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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 JIM ducked his head in a delighted greeting to Miriam and performed a wave of salutation with his crutch.
absolutely
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From this reading Here was a creature, absolutely trustworthy and highly intelligent, come to her at a moment when she was most in need of precisely such a person.
aloneadjectiveUS /əˈloʊn/
Having no one else present.
From this reading “Did you come alone?” was her instinctive question.
andconjunctionUS /ənd/
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading JIM ducked his head in a delighted greeting to Miriam and performed a wave of salutation with his crutch.
atprepositionUS /æt/
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading Here was a creature, absolutely trustworthy and highly intelligent, come to her at a moment when she was most in need of precisely such a person.
can't
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From this reading “Dey can’t lose us, miss,” he remarked.
come
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From this reading Here was a creature, absolutely trustworthy and highly intelligent, come to her at a moment when she was most in need of precisely such a person.
cordiality
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From this reading Miriam regarded him with increasing pleasure and cordiality.
creature
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From this reading Here was a creature, absolutely trustworthy and highly intelligent, come to her at a moment when she was most in need of precisely such a person.
crutch
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From this reading JIM ducked his head in a delighted greeting to Miriam and performed a wave of salutation with his crutch.
delighted
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From this reading JIM ducked his head in a delighted greeting to Miriam and performed a wave of salutation with his crutch.
Dey
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From this reading “Dey can’t lose us, miss,” he remarked.
Didauxiliary verbUS /dɪd/
the past form of “do”, used in questions and negatives
From this reading “Did you come alone?” was her instinctive question.
ducked
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From this reading JIM ducked his head in a delighted greeting to Miriam and performed a wave of salutation with his crutch.
greeting
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From this reading JIM ducked his head in a delighted greeting to Miriam and performed a wave of salutation with his crutch.
hepronounUS /hiː/
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading “Dey can’t lose us, miss,” he remarked.
head
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From this reading JIM ducked his head in a delighted greeting to Miriam and performed a wave of salutation with his crutch.
herdeterminerUS /hɜːr/
belonging to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned
From this reading Here was a creature, absolutely trustworthy and highly intelligent, come to her at a moment when she was most in need of precisely such a person.
Here
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From this reading Here was a creature, absolutely trustworthy and highly intelligent, come to her at a moment when she was most in need of precisely such a person.
highly
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From this reading Here was a creature, absolutely trustworthy and highly intelligent, come to her at a moment when she was most in need of precisely such a person.
himpronounUS /hɪm/
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Miriam regarded him with increasing pleasure and cordiality.
hisdeterminerUS /hɪz/
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading JIM ducked his head in a delighted greeting to Miriam and performed a wave of salutation with his crutch.
inprepositionUS /ɪn/
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading JIM ducked his head in a delighted greeting to Miriam and performed a wave of salutation with his crutch.
increasing
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From this reading Miriam regarded him with increasing pleasure and cordiality.
instinctive
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From this reading “Did you come alone?” was her instinctive question.
intelligent
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From this reading Here was a creature, absolutely trustworthy and highly intelligent, come to her at a moment when she was most in need of precisely such a person.
JIM
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From this reading JIM ducked his head in a delighted greeting to Miriam and performed a wave of salutation with his crutch.
lose
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From this reading “Dey can’t lose us, miss,” he remarked.
Miriam
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From this reading JIM ducked his head in a delighted greeting to Miriam and performed a wave of salutation with his crutch.
miss
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From this reading “Dey can’t lose us, miss,” he remarked.
moment
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From this reading Here was a creature, absolutely trustworthy and highly intelligent, come to her at a moment when she was most in need of precisely such a person.
most
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From this reading Here was a creature, absolutely trustworthy and highly intelligent, come to her at a moment when she was most in need of precisely such a person.
need
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From this reading Here was a creature, absolutely trustworthy and highly intelligent, come to her at a moment when she was most in need of precisely such a person.
ofprepositionUS /ʌv/
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading JIM ducked his head in a delighted greeting to Miriam and performed a wave of salutation with his crutch.
performed
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From this reading JIM ducked his head in a delighted greeting to Miriam and performed a wave of salutation with his crutch.
person
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From this reading Here was a creature, absolutely trustworthy and highly intelligent, come to her at a moment when she was most in need of precisely such a person.
pleasure
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From this reading Miriam regarded him with increasing pleasure and cordiality.
precisely
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From this reading Here was a creature, absolutely trustworthy and highly intelligent, come to her at a moment when she was most in need of precisely such a person.
question
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From this reading “Did you come alone?” was her instinctive question.
regarded
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From this reading Miriam regarded him with increasing pleasure and cordiality.
remarked
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From this reading “Dey can’t lose us, miss,” he remarked.
salutation
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From this reading JIM ducked his head in a delighted greeting to Miriam and performed a wave of salutation with his crutch.
shepronounUS /ʃiː/
a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Here was a creature, absolutely trustworthy and highly intelligent, come to her at a moment when she was most in need of precisely such a person.
suchdeterminerUS /sʌtʃ/
of the kind already mentioned
From this reading Here was a creature, absolutely trustworthy and highly intelligent, come to her at a moment when she was most in need of precisely such a person.
toparticleUS /tuː/
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading JIM ducked his head in a delighted greeting to Miriam and performed a wave of salutation with his crutch.
trustworthy
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From this reading Here was a creature, absolutely trustworthy and highly intelligent, come to her at a moment when she was most in need of precisely such a person.
uspronounUS /ʌs/
the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading “Dey can’t lose us, miss,” he remarked.
wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading Here was a creature, absolutely trustworthy and highly intelligent, come to her at a moment when she was most in need of precisely such a person.
wave
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From this reading JIM ducked his head in a delighted greeting to Miriam and performed a wave of salutation with his crutch.
whenconjunctionUS /wen/
at the time that
From this reading Here was a creature, absolutely trustworthy and highly intelligent, come to her at a moment when she was most in need of precisely such a person.
withprepositionUS /wɪð/
in the company of; together with
From this reading JIM ducked his head in a delighted greeting to Miriam and performed a wave of salutation with his crutch.
youpronounUS /juː/
the person or people being spoken to
From this reading “Did you come alone?” was her instinctive question.
