL."
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading As she floated down the long ball-room on the arm of Lord Ernest, light as a swimming-sprite, a hundred admiring male eyes followed, and a hundred fair patrician bosoms throbbed with bitterest envy.
