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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 Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
anythingpronounUS /ˈeniθɪŋ/
any thing at all
From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
aspect
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From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
beheld
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From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
broughtnounUS /ˈbrought/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
butconjunctionUS /bʌt/
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
byprepositionUS /baɪ/
showing who or what does the action
From this reading She was intensely shocked and shaken by it.
curiosity
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From this reading Yet she remained instinctively on her guard, and a passionate curiosity was the only emotion she permitted herself to express in words.
didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “But have they no idea who did it?
embarrassed
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From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
emotion
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From this reading Yet she remained instinctively on her guard, and a passionate curiosity was the only emotion she permitted herself to express in words.
escaped
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From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
expressverbUS /ɪkˈspres/
to show or communicate a feeling or idea
From this reading Yet she remained instinctively on her guard, and a passionate curiosity was the only emotion she permitted herself to express in words.
fear
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From this reading Her grief and horror were not the less overwhelming for the shame and fear which they replaced in her mind.
forprepositionUS /fɔːr/
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
gate
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From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
getting
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From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
grief
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From this reading Her grief and horror were not the less overwhelming for the shame and fear which they replaced in her mind.
grown
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From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
guard
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From this reading Yet she remained instinctively on her guard, and a passionate curiosity was the only emotion she permitted herself to express in words.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading “But have they no idea who did it?
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
herselfpronounUS /hərˈself/
used when the woman or girl doing the action is also its object
From this reading Yet she remained instinctively on her guard, and a passionate curiosity was the only emotion she permitted herself to express in words.
horror
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From this reading Her grief and horror were not the less overwhelming for the shame and fear which they replaced in her mind.
idea
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From this reading “But have they no idea who did it?
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading Her grief and horror were not the less overwhelming for the shame and fear which they replaced in her mind.
instinctively
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From this reading Yet she remained instinctively on her guard, and a passionate curiosity was the only emotion she permitted herself to express in words.
intensely
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From this reading She was intensely shocked and shaken by it.
itpronounUS /ɪt/
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading She was intensely shocked and shaken by it.
less
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From this reading Her grief and horror were not the less overwhelming for the shame and fear which they replaced in her mind.
man
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From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
mindnounUS /mind/
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Her grief and horror were not the less overwhelming for the shame and fear which they replaced in her mind.
motor-car
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From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
news
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From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
nodeterminerUS /noʊ/
not any; not one
From this reading “But have they no idea who did it?
notadverbUS /nɑːt/
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
onprepositionUS /ɑːn/
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Yet she remained instinctively on her guard, and a passionate curiosity was the only emotion she permitted herself to express in words.
only
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From this reading Yet she remained instinctively on her guard, and a passionate curiosity was the only emotion she permitted herself to express in words.
out
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From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
overwhelming
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From this reading Her grief and horror were not the less overwhelming for the shame and fear which they replaced in her mind.
passionate
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From this reading Yet she remained instinctively on her guard, and a passionate curiosity was the only emotion she permitted herself to express in words.
permitted
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From this reading Yet she remained instinctively on her guard, and a passionate curiosity was the only emotion she permitted herself to express in words.
Phillida
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From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
prepared
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From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
remainednounUS /ˈremained/
a story-specific word describing an important person, object, action, or idea in this passage
From this reading Yet she remained instinctively on her guard, and a passionate curiosity was the only emotion she permitted herself to express in words.
replaced
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From this reading Her grief and horror were not the less overwhelming for the shame and fear which they replaced in her mind.
schoolboy
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From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
shaggy
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From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
shaken
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From this reading She was intensely shocked and shaken by it.
shame
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From this reading Her grief and horror were not the less overwhelming for the shame and fear which they replaced in her mind.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
shocked
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From this reading She was intensely shocked and shaken by it.
thedeterminerUS /ðə/
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
theypronounUS /ðeɪ/
the people, animals, or things already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Yet she remained instinctively on her guard, and a passionate curiosity was the only emotion she permitted herself to express in words.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
wereauxiliary verbUS /wɜːr/
the past form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading Her grief and horror were not the less overwhelming for the shame and fear which they replaced in her mind.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
whichpronounUS /wɪtʃ/
used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned
From this reading Her grief and horror were not the less overwhelming for the shame and fear which they replaced in her mind.
whopronounUS /huː/
which person or people
From this reading “But have they no idea who did it?
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading Phillida was prepared for anything when she beheld a motor-car at the gate, and the escaped schoolboy getting out with a grown man of shaggy and embarrassed aspect; but she was not prepared for the news they brought her.
words
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From this reading Yet she remained instinctively on her guard, and a passionate curiosity was the only emotion she permitted herself to express in words.
YetconjunctionUS /jet/
but in spite of that
From this reading Yet she remained instinctively on her guard, and a passionate curiosity was the only emotion she permitted herself to express in words.
